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Post by mark687 on Feb 18, 2024 22:29:12 GMT
With eight trilogies, and four we know now, who will be in the remaining four?
More Masters, Rassilon, the Eleven, etc.? In fact there are so many renegade time lords it's a question of who to leave out. Especially since I'd guess the final trilogy will be a blockbuster all-hands-on-deck meet up, don't you think? Personally I'd prefer less well-used characters, but BF know who sells in their own ranges so these Masters/Missy were inevitable - and they will inevitably be excellent.
( I don't think of the Monk as 'dark', not really. An annoying, greedy, timeline-wrecking pain in the vortex for sure but not evil.)
Oh I hate the The Monk forget To the Death Rise of the New Humans from 3DA Vol 4 and how he treats Jo he needs a darn good metaphorical trashing every time. Oh and Another Consequence of you going off in the VORTEX for 3 Years BF pulled a Missy with The Monk They have a Female Incarnation called The Nun who'll be in one of these trilogies Regards mark687
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Post by number13 on Feb 18, 2024 22:45:20 GMT
For me, the definitive Monk is still Peter Butterworth's. He seemed to honestly believe he was doing the right thing by trying to overturn 1066 and all that. (And I'm sure on the back of his checklist (after 'Meet King Harold') it said 'Collect Huge Reward'. )
I suppose some of the things later Monks have done can be explained by 'well, it's a different incarnation', but to me they seem like mistaken writing. The Doctor is always basically the same character, so is the Master. (The varied incarnations of The Eleven are a special case.) So, I think all Monks should be more or less motivated like the Original - meddling with would-be-good intent - and a keen eye for the pickings!
It was interesting that in 'Once and Future' the Monk seemed to be treated like this - the Doctor wouldn't have trusted any other renegade to give one of his friends a lift, but he clearly felt that (after a stern word or two) he could trust the Monk.
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Post by theillusiveman on Feb 19, 2024 0:04:19 GMT
Honestly I wish they had made them in Boxset format but I think I’ll have to wait to see more details I mean would easily get the war Doctor and roberts master stories but the fact they had their own ranges and they simply could have had the stories for those ranges feels dumb
Still roll on April
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Post by noneofyourbusiness on Feb 19, 2024 1:03:09 GMT
Intrigued for more details, but it’s a great opening four choices. I do hope the other four are all non-Masters, though, or at least three of them. Fingers crossed for the new Rani. And since the Monk/Nun isn't dark enough, I hope he/she is a supporting player. That would give us more than one renegade per story as well.
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Post by mark687 on Feb 19, 2024 1:03:27 GMT
Regards
mark687
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Post by xlozdob on Feb 19, 2024 2:18:33 GMT
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Post by Star Platinum on Feb 19, 2024 3:23:57 GMT
I’m pretty excited for this.
I’ve always been a fan of villains and so far, the announced slate is excellent.
Morbius is a curiosity, so I think he’s due some development in his trilogy.
I’m curious as to what his status quo will be when all is said and done, he feels like a shoe in for the Time War ranges.
I’ll also never say no to more War Master. Plus I’d like to see more of the Robert’s master with Vienna not on the table.
Roll on April!
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Post by nottenst on Feb 19, 2024 4:22:36 GMT
I guess one of the big questions is where in time it all fits. Do some of the stories pre-date their appearances in the TV show or their Big Finish ranges? How will they fit in? How connected will each trilogy be to the others? There are a lot of questions and possibilities.
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Post by theillusiveman on Feb 19, 2024 5:40:59 GMT
One thing I noticed is that during the section for the roberts master they actually use an image of The master from the tv movie which given how big finish have been using composition Images of McCoy, Roberts and McGann since 2019 I found it interesting that perhaps they can now use images of classic 8,7 and Roberts for the audios
I guess the audios in dark Gallifrey must be set post life boat death boat and pre day of the master
A shame that the rani and the valeyard won’t be apart of the range unless there was top secret recordings
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Feb 19, 2024 6:56:47 GMT
So the total cd bundle of everything : Dark Gallifrey 2024-2027 Series 01-08 (CD) - AUS $405.26 Non Discounted Special Delivery Cost Bundle Postage Subtotal AUS $185.26 TOTAL AUST : $590.52 Works out to AUST $24.61 per cd all up which isn't too too bad...
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Feb 19, 2024 9:00:36 GMT
Is that … a bald fella in a suit? Ohh hello you….
