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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 28, 2020 19:24:53 GMT
Well have been trying to make one of 8's companions a Talking Dinosaur for the past couple of years. If thats not diverse i dont know what is lol
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Post by constonks on Jun 28, 2020 21:44:09 GMT
Now let's see a companion in a wheelchair or a male or non-binary companion, hell I'd even take them finally creating a Welsh companion.I mean, I know he's not a BF Original Character but Sgt. Andy...
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Post by timegirl on Jun 28, 2020 21:54:04 GMT
Well have been trying to make one of 8's companions a Talking Dinosaur for the past couple of years. If thats not diverse i dont know what is lol Would the talking dinosaur be friends with Frobisher?😁🦖🐧
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Post by project37 on Jun 29, 2020 0:08:53 GMT
So two episodes in and I like it well enough and it is a nice change of pace from the previous 3 collections but I don't know if this is what I want for 12 more hours. I love the ambition of the premise, but my interest faded as soon as I saw it was being marketed as "Stranded 1" - it just seems like a bit much for me personally.
I love the boxset format, but other than Jago and Litefoot, have never really warmed to the idea of financially committing to a series of them. I'd pre-ordered Dark Eyes 1 and Doom Coalition 1 at the time, but never felt compelled to continue.
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Post by fingersmash on Jun 29, 2020 5:26:07 GMT
Now let's see a companion in a wheelchair or a male or non-binary companion, hell I'd even take them finally creating a Welsh companion.I mean, I know he's not a BF Original Character but Sgt. Andy... This is true...
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jun 30, 2020 0:09:34 GMT
So two episodes in and I like it well enough and it is a nice change of pace from the previous 3 collections but I don't know if this is what I want for 12 more hours. I love the ambition of the premise, but my interest faded as soon as I saw it was being marketed as "Stranded 1" - it just seems like a bit much for me personally.
I love the boxset format, but other than Jago and Litefoot, have never really warmed to the idea of financially committing to a series of them. I'd pre-ordered Dark Eyes 1 and Doom Coalition 1 at the time, but never felt compelled to continue.
Yeah. After all the hefty quartets, I was hoping they'd transition into self-contained box-sets. Y'know, something with a bit of a gimmick/premise/continuity to it, but still feels like a complete story by the end. (Like what Dark Eyes originally was.) I think part of the reason I wasn't too thrilled with this set is that so much of it is set-up and no pay-off. It's particularly noticeable in the third story, which has a great premise and atmosphere... and then just ends with no real climax.
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 30, 2020 7:37:32 GMT
I love the ambition of the premise, but my interest faded as soon as I saw it was being marketed as "Stranded 1" - it just seems like a bit much for me personally.
I love the boxset format, but other than Jago and Litefoot, have never really warmed to the idea of financially committing to a series of them. I'd pre-ordered Dark Eyes 1 and Doom Coalition 1 at the time, but never felt compelled to continue.
Yeah. After all the hefty quartets, I was hoping they'd transition into self-contained box-sets. Y'know, something with a bit of a gimmick/premise/continuity to it, but still feels like a complete story by the end. (Like what Dark Eyes originally was.) I think part of the reason I wasn't too thrilled with this set is that so much of it is set-up and no pay-off. It's particularly noticeable in the third story, which has a great premise and atmosphere... and then just ends with no real climax. But it lays a groundwork for all the great things yet to come...
However, I get your point.
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Post by shallacatop on Jun 30, 2020 8:18:40 GMT
I don't think we will spend 16 hours stranded on Baker Street. I think it's inevitable that we will have adventures on alien planets and other places, whether via the TARDIS or through other means. If anything, it'll be a change from the domestic and also expand on the supporting cast if they're along for the ride. I do think it's important that our TARDIS team don't hop into the TARDIS and go away too soon, though.
I thought the first set offered the domestic and the intrigue in spades, certainly enough to make me look forward to the second one. I thought Must See TV had too much build up for Divine Intervention and beyond, and didn't work as its own story, but that's my only criticism really.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jun 30, 2020 15:34:28 GMT
Yeah. After all the hefty quartets, I was hoping they'd transition into self-contained box-sets. Y'know, something with a bit of a gimmick/premise/continuity to it, but still feels like a complete story by the end. (Like what Dark Eyes originally was.) I think part of the reason I wasn't too thrilled with this set is that so much of it is set-up and no pay-off. It's particularly noticeable in the third story, which has a great premise and atmosphere... and then just ends with no real climax. But it lays a groundwork for all the great things yet to come... However, I get your point.
