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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 13:17:38 GMT
How do you feel about Six being given a definitive ending?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 13:20:03 GMT
For me, I was always content either way. I knew Big Finish would do The Sixth Doctor justice (and they did! ), but I was also content if there was never a direct follow through, either.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 13:25:29 GMT
How do you feel about Six being given a definitive ending? I liked it. I wouldn't have lost any sleep if they hadn't done it but The Brink of Death worked for me.
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Post by Digi on Mar 9, 2018 16:44:55 GMT
I was very happy with The Last Adventure, and grateful they finally gave Colin an exit for his character worthy of his calibre as an actor. (And equally grateful that he didn’t choose to retire at the time)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 16:54:51 GMT
I met Colin recently at a signing and took the opportunity of asking if he was still enjoying working with Big Finish. "Love 'em!" he said before I'd barely finished the question! "I'm recording another one this week." Like quite a few, I feared he might be retiring following his 'final' audio story. That is definitely not the case! I think all concerned were right to give him a regeneration story. After all, all other Doctors - even John Hurt - have been given an official send-off. I'm not sure that his final story was as powerful as it might have been, but that's just personal opinion, and I'm pleased it has gone down well. I'm very pleased, also, that The Valeyard came to the party
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Post by sherlock on Mar 9, 2018 17:18:55 GMT
The Brink of Death is a great end for the sixth Doctor and didn't limit Big Finish using the character in the future at all.
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Post by constonks on Mar 9, 2018 18:05:49 GMT
As long as no one else gives him another one! Two official and one unofficial is enough I think...
(Also I will say as someone who liked Spiral Scratch and was a bit bitter when TLA was announced, I did think The Brink of Death was pretty great.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 18:11:25 GMT
I'm listening to The Brink of Death at the moment and the character of Genesta (played by Liz White) sounds very much like a certain Jodie Whittaker. She gets to call Valeyard 'the knacker's yard' and The Doctor even says she reminds him of him! It's quite uncanny.
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Post by randomjc on Mar 9, 2018 18:41:38 GMT
As long as no one else gives him another one! Two official and one unofficial is enough I think... (Also I will say as someone who liked Spiral Scratch and was a bit bitter when TLA was announced, I did think The Brink of Death was pretty great.) One of the few Doctor Who books I've read, and loved it. Need to find my copy of it again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 20:53:23 GMT
As someone who always wanted Colin (not the Sixth Doctor, but Colin) to get his chance at a proper regeneration story, which had for various reasons been denied him, I was very happy indeed that Big Finish finally did so. Especially as I don't believe that Colin would have agreed to it if he didn't think the proposed storyline was up to scratch. So I was really looking forward to it at the time, and had faith that it would turn out well. And in my opinion, it did.
It may not be the greatest regeneration story ever told, but it was certainly a worthwhile one, and really, that's as much as I could ever hope for. A proper, quality story to send the Sixth Doctor on his way with, and that gave Colin the opportunity to put a nice full stop at the end of his vastly underrated Doctor's era. An era that long may it thrive, with many more adventures set before that Last one to come our way, for hopefully a very long time indeed.
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Post by lidar2 on Mar 9, 2018 21:50:21 GMT
I like stories to have a beginning middle and end so I am glad bf gave Colin/Six an end.
Colin was my doctor, the incumbent when i becane a fan. I was gutted by his sacking and, if truth be told, never entirely forgave Sylvester for taking over. He is my favourite doctor, even before BF rehabilitated the character.
The story itself ticked all the boxes I would have wanted it to tick (Valeyard etc.) It is very good but it isn't the best regeneration story ever. However I put that down to the restrictions imposed by the need to dovetail into Time and the Rani.
Full marks to writers and actors for a great box set.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 21:56:09 GMT
I personally liked the set a great deal but I'm more glad Colin got behind it - he'd been resistent for so long that knowing he finally was OK with doing "the end" was cool. And most importantly the stories were all good, and varied.
I don't see any major argument against giving him a definitive ending - BF wanted it, Colin agreed.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Mar 9, 2018 21:58:08 GMT
Colin was up for it, so why would BF not have done it? And I’d argue the BBC gave him his ending. It sucked, so Big Finish gave him a better one.
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Mar 9, 2018 23:08:18 GMT
My one issue with it was the format. I would have infinitely preferred something more in the style of a TV story – either a four-parter or a six-parter – and felt using the boxset format for something that should have felt like "the story we were meant to get" was a dubious choice. That said, the story is very good. It's just my small issue with it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 23:44:01 GMT
My one issue with it was the format. I would have infinitely preferred something more in the style of a TV story – either a four-parter or a six-parter – and felt using the boxset format for something that should have felt like "the story we were meant to get" was a dubious choice. That said, the story is very good. It's just my small issue with it. Disagree. It was an event and telling the story in the Main Range or in a traditional format would have sent the wrong message. The box set format served Six's ongoing story better.
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Post by Digi on Mar 10, 2018 0:08:06 GMT
My one issue with it was the format. I would have infinitely preferred something more in the style of a TV story – either a four-parter or a six-parter – and felt using the boxset format for something that should have felt like "the story we were meant to get" was a dubious choice. That said, the story is very good. It's just my small issue with it. I think I prefer how they did it. I liked how they used the four stories to have the Valeyard be the common threat thread that runs through Sixie's entire life.
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Mar 10, 2018 6:22:33 GMT
My one issue with it was the format. I would have infinitely preferred something more in the style of a TV story – either a four-parter or a six-parter – and felt using the boxset format for something that should have felt like "the story we were meant to get" was a dubious choice. That said, the story is very good. It's just my small issue with it. Disagree. It was an event and telling the story in the Main Range or in a traditional format would have sent the wrong message. The box set format served Six's ongoing story better. What "message" would have making it a four part story have sent?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 7:50:20 GMT
Disagree. It was an event and telling the story in the Main Range or in a traditional format would have sent the wrong message. The box set format served Six's ongoing story better. What "message" would have making it a four part story have sent? It would have felt more definitive and standard, rather then an event, particularly for new listeners if it'd simply been a four-part adventure with Mel. Telling the story of Six's end across four special hour long allowed the various ongoing plot threads to still feel relevant, while emphasising that while this was his 'last' adventure, there were still more stories to come. Big Finish walked an incredible tight rope with The Last Adventure: giving Six an epic finale for fans who had only experienced Six through the TV series, as well as honouring his years of development at Big Finish, as well as telling a story that would appease both vocal fans who wanted The Valeyard to return (I WAS ONE ) and be part of Six's narrative at Big Finish, as well as fans who didn't like the character.
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Mar 10, 2018 9:10:45 GMT
What "message" would have making it a four part story have sent? It would have felt more definitive and standard, rather then an event, particularly for new listeners if it'd simply been a four-part adventure with Mel. Telling the story of Six's end across four special hour long allowed the various ongoing plot threads to still feel relevant, while emphasising that while this was his 'last' adventure, there were still more stories to come. Big Finish walked an incredible tight rope with The Last Adventure: giving Six an epic finale for fans who had only experienced Six through the TV series, as well as honouring his years of development at Big Finish, as well as telling a story that would appease both vocal fans who wanted The Valeyard to return (I WAS ONE) and be part of Six's narrative at Big Finish, as well as fans who didn't like the character. Ah. That's a fair point.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 9:16:28 GMT
The Sixth Doctor had 3 endings, Times Champion, Spiral Scratch & Brink Of Death, three different endings foro ole Sixey fans to chose their favourite, it doesn't get more definitive than that.
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