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Post by omega on Dec 21, 2015 23:01:03 GMT
I loved this collection. Every story was fun and entertaining. You Are The Daleks was really clever. I'm in the camp that really likes having these anthologies every so often. It's a nice change of pace and sometimes there are stories to be told in a short amount of time that deserve to be full cast. They are the kind of stories that benefit from not being padded out with superfluous characters and subplots. Just a single, clear idea that shines through. The anthologies also mean that we get 16 new Main Range stories instead of 13, and a chance to try out more new writers. It's a good test for new writers, if they can nail one main story thread with two or three guest cast in 25 minutes, they have a better chance with handling four episodes, several different plotlines and more characters. Matt Fitton is an excellent example of this. |
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Post by eric009 on Dec 24, 2015 9:15:48 GMT
I like the fact that we have mixes of 4 stories or 1 whole storys you a better set of stories because the mix
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 6:17:34 GMT
I loved, no, ADORED the first story.
I don't know about anyone else but I had the Choose Your Own Adventure Doctor Who books with Colin's Doctor as the star. Search For The Doctor and Race Against Time were well thumbed books when I was a kid!
So I was predisposed to like this but it somehow manages to be more than the gimmick. The reveal of why events are unfolding in that form is very satisfying.
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Post by brax on Jan 5, 2016 6:31:48 GMT
This was my fave of the anthology releases in many a year. The conceit in the first one was so clever and so well done. Amazed no one had done it before, actually!
Delightful stuff, leading into next year's MR trilogy for 7 as well. Consider me intrigued now.
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Post by mrfuggleboppins on Jan 9, 2016 20:57:33 GMT
I loved, no, ADORED the first story. I don't know about anyone else but I had the Choose Your Own Adventure Doctor Who books with Colin's Doctor as the star. Search For The Doctor and Race Against Time were well thumbed books when I was a kid! So I was predisposed to like this but it somehow manages to be more than the gimmick. The reveal of why events are unfolding in that form is very satisfying. Very Rory Williams in a way. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 3:35:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 9:35:08 GMT
I think one of my favourite lines in a BF story in a long, long time is the line where Keith asks the listener to choose between The Doctor performing surgery or....Aces adventures doing admin work. Culshaw delivers it like it's this great epic task when she's just filing. So funny.
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Post by dorney on Jan 10, 2016 10:33:17 GMT
I think one of my favourite lines in a BF story in a long, long time is the line where Keith asks the listener to choose between The Doctor performing surgery or....Aces adventures doing admin work. Culshaw delivers it like it's this great epic task when she's just filing. So funny. Not 100% sure off the top of my head, but I think it's Kim Wall's Chimbley who says those. He's a comedy genius that man. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 10:38:39 GMT
I think one of my favourite lines in a BF story in a long, long time is the line where Keith asks the listener to choose between The Doctor performing surgery or....Aces adventures doing admin work. Culshaw delivers it like it's this great epic task when she's just filing. So funny. Not 100% sure off the top of my head, but I think it's Kim Wall's Chimbley who says those. He's a comedy genius that man. Could well be, if so, I beg your pardon - though it's in the writing as much as in the acting. It was very unexpected at that point. To treat finding out about such a dull workaday task as doing admin like it's this great decision..I really did laugh. When you said in the extras that you wrote this one very quickly, I think that shows (in a good way). What could be just a concept becomes a really fun listen and like all my favourite "funny" Who has a more sombre moment later (in this case the Resurrectionists torturous existence.) I think Ken's right that it would be difficult for an hour story or even a full MR one but it's perfect for the more experimental format bending annual anthology release. Very nice to hear Jon regardless. He's never been afraid to shout about his Who-love though I don't personally know if he's a fan of Big Finish. |
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Post by coffeeaddict on Jan 27, 2016 16:34:53 GMT
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Post by eric009 on Feb 3, 2016 14:00:52 GMT
I loved this collection. Every story was fun and entertaining. You Are The Daleks was really clever. I'm in the camp that really likes having these anthologies every so often. It's a nice change of pace and sometimes there are stories to be told in a short amount of time that deserve to be full cast. You Are The Daleks so the Doctor and Ace came back as a daleks then  |
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Post by mark687 on Feb 5, 2016 12:13:54 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Apr 13, 2016 10:34:44 GMT
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Post by dorney on Apr 13, 2016 10:37:32 GMT
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Post by Ela on Dec 20, 2017 5:06:15 GMT
I just listened to these stories last week, and just read the writers' notes.
Fun group of stories, I enjoyed all of them. Though it did take me a while to figure out what was going on in the first.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2021 8:16:53 GMT
Needed quick stories travelling to the hellhole i mean the work 😂
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