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Feb 19, 2024 9:01:35 GMT
One thing I noticed is that during the section for the roberts master they actually use an image of The master from the tv movie which given how big finish have been using composition Images of McCoy, Roberts and McGann since 2019 I found it interesting that perhaps they can now use images of classic 8,7 and Roberts for the audios I guess the audios in dark Gallifrey must be set post life boat death boat and pre day of the master A shame that the rani and the valeyard won’t be apart of the range unless there was top secret recordings Regenerated Rani? Maybe even a regenerated Valeyard just to UTTERLY confuse things.
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Post by theillusiveman on Feb 19, 2024 9:30:24 GMT
So the total cd bundle of everything : Dark Gallifrey 2024-2027 Series 01-08 (CD) - AUS $405.26 Non Discounted Special Delivery Cost Bundle Postage Subtotal AUS $185.26 TOTAL AUST : $590.52 Works out to AUST $24.61 per cd all up which isn't too too bad... Oof nearly $600
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Feb 19, 2024 12:45:31 GMT
Is that … a bald fella in a suit? Ohh hello you…. Extremities crossed!
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Post by masterdoctor on Feb 19, 2024 17:56:44 GMT
I don’t pop in much these days, but I thought I’d say I’m quite excited by this. Even though all of these could be packaged like the 4DAs have and have a download only boxset option, I think this a great idea, and this will be Rob Valentines first producer release I think?
As for Samuel West as Morbius, I totally forgot about the character and its ally thought it was a return of his role in Diary of River Song Series One. I think it’s great that we’ll get some expansion on him. I also found the mention of "some of BF’s most acclaimed writers" potentially being a hint that we might get an out there name or two, maybe a War Master story penned by Robert Shearman?
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Post by relativetime on Feb 19, 2024 19:39:30 GMT
I'm a sucker for monthly releases and when you throw more War Master and Missy into the mix - well, how could I resist? Most curious about Morbius though - I wonder if they're going to set his stories during his original reign as Lord President of Gallifrey? It'd be really exciting to get "historical" Gallifrey stories, told through the lens of the villains, especially if they branch this range out even further. Can you imagine a dramatization of Omega and Rassilon's early years, culminating in Omega's exile? Or maybe a story featuring Division tying into the Fugitive Doctor range and maybe featuring Gat or Tecteun? So many possibilities for this range!
I do wonder if this is going to be the replacement for the separate Master ranges going forward or if this will be more like the Torchwood ranges, with a monthly range rotating between the Time Lord villains and then orbiting boxsets for the more traditional War Master, Missy, etc. releases? We don't have any new War Master sets announced for after this year and the Missy and Eric Robets releases have been infrequent anyways.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Feb 19, 2024 19:45:54 GMT
Hang on … Morbius-era Gallifrey DID have a Doctor …. maybe it’ll star Philip Hinchliffe!?!
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Post by xlozdob on Feb 19, 2024 22:05:36 GMT
I'm a sucker for monthly releases and when you throw more War Master and Missy into the mix - well, how could I resist? Most curious about Morbius though - I wonder if they're going to set his stories during his original reign as Lord President of Gallifrey? It'd be really exciting to get "historical" Gallifrey stories, told through the lens of the villains, especially if they branch this range out even further. Can you imagine a dramatization of Omega and Rassilon's early years, culminating in Omega's exile? Or maybe a story featuring Division tying into the Fugitive Doctor range and maybe featuring Gat or Tecteun? So many possibilities for this range! I do wonder if this is going to be the replacement for the separate Master ranges going forward or if this will be more like the Torchwood ranges, with a monthly range rotating between the Time Lord villains and then orbiting boxsets for the more traditional War Master, Missy, etc. releases? We don't have any new War Master sets announced for after this year and the Missy and Eric Robets releases have been infrequent anyways. Yes! I'm all here for Gallifrey historicals.
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Post by mbt66 on Feb 20, 2024 11:05:39 GMT
Like others I am intrigued by this range, but currently there isn’t enough information to get me excited.
I am finding it hard to justify the £25 cost of this year’s Missy boxset, but next year, for the same content, Big Finish want me to pay £33. That’s another 30% price rise!
Those covers and story content reveals will have to be amazing!
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Post by timleschild on Feb 20, 2024 11:09:26 GMT
Like others I am intrigued by this range, but currently there isn’t enough information to get me excited. I am finding it hard to justify the £25 cost of this year’s Missy boxset, but next year, for the same content, Big Finish want me to pay £33. That’s another 30% price rise! Those covers and story content reveals will have to be amazing! Yes BF has become an expensive hobby. Almost too expensive...
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