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Post by number13 on Apr 10, 2018 7:53:12 GMT
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Post by omega on Apr 10, 2018 8:08:50 GMT
If madame and monsieur are ready, we 'ave our first four course Ravenous. For entrees, there eez Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill. Starters you can explore the taste sensation in How to Make a Killing in Time Travel. For mains, we 'ave ze Doctor and Liv catching up with 'elen and the Eleven and for desserts they face ze Kandyman. After dinner mints of behind ze scenes interviews. If you give uuz any less zhan five stars on Yelp, you'll be sent to ze kitchens to 'elp ze Kandyman. I 'ere it iz murder. (I used this elsewhere and it was too much fun to use just once. My Dinner with Andrew from The Diary of River Song Volume 3 was an inspiration). www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/ravenous-1-1797And garnished with a news item of interest www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-ravenous
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 10, 2018 8:44:33 GMT
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aztec
Chancellery Guard
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Post by aztec on Apr 10, 2018 8:45:34 GMT
did they ever release the individual covers for this? I can't remember...
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Post by omega on Apr 10, 2018 8:46:13 GMT
did they ever release the individual covers for this? I can't remember... The countdown did what look to be the covers.
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melkur
Chancellery Guard
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Post by melkur on Apr 10, 2018 10:52:35 GMT
Was hoping it was going to be released tomorrow (I have work today, so don't know if I have time to listen to all of it), but am looking forward to it all the same!
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Post by sherlock on Apr 10, 2018 11:18:10 GMT
Their Finest Hour.
Good opener, some nice character moments.
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Post by saxty on Apr 10, 2018 11:25:36 GMT
‘Bring me the finest scones available to humanity’
Think 8 is slipping back into his days of living with the great intelligence as out of work alcoholics with this line.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 10, 2018 21:22:26 GMT
Their Finest Hour- Has the Doctor ever had a more capable traveling companion than Liv?
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Post by sherlock on Apr 10, 2018 23:01:27 GMT
How To Make A Killing In Time Travel
A simple, fun adventure. Lovely.
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Post by kurumais on Apr 11, 2018 1:39:24 GMT
im at the last few chapters of an audio book its get exciting and this sucker drops you couldn t wait 2 more days damn you
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 11, 2018 3:01:06 GMT
I think Ravenous is off to about as strong a start as Doom Coalition was upon its first installment, which made for a pleasant and entertaining afternoon. I thoroughly enjoyed Eight crossing paths with Churchill here, wonderful story.
Re: Kandyman - I still had considerable trouble taking him seriously even for the work done here with the character, and I think particularly with The Eleven around for him to inevitably contrast with - but I was very pleasantly surprised at how well he did seem to work in the stories just for not being the sort of farce he was in the TV series.
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Post by Digi on Apr 11, 2018 13:57:46 GMT
I can’t wait to listen to this with all of the Ravenous sets out. Here in isolation, I had a hard time getting into it; seemingly two stories that have nothing to do with anything, followed by an odd decision for a two-part story. My immediate reaction is that I don’t love it. However I say that I can’t wait for the whole series to be out because I had the exact same reaction with Doom Coalition 1 when it first came out. But now that the whole thing is available, I’ve come to love it as the first steps in the grander DC storyline. So I’m thrilled to find out how everything Ravenous ends up fitting together, even if I’m not jumping for joy right at the moment
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 11, 2018 17:37:00 GMT
I can’t wait to listen to this with all of the Ravenous sets out. Here in isolation, I had a hard time getting into it; seemingly two stories that have nothing to do with anything, followed by an odd decision for a two-part story. My immediate reaction is that I don’t love it. However I say that I can’t wait for the whole series to be out because I had the exact same reaction with Doom Coalition 1 when it first came out. But now that the whole thing is available, I’ve come to love it as the first steps in the grander DC storyline. So I’m thrilled to find out how everything Ravenous ends up fitting together, even if I’m not jumping for joy right at the moment Wasn't part of the brief for Ravenous a combination of self-contained stories and stories that fed into a kind of loose fitting story arc?
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Post by sherlock on Apr 11, 2018 19:22:37 GMT
World of Damnation and Sweet Salvation {Spoiler} World of Damnation seemed to take a while to get going, with the Eleven and Helen's scenes being the most interesting. It picked up towards the end though and Sweet Salvation carried on with that. Kandyman worked well in these stories.
