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Post by bobod on Dec 16, 2018 3:00:48 GMT
So... is anyone up for a timely group listen to Old Acquaintance (set on New Year's Eve) at some point in the week between Christmas and New Year? If you've not got it yet, it's written by Doctor Who and Dark Shadows actor Matthew Waterhouse and performed by David Selby as Quentin Collins, set shortly after the end of the television series. And can be found on the short story collection Dreams of Long Ago. Old Acquaintance by Matthew Waterhouse . New Years Eve, 1971 and Quentin Collins is celebrating in the Blue Whale. But something is coming for him… Something he first met in a Welsh village in 1914. Will the people of Collinsport survive to see 1972?  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 8:29:11 GMT
Name. The date and the time lol and we can sort out time zones lol
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Post by bobod on Dec 16, 2018 11:34:43 GMT
We don't all do it at the same time. Just sometime that week.
You're Scottish, you have enough to do at Hogmanay.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 11:42:34 GMT
We don't all do it at the same time. Just sometime that week. You're Scottish, you have enough to do at Hogmanay. No since my regeneration am Maltese |
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Post by silverednickle on Dec 17, 2018 15:17:04 GMT
I am willing and able. I have it already downloaded and had planned to give it a listen as the new year approaches.
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Post by silverednickle on Dec 27, 2018 18:28:11 GMT
Just wanted to remind folks to listen to this gem before ringing in the new year. I'd love to hear everyone's perspective.
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Post by jolyon on Dec 28, 2018 10:32:09 GMT
Ah, go on then, always happy to listen to this one again!
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Post by silverednickle on Jan 3, 2019 20:26:55 GMT
Funnily enough, I've been wanting to post this, but I seem to keep forgetting. Perhaps I wasn't listening well, but I feel I missed something important. Honestly, I feel my memory on this one is a bit more slippery, and that's no fault of the writer or actor. I'll probably have another relisten when I can find the time. In 1972 when all hope is nearly most until the snow(?) falls, is it Cassandra/Angelique who summons the weather after her heart's desire isn't met or is it wonderful timing? |
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Post by barnabaslives on Jan 4, 2019 20:51:28 GMT
Very glad for the occasion to listen to this again, it really is an outstanding story. By now, I think I gravitate to Dark Shadows for all sorts of cozy things, from the general atmosphere to the delicious absurdity of a horror/soap mash-up, to being terribly smitten with returning cast, to the wonderful, quality Big Finish stories (including the way Bloodlust recaptured that priceless original "OMG, what are these crazy writers going to do next?" experience of the TV series).
Of course there will be drinking of blood and feasting on souls and voodoo and all sorts of undead things running about the place, but somehow it's still a little more like a sporting event and I'm rooting for the home team, than terror - it's probably been a very long time since the series has actually scared me, with one exception: Old Acquaintance is so well written and acted that it actually scares me, every time I hear it. I'm sure that's a feat that requires a literally phenomenal combination of talents.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 17:35:51 GMT
I did it just before new year but also received my copy of Return To Collinwood and truly enjoyed that one and I got it at a good price I feel complete now hahaha
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