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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 5, 2019 10:28:22 GMT
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Post by dangerwillrobinson on Nov 5, 2019 11:15:04 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Nov 5, 2019 12:05:35 GMT
Good little story with a couple of tried and true DW plot technics thrown in.
Regards
mark687
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 5, 2019 12:08:09 GMT
The Big Finish newsletter email is out heavily advertising this story.
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Post by sherlock on Nov 6, 2019 0:11:04 GMT
Another alright Short Trip. Nothing really groundbreaking, but a fine story told well.
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 6, 2019 8:15:51 GMT
I agree, nice little story.
India is doing a great job (would you expect anything else?).
Interesting choice to tell a story about "cold war"/ "arms race" topics.
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 6, 2019 8:19:04 GMT
Another thought-
wouldn't it be nice if the Doctor informed himself a bit more about people and things he admires before naively blundering in?
For someone so old he can be amazingly naive.
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Post by 10thPlanet on Nov 6, 2019 11:40:35 GMT
The psychological horror of this, and the way it comments on soldiers being objectified in abstract moral debates over war, is astounding. I didn't 100% catch why we have the Doctor and Charley traveling back in time, or how that works with the ending. But this was a fabulous first outing for Jaine Fenn.
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Post by Digi on Nov 6, 2019 13:56:54 GMT
I enjoyed this, I think more for the characterization than anything else. The story was interesting (even if it didn't fully grab me), but I think Jaine Fenn absolutely nailed the voices of both Charley and the Doctor. It would be easy for a newcomer to miss that, so for her to have done so so masterfully is very impressive.
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Post by elkawho on Nov 7, 2019 18:52:40 GMT
I loved this one as well. The focus on how the extreme from ANY point of view, even the anti-war one, can lead to horrific acts. I thought it was a powerful story.
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Post by Ian McArdell on Nov 8, 2019 12:07:09 GMT
My take is up at Cultbox: "Beneath the well-observed banter, it considers deeper themes; the futility of war and the notion of art born from despair. It heads to a wonderfully bleak ending too." |
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Post by IndieMacUser on Nov 9, 2019 10:04:30 GMT
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