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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2020 20:13:14 GMT
Totally enjoyed it
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Post by OneTen on Dec 1, 2020 13:54:18 GMT
...really started to properly explore the concept of a time war in ways I wished the War Doctor had, as good as they were they were basically WWII movie riffs.... I've only just finished Time War 4 and I enjoyed it hugely. I think this comment 👆 sums it up best for me. I enjoyed all of the Hurt series because, well, John Hurt. But only the first of those really stood out as memorable for me. And the McGann Time War stories I have not been enjoying anything like as much as the alternative McGann stuff ( Doom Coalition, Ravenous)...until now. This set had had the kind of war stories that could only be set in a Time War, rather than just a really bad war with [latest-bad-time-weapon] as the threat. Rather than mumbo-jumbo-existential-threat-to-reality these stories present a reality that has been tangibly altered or unravelled - it's not a race to secure the latest temporal-military tech but for the nature of existence itself. I didn't think I'd be hoping for a continuation... but now I find I am!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2020 13:56:22 GMT
...really started to properly explore the concept of a time war in ways I wished the War Doctor had, as good as they were they were basically WWII movie riffs.... I've only just finished Time War 4 and I enjoyed it hugely. I think this comment 👆 sums it up best for me. I enjoyed all of the Hurt series because, well, John Hurt. But only the first of those really stood out as memorable for me. And the McGann Time War stories I have not been enjoying anything like as much as the alternative McGann stuff ( Doom Coalition, Ravenous)...until now. This set had had the kind of war stories that could only be set in a Time War, rather than just a really bad war with [latest-bad-time-weapon] as the threat. Rather than mumbo-jumbo-existential-threat-to-reality these stories present a reality that has been tangibly altered or unravelled - it's not a race to secure the latest temporal-military tech but for the nature of existence itself. I didn't think I'd be hoping for a continuation... but now I find I am! It might be heresy...but...I found Hurts performance kind of underwhelming he was much better in The Invisible Man 🤭 actually all four sets underwhelmed me there was nothing (correct me if am wrong if you think there’s a scene I should listen to again) that made me go OH WOW let me play that bit again.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2020 16:37:05 GMT
I suppose there is always one, but I had to turn it off near the end of disc 1, I was absolutely bored to sobs. It's literally like a Davros monologue.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2020 16:07:46 GMT
I suppose there is always one, but I had to turn it off near the end of disc 1, I was absolutely bored to sobs. It's literally like a Davros monologue. Yep and it HAD to be you 😉 wait a few months slip it in again you will probably love it....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2020 16:42:34 GMT
I suppose there is always one, but I had to turn it off near the end of disc 1, I was absolutely bored to sobs. It's literally like a Davros monologue. wait a few months slip it in again you will probably love it.... Sorry, what !
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2020 16:57:37 GMT
wait a few months slip it in again you will probably love it.... Sorry, what ! The CD 😂
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2020 16:59:24 GMT
Oh I see, I do beg your pardon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 17:45:37 GMT
I guess this is the only time war box set that has had multiple listens that I have actually really enjoyed I don’t want to analyse it too much and break the magic I like the deviousness of the Daleks and the merging of the multiple universe syndrome it employs I like the breathing space of Dreadshade and then onto an absolute corker of a finale with its twist.Like I say am not going to overanalyse it it’s one that despite of Dalek voices it actually employs them as the devious creatures that they are and Terry Molloy works his ass off to give us different facets of Davros and Isla Blair too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 17:49:02 GMT
I guess this is the only time war box set that has had multiple listens that I have actually really enjoyed I don’t want to analyse it too much and break the magic I like the deviousness of the Daleks and the merging of the multiple universe syndrome it employs I like the breathing space of Dreadshade and then onto an absolute corker of a finale with its twist.Like I say am not going to overanalyse it it’s one that despite of Dalek voices it actually employs them as the devious creatures that they are and Terry Molloy works his ass off to give us different facets of Davros and Isla Blair too. Gosh, how tastes differ. I'd rather be tared, feathered and run out of town tied to a horse than listen to all that boring nonsense again.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 18:00:44 GMT
I guess this is the only time war box set that has had multiple listens that I have actually really enjoyed I don’t want to analyse it too much and break the magic I like the deviousness of the Daleks and the merging of the multiple universe syndrome it employs I like the breathing space of Dreadshade and then onto an absolute corker of a finale with its twist.Like I say am not going to overanalyse it it’s one that despite of Dalek voices it actually employs them as the devious creatures that they are and Terry Molloy works his ass off to give us different facets of Davros and Isla Blair too. Gosh, how tastes differ. I'd rather be tared, feathered and run out of town tied to a horse than listen to all that boring nonsense again. Am not a fan of `time War as you know but it is one that gets the imagination going I have to admit-I get the feeling of A WAR and consequences and stakesinstead of the usual weapon of the week kind of thing...I would have liked the war to have finalised on a single battle field both sides depleted of everything every single weapon used destroyed and both facing extinction
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Post by nottenst on Feb 1, 2021 16:11:19 GMT
Just finished the set. In the midst of the BTS. Palindrome was quite a tragic play. No surprise it is a John Dorney piece. Overall, I agree with all the great praises for the set. I was also quite surprised with the revelation at the end. That was quite a card the Time Strategist was holding. I have no idea where that bit will continue.
