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Post by omega on Jun 29, 2018 22:08:06 GMT
DOCTOR WHO - MAIN RANGE » 92. NOCTURNE Released February 2007SynopsisOn the human colony planet Nocturne, there is suffering and blight, tragic symptoms of an ages-old war. Never the less, Nocturne is also one of the Doctor's favourite places in all of time and space, because it is here that a late, great flowering of human art - the High Renaissance - is taking place. He has been back here many times. It is a place of music and art which he finds inspirational and uplifting. It is a place he wants to share with Ace and Hex. It's always been a safe haven for him, a world of friends and laughter. But with strict Martial Law imposed on the front-line city, and the brutal scourge of interstellar warfare vicing the system, how safe can anyone really be? There is a note of death in the wild, midnight wind... Written By: Dan Abnett Directed By: John Ainsworth CASTSylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor); Sophie Aldred (Ace); Philip Olivier (Hex); Trevor Bannister (Korbin Thessinger); Paul David-Gough (Will Alloran); Eric Potts (Lothar Ragpole); Ann Rye (Lilian Dillane); Helen Kay (Cate Reeney)
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Post by omega on Jun 29, 2018 22:12:25 GMT
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Jun 30, 2018 7:51:02 GMT
This is an exampke of a very rare thing, a Hex story that is neither terrible nor brilliant.
Good enough, has all the right ingredients and can't really fault it, yet somehow inconsequential.
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Post by Hieronymus on Jul 1, 2018 0:39:59 GMT
There's some nice world-building in this story, but the story itself feels a bit... off.
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Post by Ela on Jul 5, 2018 15:35:10 GMT
It was an interesting story, but not one of my favorites, to be honest, much as I love the Seven-Ace-Hex team (at least in the early stories).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2020 12:12:15 GMT
Having a revisit of this love the team and it isn’t one I can say I have given a lot of listens to.So it’s raining outside and on my holiday am trying to take advantage of the not going anywhere this week to catch up on stuff because I always feel rushed to go to something I know I have an instant like to
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Post by grinch on Sept 28, 2020 12:19:17 GMT
It’s one of those stories which I remember enjoying at the time but also tend to forget exists half the time. A bit like Absolute Power in that regard.
Has some nice world building but Dan Abnett certainly has written stronger stories.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2020 12:24:22 GMT
It’s one of those stories which I remember enjoying at the time but also tend to forget exists half the time. A bit like Absolute Power in that regard. Has some nice world building but Dan Abnett certainly has written stronger stories. Actually forgot he had written it . |
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It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Sept 28, 2020 12:27:48 GMT
Not a bad release at all, but never quite manages to pull off the the main elements it hinges on; the sophisticated artistic society, the tragedy of the two brothers or the growing threat of the unseen menace.
I quite like it and listened to it again a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by BHTvsTFC on Sept 28, 2020 20:43:34 GMT
It's one of those that just came and went wasn't it? I am half way through a relisten and it's very entertaining but I can't really say more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 5:23:42 GMT
It's one of those that just came and went wasn't it? I am half way through a relisten and it's very entertaining but I can't really say more. It has some interesting moments I felt and the Tardis team work well together there is a freshness of stories with Hex in them,I mean he is so easy in the role as if he had been with them forever. it is nice to know the Doctor has friends and he wants to share those friends with his crew |
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Post by mark687 on Sept 30, 2020 10:23:14 GMT
An Ok story that just seemed to peter out in the 2nd half.
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Oct 2, 2020 8:38:21 GMT
In going to go there and say that I’m not a fan of the these stories. I’ve got no problems with performance or anything but this whole era is trying desperately hard to create a mood of moral ambiguity and noirishness and general darkness but it just isn’t coming across for me. This is no exception: the setting is great and the story idea is interesting but it’s reaching for consequences and a gravitas that just isn’t there.
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Post by Tim Bradley on Jan 15, 2021 21:04:47 GMT
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jan 16, 2021 11:43:33 GMT
I like the idea of The Doctor really revisiting a place that isnt Earth and the friends he's made there
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2021 15:46:04 GMT
I loved it, in fact i am really loving all the hex stories. From Live 34 onwards its been banger after banger. I was sure this would be the one that would falter but i loved it again. The world building - perfect. Okay so the fine art was perhaps a bit on the nose in certain places but all in all i dug it. It also made the idea of the doctor visiting somewhere that we haven’t seen which i often find a bit played out, but it really worked for me. At the end of the story it makes it clear why this is the doctors visit to nocturne we got to see as its the most important one. McCoy is blowing this out of the park, hes genuinely being amazing, as is Sophie and Philip might be the best BF original companion i have heard yet. I love this team and I'm very excited to see how it develops. Even the storyline about the doctor not telling them enough makes what would be a “filler” episode into something special.
I know the next ones also meant to be bad but sod it im going to go in with an open mind as these have been so good! Strongest BF run by a mile
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