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Post by mark687 on Mar 22, 2023 15:20:48 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Mar 22, 2023 19:05:54 GMT
Winning entries.
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Post by Star Platinum on Mar 23, 2023 3:35:22 GMT
I'm a little late to the party for this story, but I've been working my way through A ghost of Alchemy today.
I'm almost through the end of part 3, and it's been a solid story all around. Louise and Tom are on fine form, and it's nice to learn more about Marie Curie, especially as all I've really heard of her is hear death and her research.
If the Missy/Amelia story is half as good as this one, this will be a strong set indeed, possibly the strongest Eighth of March so far.
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Post by nottenst on Mar 24, 2023 17:41:22 GMT
Both stories were enjoyable.
Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden was a bit confusing. They went back in time showing events from Missy's point of view and it took a little while to realize that. The actor who played Derek sounded too close to the one who played Conor, so for a bit I thought they were the same character. Luckily that was straightened out quickly enough.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 3, 2023 20:00:38 GMT
Competition.
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Post by mark687 on Apr 11, 2023 15:36:27 GMT
Another Review
Regards
mark687
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Post by shallacatop on Apr 14, 2023 16:35:49 GMT
Surprisingly I disliked A Ghost of Alchemy more than I did Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden! An International Women’s Day story in which the Doctor takes the lead, Leela is both poorly served and captured for the most part, Marie Curie is drugged up and spends good chunks without a line and a villain who is so awfully misogynistic. What was anyone thinking?
Tom is written to be Tom and not the Doctor and performs it as such. It goes from offbeat fun to almost grating by the time of part 3. I also wasn’t keen on his misogyny at the very beginning of the story, followed by no less than two comments about the appearance of a woman character and then being the one that encourages Marie at the end of the story. Again, I’m not sure what anyone involved in the production was thinking.
And that doesn’t cover how irritating the guest characters are, how nonsensical the overall story is and how poorly realised part 3 in particular is. One of those productions where every single element of the production is at fault.
There were two moments that shone; Leela with Marie Curie in part two and then Leela’s dressing down of the villain in part four.
I find it baffling how distinctly average at best The Eighth of March is, given what it’s trying to do. It really shouldn’t be this hard to get some quality of out it; there’s so many talented women and female led ranges at Big Finish.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 2, 2023 8:18:38 GMT
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Post by Thebogiehole on May 6, 2023 13:58:14 GMT
I can see this - Caitlin: "You love *her* (her younger self in TEH), but you hate me!" LOL!
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 8, 2023 9:25:10 GMT
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Post by Thebogiehole on May 31, 2023 10:48:18 GMT
I'm still waiting for a "Tom/Four takes on Joseph Stalin" BF audio to see how jaw droppingly awkward Tom could make it
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lidar2
Castellan
You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Jun 4, 2023 21:48:27 GMT
This was the weakest of the 3 Eighth MOarch releses so far. Like others, I found the Missy / Amelia story hard to follow. The Louise James story was basically good, but needed a final polish. The villain's sexism was exaggerated to the point of silliness, so much so that I felt it actually ended up undermining the anti-sexist point the writer was trying to make. To win an argument against a clever enemy who makes a plausible case requires an even stronger counter-argument on the part of the Doctor and Leela, but to win an argument against an irrational buffoon doesn't really require a particularly strong argument from the Doctor and Leela.
Basically a good set but could have been better with a stronger script editor to polish the stories.
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