Approaching end of BTS and it is mentioned that Bliss was not originally intended to go beyond the first set. Funny how things change.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 18:58:30 GMT
Well, in case anyone missed the significance of today's date - could've been a good day for a flash sale, but never mind eh:
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 6:50:30 GMT
Well, in case anyone missed the significance of today's date - could've been a good day for a flash sale, but never mind eh: Yes missed a shot didn’t they lol
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Post by mbt66 on Feb 13, 2021 10:44:31 GMT
That date is very, very clever - thatks for sharing.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 22, 2021 15:47:15 GMT
Finally getting around to this set and Palindrome is quite the opener. I don’t think I quite understood everything but focusing on Davros lent the story a good centre, and a very good performance from Molloy sold it single-handedly.
My bemusement at Bliss’ character continues though. Here she can competently wield a gun and fend off Daleks...when in her studies of quantum physics did she acquire these skills?!
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Post by grinch on Aug 22, 2021 15:51:13 GMT
Finally getting around to this set and Palindrome is quite the opener. I don’t think I quite understood everything but focusing on Davros lent the story a good centre, and a very good performance from Molloy sold it single-handedly. My bemusement at Bliss’ character continues though. Here she can competently wield a gun and fend off Daleks...when in her studies of quantum physics did she acquire these skills?! I guess you inevitably pick up a few skills when you’re fighting in the middle of the Time War? Although, considering how often personal histories and chronologies are rewritten in such a conflict I guess it’s not out of the question her personal history could have changed to give her some combat experience?
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Post by dorney on Aug 22, 2021 15:56:05 GMT
Finally getting around to this set and Palindrome is quite the opener. I don’t think I quite understood everything but focusing on Davros lent the story a good centre, and a very good performance from Molloy sold it single-handedly. My bemusement at Bliss’ character continues though. Here she can competently wield a gun and fend off Daleks...when in her studies of quantum physics did she acquire these skills?! I mean, that is literally the first thing she does in her very first appearance.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 22, 2021 16:01:51 GMT
Finally getting around to this set and Palindrome is quite the opener. I don’t think I quite understood everything but focusing on Davros lent the story a good centre, and a very good performance from Molloy sold it single-handedly. My bemusement at Bliss’ character continues though. Here she can competently wield a gun and fend off Daleks...when in her studies of quantum physics did she acquire these skills?! I mean, that is literally the first thing she does in her very first appearance. That’s fair, but as she immediately ditched that gun and hadn’t used one since in the ensuing three volumes I didn’t think she was that gifted using them.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 22, 2021 22:34:27 GMT
Dreadshade
Well I was wondering how they’d delay the Doctor and Bliss delivering the warning and was thoroughly disappointed it was a bout of inexplicable amnesia. Can we please have a total moratorium on writers giving the Eighth Doctor amnesia, it’s been done to absolute death. It was even done at this exact point in Volume 2 in this same Time War saga. Enough, please.
Other than that gripe, this was actually a pretty interesting story of how the Time Lords pick up the pieces from a Time War, with Ken Bones’ General making an especially nice addition to proceedings. I almost wish this cease-fire interlude had gone on longer, as with the ethics of the prisoners of war who can’t remember who they were fighting for and the victorious Time Lords who can’t even enjoy their victory due to not knowing who they’ve beaten and how they did it, it’s quite a rich backdrop.
I do have one query of how the portrayal of the Time Lords’ memory lines up with The War Valeyard. In that story it seemed that the superweapon erased all memory of the Daleks except for the Time Lords, and Tamasan and the Doctor certainly seemed to recall them and the Time War easily enough. It just doesn’t seem to quite align, which tbf I doubt I would’ve noticed if I hadn’t revisited that story this morning.
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