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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2024 10:41:11 GMT
SO I guess Kevin McNally could have been part of this since he was telling people he'd talked with Big Finish about a Professor Jericho range. But with his assault charge on a woman at a Who con, which he settled on top of his anti-Trans social media which would make JK Rowling blush has quietened all talk of that. I'd suggest you haven't got the facts quite right there - he was on the way to a convention and arrested due to a historical incident as I understand it. Charges which have since been dropped according to various sources. I didn't know about his anti-trans comments however, how utterly disappointing. Yes, I should have elaborated more on the first part, quick phone typing maybe makes it read like the assault, rather than the arrest was on the way to the con. But the allegations were "historical" makes them sound ancient. They weren't. And "charges dropped.." versus "settling with the accuser for cash" is merely however you want to paint the situation. There's a reason he's not working. People in the industry know it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2024 10:56:56 GMT
Someone on Facebook suggested an appearance from the Autons in this series. The story could be called Yaz And The Plastic Population.
I thought that was rather good.
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Post by noneofyourbusiness on Jul 15, 2024 14:46:44 GMT
Someone on Facebook suggested an appearance from the Autons in this series. The story could be called Yaz And The Plastic Population. I thought that was rather good. I had to look up if that was a reference to something.
That *would* be a clever name.
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Post by denyer97 on Jul 15, 2024 18:59:36 GMT
Such exciting news. I enjoyed their television run for the most part so this is an instant pre order for me, the first large bundle I’ve ever brought from Big Finish. In terms of stories, as others have said I hope we get some historicals, true to the era. I’d love to see one from Jonathan Barnes personally. In terms of recreating the era, which feels weird considering it ended less than two years ago, I think he’d slot right in with something akin to Last of the Romanovs.
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Post by masterdoctor on Jul 15, 2024 19:28:05 GMT
Realized I never actually shared my thoughts on the announcement. Not the biggest 13 fan, and very conscious as to the fact that there aren’t many real gaps apart from between series 12 and 13, which means actually exploring Yaz and 13’s relationship will not be easy.
However, I look forward to the run, and will pick up the first couple at least. My major hope is that we have a good mix of writers and while not being too reliant on returning elements, I do hope for a River story.
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Post by kipperserver on Jul 15, 2024 22:20:09 GMT
More like they wanted to announce on the THIRTEENTH. Yes - the news dropped at 13:13 on the 13th of July. I'm sure there's been other time/date specific drops like that (although none come to mind!) That is very clever. And they are doing thirteen twelve episodes. Perfect
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Post by noneofyourbusiness on Jul 16, 2024 15:04:11 GMT
I’d love to see one from Jonathan Barnes personally. In terms of recreating the era, which feels weird considering it ended less than two years ago, I think he’d slot right in with something akin to Last of the Romanovs. Maybe he can establish that the historical Rasputin was only impersonated by the Master.
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Post by Ian McArdell on Jul 16, 2024 18:29:47 GMT
Yes - the news dropped at 13:13 on the 13th of July. I'm sure there's been other time/date specific drops like that (although none come to mind!) That is very clever. And they are doing thirteen twelve episodes. Perfect Because the Thirteenth Doctor's 13th adventure can be the hook for a potential series two perhaps?
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Post by masterdoctor on Jul 16, 2024 19:55:04 GMT
Thinking further about writers, and there are definitely a few I think would be great. McMullin is among my favourites at Big Finish, and I’d love to see something from AK Benedict as well. As for historical, Barnes is a great shout, as would Platt, Grochala and Myles. Finally, the obligatory Dorney, Foley and Adams mentions as well!
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Post by timleschild on Jul 16, 2024 20:02:43 GMT
Thinking further about writers, and there are definitely a few I think would be great. McMullin is among my favourites at Big Finish, and I’d love to see something from AK Benedict as well. As for historical, Barnes is a great shout, as would Platt, Grochala and Myles. Finally, the obligatory Dorney, Foley and Adams mentions as well! TIM FOLEY!
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Post by mark687 on Jul 16, 2024 20:37:47 GMT
Pringle and Mooney or Barnes for something gothic Goss or Sweet for the odd, Myles, McMullin, Dorney, Foley , Fitton for consistent "The Feel" and that will be fascinating to discover because I said upthread that was my main issue with the TV Eps I couldn't find a consistent "Feel or Tone" while watching.
