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Post by eric009 on Jan 19, 2019 19:25:22 GMT
replied to tuigirl from MR 19. Minuet in Hell
Exile is for me hard for me to put a fair viewpoint as I never had a pint of beer as for being in pub last time as 1963(my dad took me and my brother to Everton football match he was very upset with me as I did not like football as I told him I wanted to go home and not watch 22 people kicking a ball around a field )the week after I got to stay at home and watch the repeat of unearthly child and the rest, as they say, is history so done another poll this lot are second lot I got from BF some are still my fav
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Post by eric009 on Jan 19, 2019 19:27:08 GMT
have fun
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 19, 2019 19:38:46 GMT
Sympathy for the Devil certainly is a classic. Exile not so much.
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Post by constonks on Jan 19, 2019 19:39:02 GMT
The Bayldon stories are both superb. Sympathy and Fathom are both good. Deadline, Scars and Masters of War I don't have a super strong opinion on but all three have their moments. I actually enjoyed Exile for the most part but it's rather inconsequential and I won't call it a classic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 19:39:55 GMT
Love these left field polls - keep them going!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 19:47:16 GMT
Love these left field polls - keep them going! Yeah they are fun, but there should be an option between 'tried it once...' and 'a classic' as you can enjoy something without it being a classic.
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Post by eric009 on Jan 19, 2019 19:50:53 GMT
the only problem is polls have a limit of 50
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Post by eric009 on Jan 19, 2019 19:54:00 GMT
five story you like to me to do I add more options
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 20:21:56 GMT
Love these left field polls - keep them going! Yeah they are fun, but there should be an option between 'tried it once...' and 'a classic' as you can enjoy something without it being a classic. That's my interpretation for 'Tried it once' - I found it difficult to vote for a lot of eric009's similar MR Poll entries beyond the first 50 that I have listened to, but where for example I found some Companion Chronicles/Early Adventures far more memorable. Listenable and inoffensive, but very workaday at times. I try to space out obvious 'classics', from others ratings, in my back-log listening with random listens, so the likes of 'Death in the Family' to name but one, are still to get round to. I agree with the sentiment that the MR releases were easier to appreciate when there was less of a choice. The more you listen to, you become spoiled and the attention span lessens somewhat as you take it all for granted. When I had a dozen or so to listen to, they really got listened to a few times and appreciated for their worth. Now, with 200+ on tap via SD Drive, too many can become easily forgotten once listened to. Less does not equal more. Great for the occasional purchaser, but it makes the more committed listener harder to please.
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Post by Hieronymus on Jan 20, 2019 2:19:14 GMT
Exile is the only one I can't recommend. It was a waste of a concept.
Everything else is worth a listen, and some of them have some truly great moments.
Deadline has one of my favorite performances from Derek Jacobi, and that's saying something.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jan 20, 2019 2:25:40 GMT
I'm probably a minority in thinking that "Auld Mortality" and "A Storm of Angels" are unmitigated fanw&nk, but for me they are. I'm not speaking about performances, they're good, but the actual stories. Fortunately they remain Unbound and aren't bothering me by being in the MR "actual canon" range.
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Post by theotherjosh on Jan 20, 2019 2:57:55 GMT
My very first purchase from Big Finish was He Jests at Scars, so I'm sentimental about the range. I'm very partial to What If? stories and I love each and every one of them. Even Exile.
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Post by shutupbanks on Jan 20, 2019 6:04:44 GMT
I love Full Fathom Five simply because of the central conceit of it and THAT ENDING! It also stars David Collings who has one of the most expressive and distinctive voices in the world.
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 20, 2019 8:32:10 GMT
I love Full Fathom Five simply because of the central conceit of it and THAT ENDING! It also stars David Collings who has one of the most expressive and distinctive voices in the world. Full Fathom Five made my skin crawl.
It is one of these BF stories that make me feel uncomfortable. It is not bad, far from it, but some things I find hard to deal with considering my sensitive nature.
