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Post by mark687 on Jan 4, 2023 20:35:28 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 9, 2023 6:11:58 GMT
26th January (Australia Day and also Indian Independence Day!)  |
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Post by mark687 on Jan 16, 2023 15:14:07 GMT
Full Cast List Online
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 26, 2023 9:34:17 GMT
out now |
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 26, 2023 10:38:24 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Jan 26, 2023 10:57:03 GMT
Blimey a Review quicker than me.
Do Part 1 and 2 together for 1 of the best expediences BF will ever give.
Stuck the Landing, maintained the tension, more great characterization from everybody , a true blunt but ultimately positive study in Human Nature.
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Post by bonehead on Jan 26, 2023 13:51:26 GMT
Well, this two-parter is one of BF's best releases of recent times.
Some observations:
The Autons, kept cunningly on the periphery, haven't been as creepy as this since, oh, 1971!
Louise Jameson has never been better than she is here. She was great in Part 1, but she's mind-blowing here. What a character Roberta is!
The sound design by Toby Hrycek-Robinson is amazing once again, those Radiophonic echoes are burblingly, bleepingly excellent.
The spiral of intrigue, all copies and doppelgangers, all patriotic paranoia and working out exactly 'what' we are, is weaved through an unapologatically political story.
Barnaby Edwards, who always comes across as a nice fellow, is seethingly horrible. (I've just been listening to him as Stapleton in BF's Hound of the Baskervilles, and he's a swine there too)
I can't speak for everyone. Opinions are subjective. But I found this mannequin-tastic rollercoaster a true 10 out of 10, and something I know will be played again and again in my house.
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 27, 2023 12:13:01 GMT
Loved this as much as the first instalment; not only did it up the stakes, but stuck the landing too. I've long been critical of a Guy Adams story that passes the 60 minute mark, as they seem to fall apart, but this is very much the exception to the rule. A really layered story that manages to be full of political intrigue, insights into how we function as people and includes classic monsters without once losing focus. The entire cast are terrific, but Louise Jameson is on a whole other level; it's unmistakeably her but you get so into the character of Roberta you are carried along.
I am very much an occasional listener of Torchwood, but I would absolutely be up for more of this strand. And if it remains just as a two parter then we are left with something very special indeed. One of those productions where everyone and everything is firing on all cylinders. Fantastic stuff.
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Post by sherlock on Jan 28, 2023 12:13:56 GMT
I thought this stuck the landing very nicely. The first part had the Autons and Nestene doing very much what we’re used to them doing (not dissimilar to their last appearance in the range back in Sargasso) but this second part actually took them in a new direction I’d never considered. Very nicely done.
The new characters continued to sing, especially Louise Jameson’s Roberta. I really wouldn’t object to more stories in this era.
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Post by Who Review on Jan 28, 2023 21:02:57 GMT
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Post by sidestep on Jan 30, 2023 4:07:32 GMT
A good, unexpected ending. I recommend waiting for this part 2 & listening to both parts in a marathon. For a more cohesive story, imho.
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Post by Ian McArdell on Jan 31, 2023 14:34:39 GMT
Tiptoeing around potential spoiler's here's my take on Double Part 2 for CultBox. In short... dark fare but a satisfying conclusion. More please! |
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Post by IndieMacUser on Feb 9, 2023 19:34:28 GMT
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Post by kipperserver on Mar 6, 2023 11:24:57 GMT
Just a belated qwuick note to say I agree with the 10/10 "stuck the landing" reviews here. But I will never get over the BF intern captioning the auton gun sound as CAR HOPRNS in the trailer....  |
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Post by nottenst on Mar 6, 2023 21:19:53 GMT
I listened to Part 1 on Friday and before that I was going to rotate this with a River Song story, but today (Monday) I felt compelled to listen to Part 2.
That was very impressive.
When we got the big reveal I thought that was going to be the end of this subsection of Torchwood, but using what we had learned from Neal2 earlier in the episode they surprised me with an amazing ending there and we may have an opportunity to hear more.
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