True. It could be that once this is all over I'll be eating my words. But as of right now, I'm a little unsatisfied, and I don't think it HAD to be that way. Episode 3 could have wrapped up it's own story in a more interesting way, while still leaving the door open for the future. I don't think we will spend 16 hours stranded on Baker Street. I think it's inevitable that we will have adventures on alien planets and other places, whether via the TARDIS or through other means. If anything, it'll be a change from the domestic and also expand on the supporting cast if they're along for the ride. I do think it's important that our TARDIS team don't hop into the TARDIS and go away too soon, though. I thought the first set offered the domestic and the intrigue in spades, certainly enough to make me look forward to the second one. I thought Must See TV had too much build up for Divine Intervention and beyond, and didn't work as its own story, but that's my only criticism really. My current theory is that the TARIDS will be able to bridge the two time-zones from the paradox, so the Doctor can travel freely between the two, but no-where else.
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Post by drj on Jul 3, 2020 22:29:54 GMT
Bit late to the party, but I just loved this. The change of pace, the exploring of characters we know quite well from a new angle and not to mention the new characters. Tania especially is a strong addition to the mix. It all works so well!
Andy and the Curator fit in naturally, so I think a credit to the writers there as that could have been a bit wobbly if not handled carefully. Actually, though they both work out very well.
Here’s hoping we get this ensemble going on through the next three box sets!
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Post by denyer97 on Jul 7, 2020 12:22:27 GMT
Some thoughts now that I’ve finally finished listening to the entire set.
-The Curator’s appearance was handled carefully and any concerns I had over it evaporated as I listened, although I’m not sure his inclusion was entirely necessary.
-Rebecca Root is a great addition to this TARDIS team which, I think I’m not alone in saying, is in dire need of a refresh and she’s certainly that! Her ‘coming out’ scene to Liv was very well handled and funny without being played for comedy value. I look forward to hearing more from her.
-While the set as a whole didn’t blow me away, they were four stories ranging from okay (Divine Intervention) to very good (Must See TV), and this is fine, we don’t need four box sets worth of stories of epic proportions like Dark Eyes, Doom Coalition and Ravenous. It’s nice to see something completely different. I have no idea if by Stranded 4 we’ll actually look back on this set, with all the pieces in place, very differently but I would love the arc solely to be that they’re stranded in London. With all those different characters you can do so much with that concept, I don’t want any Time Lord mythology, or more evil Time Lords.
I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next.
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Post by mrperson on Jul 7, 2020 17:52:36 GMT
I'll offer an unpopular opinion of "meh"... "The entire universe is at stake" themes definitely needed to be put down for a while, but I'm not sure I much like the polar opposite. As newt said, " Stranded, at least for me, feels more like a series of vignettes about these characters living in these circumstances. Yes there are still Doctor Who style plots, but it just seems more character focus while story is taking a backseat." It felt like most episodes were half-story at most. I have a strong preference for story-first, and for character development to happen as the story plays out. But not so much putting character development front and center, with a bit of story added so it's not a pure soap opera.
I rather hope they end up condensing it to two box sets.
And that's why I hope (without much hope) that McGann can get at least partially back to range format, so that there doesn't need to be an idea compelling enough to dominate a series of four box sets.
I suppose it's for similar reasons that I was never fond of the focus on Amy and Rory's relationship, or Clara and Danny's. I don't need or want every piece of fiction I enjoy to cover all of life's bases.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jul 7, 2020 18:06:03 GMT
have been trying to make one of 8's companions a Talking Dinosaur
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 8, 2020 10:48:17 GMT
Theory time! Having re-listened to the set. I get the slight impression that Helen suspects / does know who the Curator is. He certainly drops enough hints. Especially when he starts to mention {Spoiler} Professor River Song
Pretty sure Helen understands.
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 9, 2020 7:45:39 GMT
Hello everyone! This is my first post, and I'm here specifically because of Stranded! I'm only involved in the Doctor Who fandom via the r/Gallifrey subreddit (I am u/Solar_Kestrel), but unfortunately they don't tend to discuss Big Finish new releases very much over there--just a lot of anticipatory comments and then nothing.
Stranded 1 wound up being my very first pre-order, and I dunno about y'all, but I am fanatically excited for a lot of their upcoming releases--once I'm done writing this, for example, I'll be diving right into Missy 2. Hopefully I can remember this place well enough to stick around for further discussions, and this community proves worth returning to--calm, respectful, carefully moderated to filter out toxicity and/or bigotry. That's not to be a slight or anything: I know nothing about y'all here, and you know what the Internet is like.
