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Post by Whovitt on Jun 8, 2018 7:52:32 GMT
A selection of Main Range releases and The Last Adventure are on sale: www.bigfinish.com/news/v/happy-birthday-colin-baker2Stories include: 1963: The Space RaceAntidote to OblivionThe Brood of ErysScavengerBreaking Bubbles (and other stories)The Widow's AssassinMasters of EarthThe Rani EliteLast of the CybermenCriss-CrossPlanet of the RaniShield of the JotuunPrices are £6 on CD and £5 on download, with The Last Adventure at £25 on CD and £20 on download. |
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Post by barnabaslives on Jun 8, 2018 7:58:06 GMT
Yay!! Not as if you're reading this of course, but Happy Birthday, Colin!
All great stories on offer but I highly recommend Criss-Cross and The Last Adventure in particular.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 8:12:54 GMT
Some lovely stories in there! The Last Adventure is indeed fantastic.
Out of the main range releases I'd recommend The Space Race - a brilliant standalone tale with great cliffhangers and a great showing for the Doctor and Peri.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 8, 2018 8:49:29 GMT
1st.. awesome LOL..
These are actually cheap for us Aussies if you need them.. b4 all the postage and handling multiple charges they are AUST $10.61 from AUST $26.51
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jun 8, 2018 9:11:48 GMT
Sorry, thought that read “Birthday Suit” for a moment and thought “Seventies Porn Colin” was finally making a triumphal return to fandom.
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Post by mark687 on Jun 8, 2018 10:06:26 GMT
Any of these are very good (even Last of the Cybermen)
If on a Budget get the Peri and Flip ones and The Last Adventure.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 10:11:15 GMT
As someone who was very wary about post-Trial stories with Peri, I loved The Widow's Assassin. It's very clever, very charming and starts off a good little trilogy on a high note. I would recommend buying Scavenger and finishing up Flip's first bout aboard the TARDIS, though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 14:12:48 GMT
*Of course* the code is "RAINBOW"
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Post by Ela on Jun 8, 2018 14:36:56 GMT
Of course I already own all the releases on sale.
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Post by constonks on Jun 8, 2018 15:00:34 GMT
Everybody who doesn't have Criss-Cross should probably get Criss-Cross.
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Post by sherlock on Jun 8, 2018 15:06:05 GMT
Will be sitting this one out as I have an enormous backlog anyway and this is looking like an expensive month for me (deposit for house next year due). I second the recommendations of Criss-Cross and The Last Adventure.
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Post by number13 on Jun 8, 2018 16:02:27 GMT
Any of these are very good ( even Last of the Cybermen) If on a Budget get the Peri and Flip ones and The Last Adventure. Regards mark687 *Adopts early Sixie voice* "Even? Even? EVEN??!!"  LOL I know what you mean Mark it does get criticised doesn't it? - but I really like LOTC, not least for the way CB and Frazer Hines recreate that authentic Doctor/Jamie vibe. And the two oh-so-British Cyber-war buddies. Good story too imo. The only thing is it's the middle of the trilogy so there are no answers to the main mystery.
I'd go for The Widow's Assassin, Masters of Earth and Criss-Cross as my top three (in publication order). And 'The Last Adventure' is a must-have.
Of the rest, the only one I don't like is 'The Rani Elite' - too much like a TV-era throwback for me and the Doctor's character jars badly with the previous two stories and Peri's new storyline.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 16:14:49 GMT
Well I shall be getting Shield of the Jotunn & Planet of the Rani. The only other release I do not have here is the Last Adventure, but at 4 episodes, I still think it is priced high on account of the deluxe packaging of which merely means it fails to fit on the shelf with the rest of the jewel case releases for me at least. Does the story match the significance of its end of era premise? I know of others who have been disappointed with it.
Anyhow, maybe a re-watch of Colin's glorious debut from 1984 is in order. Seriously though, I found it refreshing at the time after the seriousness of Davison's latter episodes and enjoyed the lighter, more energetic (edit: read Exuberant) arrival of another Baker to the role, as a young teen, whatever other faults of the production or script. I have never bought into the fan criticism of Colin Baker's era, he should have had twice the run of episodes to warrant a fair retrospective. He was, and remains, one of my key Doctors.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jun 8, 2018 16:15:31 GMT
Another sale where I'm already set.
