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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2024 10:08:39 GMT
This looks very exciting! A nice Sean Longmore cover too. Have we seen the last of the distinctive Claudia Gironi covers? A shame if so. I liked them.
Interesting - I've just noticed that The War Doctor Rises is not the given title for this release as featured on the cover.
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Post by timleschild on May 17, 2024 10:09:50 GMT
Tim Foley is currently my favourite writer so despite my War Doctor aversion & the presence of Daleks I may get this. Interesting that Dark Gallifrey has only just begun & we're already getting sequels.
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Post by Whovitt on May 17, 2024 10:19:54 GMT
I think it might have made more sense to announce this AFTER Dark Gallifrey: Morbius has concluded, but it'll be interesting to see where this goes. DG has been quite good so far, so I'm looking forward to seeing what more Tim Foley has in store for us. It'll be weird hearing Theo Solomon in this. I've fallen in love with the game Baldur's Gate III this year, and he plays one of the lead characters in it. I can see myself having trouble picturing him as anyone other than Wyll when I'm listening to this I have the same trouble with Karlach in the game; she's voiced by Samantha Beart, and I'm constantly trying to stop picturing Orr from Torchwood when I'm talking to the character!
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Post by thelonecenturion on May 17, 2024 10:35:10 GMT
This looks very exciting! A nice Sean Longmore cover too. Have we seen the last of the distinctive Claudia Gironi covers? A shame if so. I liked them.
Interesting - I've just noticed that The War Doctor Rises is not the given title for this release as featured on the cover.
To be fair, none of the individual Doctor ranges are on the covers any more since the logo change.
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Post by timleschild on May 17, 2024 10:36:26 GMT
I think it might have made more sense to announce this AFTER Dark Gallifrey: Morbius has concluded Yeah it would have been better. & tbh I might have preferred Dark Gallifrey Morbius to be a story without the Doctor coming in to safe the day.
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Post by shallacatop on May 17, 2024 11:22:11 GMT
Tim Foley is great, I like the move towards writer focused sets and also like the idea of two ranges connecting together to turn an epic into quite the saga. Interesting that the cover portrays War as still having Eight’s TARDIS interior. I’d always imagined Eight moving towards the War interior as he got more involved in the Time War, as it seems a lot more convenient to work around and nip in and out of, never mind the War incarnation still using his predecessors cavern!
Interesting parallel to Only the Monstrous with the War Doctor out of the battle and recuperating.
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Post by mark687 on May 17, 2024 11:24:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2024 11:50:39 GMT
This looks very exciting! A nice Sean Longmore cover too. Have we seen the last of the distinctive Claudia Gironi covers? A shame if so. I liked them.
Interesting - I've just noticed that The War Doctor Rises is not the given title for this release as featured on the cover.
To be fair, none of the individual Doctor ranges are on the covers any more since the logo change. Bless me, I never even noticed! Thank you.
Glad to see Sheila Ruskin - Kassia herself - feature in this. She was in one of the last full cast Blake's 7 stories and was very good.
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Post by sherlock on May 17, 2024 14:53:13 GMT
A very nice cover! Tim Foley on writing duties is very good news, especially as Morbius has been very good show for the titular Time Lord dictator.
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Post by wolfdog95 on May 17, 2024 16:06:51 GMT
Good to see Howard Carter back on the music. Doesn't quite feel like a War Doctor story without his iconic leitmotif for the character.
I hope this doesn't have too much continuity with the Dark Gallifrey sets. I hope to listen to those at some point, but always listen to the War Doctor stuff as soon as it comes out, so it will be a bit of a bummer to not understand half of what's going on due to it being built off continuity from Dark Gallifrey.
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Post by timleschild on May 17, 2024 16:15:11 GMT
Good to see Howard Carter back on the music. Doesn't quite feel like a War Doctor story without his iconic leitmotif for the character. I hope this doesn't have too much continuity with the Dark Gallifrey sets. I hope to listen to those at some point, but always listen to the War Doctor stuff as soon as it comes out, so it will be a bit of a bummer to not understand half of what's going on due to it being built off continuity from Dark Gallifrey. I'm in the reverse position lol
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Post by wolfdog95 on May 17, 2024 16:27:42 GMT
Good to see Howard Carter back on the music. Doesn't quite feel like a War Doctor story without his iconic leitmotif for the character. I hope this doesn't have too much continuity with the Dark Gallifrey sets. I hope to listen to those at some point, but always listen to the War Doctor stuff as soon as it comes out, so it will be a bit of a bummer to not understand half of what's going on due to it being built off continuity from Dark Gallifrey. I'm in the reverse position lol About Carter's War Doctor theme or about it not being too linked to Dark Gallifrey? Or both lol?
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Post by timleschild on May 17, 2024 16:50:34 GMT
I'm in the reverse position lol About Carter's War Doctor theme or about it not being too linked to Dark Gallifrey? Or both lol? The link to Dark Gallifrey. I don't listen to much War Doctor.
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Post by thegreendeath on May 17, 2024 22:02:12 GMT
About Carter's War Doctor theme or about it not being too linked to Dark Gallifrey? Or both lol? The link to Dark Gallifrey. I don't listen to much War Doctor. Yeah me too, this will be my first Carley set, but I’m enjoying Dark Gally enough that I’ll take the plunge since it’s Foley doing Morbius
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Post by nardolespinoffwhen on May 21, 2024 10:03:56 GMT
I can't wait for Morbius the Mighty, I didn't pick up the last couple War Doctor Begins sets but this will be a definite pre order.
Tim Foley is easily the best writer Big Finish have at the moment. Just recently Birdsong, The Merfolk Murders and Dark Gallifrey have been exceptional and he's the guy behind, arguably one of Big Finish's strongest ever releases - Friend of the Family.
To have him giving us a 3 hour follow up to his Morbius stories is so exciting!
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Post by mark687 on Jul 19, 2024 15:09:10 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Aug 16, 2024 12:38:35 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Aug 21, 2024 8:34:52 GMT
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Post by wolfdog95 on Aug 21, 2024 9:13:01 GMT
War Doctor Theme return day! Here we F***ing go!
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Post by shallacatop on Aug 23, 2024 11:58:51 GMT
Thought Morbius the Mighty was very good. Jonathan Carley, Samuel West & Sheila Ruskin were all excellent. If you were like me and loved Dark Gallifrey: Morbius, but was a touch disappointed in not getting much from the titular character at his peak, then that is very quickly addressed in this set; you never forget that he's on the warpath seeking revenge. Very much a companion piece and sequel to Dark Gallifrey in every sense and works very well for it.
However, in the end, it does mean its strongest point in Morbius also ends up being the sets weakest. He just sort of vanishes for most of the final episode as it introduces other elements to the mix, which means those great nightmarescapes introduced as a way to get the War Doctor and Morbius speaking in the preceding episodes lead into quite a brief in-person encounter in the end that's more sound than substance. It's not bad by any means, but it is a bit disappointing. I think this was just one of those scenarios where the set has a lovely epilogue but instead of it being an addition to the running time, it's effectively instead of the grand finale.
As an aside, the cover is a really nice presentation of the whole set actually; I quite liked listening and it clicking that events unfolding were something we had a visual aid for. Makes sense of the Eighth Doctor's console room on the cover. Just a shame that Sean didn't stick a 'tache on Hurt; maybe he couldn't get the rights to use the Jake Speed likeness!
Lots to love and enjoy. The performances, the world building, Morbius in the Time War, the battles, the displaced, the third power, etc. it just falters a bit in the end due to the sheer creativity introduced, which is a shame. Looking forward to the next set and glad to get more from the War Doctor.
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