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Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

There's the first story from the Eight Doctor adventures: Blood of the Daleks and then thereis his newest series that start with Dark Eyes 1-box set.

Both start with a new companion and are relatively new.

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:11

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 11:44

marktheando: Nov 4, 2006

Man sometimes I wish there was a separate Big Finish thread in the radio/podcast forum, would mean I could read this thread without skipping 90% of the posts. (I know, this is the bit where everyone tells me to listen to big finish, well I don't want to and you can't make me).

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:20

Rochallor: Apr 23, 2010; ふっっっっっっっっっっっっｃｋ

Big Finish is hardly 90 percent of the thread. Even when there's nothing on TV it probably doesn't get beyond 30 percent or so.

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:35

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

marktheando posted:

Man sometimes I wish there was a separate Big Finish thread in the radio/podcast forum, would mean I could read this thread without skipping 90% of the posts. (I know, this is the bit where everyone tells me to listen to big finish, well I don't want to and you can't make me).

How do you know you don't like spinach if you never try it?

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:38

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

It is the off-season for Doctor who, so there isn't actually anything else to discuss.

Or we could gush about Colin Baker talking about Star Trek fan production he is on:

https://vimeo.com/118364208

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:39

Pocky In My Pocket: Jan 27, 2005; Giant robots shouldn't fight!

marktheando posted:

Man sometimes I wish there was a separate Big Finish thread in the radio/podcast forum, would mean I could read this thread without skipping 90% of the posts. (I know, this is the bit where everyone tells me to listen to big finish, well I don't want to and you can't make me).

if there was more to talk about right now I'd be more sympathetic but we're in the quiet bit where there isn't any news. unless you've broken into mugabes secret video vault or something

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:46

marktheando: Nov 4, 2006

Little_wh0re posted:

if there was more to talk about right now I'd be more sympathetic but we're in the quiet bit where there isn't any news. unless you've broken into mugabes secret video vault or something

Why would I need to break into my own video vault?

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:52

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

marktheando posted:

Man sometimes I wish there was a separate Big Finish thread in the radio/podcast forum, would mean I could read this thread without skipping 90% of the posts. (I know, this is the bit where everyone tells me to listen to big finish, well I don't want to and you can't make me).

This but for everything that isn't State of Decay and The Pyramids of Mars

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:52

Pocky In My Pocket: Jan 27, 2005; Giant robots shouldn't fight!

Well, I've put storm warning on my phone and my friend lives about 15-20 minutes walk away. Have a fun night thread!

# ? Feb 12, 2015 20:54

CobiWann: Oct 21, 2009; Have fun!

For the record�

The essentials :rock:

Storm Warning
The Chimes of Midnight
Seasons of Fear
Neverland

Decent

Sword of Orion
Invaders from Mars
Embrace the Darkness

Eh� :shrug:

The Stones of Venice
The Time of the Daleks
Zagreus

SUFFER WITH US! :psyduck:

Minuet in Hell

Or, you can jump to the Eighth Doctor Adventures. I haven�t gotten there yet (I have Council of Nicea for Five and then Terror Firma), but Human Resources is apparently a must listen.

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:24

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

CobiWann posted:

Reserving this post for my audio review index.

Bumping this up. Where's your review list?

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:30

Emerson Cod: Apr 14, 2004; by Pragmatica

cargohills posted:

Remember that video showing off the average face of the Doctor? Well, there's one for the Master now too.

I know I'm not the only one wondering where MacQueen is.

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:32

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

Emerson Cod posted:

I know I'm not the only one wondering where MacQueen is.

He's in 4:49 in section called Faces for radio.

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:36

CobiWann: Oct 21, 2009; Have fun!

adhuin posted:

Bumping this up. Where's your review list?

Somewhere in my "To Do" list between "beat Baldur's Gate", "beat Resident Evil REMaster", "working on my novel that's best described as a 'Christian John Constantine,'" and "gettting more than 4 hours of sleep a night."

There's something in there about spending time with the family too. I think that's near the bottom.

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:41

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

CobiWann posted:

Can I just say that, as horrible as The Horns of Nimon is, I enjoy the very last scene?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZB2vTF6Cwk

That little scrunched up pout :allears:

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:42

Pesky Splinter: Feb 16, 2011; A worried pug.