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Post by tardybox on Jun 8, 2018 16:22:57 GMT
I was just thinking to myself a few days back that I ought to grab Widow's Assassin and Masters at some point! What a stroke of luck! |
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Post by glutamodo on Jun 8, 2018 17:17:14 GMT
Of course I already own all the releases on sale. Yeah, at this point I find it kind of pointless to look at most sales because of that. |
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Post by Ela on Jun 8, 2018 18:37:50 GMT
Of course I already own all the releases on sale. Yeah, at this point I find it kind of pointless to look at most sales because of that. Hope springs eternal. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 18:49:34 GMT
Well I shall be getting Shield of the Jotunn & Planet of the Rani. The only other release I do not have here is the Last Adventure, but at 4 episodes, I still think it is priced high on account of the deluxe packaging of which merely means it fails to fit on the shelf with the rest of the jewel case releases for me at least. Does the story match the significance of its end of era premise? I know of others who have been disappointed with it. Anyhow, maybe a re-watch of Colin's glorious debut from 1984 is in order. Seriously though, I found it refreshing at the time after the seriousness of Davison's latter episodes and enjoyed the lighter, more energetic (edit: read Exuberant) arrival of another Baker to the role, as a young teen, whatever other faults of the production or script. I have never bought into the fan criticism of Colin Baker's era, he should have had twice the run of episodes to warrant a fair retrospective. He was, and remains, one of my key Doctors. I didnt really dig tla tbh. Episode 1 is good but is clearly missing a significant part that isnt really the fault of big finish but still doesnt quite work for me, episode 2 is usually panned as being the worst (tho i personally loved it and thought it was my favorite) episode 3 is just fan w*** and episode 4 is good but just that, good. I know they wanted to do a massive arc spanning the doctors life but unlike for storys like neverland and the next life or even blue forgoten planet for a sixth doctor example, those climaxs felt earned as they culminated after a series of releases. Here it feels cheap, like they just wanted to tick off a box and cash in saying look heres the the sixth doctors regeneration, buy it now!! Maybes if they had kept doing releases like totv then i may have found it more gratifying. Its certainly serviceable and is not exactly bad, hardly anything from big finish is bad. Just i know big finish can and have pulled off better things than this that have more emotion and stakes raised in two hours than this does in 4. That being said, id still go for it if u fancy seeing (or hearing) how it pans out and is much better than the doctor dying from banging his head on the tardis console so its got that going for it (p.s - agree with everything you said about sixies era, it still stands as really strong imo and i think fans are far too harsh on it) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 19:09:46 GMT
Well I shall be getting Shield of the Jotunn & Planet of the Rani. The only other release I do not have here is the Last Adventure, but at 4 episodes, I still think it is priced high on account of the deluxe packaging of which merely means it fails to fit on the shelf with the rest of the jewel case releases for me at least. Does the story match the significance of its end of era premise? I know of others who have been disappointed with it. Anyhow, maybe a re-watch of Colin's glorious debut from 1984 is in order. Seriously though, I found it refreshing at the time after the seriousness of Davison's latter episodes and enjoyed the lighter, more energetic (edit: read Exuberant) arrival of another Baker to the role, as a young teen, whatever other faults of the production or script. I have never bought into the fan criticism of Colin Baker's era, he should have had twice the run of episodes to warrant a fair retrospective. He was, and remains, one of my key Doctors. I didnt really dig tla tbh. Episode 1 is good but is clearly missing a significant part that isnt really the fault of big finish but still doesnt quite work for me, episode 2 is usually panned as being the worst (tho i personally loved it and thought it was my favorite) episode 3 is just fan w*** and episode 4 is good but just that, good. I know they wanted to do a massive arc spanning the doctors life but unlike for storys like neverland and the next life or even blue forgoten planet for a sixth doctor example, those climaxs felt earned as they culminated after a series of releases. Here it feels cheap, like they just wanted to tick off a box and cash in saying look heres the the sixth doctors regeneration, buy it now!! Maybes if they had kept doing releases like totv then i may have found it more gratifying. Its certainly serviceable and is not exactly bad, hardly anything from big finish is bad. Just i know big finish can and have pulled off better things than this that have more emotion and stakes raised in two hours than this does in 4. That being said, id still go for it if u fancy seeing (or hearing) how it pans out and is much better than the doctor dying from banging his head on the tardis console so its got that going for it (p.s - agree with everything you said about sixies era, it still stands as really strong imo and i think fans are far too harsh on it) Thanks for the perspective on TLA - it rings true to what I have gauged from various reviews. Not a bad release, but many MR releases hit higher. I have bought the other two mentioned, which takes me to just 10 MR Sixth Doctor releases missing, half as many each as 5 & 7. I guess his swansong will wait another day.. |
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Post by mark687 on Jun 8, 2018 21:39:24 GMT
Any of these are very good ( even Last of the Cybermen) If on a Budget get the Peri and Flip ones and The Last Adventure. Regards mark687 *Adopts early Sixie voice* "Even? Even? EVEN??!!" LOL I know what you mean Mark it does get criticised doesn't it? - but I really like LOTC, not least for the way CB and Frazer Hines recreate that authentic Doctor/Jamie vibe. And the two oh-so-British Cyber-war buddies. Good story too imo. The only thing is it's the middle of the trilogy so there are no answers to the main mystery.
I'd go for The Widow's Assassin, Masters of Earth and Criss-Cross as my top three (in publication order). And 'The Last Adventure' is a must-have.
Of the rest, the only one I don't like is 'The Rani Elite' - too much like a TV-era throwback for me and the Doctor's character jars badly with the previous two stories and Peri's new storyline.
its Madness Agreed!
Its the strongest of the Locum stories Imo.
Likewise with your comment Rani Elite not a bad story but definitely more TV 6th Doc than BF 6TH Doc.
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