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Post by mark687 on Jul 7, 2023 14:06:44 GMT
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Post by bonehead on Jul 7, 2023 14:10:48 GMT
This looks absolutely wonderful to me. Of the last couple of 3DAs, I found The Return of Jo Jones suffered from the stories being too short; Kaleidoscope did the usual Alan Barnes thing of starting out with an interesting premise and then, almost as if the writer lost interest in that, became something less and less involving. This, through, a huge great seven-parter lifted from Series 7 (I like that number) and written by Eddie Robson, promises truly great things. An instant preorder for me.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jul 7, 2023 15:16:41 GMT
Eddie Robson writing it gets my attention.
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Post by shallacatop on Jul 7, 2023 16:37:45 GMT
Yep, ticks all the right boxes for me. Looking forward to it.
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Post by masterdoctor on Jul 7, 2023 16:50:45 GMT
Sounds fantastic, but, and this isn’t a complaint, wasn’t this supposed to be a Sarah Jane set?
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Post by Star Platinum on Jul 7, 2023 18:41:36 GMT
Sounds fantastic, but, and this isn’t a complaint, wasn’t this supposed to be a Sarah Jane set? Thank goodness you said something, I thought I was going crazy! Still Daisy Ashford has been amazing as Liz so far and season seven is still a very rich vein to mine. Really looking forward to this! |
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Jul 7, 2023 18:47:46 GMT
I guess either the Sadie Miller credit on the website was a mistake they didn’t pick up on or as we know that there’s a Sarah Jane set coming next year maybe it got swapped around in the schedule last minute.
I did think it was a bit odd that Sadie was credited with no other information revealed. Especially as they haven’t even revealed whether Harry and Naomi will be in the next two 7DA sets.
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Post by grinch on Jul 7, 2023 19:16:50 GMT
Blimey, the Third Doctor seems to have the monopoly on big epic stories doesn’t he?
Sounds like a welcome return for Eddie Robson and the often untapped and underrated goldmine that is Series 7.
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Post by nardole on Jul 7, 2023 19:36:49 GMT
Always excited for more Liz stories and by Eddie Robson no less
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Post by masterdoctor on Jul 7, 2023 20:02:11 GMT
Sounds fantastic, but, and this isn’t a complaint, wasn’t this supposed to be a Sarah Jane set? Thank goodness you said something, I thought I was going crazy! Still Daisy Ashford has been amazing as Liz so far and season seven is still a very rich vein to mine. Really looking forward to this! Yep, it’s not a complaint on my end either at all! It’s been too long since we’ve had a Liz set so this is a very welcome surprise. |
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Post by timleschild on Jul 7, 2023 22:21:15 GMT
Daisy Ashford is brilliant as Liz. But 7 parts! We'll see.
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Post by nardole on Jul 7, 2023 22:56:27 GMT
Annihilators was 7 parts
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jul 7, 2023 23:17:09 GMT
Blimey, the Third Doctor seems to have the monopoly on big epic stories doesn’t he? Sounds like a welcome return for Eddie Robson and the often untapped and underrated goldmine that is Series 7. Well, didn’t Pertwee have the majority of 6+ parters? |
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Post by thelonecenturion on Jul 8, 2023 0:05:16 GMT
I'm so glad we're getting another Three/Liz/Brig set. The cast were amazing in The Annihilators and I have faith that Robson will use the 7-part format to his advantage.
If it was up to me, the Third Doctor range would go the way that the Fourth Doctor one is next year, with 3x3-disc boxsets - one with Liz and the Brig, one with Sarah Jane, and one with the new continuing adventures of Jo Jones. (EDIT: Especially as it was recently confirmed we won't be getting any Liz in 2024!)
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Post by timleschild on Jul 8, 2023 8:40:09 GMT
Yep. That felt too long for me. |
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Post by The Brigadier on Jul 8, 2023 11:41:52 GMT
To be honest they pretty much had me at "The Third Doctor and Dr Elizabeth Shaw are back in another seven-part full-cast audio drama inspired by the much-loved Season 7 era of Doctor Who on television..."
But a seven-part full-cast audio drama written by Eddie Robson and set in my neck of the woods (Norfolk and Cambridgeshire - curious to see if beyond Huncleath Eddie went for realism or artistic creativity to describe the area), with suggestions of alien tech, time travel, a mysterious disappearance and a possible deep dive into Liz's past? (fingers tightly crossed that Rowena Cooper's rather magnificent Dame Emily gets to make an appearance somehow)....
...let's just say that my more cautious nature when it comes to spending with Big Finish these days is currently working out how soon I can place a pre-order for this alongside The Box of Terrors.
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Jul 8, 2023 12:51:53 GMT
I do wonder if this will be BF telling their version of Liz’s departure. I know we sort of got one with The Blue Tooth but it’d be cool to have a sort of big season finale style farewell for Liz.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2023 18:40:14 GMT
Annihilators may have been a 7 parter but the crossover with the Second Doctor and Jamie meant it got a real boost half way through. Almost felt like a "real" box set more than anything else.
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Post by martinw8686 on Jul 8, 2023 21:32:30 GMT
The longer Big Finish stories are my favourites. There are too many 1 hour stories for my liking. Some are okay but many have too rushed resolutions.
The best 3 - 4 x 1 hour sets are the ones that have an arc or theme running through them. For example The recent War Master sets, there's an end game that makes the shorter episodes less superficial.
To Big Finish’s credits many of the one parters stretch to over the hour mark, it does frustrate me when I buy a set and the episodes barely clock in at 45 mins.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Aug 9, 2023 10:02:32 GMT
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