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Post by redsharkJason on Mar 26, 2021 20:50:35 GMT
An interesting choice - we know Series 13 has eighteen episodes, so now these match. If "each Doctor has an ongoing range of 3-disc box sets" although if they *had* to bring Tom up to 18 episodes to make that work, does that mean we're getting three sets a year for each Doctor? And hey, can't complain about more stories being added to a existing box set!! Feel free to do that as much as you'd like, BF! Based on the information that we currently have I think it is safe to predict that at least Doctors 5, 6, and 7 will have 3x 3-disc box sets per year. It does seem like desperation backtracking (I was already satisfied with what 4DA 11B and 12B previously included) that Big Finish feels the great need for the forthcoming Fourth Doctor adventures to equally correlate with what they're presumably planning to do with other Doctor incarnation 18-episodes per year output. So in one sense Big Finish is being generous by adding the 2 extra stories without any price increase. On the other hand though, instead of properly matching things up by splitting Series 11 and 12 into a total of 6 volumes, Big Finish is saving themselves money (damage control) by not manufacturing an extra 2 physical CD sets. With pre-orders of 4DA Series 11 and 12 being set in motion in 2019 Big Finish boxed themselves in for what they could do with their early bird CD purchasers. If it was a digital only product line from the get-go, you can bet your bottom dollar Series 11 and 12 would have been amended to 3 volumes each.
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Post by mbt66 on Mar 27, 2021 10:14:49 GMT
Why didn’t they just leave series 11 as was. I thought it had been said that the big restructure was happening from March 2022, so it’s original release dates was before that.
Does this mean Stranded 4 will now have to have only 3 discs of story seeing as it is coming out in April 2022!?
Then they would only have had to change 4DA series 12. But then they should have changed that to three sets rather than this cumbersome inequality between the two sets.
As others have said - what a mess.
Yay we are getting more Fourth Doctor, but if this signifies a ridged adherence to each Doctor having to have 9 discs of stories each year that will mean less Fourth Doctor in the future and the loss of fun asides like Comic Strip adaptations and PHP.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 10:38:33 GMT
Why didn’t they just leave series 11 as was. I thought it had been said that the big restructure was happening from March 2022, so it’s original release dates was before that. Does this mean Stranded 4 will now have to have only 3 discs of story seeing as it is coming out in April 2022!? Then they would only have had to change 4DA series 12. But then they should have changed that to three sets rather than this cumbersome inequality between the two sets. As others have said - what a mess. Yay we are getting more Fourth Doctor, but if this signifies a ridged adherence to each Doctor having to have 9 discs of stories each year that will mean less Fourth Doctor in the future and the loss of fun asides like Comic Strip adaptations and PHP. Surely if anything its more showing a new baseline? As in 9 minimum? Doesn’t mean they can’t be more but the main ranges for each doctor will be consistent content wise and (im guessing) price wise as well which is probably the main thing they're aiming for, consistent.
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Post by mbt66 on Mar 27, 2021 10:46:53 GMT
Why didn’t they just leave series 11 as was. I thought it had been said that the big restructure was happening from March 2022, so it’s original release dates was before that. Does this mean Stranded 4 will now have to have only 3 discs of story seeing as it is coming out in April 2022!? Then they would only have had to change 4DA series 12. But then they should have changed that to three sets rather than this cumbersome inequality between the two sets. As others have said - what a mess. Yay we are getting more Fourth Doctor, but if this signifies a ridged adherence to each Doctor having to have 9 discs of stories each year that will mean less Fourth Doctor in the future and the loss of fun asides like Comic Strip adaptations and PHP. Surely if anything its more showing a new baseline? As in 9 minimum? Doesn’t mean they can’t be more but the main ranges for each doctor will be consistent content wise and (im guessing) price wise as well which is probably the main thing they're aiming for, consistent. I’m sure you are right, let’s hope they will continue as they have before with a bit of variety.
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Post by mbt66 on Mar 27, 2021 10:52:08 GMT
Does anyone know for sure if series 11 and 12 were like series 10 originally i.e. 2 x 2 CDs in a slip cover? I thought they were, which meant a four part story got it’s own cover. Now they are listed as Jewel set in slip cover which means there will only be one cover for each set. Perhaps another reason for them not extending the release to three sets rather then two.
Big Finish are an unusual company - they don’t like paperwork.
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Post by muckypup on Mar 27, 2021 11:00:40 GMT
I just don’t get it....... There seems no logical reason to do this........
I wish they would get on and tell us what the plans are........ Even k9 would have trouble ......illogical !
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Post by theillusiveman on Mar 27, 2021 12:16:25 GMT
Does anyone know for sure if series 11 and 12 were like series 10 originally i.e. 2 x 2 CDs in a slip cover? I thought they were, which meant a four part story got it’s own cover. Now they are listed as Jewel set in slip cover which means there will only be one cover for each set. Perhaps another reason for them not extending the release to three sets rather then two. Big Finish are an unusual company - they don’t like paperwork. Noooooo they got rid of the individual artworks for 11 and 12
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Post by theillusiveman on Mar 27, 2021 13:00:24 GMT
Hang on im confused Blood of The Time Lords and The Ravenclaw Witch are listed as individual stories for download which means that they have individual covers but the main boxset no longer has it ?!?!
