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Post by muddyviolet on Nov 1, 2023 18:43:08 GMT
Am I the only one who's worried Big Finish has bitten off more than they can chew? I hope they haven't but the list of villains is four at a minimum (three advertised, one mentioned in Vortex), and at least six companions.
I hope they do well but I am worried about its pacing, and if they can do it justice though Six had an equally big cast and was shorter so in sure it'll be fine.
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Post by nardole on Nov 1, 2023 20:16:02 GMT
To be fair it is a 12 part story
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Post by martinw8686 on Nov 1, 2023 20:58:47 GMT
To be fair it is a 12 part story If you think about 12 x 30 min parts, that's longer than The Daleks Master Plan. That serial managed to cram in Katerina, Steven, Sara Kingdom, Daleks, The Monk, Mavic Chen, an Xmas Special and perhaps more I can't remember.
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 1, 2023 21:02:41 GMT
It is as long as Once and Future. With LESS characters crammed in. There is hope.
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Post by shallacatop on Nov 2, 2023 8:13:13 GMT
The Vortex article is really interesting. I think the biggest issue they’ll have is bringing justice to all of the characters. It sounds like they’re doing a team up with them, which can be great, but can easily fall into the audio sin of going whole exchanges without some of them saying anything. To then mix that with the Doctor’s ongoing story, the villain, any other supporting cast, etc. and it can become a lot of dialogue without any substance or pacing.
That balance can be better struck on screen as you can either see all the characters, get closeups of their reactions and speedily cut between scenes. That’s why I never quite buy the direct comparisons to what’s on telly.
Fingers crossed it works out for them. And that Sylvester is on good form.
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Post by muddyviolet on Nov 3, 2023 22:44:39 GMT
There may be a rights dispute regarding Chris and Roz (tweet attached)?
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Post by cwm on Nov 3, 2023 23:01:55 GMT
They were never in the cast list for the first set. They were only ever billed on the second set.
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Post by muddyviolet on Nov 3, 2023 23:08:39 GMT
They were never in the cast list for the first set. They were only ever billed on the second set. Ah okay, somewhere om Twitter their removal from the first cast list was being used as evidence of a licencing issue. I'll remove that from my post, thanks for correcting me.
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Post by sillytilly on Nov 17, 2023 17:02:31 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Nov 17, 2023 17:02:52 GMT
Cover Online
Dogbolter or Garundel?
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Post by number13 on Nov 17, 2023 20:45:20 GMT
Cover Online Dogbolter or Garundel? Regards mark687 That's President Dogbolter to us! (For it is he, I think.) Going for a second term no doubt... EDIT: No it's not (see post below!)
Even more interesting - that's Mother! (For anyone who hasn't followed the Third Doctor Adventures that's she who once travelled the universe with a very - err -special - Time Lord and was last seen fleeing Ephros in a seemingly doomed ship. And here she is on the cover with you-know-who... (If this has been all over social media, apologies but that's the first I've known of it.)
Looking forward to this 12-parter very much!
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Nov 17, 2023 20:56:05 GMT
Cover Online Dogbolter or Garundel? Regards mark687 Garundel, as they already announced him. More interestingly it looks like the woman with the goggles is Finnsey from The Transcendence of Ephros in the 3DAs
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Post by mark687 on Nov 17, 2023 21:13:13 GMT
Cover Online Dogbolter or Garundel? Regards mark687 Garundel, as they already announced him. More interestingly it looks like the woman with the goggles is Finnsey from The Transcendence of Ephros in the 3DAs On the subject of Announced the Cast list has got Sontarans but neither of the 2 new characters on the Cover are mentioned. Regards mark687
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Post by mark687 on Nov 17, 2023 21:25:04 GMT
Textless Cover
Regards
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Post by number13 on Nov 17, 2023 22:03:25 GMT
Cover Online Dogbolter or Garundel? Regards mark687 Garundel, as they already announced him. More interestingly it looks like the woman with the goggles is Finnsey from The Transcendence of Ephros in the 3DAs And Dogbolter was drawn green (I realise now I've checked) oh well. Thanks for the info.
But I spotted Mother Finsey OK so at least my Third Doctor fan credentials are unscathed! Chili con carne a la Ephros, anyone?
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 17, 2023 22:38:40 GMT
Comment from the always lovely to meet Sophie Aldred.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Nov 17, 2023 23:16:07 GMT
I wonder when this is for Benny…
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Post by ollychops on Nov 18, 2023 0:46:26 GMT
I am quite curious as to how this is going to play out - is this going to be standalone stories set in different points during Seven's life that are somewhat linked (a la The Last Adventure) or is it going to be one long continuous storyline?
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Post by mark687 on Nov 18, 2023 0:55:25 GMT
I am quite curious as to how this is going to play out - is this going to be standalone stories set in different points during Seven's life that are somewhat linked (a la The Last Adventure) or is it going to be one long continuous storyline? We'er led to believe it 1 story over 2 Boxsets Regards mark687
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2023 1:08:10 GMT
I am quite curious as to how this is going to play out - is this going to be standalone stories set in different points during Seven's life that are somewhat linked (a la The Last Adventure) or is it going to be one long continuous storyline? We'er led to believe it 1 story over 2 Boxsets Regards mark687 The Last Adventure was a great idea. It would have been nice if they'd done a similar thing here over one set but I don't think those book sized boxsets sold anywhere near as well (or as quickly) as BF wanted. It needs to be something, surely for this Doctor, that involves his own scheming and double-crossing to come back and bit him on the arse a bit. It's an odd one as we know it's his LAST story but he won't die like Colin's Doctor did. We know he ends up sitting listening to a record having a cup of tea before getting shot (and...being killed by his own companion's refusal to listen to him on the operating table!) - so we can't go all the way with it like we did with Colin. Regardless of what happens, there's still the TV Movie on the horizon. Maybe we can have a story about how The Master went from Cat-Man to Snake Eyes!
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