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Post by tuigirl on May 16, 2019 19:40:18 GMT
Downloading this now.
Wildly curious.
Will I make it through the first story without falling asleep tonight after a day of stressful work? We will see.
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Post by simon73 on May 16, 2019 20:12:04 GMT
Loved No Place, hilarious in places and creepy as hell in others. Excellent.
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Post by barnabaslives on May 16, 2019 21:36:49 GMT
As wonderful as the family reunion in No Place is (great story, and thank you Big Finish for Wilf!), I think Jenny T. Colgan has probably come up with my favorite story of the set again with One Mile Down. I could be wrong, but I don't know how even Roy Gill is going to top that.
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Post by kennysmith on May 16, 2019 22:50:23 GMT
Hm, very odd then! Still, wonderful to have the whole gang together again  The only other thing I can think of was that it wasn’t planned to have Wilf in originally. David Richardson told RTD they were bringing back Sylvia again and he mentioned they should try and get Bernard on board. There’s no confirmation of whether the script had already been done at that point or not, though. But as you say, it was lovely to have them together again and they do have scenes together when it’s the six characters. They just don’t have any two handers between Wilf and the other three, sadly. It's all in Vortex and the special edition production notes! |
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Post by elkawho on May 17, 2019 4:44:31 GMT
This is my favorite of the 10th Doctor Adventures so far. While No Place was my favorite, I loved every story. I thought the pacing in these stories were so much better than the pacing in the other 10th Doc stories we've had. David and Catherine seemed so at ease with these scripts and with each other, and didn't seemed rushed at all.
No Place: To go on from my little placeholder from above, I loved it. I'll be repeating what everyone else has said, the chemistry between the leads was fantastic. I laughed in all the right places, and I loved Donna and The Doctor as a faux-married couple. I loved that the story was just about helping one man heal from his past. Sometimes those small stories make the best Doctor Who.
One Mile Down: Good story, and Tennant is just so true to his Doctor in this one. (As in all of them, however it struck me in this one.) I liked the action and it was a very different story than the one before. (A little annoyance for me, I am just so tired of the "Evil Capitalist" trope in Doctor Who. There is no logical reason that the villain in this one acts the way she does. Anyone creating a popular holiday destination would never put their customers at risk that way. Even if it was only because of profit, can you imagine the amount of money lost to lawsuits and reparations and penalties awarded? It's insanely illogical. She would want to fix EVERYTHING to keep the profits coming! It made absolutely no sense to me.)
The Creeping Death: Another BF story about a historical event I knew nothing about. Good characters, interesting story, and while I enjoyed it, it didn't grab me the way the other stories did.
Was anyone else completely surprised that the BF folks have NEVER contacted Bernard Cribbins' agent before this? He first did BF over 10 years ago, and I'm shocked that they have not contacted him for playing Wilf before.
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Post by Max Kashevsky on May 17, 2019 7:27:25 GMT
A little annoyance for me, I am just so tired of the "Evil Capitalist" trope in Doctor Who. There is no logical reason that the villain in this one acts the way she does. Anyone creating a popular holiday destination would never put their customers at risk that way. I haven't heard this yet, so I can't speak to the story itself, but it's definitely true that tourist sites, even the most luxurious ones, can put customers at risk for short-term profitability. |
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Post by tuigirl on May 17, 2019 7:31:35 GMT
I was able to listen to "No Place" last night completely.
Wow, that was great.
I had indeed hoped that we get third time lucky and that the stories would be a bit better and more original than in the previous two releases.
But this one did blow me out of the water.
It was funny, witty, atmospheric, the characters are of course great and used perfectly and the twist was very clever (although I sadly guessed it about halfway through, they should have used less clues I think). It even had quite a few jump-scares in there so there was no chance of me falling asleep.
This was easily the best Big Finish story David Tennant has been in so far.
Very well done.
What I loved especially- it was not some story about the end of the world or threat to humanity, but it was a little story of the Doctor helping out the little people. I think the thing I hated most about the 10th Doctor era was having him as some kind of "Space Jesus" a lot of the time.
None of this here.
Simply wonderful.
