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Post by timegirl on Aug 9, 2020 20:41:21 GMT
Can we please have 9 introduce Rose to Auntie Iris and Panda?! Possibly as a Christmas episode?!π
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Aug 9, 2020 21:06:44 GMT
My starting point would be all those photos Mark Benton's character shows Rose at the start of the first episode.
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Post by grinch on Aug 9, 2020 21:16:49 GMT
My starting point would be all those photos Mark Benton's character shows Rose at the start of the first episode. I personally think pre Rose stories would be the most interesting road to take. More introspective pieces where the Doctor (fresh from the Time War) has to examine who he is and what his place is now in the universe. If he even has a place anymore. An examination of what it means to be the Doctor and what that means. Might not fill four boxsets but maybe the focus of a story or two could be interesting.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 9, 2020 21:19:03 GMT
My starting point would be all those photos Mark Benton's character shows Rose at the start of the first episode. Theyβve already done the Titanic one in Battle Scars and I believe the Krakatoa one is the premise of an upcoming Short Trip, so I think the only one left is the Kennedy assassination.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Aug 9, 2020 21:23:58 GMT
My starting point would be all those photos Mark Benton's character shows Rose at the start of the first episode. I personally think pre Rose stories would be the most interesting road to take. More introspective pieces where the Doctor (fresh from the Time War) has to examine who he is and what his place is now in the universe. If he even has a place anymore. An examination of what it means to be the Doctor and what that means. Might not fill four boxsets but maybe the focus of a story or two could be interesting. Early, pre-Rose days would very much be my preference. Explore The Doctor running away from everything and from himself. The only thing I know I don't want to hear would be Daleks. I don't want the power of their first appearance in NU Who to be undercut at all.
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 9, 2020 21:25:55 GMT
Come to think of it, with this, the possibilities are literally endless. Who knows, maybe 9 gets as long a BF life as 8 had? Who knows. I have not been the biggest fan of 9, but I am curious what BF does with him. I hope they do not play it safe and we get less paint by numbers, but maybe some emotional and challenging material (which I guess would also fit the actor). Bring it on.
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Post by doctorkernow on Aug 9, 2020 21:26:36 GMT
Hello again.
Wonderful! I'm so pleased that Christopher Eccleston is working with Big Finish. His iteration of the Doctor was truly unique. Serious, with survivor's guilt from the Time War and a abrasive sense of humour. He had me at that speech about the world turning, that electric confrontation with the Dalek and the joyous "Just this once, everybody lives!"
Nearly a complete season of Ninth Doctor stories. I really look forward to hearing these. I knew Big Finish would be the one to bring him back. Thank you Christopher for coming back to Doctor Who. You have cheered up so many fans today. Fantastic!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 21:26:54 GMT
My starting point would be all those photos Mark Benton's character shows Rose at the start of the first episode. I personally think pre Rose stories would be the most interesting road to take. More introspective pieces where the Doctor (fresh from the Time War) has to examine who he is and what his place is now in the universe. If he even has a place anymore. An examination of what it means to be the Doctor and what that means. Might not fill four boxsets but maybe the focus of a story or two could be interesting. Yes, he was suicidal when he was using The Moment. "I have no desire to live beyond this..." then The Moment punishes him by telling him he will live - in the knowledge of what he's done. So that desolate wreck who thinks he's just killed his own people, forgetting Day Of The Doctor when the timelines sync, needs to evolve into "The Doctor" again. He was there when he met Rose.. "Nice to meet you Rose, I'm The Doctor...RUN FOR YOUR LIFE". There's easily some story there, how he goes from wanting to die, thinking he's committed genocide to fighting evil once again and calling himself "Doctor". As you say, that doesn't need to be all 4 sets but there's story there. Eccleston's Doc gives BF so much scope since he had so little screen time. Only McGann and Hurt were less fleshed out. Exciting time and I bet every BF regular writer has ideas for Chris.
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Post by timegirl on Aug 9, 2020 21:29:39 GMT
I personally think pre Rose stories would be the most interesting road to take. More introspective pieces where the Doctor (fresh from the Time War) has to examine who he is and what his place is now in the universe. If he even has a place anymore. An examination of what it means to be the Doctor and what that means. Might not fill four boxsets but maybe the focus of a story or two could be interesting. Early, pre-Rose days would very much be my preference. Explore The Doctor running away from everything and from himself. The only thing I know I don't want to hear would be Daleks. I don't want the power of their first appearance in NU Who to be undercut at all. They should definitely have 9 go up against the cybermen though! Preferably the modasian kind with lots of body horror! Also can 9 please have a story with the Scorchies?!π
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 9, 2020 21:31:02 GMT
Pre-ordered!!!! My gut feeling on this was always that someday he'd return, but that someday was a distant notion so it's a fantastic surprise that he's landed at Big Finish. I thought the jig might be up when the contributor page thing happened, but it's nevertheless thrilling to finally get to hear more from Nine. One can cover a lot of ground across four box sets so I'll be looking forward to Eccleston and Piper being reunited for more adventures as Rose will no doubt appear in some or all of the sets and I hope we'll also get more Jackie as I always thought Nine and Jackie played well together. Perhaps this will also be the time when Noel Clarke is lured back to play Mickey. I also hope that Nine and River will happen at some point. There's just so many possibilities to get excited about here! Now I'm wondering if Nine is part of the Out of Time stories. I believe we heard that they wanted to make a big splash with the announcements for the second and third releases. Eccleston having his first ever multi-Doctor story would certainly make a splash! I believe very much that he is. I think this is the reason we have not heard more Out of Time announcements yet.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Aug 9, 2020 21:33:14 GMT
Early, pre-Rose days would very much be my preference. Explore The Doctor running away from everything and from himself. The only thing I know I don't want to hear would be Daleks. I don't want the power of their first appearance in NU Who to be undercut at all. They should definitely have 9 go up against the cybermen though! Preferably the modasian kind with lots of body horror! Also can 9 please have a story with the Scorchies?!π Scorchies would mean James Goss writing and I would be 100% behind that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 21:38:32 GMT
Now I'm wondering if Nine is part of the Out of Time stories. I believe very much that he is. I think this is the reason we have not heard more Out of Time announcements yet.
