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Post by mark687 on Sept 28, 2018 10:13:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 13:59:55 GMT
Idle speculation on my part.. but after seeing the cover for Volume 3 what if 'The Woman' is the one responsible for starting the first Doctor off on the calculations that'll ultimately save Gallifrey on the final day?
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Post by xlozdob on Sept 28, 2018 16:58:37 GMT
Idle speculation on my part.. but after seeing the cover for Volume 3 what if 'The Woman' is the one responsible for starting the first Doctor off on the calculations that'll ultimately save Gallifrey on the final day? 🤔🤔🤔 Well, Susan left Earth to return to Gallifrey in All Hands on Deck, after all...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 17:01:51 GMT
Idle speculation on my part.. but after seeing the cover for Volume 3 what if 'The Woman' is the one responsible for starting the first Doctor off on the calculations that'll ultimately save Gallifrey on the final day? 🤔🤔🤔 Well, Susan left Earth to return to Gallifrey in All Hands on Deck, after all... That's a plot thread I really want to see picked up. I think because it was in a Short Trip some members may have missed it, a post-To The Death story was a big deal and I'm kinda surprised it wasn't in the 8th Docs ranges somewhere. I'm gonna guess that Carole-Anne's character will be left ambiguous. I hope so - I always like story endings open to interpretation.
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Post by omega on Oct 11, 2018 7:29:41 GMT
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 11, 2018 19:32:04 GMT
Well, Susan left Earth to return to Gallifrey in All Hands on Deck, after all... That's a plot thread I really want to see picked up. I think because it was in a Short Trip some members may have missed it, a post-To The Death story was a big deal and I'm kinda surprised it wasn't in the 8th Docs ranges somewhere. I'm gonna guess that Carole-Anne's character will be left ambiguous. I hope so - I always like story endings open to interpretation. I have thought since that story we would hear Susan turn up in either Gallifrey or the 8th Doctor Time War series. Or both.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 6, 2018 9:17:52 GMT
www.bigfinish.com/news/v/first-doctor-adventures-volume-3-story-details1st Doctor vol 3 details
More details have been revealed today for the third volume of The First Doctor Adventures with the original yet slightly different TARDIS team. And after listening to the trailer we’re very excited by this one – it’s terrifying!
Coming out in January 2019, are you ready for The First Doctor Adventures Volume Three?
3.1 The Phoenicians by Marc Platt
In ancient Tyre, the Phoenician civilisation commands the oceans. But times are turbulent – the young King’s quarrel with his sister threatens to divide the nation.
On perilous seas, Ian becomes Princess Elissa’s favourite, while Susan and Barbara face losing their freedom. In the city, the Doctor falls foul of King Pygmalion.
As they reach dangerous shores, the travellers fight to survive as legend becomes history…
3.2 Tick-Tock World by Guy Adams
When disaster befalls the TARDIS, its occupants find themselves in a bizarre location, somewhere between space and time.
Desperate survivors hide among ruins, greedy scavenging creatures hunt new prey, and ghosts scream out warnings across time.
All the while, a mysterious woman watches the TARDIS crew, knowing, as sure as tock follows tick, that a terrible fate awaits them…
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Post by aemiliapaula on Nov 6, 2018 9:50:03 GMT
So I take it in the Phoenicians Elissa's 1st husband Sychaeus is not a factor, this must be before that. More of a "mythological" than a "historical". It's got to be before the Myth Makers since that has Steven and Vicki.
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Post by mrperson on Nov 7, 2018 18:21:17 GMT
I thought the title was about 10DA Vol. 3, not 1DA, for a second there. Was about to say....that'll be interesting
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Post by jacobz40 on Jan 22, 2019 1:29:50 GMT
I have the download button showing up on my account. Think it'll be released this week?
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Post by Digi on Jan 22, 2019 1:44:11 GMT
If the download button is there (but not linked to the actual download yet), I wouldn't be shocked.
I believe River 5 is out tomorrow, so Thursday is probably not an unreasonable guess for 1DA Vol 3.
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Post by jacobz40 on Jan 22, 2019 2:51:33 GMT
If the download button is there (but not linked to the actual download yet), I wouldn't be shocked. I believe River 5 is out tomorrow, so Thursday is probably not an unreasonable guess for 1DA Vol 3. Interestingly enough, I don't have a download button for River yet. The Internet works in mysterious ways.
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Post by agentten on Jan 22, 2019 4:18:20 GMT
It's only slightly embarrassing how often I hit refresh on the download page throughout the day when an exciting release is imminent. This week has two! No dice yet, though.
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Post by number13 on Jan 29, 2019 9:09:15 GMT
The countdown clock has stopped ticking! 'Tick-Tock World' and 'The Phoenicians' in Vol 3 are in download accounts now!