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Post by chrism1999 on Mar 27, 2021 17:32:33 GMT
Only in this fandom could "Here are even more stories! And you don't even have to pay any more for them! Hurrah!" be greeted with complaints.
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Post by shallacatop on Mar 27, 2021 17:34:25 GMT
Only in this fandom could "Here are even more stories! And you don't even have to pay any more for them! Hurrah!" be greeted with complaints. You’ve read the posts and reached your own judgement there. Nobody is complaining about getting the additional two stories; the criticism comes from the baffling way Big Finish have handled it. Hell, they didn’t even mentioned they’re giving the stories away for free! Maybe if they could coherently promote what they’re doing, they’d get a more positive reception.
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Post by chrism1999 on Mar 27, 2021 17:37:18 GMT
Only in this fandom could "Here are even more stories! And you don't even have to pay any more for them! Hurrah!" be greeted with complaints. You’ve read the posts and reached your own judgement there. Nobody is complaining about getting the additional two stories; the criticism comes from the baffling way Big Finish have handled it. Hell, they didn’t even mentioned they’re giving the stories away for free! Maybe if they could coherently promote what they’re doing, they’d get a more positive reception. Yes, and I think that's a really odd thing to get worked up about. Just take the win and be happy.
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Post by shallacatop on Mar 27, 2021 18:08:00 GMT
You’ve read the posts and reached your own judgement there. Nobody is complaining about getting the additional two stories; the criticism comes from the baffling way Big Finish have handled it. Hell, they didn’t even mentioned they’re giving the stories away for free! Maybe if they could coherently promote what they’re doing, they’d get a more positive reception. Yes, and I think that's a really odd thing to get worked up about. Just take the win and be happy. Not sure that’s any odder than your interpretation of events, but there we go. Would help if the “win” was actually explicit and promoted.
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Post by pawntake on Mar 27, 2021 18:42:46 GMT
Its not that complicated,the 4TH DA are headed eventually for 3 disc boxsets which will be priced at £16.99DL as opposed to the present 4 disc boxsets DL PRICE £19.99. 3 disc boxsets seem to be the way BF want to go, probably its economically more viable.Who knows?
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Post by mark687 on Mar 27, 2021 22:19:30 GMT
So DL Only Customers it would be worth Cancelling the separate DLs then Upgrading to the Boxset DL options Regards mark687
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Post by mark687 on Sept 15, 2021 15:09:13 GMT
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Post by grinch on Sept 15, 2021 15:12:42 GMT
I really love the sounds of both of these stories. I presume the Blood of the Time Lords is the story which is meant to feature the Dreyfus Master?
Or perhaps was meant to feature.
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Post by constonks on Sept 15, 2021 16:32:03 GMT
I really love the sounds of both of these stories. I presume the Blood of the Time Lords is the story which is meant to feature the Dreyfus Master? Or perhaps was meant to feature. This is listed as being recorded "8 and 16 May, 30 June and 5 July 2017" This tweet is from June 15th: Tom is wearing the same outfit on the Backstage tab of this release, although it's not - as I initially thought - the same picture with Dreyfus cropped out!
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Post by theillusiveman on Sept 16, 2021 1:19:13 GMT
I really love the sounds of both of these stories. I presume the Blood of the Time Lords is the story which is meant to feature the Dreyfus Master? Or perhaps was meant to feature. This is listed as being recorded "8 and 16 May, 30 June and 5 July 2017" This tweet is from June 15th: Tom is wearing the same outfit on the Backstage tab of this release, although it's not - as I initially thought - the same picture with Dreyfus cropped out! I really hope his story will be released even if he is never asked back I really want to hear this last story with him and Tom
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Post by constonks on Sept 16, 2021 1:31:07 GMT
I really hope his story will be released even if he is never asked back I really want to hear this last story with him and Tom I definitely think it's Blood of the Time Lords, but I wonder if the Master will now be played by Milo Parker or Geoffrey Beevers. Not just because of the politics and optics around Dreyfus, but he's also slagged off BF again and again on Twitter.
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Post by theillusiveman on Sept 16, 2021 1:40:50 GMT
I really hope his story will be released even if he is never asked back I really want to hear this last story with him and Tom I definitely think it's Blood of the Time Lords, but I wonder if the Master will now be played by Milo Parker or Geoffrey Beevers. Not just because of the politics and optics around Dreyfus, but he's also slagged off BF again and again on Twitter. I don’t recall seeing Dreyfus slagging off big finish I think he tagged Briggs in a post basically asking him to stop the big finish fans from sending abusive messages I really hope they don’t replace his voice with Parker (who I felt was so passive in masterful) and Beevers (chronologically wouldn’t make sense for the story)
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