That would certainly explain it alright!
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Post by timegirl on Aug 9, 2020 21:39:17 GMT
Come to think of it, with this, the possibilities are literally endless. Who knows, maybe 9 gets as long a BF life as 8 had? Who knows. I have not been the biggest fan of 9, but I am curious what BF does with him. I hope they do not play it safe and we get less paint by numbers, but maybe some emotional and challenging material (which I guess would also fit the actor). Bring it on. Completely agree about not playing it safe! I think they should give 9 his own Heaven Sent or Sherzo!
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 9, 2020 21:46:42 GMT
Come to think of it, with this, the possibilities are literally endless. Who knows, maybe 9 gets as long a BF life as 8 had? Who knows. I have not been the biggest fan of 9, but I am curious what BF does with him. I hope they do not play it safe and we get less paint by numbers, but maybe some emotional and challenging material (which I guess would also fit the actor). Bring it on. Completely agree about not playing it safe! I think they should give 9 his own Heaven Sent or Sherzo! Yeah, Dalek story number 4589 written my Nick would be.... potentially underwhelming. If it was not done with the same craftsmanship as "Dalek" and "Jubilee" was.
But this has so much potential, as have others mentioned- a broken Doctor, suffering from severe PTSD, trying to find new hope... it could be FANTASTIC.
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Post by grinch on Aug 9, 2020 21:51:02 GMT
Completely agree about not playing it safe! I think they should give 9 his own Heaven Sent or Sherzo! Yeah, Dalek story number 4589 written my Nick would be.... potentially underwhelming. If it was not done with the same craftsmanship as "Dalek" and "Jubilee" was.
But this has so much potential, as have others mentioned- a broken Doctor, suffering from severe PTSD, trying to find new hope... it could be FANTASTIC.
I doubt weβll get any Dalek stories for Nine anytime soon. Especially considering the War Doctor and the latter stories of the Eighth Doctor are full of them. You could do a Cybermen story perhaps but to be honest I think his incarnation of the Doctor could do with facing some completely original creations rather than rely on the favourites. Be a bridging gap between the Classic series and the revived series after all.
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Post by timegirl on Aug 9, 2020 21:51:24 GMT
Completely agree about not playing it safe! I think they should give 9 his own Heaven Sent or Sherzo! Yeah, Dalek story number 4589 written my Nick would be.... potentially underwhelming. If it was not done with the same craftsmanship as "Dalek" and "Jubilee" was.
But this has so much potential, as have others mentioned- a broken Doctor, suffering from severe PTSD, trying to find new hope... it could be FANTASTIC.
What if his companion for BF was someone who was also recovering from PTSD from a war like a World War One or World War Two veteran and they helped each other cope?
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Aug 9, 2020 21:51:33 GMT
Completely agree about not playing it safe! I think they should give 9 his own Heaven Sent or Sherzo! Yeah, Dalek story number 4589 written my Nick would be.... potentially underwhelming. If it was not done with the same craftsmanship as "Dalek" and "Jubilee" was.
But this has so much potential, as have others mentioned- a broken Doctor, suffering from severe PTSD, trying to find new hope... it could be FANTASTIC.
I'm not sure how it would work given the use of Daleks in his season.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Aug 9, 2020 21:52:21 GMT
Can we please have 9 introduce Rose to Auntie Iris and Panda?! Possibly as a Christmas episode?!π Please God, NO!! If I never hear Iris again it will be too soon.
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Post by timegirl on Aug 9, 2020 21:54:15 GMT
Can we please have 9 introduce Rose to Auntie Iris and Panda?! Possibly as a Christmas episode?!π Please God, NO!! If I never hear Iris again it will be too soon. I think it would be lovely though! And 9 and Iris are both Space northern!π
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 21:57:11 GMT
Can we please have 9 introduce Rose to Auntie Iris and Panda?! Possibly as a Christmas episode?!π Please God, NO!! If I never hear Iris again it will be too soon. I'm the biggest Iris fan going but no - not with Eccleston. No Scorchies either, and I love them. Both are too...gimmicky for Eccleston's Doc, at least initially. His series was relatively grounded. I can imagine Matt meeting Scorchies though! And Iris for that matter. There's a whimsy there that isn't in Eccleston. I also think Daleks are a no-no unless it's tangental - Dalek tech, rumours of a survivor etc - as his arc against the Daleks in the TV show is quite well defined and you can't alter that too much without those eps losing power.
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