So, anyway, I've really enjoyed reading your opinions so far, and thought I'd speak up with my own impressions of Stranded. So, here goes:
* What initially drew me to Stranded and what motivated my first pre-order was the premise. I'm a big fan of the Pertwee era of Classic Who, so I immediately fell in love with the idea of Eight being stuck on Baker Street. I naturally imagined him setting up as a kind of, I don't know, consulting detective. Instead, Stranded turned out to be more a riff, or very liberal reinterpretation of the Matt Smith episode, The Lodger. Which I liked fine, but it was never a favorite. Stranded is a very different sort of story and I loved it--it's much more so,ber, morose and character-focused, and frankly I was astonished when I realized how much better I felt I knew alive Chenka afterwards--she's been with us for more than 30 stories, and we're only now seeing these new sides of her? It makes her precious outings almost disappointing in retrospect--and I say this as someone who thinks Liv is Eight's best companion so far. * Like others here, I do find myself a bit more ambivalent about the individual stories. The intro story started in media res, which is... a choice, and I appreciated that it allowed us to skip a lot of exposition... but at the same time it also meant introducing a huge cast of side characters all at once, most of whom have very little role in the stories being told. When the third story started, for example, I initially assumed Mister Bird had been present throughout the prior topwo stories--it was not until they explicitly said so that I realized he was a new arrival. * And speaking of the tenants... the quantity also means they're almost all underused. The two sisters feel especially wasted, due to their connection to Wild Animals, easily the best story of the lot. It's hard to tell how much the events of that story have changed them or otherwise affected them due simply to how little time we've spent with them. * In terms of the arc going forward... I honestly can't tell what, if anything, this is building to, and I strongly suspect making Stranded into an arc-centric series is a bad idea. Given how much time we're stuck waiting between box sets, I have zero faith in my capacity to remember any of the details of these first four stories by March of 2021. I'd much prefer to see this series work primarily with standalone, episodic stories--keep the continuity, but ditch the need for a song,e all-encompassing antagonist or problem linking everything together.
And to respond briefly to what I've read so far...
* Gotta say, I laughed a bit at that discussion of CDs. I get the drive to preserve our media to the greatest except ent possible, but really, CDs are just about the worst storage medium I can imagine. CDs scratch! No matter how you store them, small vibrations will produce micro friction and over time they will imevitably accumulate dozens, then hundreds, of small scratches, and eventually wind up nonfunctional. Most disc media is susceptible to this. The last DVDs I bought, 8 years ago, were only watched once... when I opened them to to try again a single disc had managed to get a few very small, almost imperceptible scratches (just from the vibrations produced by me walking past the shelf it sat on) and was unplayable past a certain point. AFAIK the only reliable long-term physical media storage is Blu-Ray, as the discs are coated in an incredibly durable film that, I'm told, ought to keep them in pristine condition for 50+ years. Anyway, the optimal solution to storing your Big Finish dramas in perpetuity is going to be a solid state drive and/or cloud backups. * Tom Baker is a great actor, I agree. But he kinda sucks in Stranded. He spends the entire episode being nothing more than the ever-annoying "wise wizard" trope: he pops up again and again, says nothing of substance--just vaguely prophetic nonsense--and pops off. Only to repeat the same dance another two or three times before the end. It's a waste of an interesting character and an even bigger waste of a skilled actor. * The Torchwood stuff isn't my cup of tea either, so far. I dislike scenes where the Doctor is lying about not know aliens to characters who are likewise lying about not knowing aliens. There's no tension, just tedium. The sooner they sit down with the Doctor and say, "look, our organization is involved with a future you, so we can't tell you anything about it, or say anything that might interfere with -our- Doctor's past," the better. Keeping secrets from the Doctor for no reason is just... not compelling storytelling. I'd settle for a, "Spoilers!" even. Helen and Liv have already met River' they know how this works--and the Doctor would know even better.
