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Post by masterdoctor on Apr 19, 2024 16:35:01 GMT
Dropping in to say that this entire series was brilliant, and I hope that we continue getting runs like this, Dark Gallifrey and Peladon, because I think BF has found a really exciting and fresh way to do multi-character runs. Perhaps something set around the Galactic Federation and the Shadow Proclamation?
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Post by sherlock on Apr 20, 2024 9:59:09 GMT
A good finale which weaves together the past three stories elegantly. It was nice to hear the War Doctor butting heads with Time Lords other than Veklin and Tamasan for a change.
This has been an excellent miniseries all in all. I’d be up for more along these lines and the monthly schedule has served well.
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Post by wolfdog95 on Apr 20, 2024 15:35:05 GMT
A good finale which weaves together the past three stories elegantly. It was nice to hear the War Doctor butting heads with Time Lords other than Veklin and Tamasan for a change. This has been an excellent miniseries all in all. I’d be up for more along these lines and the monthly schedule has served well. To be honest, as much as I enjoy this story, I thought it was weakened by not having the War Doctor's associated supporting cast in it. I get why they didn't, as Veklin/Tamasan/Rasmus probably would've deduced the suspicions about Blaxhill pretty quickly, but it would've made this story a bit more character focused rather than almost entirely plot.
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Post by shallacatop on Apr 20, 2024 16:16:38 GMT
I agree with sherlock. The War Doctor has got a good range of supporting characters, especially now they’ve thrown The General into the mix, but I enjoyed him in a different environment with this. It’s the beauty of the anthology releases for me; they’re great opportunities to delve into different eras without any baggage or having them strictly era authentic.
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Post by wolfdog95 on Apr 20, 2024 17:35:08 GMT
I agree with sherlock . The War Doctor has got a good range of supporting characters, especially now they’ve thrown The General into the mix, but I enjoyed him in a different environment with this. It’s the beauty of the anthology releases for me; they’re great opportunities to delve into different eras without any baggage or having them strictly era authentic. I do agree it was good to have a story with the War Doctor without all the baggage from ongoing Time War era storylines. However, having him completely divorced from his usual supporting cast meant the story was almost entirely plot focused and not character focused. Dorney's dialogue captures the War Doctor's voice very well and Carley's performance is flawless, but it really did feel like he was being moved along from plot point A to plot point B. The War Doctor Begins was such a good run because it so often dwelled on the War Doctor's sense of tragedy and duty, contemplated the reality of doing the best you can in a cruel and unfair universe, and compared/contrasted him with characters like Sanmar, Case, the Barber-Surgeon, the Nurse, and finally, his previous self. There wasn't a huge amount of this in In Name Only, with the exception of the scene at the end, which was genuinely heartfelt. Especially with Skole, a character who knew him before he was that Doctor, there was some potential to explore how much he's changed, but that never went anywhere.
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Post by timleschild on Apr 21, 2024 8:32:02 GMT
But for people listening to this who aren't familiar with the range, which I think there's a big percentage who haven't, they would be confused by all these extra characters.
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Post by wolfdog95 on Apr 21, 2024 9:47:01 GMT
But for people listening to this who aren't familiar with the range, which I think there's a big percentage who haven't, they would be confused by all these extra characters. True. However, I'm not hugely well-versed on the Charley Pollard/Sixth Doctor storyline, but Born to Die managed to draw on it well enough without consuming the story with lore. No reason we could've have had War trading some verbal blows with Veklin while keeping it relatively continuity-light.
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Post by thegreendeath on Apr 25, 2024 9:30:26 GMT
Rutans vs Sontarans sometime in the near future, anyone? I’d preorder that in a heartbeat based on my love for this miniseries and the monsters!
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Post by 20fridge on May 5, 2024 22:48:02 GMT
This was an amazing conclusion to this miniseries and a fantastic War Doctor story to boot. I might be in the minority, but I absolutely love what Big Finish has done with the War Doctor. Rather than have him be an evil or amoral version of the Doctor, he's the Doctor when it was impossible to be the Doctor. The darkness comes from the situations he's in and the impossible choices he has had to make. He often has to choose the lesser of two evils rather than being able to find a third option. He's still very much the Doctor we know and love, but because he hasn't been able to choose the best path he feels he is unworthy of being the Doctor. This story continues with that characterization. Admittedly, this story is closer to a traditional Doctor Who story than many other War Doctor stories, with the Doctor having more of a win than usual for this incarnation. Still, Carley portrays a Doctor that feels the weight of the Time War.
The tie-in with previous stories was well-executed. This felt a lot like a New Who series finale in all the best ways; telling its own compelling story while resolving plot threads from previous stories. Skole's return was quite welcome. His demise hit hard, as I'd come to like him.
It was very strange not to have Howard Carter's score for a War Doctor story. I'm amazed at how much I've come to associate his theme with this character. That said, Joe Kramer's score was excellent. I was quite pleased to hear a reprise of his "Sontar-Ha" theme from the previous story. While I've enjoyed his work on the Robots, Rose Tyler, and the Paternoster Gang, the music in those series is often reused both within and between series. As far as I could tell, the music for this set was all original and made for this specifically.
Overall, this was a fantastic conclusion to an amazing series. I'd love to see more miniseries of this quality from Big Finish moving forwards.
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