Some interesting hints of things to come too, the Ravenous are suitably ominous and Helen's power still hasn't been dealt with conclusively. She clearly had it in World of Damnation but never really addresses it with the Doctor.
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Post by Digi on Apr 11, 2018 20:30:27 GMT
I can’t wait to listen to this with all of the Ravenous sets out. Here in isolation, I had a hard time getting into it; seemingly two stories that have nothing to do with anything, followed by an odd decision for a two-part story. My immediate reaction is that I don’t love it. However I say that I can’t wait for the whole series to be out because I had the exact same reaction with Doom Coalition 1 when it first came out. But now that the whole thing is available, I’ve come to love it as the first steps in the grander DC storyline. So I’m thrilled to find out how everything Ravenous ends up fitting together, even if I’m not jumping for joy right at the moment Wasn't part of the brief for Ravenous a combination of self-contained stories and stories that fed into a kind of loose fitting story arc? You are correct, but I’m thinking along the lines of The Red Lady and The Galileo Trap — stories which stand on their own on first listening (or at least until the last few minutes), but are ultimately feeding the broader narrative, even if that doesn’t circle around till far later on in the series.
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Post by omega on Apr 11, 2018 23:57:17 GMT
I liked the touch where the start of Sweet Salvation revealed that the Helen and Eleven scenes took place months before the Doctor and Liv scenes. It justified the Doctor and Liv not encountering Helen or the Eleven until the very end, without resorting to missing them by *that* much, like the Tenth Doctor and Donna at the start of Partners in Crime.
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Post by number13 on Apr 12, 2018 0:21:15 GMT
Their Finest HourA perfect opening story from John Dorney for welcoming new listeners (like me) who are jumping into this long-running range of boxsets. It didn't matter that I don't know who Helen is or that I'm hazy about Liv Chenka - though 'from Kaldor' I do understand. Liv Chenka is a very impressive Companion, I know that much now... Trapped on an alien craft several miles up, got a parachute but never used one before? No problem, airlock door open and work it out on the way down! Ian McNeice's Churchill is his usual splendid self, adding another Doctor to his portfolio. (Exactly how far back do he and the Doctor go? I'd love to hear a 'Classic Doctors, Classic Churchill' set with Doctors Four to Seven and find out!) I very much liked the guest characters of our Polish friends and allies, two daring pilots who find themselves on a unique mission while the RAF are fully engaged -and (of course, with the Doctor around) it turns out theirs is the most important mission of all. With the tragic twist at the end to remind us that when the 'fun' was over and the aliens all gone, there was the most serious war to be fought for years to come. And Liv and the Doctor have their own mission to complete... (BTW, the Doctor demanded the finest muffins, not scones. When the Doctor is in historical London, he usually wants muffins. )
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Post by Digi on Apr 12, 2018 0:57:23 GMT
Their Finest HourA perfect opening story from John Dorney for welcoming new listeners (like me) who are jumping into this long-running range of boxsets. It didn't matter that I don't know who Helen is or that I'm hazy about Liv Chenka - though 'from Kaldor' I do understand. Liv Chenka is a very impressive Companion, I know that much now... Trapped on an alien craft several miles up, got a parachute but never used one before? No problem, airlock door open and work it out on the way down!Ian McNeice's Churchill is his usual splendid self, adding another Doctor to his portfolio. (Exactly how far back do he and the Doctor go? I'd love to hear a 'Classic Doctors, Classic Churchill' set with Doctors Four to Seven and find out!) I very much liked the guest characters of our Polish friends and allies, two daring pilots who find themselves on a unique mission while the RAF are fully engaged -and (of course, with the Doctor around) it turns out theirs is the most important mission of all. With the tragic twist at the end to remind us that when the 'fun' was over and the aliens all gone, there was the most serious war to be fought for years to come. And Liv and the Doctor have their own mission to complete... (BTW, the Doctor demanded the finest muffins, not scones. When the Doctor is in historical London, he usually wants muffins. ) Liv is a wonderful, capable companion, right from her first appearance in Dark Eyes 2 (well, not actually her first, but that's splitting hairs). Glad to see a newcomer to the range can immediately see how good she is!
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 12, 2018 1:12:04 GMT
Liv is a wonderful, capable companion, right from her first appearance in Dark Eyes 2 (well, not actually her first, but that's splitting hairs). Glad to see a newcomer to the range can immediately see how good she is! I don't know. She was pretty capable when we met her in Robophobia.
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