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Post by elkawho on Jul 9, 2020 12:40:33 GMT
Hello everyone! This is my first post, and I'm here specifically because of Stranded! I'm only involved in the Doctor Who fandom via the r/Gallifrey subreddit (I am u/Solar_Kestrel), but unfortunately they don't tend to discuss Big Finish new releases very much over there--just a lot of anticipatory comments and then nothing. Stranded 1 wound up being my very first pre-order, and I dunno about y'all, but I am fanatically excited for a lot of their upcoming releases--once I'm done writing this, for example, I'll be diving right into Missy 2. Hopefully I can remember this place well enough to stick around for further discussions, and this community proves worth returning to--calm, respectful, carefully moderated to filter out toxicity and/or bigotry. That's not to be a slight or anything: I know nothing about y'all here, and you know what the Internet is like. So, anyway, I've really enjoyed reading your opinions so far, and thought I'd speak up with my own impressions of Stranded. So, here goes: * What initially drew me to Stranded and what motivated my first pre-order was the premise. I'm a big fan of the Pertwee era of Classic Who, so I immediately fell in love with the idea of Eight being stuck on Baker Street. I naturally imagined him setting up as a kind of, I don't know, consulting detective. Instead, Stranded turned out to be more a riff, or very liberal reinterpretation of the Matt Smith episode, The Lodger. Which I liked fine, but it was never a favorite. Stranded is a very different sort of story and I loved it--it's much more so,ber, morose and character-focused, and frankly I was astonished when I realized how much better I felt I knew alive Chenka afterwards--she's been with us for more than 30 stories, and we're only now seeing these new sides of her? It makes her precious outings almost disappointing in retrospect--and I say this as someone who thinks Liv is Eight's best companion so far. * Like others here, I do find myself a bit more ambivalent about the individual stories. The intro story started in media res, which is... a choice, and I appreciated that it allowed us to skip a lot of exposition... but at the same time it also meant introducing a huge cast of side characters all at once, most of whom have very little role in the stories being told. When the third story started, for example, I initially assumed Mister Bird had been present throughout the prior topwo stories--it was not until they explicitly said so that I realized he was a new arrival. * And speaking of the tenants... the quantity also means they're almost all underused. The two sisters feel especially wasted, due to their connection to Wild Animals, easily the best story of the lot. It's hard to tell how much the events of that story have changed them or otherwise affected them due simply to how little time we've spent with them. * In terms of the arc going forward... I honestly can't tell what, if anything, this is building to, and I strongly suspect making Stranded into an arc-centric series is a bad idea. Given how much time we're stuck waiting between box sets, I have zero faith in my capacity to remember any of the details of these first four stories by March of 2021. I'd much prefer to see this series work primarily with standalone, episodic stories--keep the continuity, but ditch the need for a song,e all-encompassing antagonist or problem linking everything together. And to respond briefly to what I've read so far... * Gotta say, I laughed a bit at that discussion of CDs. I get the drive to preserve our media to the greatest except ent possible, but really, CDs are just about the worst storage medium I can imagine. CDs scratch! No matter how you store them, small vibrations will produce micro friction and over time they will imevitably accumulate dozens, then hundreds, of small scratches, and eventually wind up nonfunctional. Most disc media is susceptible to this. The last DVDs I bought, 8 years ago, were only watched once... when I opened them to to try again a single disc had managed to get a few very small, almost imperceptible scratches (just from the vibrations produced by me walking past the shelf it sat on) and was unplayable past a certain point. AFAIK the only reliable long-term physical media storage is Blu-Ray, as the discs are coated in an incredibly durable film that, I'm told, ought to keep them in pristine condition for 50+ years. Anyway, the optimal solution to storing your Big Finish dramas in perpetuity is going to be a solid state drive and/or cloud backups. * Tom Baker is a great actor, I agree. But he kinda sucks in Stranded. He spends the entire episode being nothing more than the ever-annoying "wise wizard" trope: he pops up again and again, says nothing of substance--just vaguely prophetic nonsense--and pops off. Only to repeat the same dance another two or three times before the end. It's a waste of an interesting character and an even bigger waste of a skilled actor. * The Torchwood stuff isn't my cup of tea either, so far. I dislike scenes where the Doctor is lying about not know aliens to characters who are likewise lying about not knowing aliens. There's no tension, just tedium. The sooner they sit down with the Doctor and say, "look, our organization is involved with a future you, so we can't tell you anything about it, or say anything that might interfere with -our- Doctor's past," the better. Keeping secrets from the Doctor for no reason is just... not compelling storytelling. I'd settle for a, "Spoilers!" even. Helen and Liv have already met River' they know how this works--and the Doctor would know even better. Welcome to the DU! I hope you enjoy our little island of BF love. Good post. I really liked this set but I do realize that this was all set up. I'm looking forward to the next sets to see what they do with the characters and situations that they have set up here.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 9, 2020 13:01:33 GMT
Welcome! As for the below, I have been a cd collector for 31 years now, I can honestly say all mine are still in working order, no scratches or jumps. That is all.. LOL :-) * Gotta say, I laughed a bit at that discussion of CDs. I get the drive to preserve our media to the greatest except ent possible, but really, CDs are just about the worst storage medium I can imagine. CDs scratch! No matter how you store them, small vibrations will produce micro friction and over time they will imevitably accumulate dozens, then hundreds, of small scratches, and eventually wind up nonfunctional. Most disc media is susceptible to this. The last DVDs I bought, 8 years ago, were only watched once... when I opened them to to try again a single disc had managed to get a few very small, almost imperceptible scratches (just from the vibrations produced by me walking past the shelf it sat on) and was unplayable past a certain point. AFAIK the only reliable long-term physical media storage is Blu-Ray, as the discs are coated in an incredibly durable film that, I'm told, ought to keep them in pristine condition for 50+ years. Anyway, the optimal solution to storing your Big Finish dramas in perpetuity is going to be a solid state drive and/or cloud backups.
