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Post by mrperson on Dec 11, 2019 17:59:02 GMT
In the Early Adventures, Hines, Russell, Purvees, etc., play both their companion roles and voice The Doctor and this is reflected in the cast list. ie, 3.1, The Age of Endurance: Carole Ann Ford (Susan / Narrator) William Russell (Ian Chesterton / The Doctor) Jemma Powell (Barbara) Gethin Anthony (Olivan) Rachel Atkins (Myla) Tom Bell (Arran / Shift) Andy Secombe (Benya) John Voce (Toban) www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-age-of-endurance-1080
But over in the Lost Stories S4, companions play themselves according to the cast list, but nobody is cast as the Doctor OR narrator. Take the first episode cast list:
So,
1. Is it accurate that despite voicing the Doctor and Ian in other Early Adventures, Russell only voices Ian in LS 4.1?
2. If so, does anyone else voice the Doctor in that story? Does someone narrate his actions/statements in that person's own voice? Is the Doctor entirely absent from the stories?
3. Whatever the answers are for 4.1, do they apply to 4.2, 4.3, 4.4? None of these have anyone listed as Doctor or narrator.
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Post by jacobz40 on Dec 11, 2019 18:12:46 GMT
William Russell voices for the Doctor in his story, Frazer Hines in his two, and then (my recall on The Mega is a bit hazy, so not 100% positive) Katy Manning voices for her Doctor in her story. They just didn't credit them for doing so at the time. These stories were pre-Early Adventures, where we now understand that people like William Russell, Peter Purves, and Frazer Hines are not just narrating, but ALSO playing their Doctors. The Light at the End was really the turning point for Russell and Hines, as it was the first time they voiced for the Doctor in a full-cast story with no narration, as well as the first time they were officially credited as doing so.
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Post by mark687 on Dec 12, 2019 11:29:40 GMT
In the Early Adventures, Hines, Russell, Purvees, etc., play both their companion roles and voice The Doctor and this is reflected in the cast list. ie, 3.1, The Age of Endurance: Carole Ann Ford (Susan / Narrator) William Russell (Ian Chesterton / The Doctor) Jemma Powell (Barbara) Gethin Anthony (Olivan) Rachel Atkins (Myla) Tom Bell (Arran / Shift) Andy Secombe (Benya) John Voce (Toban) www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-age-of-endurance-1080
But over in the Lost Stories S4, companions play themselves according to the cast list, but nobody is cast as the Doctor OR narrator. Take the first episode cast list:
So,
1. Is it accurate that despite voicing the Doctor and Ian in other Early Adventures, Russell only voices Ian in LS 4.1?
2. If so, does anyone else voice the Doctor in that story? Does someone narrate his actions/statements in that person's own voice? Is the Doctor entirely absent from the stories?
3. Whatever the answers are for 4.1, do they apply to 4.2, 4.3, 4.4? None of these have anyone listed as Doctor or narrator.
Its shared narration on Dark Planet so I suspect a missed type situation.
Regards
mark687
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Post by mrperson on Dec 12, 2019 16:37:28 GMT
William Russell voices for the Doctor in his story, Frazer Hines in his two, and then (my recall on The Mega is a bit hazy, so not 100% positive) Katy Manning voices for her Doctor in her story. They just didn't credit them for doing so at the time. These stories were pre-Early Adventures, where we now understand that people like William Russell, Peter Purves, and Frazer Hines are not just narrating, but ALSO playing their Doctors. The Light at the End was really the turning point for Russell and Hines, as it was the first time they voiced for the Doctor in a full-cast story with no narration, as well as the first time they were officially credited as doing so.
Oh, great. Thx.
Guess I'll have to snap those up.
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Post by mrperson on Dec 13, 2019 2:13:17 GMT
Actually, you know, one more thing... what are the "companion chronicles" like as compared to the EA and LS series?
Are they basically just narrated short stories, like the bulk of the subscriber short trips? Or does the same person do narration and voice various characters?
I've stayed away through a combination of financial reasons (good lord how much I've spent on BF over the years...) and personal preference. It is very rare I get into audiobooks, even in Who. There are a few I've really really liked, like "Dead Air" w/ Tennant from BBC. But then he narrates and voices other characters in addition the Doctor (and does a damn fine job of it), and it feels close to a full cast audio drama without being one. But in general, if I'm going to listen I want it to be an audio play or close enough. I'd rather just read a book than listen to it being read to me.
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Post by tuigirl on Dec 13, 2019 8:33:28 GMT
Actually, you know, one more thing... what are the "companion chronicles" like as compared to the EA and LS series? Are they basically just narrated short stories, like the bulk of the subscriber short trips? Or does the same person do narration and voice various characters? I've stayed away through a combination of financial reasons (good lord how much I've spent on BF over the years...) and personal preference. It is very rare I get into audiobooks, even in Who. There are a few I've really really liked, like "Dead Air" w/ Tennant from BBC. But then he narrates and voices other characters in addition the Doctor (and does a damn fine job of it), and it feels close to a full cast audio drama without being one. But in general, if I'm going to listen I want it to be an audio play or close enough. I'd rather just read a book than listen to it being read to me. Many Companion Chronicles are "enhanced" readings, they do however have a couple of actors in them so in some of them it is pretty close to an actual audio drama as opposed to a book. Some of the best ones (Solidaire and Peri and the Piscon Paradox) are pretty much dramatized. And these two are also absolutely amazing (Piscon Paradox starts pretty average as a narration with sound effects, however, it evolves into... something different later on). It also depends how good one actor is in doing different voices and characters, so for example, anything with Katy Manning is great (even her narration short trips are well above average since she is so good at doing the voices of the Doctor and the Brig) and the ones with Frazer Hines are quite good, too, even if he sometimes muddles the lines between Jamie and the Doctor a bit.
I think it is the same as with audio books- some are just plain readings, however there are actors out there who transform some audiobooks into one-man audio dramas. For example, Dan Starkey is amazing.
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