MacQueen is pretty amazing. :allears:

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:43

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Pesky Splinter posted:

Jerusalem posted:

That little scrunched up pout

# ? Feb 12, 2015 21:53

Emerson Cod: Apr 14, 2004; by Pragmatica

adhuin posted:

He's in 4:49 in section called Faces for radio.

Ah nice, I had turned it off assuming that was it. Have they done one of these averaging out the companions of each Doctor?

# ? Feb 12, 2015 22:04

Wheat Loaf: Feb 13, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

Pesky Splinter posted:

MacQueen is pretty amazing.

Does anyone else think he looks sort of like Grant Morrison?

# ? Feb 13, 2015 00:02

Toph Bei Fong: Feb 29, 2008

Wheat Loaf posted:

Does anyone else think he looks sort of like Grant Morrison?

Eerily so, yes...

# ? Feb 13, 2015 05:16

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

I'd kill to have Morrison involved in any aspect of the show (yes, I'm aware he did DW comics).

# ? Feb 13, 2015 07:31

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Big Mean Jerk posted:

I'd kill to have Morrison involved in any aspect of the show (yes, I'm aware he did DW comics).

Morrison and Charlie Brooker are the top of my dream Doctor Who writer list.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 08:07

Pocky In My Pocket: Jan 27, 2005; Giant robots shouldn't fight!

I've listened to nearly all of storm warning and I think it is good. Why did I not get this earlier for my walk to work.

I really like the foley stuff. Though the dialogue does sometimes go a bit "let me walk over to the door while holding this pen"

# ? Feb 13, 2015 11:14

Fil5000: Jun 23, 2003; HOLD ON GUYS I'M POSTING ABOUT INTERNET ROBOTS

Little_wh0re posted:

I've listened to nearly all of storm warning and I think it is good. Why did I not get this earlier for my walk to work.

I really like the foley stuff. Though the dialogue does sometimes go a bit "let me walk over to the door while holding this pen"

The "doctor talking to himself" and "everyone narrating their actions" tones down a bit after a few audios.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 12:12

qntm: Jun 17, 2009

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Morrison and Charlie Brooker are the top of my dream Doctor Who writer list.

I thought I heard Brooker hated Doctor Who.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 12:34

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79XAEN9gAx0

Trigger warning: Fear Her Olympic Torch clip.

And he said in a Black Mirror interview that yes, he'd write for Who is they asked him.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 12:47 on Feb 13, 2015

# ? Feb 13, 2015 12:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

qntm posted:

I thought I heard Brooker hated Doctor Who.

He absolutely loves Who. He's not fond of the mawkishness that's come in with the revival though.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 13:06

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

The_Doctor posted:

He absolutely loves Who. He's not fond of the mawkishness that's come in with the revival though.

To be fair, he said that kind of thing more during the RTD years, and I think everyone here agreed with him at the time.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 13:12

idoliside: Dec 8, 2010

MikeJF posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79XAEN9gAx0

Trigger warning: Fear Her Olympic Torch clip.

And he said in a Black Mirror interview that yes, he'd write for Who is they asked him.

If anything "Fifteen Million Merits" seems like the ideal episode for the Doctor to drop into.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 13:46

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

idoliside posted:

If anything "Fifteen Million Merits" seems like the ideal episode for the Doctor to drop into.

And gently caress up society for the better in, oh, one evening?

# ? Feb 13, 2015 13:56

CobiWann: Oct 21, 2009; Have fun!

The_Doctor posted:

He absolutely loves Who. He's not fond of the mawkishness that's come in with the revival though.

Mawkishness?

# ? Feb 13, 2015 14:11

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

CobiWann posted:

Mawkishness?

He likes the fact that Doctor Who actually has emotional content and personal drama now, but he does find the Tennant-Crying-In-The-Rain.gif excesses a bit OTT.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 14:27

CobiWann: Oct 21, 2009; Have fun!