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 9, 2020 18:41:48 GMT
You're very lucky! From what I read, how you store them caN have a big effect--soe cases will hold them more firmly than others, and whether they're vertical or horizontal can have an affect, too (can't remember which is worse), and how stable the shelves are. As it was initially explained to me, the micro scratches are basically an inevitability--those DVDs probably crapped out on me early because they were set inside a flimsy paper case (cheap box set) and therefore much more susceptible to vibration. In any case, the point is that physical media will degrade over time, can be lost or broken, etc., etc. so the closest thing to a "permanent* storage is going to be digital. And if BF ever goes out of business, you can be sure those old CDs will become increasingly difficult to find while the digital media, as is always the case, remains but a few button clicks away. Or is that a truth I shouldn't acknowledge? I like old games so I've seen a lot of companies fold, discs disappear, and Internet archives become the only real source for "lost" media. elkawho: thanks for the warm welcome!im really excited for the future, too. I love how different the tone of Stranded is, and that we're seeing all these wonderful little facets of familiar characters. I especially hope Helen gets as much development next time as Liv did. in this set (as I think I mwntioned before, I love Liv, but it often feels like she forces Helen into the background). I also real"y love how "modern" and simultaneously anachronistic it felt... tenants gamging up on a worthless landlord is very 2020... and it's also very 1920.
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 9, 2020 21:09:06 GMT
Hello everyone! This is my first post, and I'm here specifically because of Stranded! I'm only involved in the Doctor Who fandom via the r/Gallifrey subreddit (I am u/Solar_Kestrel), but unfortunately they don't tend to discuss Big Finish new releases very much over there--just a lot of anticipatory comments and then nothing. Stranded 1 wound up being my very first pre-order, and I dunno about y'all, but I am fanatically excited for a lot of their upcoming releases--once I'm done writing this, for example, I'll be diving right into Missy 2. Hopefully I can remember this place well enough to stick around for further discussions, and this community proves worth returning to--calm, respectful, carefully moderated to filter out toxicity and/or bigotry. That's not to be a slight or anything: I know nothing about y'all here, and you know what the Internet is like. So, anyway, I've really enjoyed reading your opinions so far, and thought I'd speak up with my own impressions of Stranded. So, here goes: * What initially drew me to Stranded and what motivated my first pre-order was the premise. I'm a big fan of the Pertwee era of Classic Who, so I immediately fell in love with the idea of Eight being stuck on Baker Street. I naturally imagined him setting up as a kind of, I don't know, consulting detective. Instead, Stranded turned out to be more a riff, or very liberal reinterpretation of the Matt Smith episode, The Lodger. Which I liked fine, but it was never a favorite. Stranded is a very different sort of story and I loved it--it's much more so,ber, morose and character-focused, and frankly I was astonished when I realized how much better I felt I knew alive Chenka afterwards--she's been with us for more than 30 stories, and we're only now seeing these new sides of her? It makes her precious outings almost disappointing in retrospect--and I say this as someone who thinks Liv is Eight's best companion so far. * Like others here, I do find myself a bit more ambivalent about the individual stories. The intro story started in media res, which is... a choice, and I appreciated that it allowed us to skip a lot of exposition... but at the same time it also meant introducing a huge cast of side characters all at once, most of whom have very little role in the stories being told. When the third story started, for example, I initially assumed Mister Bird had been present throughout the prior topwo stories--it was not until they explicitly said so that I realized he was a new arrival. * And speaking of the tenants... the quantity also means they're almost all underused. The two sisters feel especially wasted, due to their connection to Wild Animals, easily the best story of the lot. It's hard to tell how much the events of that story have changed them or otherwise affected them due simply to how little time we've spent with them. * In terms of the arc going forward... I honestly can't tell what, if anything, this is building to, and I strongly suspect making Stranded into an arc-centric series is a bad idea. Given how much time we're stuck waiting between