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Post by 20fridge on Jul 17, 2024 6:04:26 GMT
I'm very excited for this! I enjoyed the Thirteenth Doctor's era, but feel that the characterization and larger plot arcs were poorly executed. I've seen critiques of various Doctor Who stories which argue that there are stories where the writer very deliberately wrote the story for that Doctor to exemplify their unique features and stories where the story is written with more generic attributes which could fit any Doctor. I'd say that much of Thirteen's era was written for a generic Doctor and much of the distinctiveness she has comes from Whittaker's performance choices rather than the writing. I'm hoping Big Finish's writers will further explore her characterization.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 19, 2024 23:58:31 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5McQ8LEXMoMore of the same, talking about how her era was supposed to be a "soft reboot" (much like Ncuti's era was supposed to be a soft reboot) - the actors/actresses can only be as good as the scripts & show runners direction. Then it leads into the majority conclusion with her signing up for BF, superior writing should strengthen her iteration up/better quality/ 6th Doctor was "improved" by BF yadda yadda . ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/ZBDvOFPmQgNwxFXLpuoD.gif)
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Post by timleschild on Jul 20, 2024 7:52:45 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5McQ8LEXMoMore of the same, talking about how her era was supposed to be a "soft reboot" (much like Ncuti's era was supposed to be a soft reboot) - the actors/actresses can only be as good as the scripts & show runners direction. Then it leads into the majority conclusion with her signing up for BF, superior writing should strengthen her iteration up/better quality/ 6th Doctor was "improved" by BF yadda yadda . ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/ZBDvOFPmQgNwxFXLpuoD.gif) Oh it's just a fan opinion piece?
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 22, 2024 5:48:02 GMT
I'm very excited for this! I enjoyed the Thirteenth Doctor's era, but feel that the characterization and larger plot arcs were poorly executed. I've seen critiques of various Doctor Who stories which argue that there are stories where the writer very deliberately wrote the story for that Doctor to exemplify their unique features and stories where the story is written with more generic attributes which could fit any Doctor. I'd say that much of Thirteen's era was written for a generic Doctor and much of the distinctiveness she has comes from Whittaker's performance choices rather than the writing. I'm hoping Big Finish's writers will further explore her characterization. The most interesting thing to me about Whitaker's Doctor was that she was portrayed, to an even greater extent than Capaldi, as lacking in social awareness / communication skills. One might even call it autistic-coding. But it never felt like there was any point to that characterization, and it was hardly ever written well (EG they'd literally just have Whitaker look at the camera and say, "I have poor social skills" instead of, you know, just depicting that naturally), and none of the stories really played into that aspect of her character. Like, ideally, the 13th Doctor should've been put into situations where she was unable to get the information or cooperation she needed to, or failed to notice things she should have had, or been able to notice (and talk about) things people were trying to avoid/ignore. I really hope that Big Finish tries to craft stories that appeal to the strengths of her character, rather than try to ape the feel of the scripts she got, because -- as you noted -- those scripts didn't exactly work well for her.
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Post by nardolespinoffwhen on Aug 16, 2024 7:51:39 GMT
Just had a read through of the interview in the new DWM. These two always come across really well and I am really looking forward to seeing what we get with this series.
The tease of a reoccurring villain intrigues me!
Producers being coy about Dahwan or Martin appearing is interesting. I'd be surprised if we didn't get at least one Master story.
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Post by shallacatop on Aug 16, 2024 8:30:41 GMT
I would be shocked if we didn’t get appearances from both of them, or at the very least connective elements across ranges. Something like a Fugitive Doctor story involving destructive events taking place, with Thirteen & Yaz arriving decades later to pick up the pieces; we as listeners know, but the characters in-story are unaware.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 16, 2024 8:47:26 GMT
Just had a read through of the interview in the new DWM. These two always come across really well and I am really looking forward to seeing what we get with this series. The tease of a reoccurring villain intrigues me! Producers being coy about Dahwan or Martin appearing is interesting. I'd be surprised if we didn't get at least one Master story. Continuity wise I don’t think there’s anything stopping them having Dhawan’s Master show up. From memory the Doctor doesn’t comment that he was last seen on Gallifrey when he returns in Power.
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