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Post by Timelord007 on Jan 20, 2019 9:35:48 GMT
Like the two David Warner audios but utterly loathe & detest Full Fathom Five because turning the Doctor into a cold blooded killer is morally wrong as well as his companion in the climax & Exile was oversaturated with silly humour, brought them upon release throwed them out barring the two Warner ones.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 12:15:31 GMT
Like the two David Warner audios but utterly loathe & detest Full Fathom Five because turning the Doctor into a cold blooded killer is morally wrong as well as his companion in the climax & Exile was oversaturated with silly humour, brought them upon release throwed them out barring the two Warner ones. I think we've been having this debate since the old forum! You always say Full Fathom Five is morally wrong and has an out of character Doctor, then I say yep...that's kinda the point of the story! It all hinges on this Doctor being willing to do what our ones wouldn't, that doesn't mean you have to like the story of course but using that as a stick to beat it with doesn't hold much water when it's 100% intentionall. Where's the Unbound-ness without it?
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Post by mark687 on Jan 20, 2019 13:10:53 GMT
Poll options don't really fit my sentiments. Lets start with the easy ones. Warner ones just off enough to be different but still fundernently what makes the Doctor the Doctor in fact with the passage of time the style is comparable with Capaldi's. Full Fathom Shockingly different but its meant to be, as a one off I'd almost call it a classic expect the Doctor's the very worse kind of G*t throughout. Exile Why just why Nick Briggs turns Who into a Ladish 90s Comedy with a Female Lead and as far as I can gather he hates Ladish Comedy. Kill it with fire, Deadline standard premise nicely Performed Jests, Auld, Storm don't leave an impression either way in fact Storm (along with Exile )didn't even get a re-burrow from the library when they had an Audio section, Regards mark687
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Post by Timelord007 on Jan 20, 2019 13:14:49 GMT
Like the two David Warner audios but utterly loathe & detest Full Fathom Five because turning the Doctor into a cold blooded killer is morally wrong as well as his companion in the climax & Exile was oversaturated with silly humour, brought them upon release throwed them out barring the two Warner ones. I think we've been having this debate since the old forum! You always say Full Fathom Five is morally wrong and has an out of character Doctor, then I say yep...that's kinda the point of the story! It all hinges on this Doctor being willing to do what our ones wouldn't, that doesn't mean you have to like the story of course but using that as a stick to beat it with doesn't hold much water when it's 100% intentionall. Where's the Unbound-ness without it? Could be worse the Doctor could've played by Jeremy Corbyn Arh yes the debate goes on but i do very much enjoy our debates. There are worse stories Rags & Combat Rock by Mick Lewis which I've gone on full rant mode about but that's for another thread.
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Post by eric009 on Jan 20, 2019 16:16:19 GMT
Auld Mortality 6 Plays Sympathy For The Devil 15 Plays Full Fathom Five 5 Plays He Jests at Scars 9 Plays Deadline 4 Plays Exile 2 Plays A Storm of Angels 6 Plays Masters of War 17 Plays this how I tell what I like by replays He Jests at Scars played today a watch two dr who before that {Spoiler} 058 Colony in Space 116 Logopolis
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 16:54:59 GMT
Like the two David Warner audios but utterly loathe & detest Full Fathom Five because turning the Doctor into a cold blooded killer is morally wrong as well as his companion in the climax & Exile was oversaturated with silly humour, brought them upon release throwed them out barring the two Warner ones. I think we've been having this debate since the old forum! You always say Full Fathom Five is morally wrong and has an out of character Doctor, then I say yep...that's kinda the point of the story! It all hinges on this Doctor being willing to do what our ones wouldn't, that doesn't mean you have to like the story of course but using that as a stick to beat it with doesn't hold much water when it's 100% intentionall. Where's the Unbound-ness without it? I haven’t heard this one but i should as it sounds how i may have thought the War Doctor should have been.I wont read about it but will give it a shot
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