box sets, I have zero faith in my capacity to remember any of the details of these first four stories by March of 2021. I'd much prefer to see this series work primarily with standalone, episodic stories--keep the continuity, but ditch the need for a song,e all-encompassing antagonist or problem linking everything together. And to respond briefly to what I've read so far... * Gotta say, I laughed a bit at that discussion of CDs. I get the drive to preserve our media to the greatest except ent possible, but really, CDs are just about the worst storage medium I can imagine. CDs scratch! No matter how you store them, small vibrations will produce micro friction and over time they will imevitably accumulate dozens, then hundreds, of small scratches, and eventually wind up nonfunctional. Most disc media is susceptible to this. The last DVDs I bought, 8 years ago, were only watched once... when I opened them to to try again a single disc had managed to get a few very small, almost imperceptible scratches (just from the vibrations produced by me walking past the shelf it sat on) and was unplayable past a certain point. AFAIK the only reliable long-term physical media storage is Blu-Ray, as the discs are coated in an incredibly durable film that, I'm told, ought to keep them in pristine condition for 50+ years. Anyway, the optimal solution to storing your Big Finish dramas in perpetuity is going to be a solid state drive and/or cloud backups. * Tom Baker is a great actor, I agree. But he kinda sucks in Stranded. He spends the entire episode being nothing more than the ever-annoying "wise wizard" trope: he pops up again and again, says nothing of substance--just vaguely prophetic nonsense--and pops off. Only to repeat the same dance another two or three times before the end. It's a waste of an interesting character and an even bigger waste of a skilled actor. * The Torchwood stuff isn't my cup of tea either, so far. I dislike scenes where the Doctor is lying about not know aliens to characters who are likewise lying about not knowing aliens. There's no tension, just tedium. The sooner they sit down with the Doctor and say, "look, our organization is involved with a future you, so we can't tell you anything about it, or say anything that might interfere with -our- Doctor's past," the better. Keeping secrets from the Doctor for no reason is just... not compelling storytelling. I'd settle for a, "Spoilers!" even. Helen and Liv have already met River' they know how this works--and the Doctor would know even better. Welcome to the family. I apologize in advance, some of us can be a bit weird. Joke aside, you will find a nice community which tries to be civil and provides a safe haven in the toxic storms of the Www. Enjoy. Looking forward to some nice and interesting discussions.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 9, 2020 22:46:57 GMT
You're very lucky! From what I read, how you store them caN have a big effect--soe cases will hold them more firmly than others, and whether they're vertical or horizontal can have an affect, too (can't remember which is worse), and how stable the shelves are. As it was initially explained to me, the micro scratches are basically an inevitability--those DVDs probably crapped out on me early because they were set inside a flimsy paper case (cheap box set) and therefore much more susceptible to vibration. In any case, the point is that physical media will degrade over time, can be lost or broken, etc., etc. so the closest thing to a "permanent* storage is going to be digital. And if BF ever goes out of business, you can be sure those old CDs will become increasingly difficult to find while the digital media, as is always the case, remains but a few button clicks away. Or is that a truth I shouldn't acknowledge? I like old games so I've seen a lot of companies fold, discs disappear, and Internet archives become the only real source for "lost" media. elkawho : thanks for the warm welcome!im really excited for the future, too. I love how different the tone of Stranded is, and that we're seeing all these wonderful little facets of familiar characters. I especially hope Helen gets as much development next time as Liv did. in this set (as I think I mwntioned before, I love Liv, but it often feels like she forces Helen into the background). I also real"y love how "modern" and simultaneously anachronistic it felt... tenants gamging up on a worthless landlord is very 2020... and it's also very 1920. :-) I should add, I do have digital back up copies of every story though. Once I buy it, receive it- I whack it in my pc and copy it, or if I purchase direct from BF I will automatically download. Maybe next year I will buy a 2nd HDD and have 2 backups just in case. U can never have 2 much OCD LOL
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