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Post by ollychops on Mar 21, 2022 18:54:58 GMT
These subtitles for sets are already becoming a hindrance, it seems. A box set shouldn’t be dictated based on setting them all underwater or on earth. They’ve moved to them for accessibility and freedom, so let the contents reflect that.
I’m fascinated to hear how Hebe will work out. I love Ruth Madeley and I believe it’ll be well handled, particularly with Jac Rayner producing the range, who’s vocal about chronic illness and its effects. Very much agree there. I don't mind the Ninth Doctor one so much because the Doctor does visit Earth a lot, but three water-related stories in a row...? |
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Post by sherlock on Mar 21, 2022 18:57:36 GMT
Hmmm water planets are a neat enough concept (though I do hope this doesn’t become a trend of each set just having a singular theme, I like a bit do variety) and the artwork looks neat. Count me intrigued.
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Post by xlozdob on Mar 21, 2022 18:59:29 GMT
Odd that they've gone for the art-style for this release. I like the style when it's used for the audio books or new ranges that are mainly completely recasts (i.e. War Doctor Begins and the upcoming First Doctor Adventures) but I hope it doesn't become one of the default styles for BF, I feel like it should be limited to 'special' releases or ones that consist of mainly recast characters. Completely agree. I thought they were announcing a new audio novel when I saw the cover on twitter. I guess Rayner likes this style? Odd choice. |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Mar 21, 2022 19:20:13 GMT
Just FYI, Then Barbara Met Alan airs tonight at 9pm on BBC 2 and iPlayer.
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Post by constonks on Mar 21, 2022 19:37:58 GMT
Regarding the theme - sounds like it could be as simple as:
They meet Hebe on the rig, she asks to see a water planet as her first trip, the first one goes badly so they try again for episode 3. That's three water stories in a row without feeling like a weird coincidence.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Mar 21, 2022 19:38:30 GMT
Cover/Story Details Online BF News Piece www.bigfinish.com/news/v/a-new-start-for-the-sixth-doctorBF Tweet 3 stories 1 hour length it seems. 2 BF Writing old guard and another debut Writer Joshua Pruett (best known as a an Emmy Award winning Writer who's worked on Phineas and Ferb among others) Guest Starring Toby Hadock's Partner and Corrie Actress Cherylee Houston and Aussie Whovian Fan Show Presenter and Comedian Rove Mcmanus Regards mark687 Rove McManus !?! Every Aussie knows him.. He had a very successful tv show here for years.. He is also 1 of Hugh Jackman's oldest friends - they both got 1 of there 1st professional acting gigs together.. Rove hosted for a few seasons until recently an after-show of Doctor Who - he dropped lots of hints about BF too he is a collector, he is the person that interviewed Jason Haigh-Ellery .. Rove has also had a top rating radio show for years, will be interesting to hear him in this boxset. He is living the dream as he is a huge Whovian..
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Post by ollychops on Mar 21, 2022 19:58:14 GMT
Cover/Story Details Online BF News Piece www.bigfinish.com/news/v/a-new-start-for-the-sixth-doctorBF Tweet 3 stories 1 hour length it seems. 2 BF Writing old guard and another debut Writer Joshua Pruett (best known as a an Emmy Award winning Writer who's worked on Phineas and Ferb among others) Guest Starring Toby Hadock's Partner and Corrie Actress Cherylee Houston and Aussie Whovian Fan Show Presenter and Comedian Rove Mcmanus Regards mark687 Rove McManus !?! Every Aussie knows him.. He had a very successful tv show here for years.. He is also 1 of Hugh Jackman's oldest friends - they both got 1 of there 1st professional acting gigs together.. Rove hosted for a few seasons until recently an after-show of Doctor Who - he dropped lots of hints about BF too he is a collector, he is the person that interviewed Jason Haigh-Ellery .. Rove has also had a top rating radio show for years, will be interesting to hear him in this boxset. He is living the dream as he is a huge Whovian..