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Post by shallacatop on May 17, 2019 10:56:43 GMT
The only other thing I can think of was that it wasn’t planned to have Wilf in originally. David Richardson told RTD they were bringing back Sylvia again and he mentioned they should try and get Bernard on board. There’s no confirmation of whether the script had already been done at that point or not, though. But as you say, it was lovely to have them together again and they do have scenes together when it’s the six characters. They just don’t have any two handers between Wilf and the other three, sadly. It's all in Vortex and the special edition production notes! I don’t recall anything from Vortex when I read it, but I’m looking forward to delving into the production notes on the set. |
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 17, 2019 11:06:13 GMT
Just got my "dispatch" email for this.. I predict 3-6 weeks till I get the deluxe copy in my hands. |
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Post by Whovitt on May 17, 2019 15:50:29 GMT
Two stories in, I'm sad to say I'm not feeling the love everyone else seems to be.
I strongly dislike the "TV show within a TV show" gimmick, so No Place was already fighting a losing battle with me (the X Files episode that did it was easily the worst episode in the entire 200+ episode run, in my opinion). It's *almost* found footage-like, and I also don't really enjoy those. The twist at the end seemed to come from nowhere as far as I'm concerned and it was all wrapped up too quickly to really let what was going on sink in. I also thought having Sylvia and Wilf there didn't really make any sense, as they didn't really seem to contribute anything worthwhile to the story. (And unlike everyone else, I didn't like the comedy between the married Doctor and Donna, it just felt really forced and awkward for me)
I really wanted to like One Mile Down, but it just didn't click with me for some reason. The "get the helmets" idea had occurred to me within the first 10-15 minutes, so the rest of the time they were panicking was just getting a bit annoying - the answer was staring them in the face if I could see it! The Judoon didn't really feel needed other than "let's use a monster everyone knows"; you could have had any mercenary aliens fill that role. If you don't need to use a returning monster, I don't really see the point in using them. I also didn't like any of the supporting characters. Even the woman in love with the Fin was basically a gold digger, so I'm not sure why we were supposed to care so much about the inter-species "relationship" that was going on. And the racist guy was just annoying.
So yeah, not enjoying this set very much at all (which is more than a little disappointing). I'm not having a great time in my normal life at the moment though, so that could be throwing a shadow over my enjoyment of pass-time activities. Hopefully I'll enjoy The Creeping Fog more tomorrow.
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Post by rran on May 17, 2019 17:28:32 GMT
Two stories in, I'm sad to say I'm not feeling the love everyone else seems to be. I strongly dislike the "TV show within a TV show" gimmick, so No Place was already fighting a losing battle with me (the X Files episode that did it was easily the worst episode in the entire 200+ episode run, in my opinion). It's *almost* found footage-like, and I also don't really enjoy those. The twist at the end seemed to come from nowhere as far as I'm concerned and it was all wrapped up too quickly to really let what was going on sink in. I also thought having Sylvia and Wilf there didn't really make any sense, as they didn't really seem to contribute anything worthwhile to the story. (And unlike everyone else, I didn't like the comedy between the married Doctor and Donna, it just felt really forced and awkward for me) I really wanted to like One Mile Down, but it just didn't click with me for some reason. The "get the helmets" idea had occurred to me within the first 10-15 minutes, so the rest of the time they were panicking was just getting a bit annoying - the answer was staring them in the face if I could see it! The Judoon didn't really feel needed other than "let's use a monster everyone knows"; you could have had any mercenary aliens fill that role. If you don't need to use a returning monster, I don't really see the point in using them. I also didn't like any of the supporting characters. Even the woman in love with the Fin was basically a gold digger, so I'm not sure why we were supposed to care so much about the inter-species "relationship" that was going on. And the racist guy was just annoying. So yeah, not enjoying this set very much at all (which is more than a little disappointing). I'm not having a great time in my normal life at the moment though, so that could be throwing a shadow over my enjoyment of pass-time activities. Hopefully I'll enjoy The Creeping Fog more tomorrow. I’m afraid I share your opinion here. Ten is my doctor and two stories in, I’m not feeling it. This, IMO, is the weakest Tenth Doctor set. The thing Ieast liked was the Doctor and Donna playing a couple. It was a bit over the top and forced. As of now, I’m disappointed unless the last story changes my mind. As for things not going well for you, *hugs* and hope you’re able to sort it out soon. |
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Post by shallacatop on May 17, 2019 19:15:43 GMT
One Mile Down. The story is straightforward and predictable, very much leaning on Titanic in the last half. I liked the additions to the Judoon, but I’d have preferred it if they’d got a young adult and a child to voice them. Nicholas Briggs is great as the Judoon normal, but his younger versions sound like he’s got a severe throat infection.
