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Post by randomjc on Feb 3, 2016 22:00:39 GMT
Short of it, yes. Long of it, using the idea of the Avengers adaptations, creating smoother retellings of lost stories. For those who are narration averse. It seems like a fun idea/experiment. Apples and oranges. The Avengers is only of interest because there are not a full set of soundtracks or even scripts for the missing eps. That range is truly recreating, as close as possible, an entire era long thought lost. We don't need to do that with Who, we've got them all. You can bet if Avengers Series 1 was intact BF wouldn't have bothered doing that. The last round of Doctor Who missing ep releases, collated in the wonderful Lost TV Episodes boxsets, have newly written and recorded linking narration added to the missing ep soundtracks and they are much, much better than the narration from the 90s versions. Tom Baker did a couple in character back then, which was cool, but the last wave were specifically re-written with narration to explain as much as need be to appreciate the story. Remaking all of those seems like an awful expense for very little artistic merit and I think extremely limited commercial appeal. I'm all for recasting, but not when I can listen to Pat Troughton instead. Oh, I don't disagree that it's probably too costly and not entirely necessary. But I have these ideas every so often.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 22:04:12 GMT
I don't think you're alone. I seem to remember Timelord, and a few other posters on the old forum, also fancied it. Just strikes me that, as Michael says, it would be a distraction while new adventures could be made instead. I also don't know if some actors, who would commit to the odd story a year would want to do a whole era all over again. If they said no, it could end up being recasts galore and then it may as well be fan-made anyway.
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Post by mark687 on Feb 3, 2016 22:07:23 GMT
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Post by ljwilson on Feb 3, 2016 22:10:24 GMT
Cheers Mark & Davy (edit) about 13 seconds after posting i found them via google!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 22:11:14 GMT
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Post by randomjc on Feb 3, 2016 22:14:04 GMT
I don't think you're alone. I seem to remember Timelord, and a few other posters on the old forum, also fancied it. Just strikes me that, as Michael says, it would be a distraction while new adventures could be made instead. I also don't know if some actors, who would commit to the odd story a year would want to do a whole era all over again. If they said no, it could end up being recasts galore and then it may as well be fan-made anyway. It would really need to have all the core living Tardis team to join up, otherwise pointless. I'd still like to foot the bill for animated versions of those episodes, but that is ever more unlikely.
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Post by constonks on Feb 3, 2016 22:57:47 GMT
I'd way rather have new audio adventures than audio adaptations of lost serials. At least with novel adaptations, they were never performed before - but I'd even rather those be an occasional novelty.
That being said, new linking narration and cleaning up the audio a bit might be worth trying... Or at least an official digital release for some of the serials that have been narrated, be that through BBC Audio or Big Finish.
The narrated soundtracks got me into audio adventures - some of the narration is top notch and the best serials hold up very well even without the visuals (Marco Polo and the Season 4 Dalek stories are good examples, as were Web and Enemy before they were found!)
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Post by icecreamdf on Feb 3, 2016 23:54:58 GMT
I don't think you're alone. I seem to remember Timelord, and a few other posters on the old forum, also fancied it. Just strikes me that, as Michael says, it would be a distraction while new adventures could be made instead. I also don't know if some actors, who would commit to the odd story a year would want to do a whole era all over again. If they said no, it could end up being recasts galore and then it may as well be fan-made anyway. I'd still like to foot the bill for animated versions of those episodes, but that is ever more unlikely. I agree with you their. At the very least, they should animate Web of Fear, since only episode 3 is missing now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 4:33:32 GMT
Or at least an official digital release for some of the serials that have been narrated, be that through BBC Audio or Big Finish. This. If BBC Audio had an app and I could buy these and the NuWho BBC Audios, I would. As a CD, though, I have practically no use for it. The serials (but I don't believe the updated narration featured in the box set) and the narrated revival series stories are up on Itunes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 5:45:24 GMT
Sorry, let me be clear, are you suggesting having, for example, a new version of Power of the Daleks with Frazer replacing Patrick? Short of it, yes. Long of it, using the idea of the Avengers adaptations, creating smoother retellings of lost stories. For those who are narration averse. It seems like a fun idea/experiment. I see where you're coming from then and think you could be right - in certain cases. The Massacre for example has scenes of garbled audio of people shouting over each other and is particularly impenetrable.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 7:00:17 GMT
The serials (but I don't believe the updated narration featured in the box set) and the narrated revival series stories are up on Itunes. O Rly? I'll take a look at that now, and perhaps lay my hands on The Highlanders, Power and Evil of the Daleks, and Dead Air. Maybe it's a regional thing, but there all up there for purchase in Australia.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 7:11:28 GMT
O Rly? I'll take a look at that now, and perhaps lay my hands on The Highlanders, Power and Evil of the Daleks, and Dead Air. Jaay-suus! They're, like, twice the cost for the equivalent BF story, plus its just Audio- Book, not Drama. Unless a sale doth come calling, I doubt I'll be getting any of those... Now, if BF sold them on their website, the sheer convenience would balance it out. As is... What country do you live in? I know Big Finish adjust the prices for international customers, but here in Australia there all avaliable at very reasonable prices. The Highlanders is only $8.99 (a little over a Fourth Doctor release) and The Evil of The Daleks is $11.95. Dead Air is the most expensive at $13.95, but even then it's not unreasonable for an hour's worth of entertainment. I think the prices come off as being unreasonable in the face of Big Finish's international pricing, but that's not a reality of the typical cost of audio drama/audiobooks - and it's an innovative move only Big Finish have made. If you had seen the prices of Big Finish's releases when they followed the exchange rate, you wouldn't find the price of these releases unreasonable
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Post by iank on Mar 31, 2016 1:35:29 GMT
Yes.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Mar 31, 2016 12:15:27 GMT
I'd way rather have new audio adventures than audio adaptations of lost serials. At least with novel adaptations, they were never performed before - but I'd even rather those be an occasional novelty. I agree with that. Since we already have those collections mentioned in the thread for the lost serials. I think New adventures and Novel adapts would work best
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Apr 3, 2016 21:31:16 GMT
For alot of people it is an audio show. During the wilderness years there was no performance Doctor Who. It also helped that my first love is radio - Goons, Hancock, Journey into Space etc. I prefer audio to books.
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Post by Timelord007 on Apr 4, 2016 8:08:28 GMT
I think if it weren't for Big Finish my interest in Doctor Who may have diminished as i haven't really enjoyed the tv show since David Tennant left despite loving Peter Capaldis Doctor.
I think Big Finish create & write some damm good audio dramas, The Peterloo Massacre for instance was a powerful emotional gut punching story which showcased the true horrors of war & didn't reset or change the outcome or cop out with a syrupy ending but instead gave a insight on how the characters felt after the massacre.
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Post by relativetime on Apr 4, 2016 23:49:31 GMT
It's a sort of half-and-half situation for me. Whenever I think of the first four Doctors and the NuWho Doctors, I immediately think of the television show, because that's where most of their iconic stories are. But with the Fifth to Eighth Doctor, I immediately think about the audio dramas, which have breathed new life and new ideas into each of them. I think it mostly comes down to which medium I think best represents each Doctor.
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Post by mrperson on Apr 5, 2016 19:19:44 GMT
I still watch the TV show, but at this point, Big Finish is the main source of Who for me. They hit it out of the park at a far greater rate that the TV shows, and the worst they ever get for me is "meh". Meanwhile, the worst TV gets is "holy ****, what am I watching? This is stupid." (ie, "Kill the Moon", "Hell Bent").
Granted, it can still knock it out of the park (Heaven Sent). It's just not as frequent.
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