Sounds like he’s the big Aussie Who fan that they mentioned they’d recorded with a few months ago! |
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Post by thelonecenturion on Mar 21, 2022 20:11:31 GMT
These subtitles for sets are already becoming a hindrance, it seems. A box set shouldn’t be dictated based on setting them all underwater or on earth. They’ve moved to them for accessibility and freedom, so let the contents reflect that. I’m fascinated to hear how Hebe will work out. I love Ruth Madeley and I believe it’ll be well handled, particularly with Jac Rayner producing the range, who’s vocal about chronic illness and its effects. I don't think the need for boxsets to have a subtitle is a hindrance. I think it's far more likely that they came up with a theme for the boxset and developed the subtitle around that, rather than the other way round. |
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Post by mbt66 on Mar 21, 2022 20:40:45 GMT
Odd that they've gone for the art-style for this release. I like the style when it's used for the audio books or new ranges that are mainly completely recasts (i.e. War Doctor Begins and the upcoming First Doctor Adventures) but I hope it doesn't become one of the default styles for BF, I feel like it should be limited to 'special' releases or ones that consist of mainly recast characters. I agree I thought this look was for a particular set of ranges within Big Finish’s Doctor Who output. I would have expected this style to be used on the forth coming Second Doctor set, but not for Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor. It seems an odd choice. |
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Mar 21, 2022 20:53:58 GMT
Rove? Ohh cack. His “acting” is on par with root canal surgery.
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Post by shallacatop on Mar 21, 2022 21:37:55 GMT
These subtitles for sets are already becoming a hindrance, it seems. A box set shouldn’t be dictated based on setting them all underwater or on earth. They’ve moved to them for accessibility and freedom, so let the contents reflect that. I’m fascinated to hear how Hebe will work out. I love Ruth Madeley and I believe it’ll be well handled, particularly with Jac Rayner producing the range, who’s vocal about chronic illness and its effects. I don't think the need for boxsets to have a subtitle is a hindrance. I think it's far more likely that they came up with a theme for the boxset and developed the subtitle around that, rather than the other way round. It amounts to the same thing surely? Having a subtitle or having a theme, it’s limiting, particularly when that theme is a setting. |
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Post by grinch on Mar 21, 2022 21:42:41 GMT
You know, considering Hebe is a marine biologist it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Big Finish used a story featuring her as an excuse to make a sequel to the Underwater Menace where she meets a few of Zaroff’s Fish People.
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Post by theillusiveman on Mar 21, 2022 21:57:27 GMT
I honestly don’t understand the love behind the digital painting look it’s bland as hell and it’s just a filter over a regular photoshop photo I’d rather have a Tom Webster like art
Still let’s hope this Boxset is decent would be interesting to see Rove McManus acting in this
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Mar 21, 2022 22:20:37 GMT
Having seen it, can confirm: Madeley's a-mazing in Then Barbara Met Alan. Magnetic, sardonic and moving performance - I think Big Finish may be about to score one of the biggest casting wins ever.
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Post by mark687 on Mar 22, 2022 0:12:25 GMT
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Mar 22, 2022 0:56:58 GMT
I honestly don’t understand the love behind the digital painting Conceivably it’s a way to deal with the fact that BF’s used pretty much every publicity photo of every Doctor in costume at least once by now. |
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Mar 22, 2022 3:13:49 GMT
I’ve just noticed that there’s a wheelchair on thr cover.
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Post by thelonecenturion on Mar 22, 2022 9:11:02 GMT
Not a criticism, just an observation, but for such a forward looking range, I’m quite surprised to see two white males writing the majority of this set. I can’t speak to able-bodiement, but I thought it would be written by a majority, if not all, by female identifying writers. Female director, female producer, and 1/3 writers was female. Definitely not looking backwards. |
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Post by dorney on Mar 22, 2022 12:27:53 GMT
I don't think the need for boxsets to have a subtitle is a hindrance. I think it's far more likely that they came up with a theme for the boxset and developed the subtitle around that, rather than the other way round. It amounts to the same thing surely? Having a subtitle or having a theme, it’s limiting, particularly when that theme is a setting. I’m very much of the opinion that limitations are a good thing as they stir creativity and act as a starting point. (Ask someone to write a story about anything at all, they’ll struggle. But ask them to tell a story about an elephant and it’ll come more easily). |
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Post by lidar2 on Mar 22, 2022 12:50:43 GMT
It amounts to the same thing surely? Having a subtitle or having a theme, it’s limiting, particularly when that theme is a setting. I’m very much of the opinion that limitations are a good thing as they stir creativity and act as a starting point. (Ask someone to write a story about anything at all, they’ll struggle. But ask them to tell a story about an elephant and it’ll come more easily). I think there's a distinction to be made between limitations on one story only and the same limitation being applied to multiple stories for no other reason than to provide a boxset with a "theme". I think what you're saying is 100% fair for one story only looked at in isolation - i.e. if 1 of 3 stories in a 3 story boxset is about elephants, then fair enough, but if all 3 have to be about elephants and you end up with a boxset containing 3 otherwise unrelated elephant stories for no good reason other than the producer decided elephants would make a good theme . . . then you are potentially ending up with a dull boxset. Or maybe the distinction is between the writer's experience and the listener's. What might be helpful for the writers could end up being a bit samey for the listener |
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