Speaking of emotional content, personal drama, and amnesia...

http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/gallifrey-weekend---doctor-who---the-eighth-doctor-special-offer

# ? Feb 13, 2015 14:51

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Yeah, he really likes the show. eg

Charlie Brooker posted:

All of which brings me to Doctor Who (Sat, 7.15pm, BBC1) - specifically, to episode one of the new series. Now, I've been effusive in my admiration of last year's series - effusive to the point of fellatio, you might say, if it were possible to fellate a television programme, which it isn't, not unless you take a printout of the scripts, furl them into a tube and mimic a blowjob on them, although the weirdness of your actions tends to overshadow your implied praise when you do something like that. Anyway, my anticipation gland was bursting as I settled down to watch the series opener - so you can guess what's coming next. It left me a bit ... well, a bit down.

For starters, there's a bit too much going on given the 45-minute running time: the plot revolves around shadowy goings-on in an intergalactic hospital, but there's also a lot of messing about with supporting characters who feel superfluous to the main storyline, diffusing your attention. It also makes a few jarring tonal shifts - leaping from high camp, to straight horror, to oleaginous sentimentality without warning. And David Tennant, trying to keep up with this, occasionally just ends up popping his eyes and shouting too much.

What I'm saying is it's a jumbled let-down. See what I'm doing here? I'm lowering your expectations. Not because I'm trying to trick you, but because I didn't think it was very good. And I bloody love Doctor Who. Sorry.

If I sound uncharacteristically mealy-mouthed in my criticism, it's because having a pop at Doctor Who actually pains me. In my head, it's come to represent everything that made Britain great - more so than, say, the foundation of the National Health Service. Or Marmite. Or the Sex Pistols. This means I'm mentally ill, obviously - but nonetheless, its 21st century reinvention has been a joy to behold, so when it farts out a bit of a dud, I'm not merely disappointed, I'm crushed - even though, at its very very worst, it's still 10,000 times better than 98% of the rest of the joyless Formica drizzleplop you get on the box.

But hey. Carping over. Now for the good news. All of this - the rush of anticipation, the slow guff of disappointment - all of this is all entirely in keeping with last year's premiere episode, which was also an overexcited manic sprawl of a thing, but turned out to be merely the slightly misfired opening salvo in a dazzlingly brilliant fun-for-all-the-family romp. And if NEXT week's episode is anything to go by, this year's going to be similar. Because next week's episode (also scripted by Russell T Davies) involves a much-publicised encounter with a werewolf guaranteed to make easily-spooked kiddy viewers crap their own spines through their bumholes. It's flipping great (as are Tennant and Piper).

In summary, then, your instructions are as follows: watch with a forgiving eye, because the predictive chart I'm preparing indicates a steep upturn in quality from hereon in. Hooray and phew for that.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 14:56

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

The Girl Who Never Was is a very confusing story to listen to on a crowded train where everyone is grumpy and frozen and the driver is yelling.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 15:08

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

Bicyclops posted:

The Girl Who Never Was is a very confusing story to listen to on a crowded train where everyone is grumpy and frozen and the driver is yelling.

You've pulled ahead of me again, you bastard! :argh:

I'm still on 100.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 15:29

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

After The War posted:

You've pulled ahead of me again, you bastard! I'm still on 100.

You'll catch up! The Companion Chronicles, EDAs and Dalek War are slowing me down.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 17:57

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

CobiWann posted:

Speaking of emotional content, personal drama, and amnesia...

http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/gallifrey-weekend---doctor-who---the-eighth-doctor-special-offer

...Crap, what do the bundles normally go for? I feel like �23 for series 1 isn't much less than normal, but for series 4 it's a good buy...?

# ? Feb 13, 2015 18:07

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

Subscription prices for seasons didn't get lowered and they're 40e for season 1 VS 23e for bundle of same season 1. Season 4 is 80e VS 28e for same bundle.

# ? Feb 13, 2015 18:18

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 11:44

Pocky In My Pocket: Jan 27, 2005; Giant robots shouldn't fight!

After finishing Storm warning and enjoying it a lot i'v picked up... errr The Marian Conspiricy, The Holy Terror, Colditz, Chimes of Midnight, Seasons of Fear and Ish

# ? Feb 13, 2015 20:41

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