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Post by dannybl on Jan 29, 2019 11:37:41 GMT
That's a plot thread I really want to see picked up. I think because it was in a Short Trip some members may have missed it, a post-To The Death story was a big deal and I'm kinda surprised it wasn't in the 8th Docs ranges somewhere. I'm gonna guess that Carole-Anne's character will be left ambiguous. I hope so - I always like story endings open to interpretation. I have thought since that story we would hear Susan turn up in either Gallifrey or the 8th Doctor Time War series. Or both. or she's the guest star in The War Master IV?!
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Post by mark687 on Jan 29, 2019 16:55:15 GMT
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Post by Whovitt on Jan 30, 2019 14:32:08 GMT
Unusually for me, I completed both of these stories in single sittings, rather than breaking them up by disc. I did this for two very different reasons, as I shall outline. I listened to The Phoenicians in a single sitting because I was enjoying myself so much. I think this is one of the best historicals Big Finish have done. Maybe it's because the Hartnell years featured them so heavily on TV, but First Doctor historicals have a natural tendency to be quite good, and this one was no exception I listened to Tick-Tock World in a single sitting because I was hoping beyond hope that it might actually get interesting. It's rare for me to say this, but I was really bored with this story. It was trying to go for an emotional point but just kept failing to communicate it very well at all. And as for Carole Ann Ford's involvement, she almost needn't have bothered being there. This was very much a case of gimmick over story, I feel And even then, the gimmick didn't get pulled off in any meaningful way. I'm sad I'm so disappointed by this story, but then you can't win them all, can you? A very mixed set for me then - one brilliant, one... well, I'm probably going to be genuinely hard pressed to listen to it again (I can't believe I just wrote that!). I probably will at some point, but I'll be putting it off.
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Post by mark687 on Jan 30, 2019 15:03:14 GMT
Unusually for me, I completed both of these stories in single sittings, rather than breaking them up by disc. I did this for two very different reasons, as I shall outline. I listened to The Phoenicians in a single sitting because I was enjoying myself so much. I think this is one of the best historicals Big Finish have done. Maybe it's because the Hartnell years featured them so heavily on TV, but First Doctor historicals have a natural tendency to be quite good, and this one was no exception I listened to Tick-Tock World in a single sitting because I was hoping beyond hope that it might actually get interesting. It's rare for me to say this, but I was really bored with this story. It was trying to go for an emotional point but just kept failing to communicate it very well at all. And as for Carole Ann Ford's involvement, she almost needn't have bothered being there. This was very much a case of gimmick over story, I feel And even then, the gimmick didn't get pulled off in any meaningful way. I'm sad I'm so disappointed by this story, but then you can't win them all, can you? A very mixed set for me then - one brilliant, one... well, I'm probably going to be genuinely hard pressed to listen to it again (I can't believe I just wrote that!). I probably will at some point, but I'll be putting it off. I see where your coming from.
The Phoenicians Classic 1st Doc Historical. Action driven Informative pacey .
Tick Tock reminded me of the 1st Doc Virgin Missing Adventures, visuals they'd never have pulled off on TV, and the characters stretched to the limits.
That being said, overall its my favourite Volume, however with Tick Tock and Invention from Vol 2, are we beginning to see originality and Era authenticity clash with a more debatable level of success?
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Post by lidar2 on Jan 30, 2019 16:09:08 GMT
... are we beginning to see originality and Era authenticity clash with a more debatable level of success?
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I don't think we're beginning to see it. That clash has always been there, it is inherent within the nature of what BF do in most of their franchises.
Having said that, of all the eras of classic Who, the Hartnell era was the most "out there" as the show was still establishing its own parameters at that time, so IMO I think the clash is least apparent with Hartnell compared to, for example, the Fourth Doctor Adventures.
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 30, 2019 17:22:32 GMT
I haven't got this set yet, but I think it's a strange range. Originally, when the First Doctor Adventures were first announced, they were meant to be a sort of alternate era. Using the An Adventure in Space and Time actors. When the set was actually released, there were references to the television adventures and they felt rather authentic. The second set maintains that. I don't really mind a clash between authenticity and telling new stories with this team. They're well established, they have a lot of adventures together, so I don't tend to have an issue with the occasional story that really puts the crew through the wringer, or is a little out there. As lidar2 mentioned, the First Doctor's era has always been rather "out there" and varied. That's the beauty of that particular era. I think the original concept of the range was sound; using the AAISAT crew and forging an alternate era. Listening to it, it doesn't really feel like that, especially as Bradley's Doctor is an official recast. It's the three companions that fall flat a little for me. Julian Glover isn't too bad, but Claudia Grant and Jemma Powell don't particularly convince me. I thought Powell was better opposite Carole Ann Ford and William Russell in the Early Adventures actually. I think I'd have preferred David Bradley to be paired with original companions, where you can have the best of both worlds with a "new" alternate era yet also tie into continuity. Or, I'd have put him with the actual companion actors. I don't want to do a disservice to the range; the stories are great. I just think it's a bit of an oddity.
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