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Post by Kestrel on Sept 14, 2020 19:36:09 GMT
Ahahaha... my Gallifrey hiatus continues, despite this weeks giant sale! Curse you, Benny!
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Post by inchmix on Sept 27, 2020 23:05:54 GMT
Gallifrey is one of my fav ranges. There is a lot I can say but to keep it short The aspects I have liked ..
1) Ive enjoyed the relationship between Romana/Leela. Listening to Lalla and Louise here has been so enjoyable
2) Loved the funny moments between Leela and K9. (One eg When K9 tries to give her counseling advice lol)
3) The Braxietel connection between Gallifrey series and Benny series
4) Lynda Bellingham - is there anymore to be said
5) Geoffrey Beevers performance in vampire episode (he's always great)
6) Colin Baker as Lord Burner!
7) And that horrific scene with Castellan Wynter - those sound effects! if audio can make me squeamish - then BF have done their job
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Post by Kestrel on Sept 28, 2020 3:15:08 GMT
Haha, yeah, Beevers was a delight as a vampire. Do y'all think that character was meant to be an AU Master, or is the Beevers voice just a happy coincidence?
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Post by inchmix on Sept 30, 2020 8:22:06 GMT
Haha, yeah, Beevers was a delight as a vampire. Do y'all think that character was meant to be an AU Master, or is the Beevers voice just a happy coincidence? Yeah I did think that. But then on repeated listens I thought it was a coincidence |
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 7, 2021 2:07:13 GMT
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Post by constonks on Jan 8, 2021 4:16:36 GMT
Haha, yeah, Beevers was a delight as a vampire. Do y'all think that character was meant to be an AU Master, or is the Beevers voice just a happy coincidence? In my mind, Lord Prydon is absolutely that universe's Master! |
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Post by Kestrel on Jan 29, 2021 7:04:57 GMT
So I may be a bit premature here, but I've finally started listening to MR 11: The Apocalypse Element, and I'm a bit confused on how it slots in (or doesn't) in the Gallifrey range's continuity. As I understand it, timeline would look something like this: - Romana becomes president.
- Impossible element is discovered on Etra Prime by the people of Archetryx.
- The Archetryx invite other temporal powers to Etra Prime to study the element in exchange for technological assistance. This marks the (very first?) time that Gallifrey establishes diplomatic ties with other civilizations.
- Etra Prime/Romana disappears.
- An interim president is selected, who was also a former president preceding Romana.
- And when Romana (inevitably) returns, she resumes her term in office.
Given that The Apocalypse Element released in 2000, and the Gallifrey range began in 2000, its easiest to arrange the two chronologically, with MR 11 serving as a kind of prequel to the Gallifrey range... but is that necessarily the case?
the thing that gets me is that Gallifrey 1 could just as easily occur prior to #4 in the above timeline as after #6. So, ultimately, I've two questions: does my understanding of the continuity seem accurate? And: where would you place The Apocalypse Element relative to the early (pre-Pandora) Gallifrey range?
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Post by lorcan444 on Jan 29, 2021 12:20:32 GMT
So I may be a bit premature here, but I've finally started listening to MR 11: The Apocalypse Element, and I'm a bit confused on how it slots in (or doesn't) in the Gallifrey range's continuity. As I understand it, timeline would look something like this: - Romana becomes president.
- Impossible element is discovered on Etra Prime by the people of Archetryx.
- The Archetryx invite other temporal powers to Etra Prime to study the element in exchange for technological assistance. This marks the (very first?) time that Gallifrey establishes diplomatic ties with other civilizations.
- Etra Prime/Romana disappears.
- An interim president is selected, who was also a former president preceding Romana.
- And when Romana (inevitably) returns, she resumes her term in office.
Given that The Apocalypse Element released in 2000, and the Gallifrey range began in 2000, its easiest to arrange the two chronologically, with MR 11 serving as a kind of prequel to the Gallifrey range... but is that necessarily the case?
the thing that gets me is that Gallifrey 1 could just as easily occur prior to #4 in the above timeline as after #6. So, ultimately, I've two questions: does my understanding of the continuity seem accurate? And: where would you place The Apocalypse Element relative to the early (pre-Pandora) Gallifrey range?
The gallifrey range didn't start until 2004 and it is very explicitly set after zagreus from gallifreys' point of view so it has to take place after the apocalypse element. Leela and Romana also meet for the first time in zagreus and since leela isn't present in the apocalypse element it is definetley set before the gallifrey series. I'm pretty sure that the gallifrey series time line goes something like this, apocalypse element>neverland>zagreus>gallifrey series. |
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Post by Kestrel on Jan 30, 2021 19:04:06 GMT
Thanks for the clarification!
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Post by dasmaniac on Mar 24, 2024 22:11:58 GMT
I love Gallifrey, it's my favourite DW spin-off range (well, it might fight with J&L for that). I love how it's gone through such distinct phases in its storytelling, from The West Wing in 1-3, to Unbound in 3-6, to the all-too-brief reinvention in IE/EL, and now the Time War series. I just never want it to end. And Narvin, oh man Narvin. Romana can get a bit irritating at times because Lalla has a way of delivering her lines to sound like a kindergarten teacher who hates her life, but it's so nicely balanced out by Narvin's sarcastic cynicism and the straight-man comedy of Leela's 'savage.' Fabulous trio. Your description plus the sale got me to take the plunge and buy the first two stories. |
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