Where One Mile Down really succeeds is the world building, which is so rich and detailed and the characterisation of the Doctor and Donna is perfect too. I’d expect as much given Jenny Colgan’s previous stories for the pair; In the Blood & Time Reaver.
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Post by barnabaslives on May 18, 2019 7:33:15 GMT
Really good story from Roy Gill to round out the set, but I'm terribly fond of the Judoon and Nick's voices so One Mile Down really did turn out to be the high point for me. I think I like this set as much as any previous 10th Doctor set, maybe more.
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Post by shallacatop on May 18, 2019 9:15:11 GMT
I thought The Creeping Death was great. A pacy story, a nice and rounded set of supporting characters and plenty of that Doctor & Donna magic. I thought the reference to Pompeii was well placed. The ending was lovely too, a nice finish to the set.
I’ve had a whale of a time listening to Volume 3. Volume 1 is still my favourite, but I’d say 3 is better than 2. Another set of varied stories, including one with Wilf & Sylvia, and it’s always a treat to hear more from this TARDIS team. How fortunate are we to have pretty much extended this one series pairing by 50%? Donna has always been someone who’s not been well served by expanded universe material, despite being so well loved, so I consider myself lucky that Big Finish is changing that.
Now to wait for the limited edition set to arrive!
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Post by project37 on May 18, 2019 11:10:16 GMT
I've heard the first two and for me, the real joy is in the performances of the leads. Granted, they have an advantage of over other Big Finish Doctors & Companions in that it hasn't been that long since they were bringing these characters to life onscreen, but it's very easy to imagine these as television episodes. No Place felt like it spent a lot of time on the dynamics between the Doctor and Donna's family. That was a lot of fun and held my interest more than the central mystery and resolution, which was okay (it just felt like it came out of nowhere; I'll need to relisten). I understood the logic for the "found footage" SFX to cut between scenes, but it got old really quickly.
One Mile Down was a fun "big budget audio" listening experience. Donna was particularly funny in this story - I nearly crashed the car laughing when I heard her footwear in the opening TARDIS scene!
So far, the actual stories are striking me personally as solid but not spectacular, anchored by great music and performances. Nothing knocking me out like Death and the Queen (the only one I've gone back to a few times), but overall the full-cast Tenth Doctor audios are doing an extremely thoughtful job of recreating the era as it was on television. They're fun, safe and reliable, and I can appreciate there are probably behind the scenes reasons why they can't break away from that (i.e., not going too dark, etc.). I think going forward, I'll just wait for sales and/or exceptional reviews before ordering again. |
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Post by ollychops on May 18, 2019 12:31:35 GMT
Listened to these the other day, whilst I wouldn’t say any of these stories are classics, but I think this series has the most consistent quality we’ve had in the 10DAs so far — just three solid stories. Definitely going have to go back and relisten to these again soon.
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Post by rran on May 18, 2019 12:32:14 GMT
After being disappointed after the first two stories, I quite liked The Creeping Death, the Doctor and Donna being more like the ones in the show. I loved the reference to Pompei and “There’s something on your back”. Brilliant call-backs to the show.
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Post by tuigirl on May 18, 2019 17:37:49 GMT
Finished the set today.
Well, for me, the first story was definitely the best and I really enjoyed it.
The second story is still good, but was a bit predictable and slightly preachy in places. But I agree that it had a few brilliant comedic bits (like the squeaky shoes of Donna).
The last story was also quite nice and maybe the closest to the TV series. I wonder if the enemy aliens were an offshoot of the Vashta Nerada?
I especially liked the side characters, they were well done and fitted nicely into the story.
In conclusion- I think this set was the best 10th Doctor release so far, I definitely liked it better than the previous 2 installments.
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Post by elkawho on May 19, 2019 17:03:09 GMT
Upon a second listen I found I liked The Creeping Death much more. I also loved the "there's something on your back" reference. Just pulls that story right into continuity. I think I was a little distracted during the first listen.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on May 20, 2019 0:25:37 GMT
No Place....I've long felt that James Goss is one of Big Finish's strongest, and most underrated, writers and this installment adds to that belief. Few audio writers do a better job of making the mundane creepy and taking that creep factor and turning it into something moving. Everyone is on excellent form but man, Bernard Cribbins can do no wrong. That scene in front of the campfire? Just gorgeous. Very good start to the set.
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