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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 19:44:22 GMT
It must be written somewhere that David Warner is incapable of delivering a bad performance. Yes, he was excellent alongside Susannah Harker in BF's much-missed Sapphire and Steel range, but my favourite performance for the company would be as Santa Claus in The Confessions of Dorian Gray: The Spirits of Christmas. Rarley has a role been more perfectly cast.
It would be easy just list everything, but I'd also go for his playing of Vila's dad in Blake's 7: Liberator Chronicles 9 (more perfect casting). Oh, and Honor Blackman's husband (imagine living next door to those two) in Doctor Who: The Children of Seth. Then there's Seraph in Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead. I should walk away now ...
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Post by grinch on Mar 21, 2021 21:31:28 GMT
As far as I’m concerned the man can’t do wrong when it comes to acting, he’s a real powerhouse in anything he’s cast in.
I suppose to avoid repeating what my fellow thread posters have already said I really liked his character of Shadovar in one of the War Doctor boxsets and his portrayal of an acerbic Unbound incarnation of the Doctor is superb.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 22:18:16 GMT
I suppose my favourite David Warner performance was in Sympathy for the Devil as an Unbound Doctor, but off the top of my head I can't think of a role he has played for Big Finish that hasn't been good. David Warner is a top notch actor and he excels at most things that he does.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Mar 22, 2021 21:53:40 GMT
What about a "Worlds of David Warner" box set, like the DW and BF ones, with each episode focusing on a different charcter he's played for BF?
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Post by Kestrel on Mar 27, 2021 23:20:35 GMT
Has David Warner ever, in his entire career, delivered a performance that was not notable? The man is an icon.
Hell, he appears very briefly as Isaac Newton in a single episode of Circular Time, and he's the highlight of the whole story.
Hell, learning that David a Warner voiced an incarnation of the Doctor last Spring was my primary impetus for diving into the world of Big a finish audio dramas in the first place. I cannot possibly praise his skill enough.
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But, okay. In terms of his best performances here... I haven't yet listened to everything (saving NABS 6 so I can really savor it later)... but I'm gonna have to go with Asking For A Friend -- also known as that one episode where the Doctor visits a shrink. It's brilliantly acted, of course, but also has a really tight and compelling script that works well to elucidate the Doctor's character--as well as demonstrate how this incarnation differs from the Doctors we're more familiar with in the "prime" universe. I think it stands well as one of the best stories in the NABS range, and one of BF's best releases, period.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2021 7:16:08 GMT
It must be written somewhere that David Warner is incapable of delivering a bad performance. Yes, he was excellent alongside Susannah Harker in BF's much-missed Sapphire and Steel range, but my favourite performance for the company would be as Santa Claus in The Confessions of Dorian Gray: The Spirits of Christmas. Rarley has a role been more perfectly cast.
It would be easy just list everything, but I'd also go for his playing of Vila's dad in Blake's 7: Liberator Chronicles 9 (more perfect casting). Oh, and Honor Blackman's husband (imagine living next door to those two) in Doctor Who: The Children of Seth. Then there's Seraph in Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead. I should walk away now ...
Vila's Dad is a definite winner for me. While he may be incapable of delivering a bad performance he is also, sadly, incapable of narrating a good audiobook. I have yet to make it to the end of any of the ones he's done and my heart sinks when a story write up sounds interesting but I see his name as narrator. His vocal style just does not suit audiobooks, being completely lacking in energy. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2021 8:07:13 GMT
It must be written somewhere that David Warner is incapable of delivering a bad performance. Yes, he was excellent alongside Susannah Harker in BF's much-missed Sapphire and Steel range, but my favourite performance for the company would be as Santa Claus in The Confessions of Dorian Gray: The Spirits of Christmas. Rarley has a role been more perfectly cast.
It would be easy just list everything, but I'd also go for his playing of Vila's dad in Blake's 7: Liberator Chronicles 9 (more perfect casting). Oh, and Honor Blackman's husband (imagine living next door to those two) in Doctor Who: The Children of Seth. Then there's Seraph in Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead. I should walk away now ...
Vila's Dad is a definite winner for me. While he may be incapable of delivering a bad performance he is also, sadly, incapable of narrating a good audiobook. I have yet to make it to the end of any of the ones he's done and my heart sinks when a story write up sounds interesting but I see his name as narrator. His vocal style just does not suit audiobooks, being completely lacking in energy. I don’t think I have heard him narrate an audio book so that’s quite interesting observance..must check one out |
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Post by grinch on Mar 28, 2021 10:11:26 GMT
It must be written somewhere that David Warner is incapable of delivering a bad performance. Yes, he was excellent alongside Susannah Harker in BF's much-missed Sapphire and Steel range, but my favourite performance for the company would be as Santa Claus in The Confessions of Dorian Gray: The Spirits of Christmas. Rarley has a role been more perfectly cast.
It would be easy just list everything, but I'd also go for his playing of Vila's dad in Blake's 7: Liberator Chronicles 9 (more perfect casting). Oh, and Honor Blackman's husband (imagine living next door to those two) in Doctor Who: The Children of Seth. Then there's Seraph in Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead. I should walk away now ...
Vila's Dad is a definite winner for me. While he may be incapable of delivering a bad performance he is also, sadly, incapable of narrating a good audiobook. I have yet to make it to the end of any of the ones he's done and my heart sinks when a story write up sounds interesting but I see his name as narrator. His vocal style just does not suit audiobooks, being completely lacking in energy. Maybe it just depends on the audiobook? I listened to him reading The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson) a while back and he made for an excellent reader. Might be perhaps the story is rather a slow burn in itself so it suited his style of reading though. |
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Post by eric009 on Mar 30, 2021 17:19:13 GMT
i love him as Shadovar in Legion of the Lost
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Post by constonks on Mar 30, 2021 23:03:28 GMT
There's no mention of Luke Betterman in this thread yet so I'm here to fix that. Of course I'm still waiting for him to travel the world with another acquaintance of George Litefoot in a spinoff I like to call Betterman & Bazemore!
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