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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 6:35:37 GMT
I have always enjoyed this release.Wide in scope but with the three members of the Doctor/Valeyard and Inquisitor.
The Doctor having to be defender of his OTHER incarnation.
Its a story that strikes at the heart of those dastardly Time Lords and their History and Colin gets to be his OOT self then descends into his serious mode when confronted with his client.Its good entertaining stuff.He has to confront the fact that somewhere along the way he will become The Valeyard.I would have rathered we explored this element brought out in the story than any of the Timeless Children stuff the tv show has done but that’s just my opinion.
a child found abandoned by Timelords...sounds familiar 😂 except Aland Barnes and Mike Maddox did it better
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 16, 2021 9:08:56 GMT
A entertaining audio drama, well written & performed by the cast.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 10:14:13 GMT
I think it was a story worth exploring finding the accomplice within the Timelord hierarchy who aided and abetted the Valeyard in his schemes
it is a pity it couldn’t continue with Lynda sadly.
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Post by grinch on Dec 16, 2021 10:19:30 GMT
Personally, I always found the concept of The Shadow Houses truly fascinating myself.
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Post by mark687 on Dec 16, 2021 11:50:20 GMT
Just as with their TV scenes the chemistry zings between the 3 leads
And once again intriguing hints for certain things and better played out years before the TV Show doing it.
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Post by theillusiveman on Dec 16, 2021 12:29:51 GMT
Such a great story and the first story with Michael jayston since 2003
I love how open ended it is
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Post by grinch on Dec 16, 2021 13:35:09 GMT
After listening to this story, I personally rather like the headcanon that the creation/existence of The Valeyard is a fixed point in the universe. He always has to exist in one form or another.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 15:00:54 GMT
Personally, I always found the concept of The Shadow Houses truly fascinating myself. Yes definitely an avenue BF could explore. there were lots of little ideas seeded in the story |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 15:02:49 GMT
After listening to this story, I personally rather like the headcanon that the creation/existence of The Valeyard is a fixed point in the universe. He always has to exist in one form or another. Well he is a Doctor he is canon so how do the explain his brushing over in the TV show he isnt an alternative Universe creation.ISNT there a theory he was a black ops CIA project ? |
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Post by Kestrel on Dec 16, 2021 22:37:29 GMT
I guess to the wider audience, or at least the producers, he's just not sufficiently interesting to revisit? The Valeyard does overlap a fair bit with the Master, though, so maybe he was intentionally avoided to keep newer audiences from being confused?
The problem with the Valeyard is that he's a character that needs to be explained--you can't get away with shorthand. Like the Master, Rani, Eleven, whatever, you can just speed through all that explanation with a quick summary: "Evil Time Lord," or, "Insane Evil Time Lord," and move on. The backstory doesn't really matter. But with the Valeyard? The shortest you can do is say, "Evil future incarnation of the Doctor," which invites all manner of questions, some of which absolutely have to be addressed, no matter what the story is. And at the end of the day, what does the Valeyard offer that justifies taking the time to do so?
That said, glad this thread got bumped. Now that I've actually SEEN The Trial of a Time Lord, I really need to give this one a listen. Or relisten? I know it's in my library, but I can't remember whether I've listened to it yet or not.
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