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Which non-Power of the Daleks story would you like to see an episode found from? This poll is closed. |
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| Marco Polo |
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36 | 20.69% |
| The Myth Makers |
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10 | 5.75% |
| The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve |
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45 | 25.86% |
| The Savages |
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2 | 1.15% |
| The Smugglers |
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2 | 1.15% |
| The Highlanders |
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45 | 25.86% |
| The Macra Terror |
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21 | 12.07% |
| Fury from the Deep |
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13 | 7.47% |
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SpaceCommie posted:Finally got around to finishing 100 in the lab yesterday. Thought the ending to Bedtime Stories was really unearned and just dark for the sake of it. Yeah I got to the end and I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and something to happen to prevent the ending from just being cruel and dark and senselessly meanspirited and.... it never happened 
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Oct 1, 2016 13:05
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That story is peak Lidster. I loving hate it.
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Oct 2, 2016 09:48
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jivjov posted:And just think...set 3 is juuuuust around the corner. (Really hoping for a first week of October release as an "apology" for the delay) Called it; the Big Finish Facebook page just started up the themed-picture-countdown. 3 days to go til the 3rd War Doctor set
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Oct 3, 2016 15:44
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jivjov posted:Called it; the Big Finish Facebook page just started up the themed-picture-countdown. 3 days to go til the 3rd War Doctor set The combination of this and the Doctor Who Facebook page doing the Cybermen for their monster of the month made me realise how much I want a War Doc v Cybes tale.
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Oct 3, 2016 21:05
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Do we know what the Cybermen were up to during the Time War? We're they spending some time being wiped out?
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Oct 3, 2016 22:02
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Not Who related (but BF related) but it was just announced that The Avengers lost episode "Tunnel of Fear" has been found. Apparently it was part of a private collection that was given to Kaleidoscope, and they're going to be announcing more titles over the week.
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Oct 3, 2016 22:29
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jivjov posted:Called it; the Big Finish Facebook page just started up the themed-picture-countdown. 3 days to go til the 3rd War Doctor set All the timeline alterations are why they look and sound different in every appearance. Now let us never speak of it again. jivjov posted:Short Trips. I'm working on the second set right now. Goddammit, Colin Baker, stop being so good!
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Oct 3, 2016 22:36
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After The War posted:All the timeline alterations are why they look and sound different in every appearance. Now let us never speak of it again. Sounds like someone hasn't read David Banks' book "Cybermen" regarding this subject.
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Oct 3, 2016 22:38
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After The War posted:I'm working on the second set right now. Goddammit, Colin Baker, stop being so good! One of my favorites is the one that he wrote! Hilarious
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Oct 3, 2016 22:41
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This is the one he didn't. What should have been a cute little filler thing about losing his coat gets all emotional. The bastard! What about me, having to explain why I like him to people who only know "the choking thing", or if I'm really lucky his terrible episodes? Why do you do this to me, Colin?!
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Oct 3, 2016 23:04
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Davros1 posted:Not Who related (but BF related) but it was just announced that The Avengers lost episode "Tunnel of Fear" has been found. Apparently it was part of a private collection that was given to Kaleidoscope, and they're going to be announcing more titles over the week. More Avengers episodes, or more titles in general?
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Oct 3, 2016 23:29
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I figure the guys who have missing Hartnell/Troughtons in their private collections haven't released them for one or more of the following three reasons: 1. They don't know these episodes are missing 2. They are worried people will get mad that they had them for so long without releasing them 3. They've been busy running Zimbabwe
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Oct 3, 2016 23:44
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jivjov posted:Do we know what the Cybermen were up to during the Time War? We're they spending some time being wiped out? There was The Raft of the Cyber-Medusa amongst the paintings in Day of the Doctor, that's pretty much it. 
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Oct 4, 2016 00:43
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Jerusalem posted:I figure the guys who have missing Hartnell/Troughtons in their private collections haven't released them for one or more of the following three reasons: Someone is gonna pass away at age 95 and a trove of missing episodes will get unearthed in an estate sale.
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Oct 4, 2016 00:50
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jivjov posted:Someone is gonna pass away at age 95 and a trove of missing episodes will get unearthed in an estate sale. "A number of unmarked video reels were purchased by one Hester Tam, who then fled laughing maniacally."
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Oct 4, 2016 01:43
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CaptainYesterday posted:More Avengers episodes, or more titles in general? More titles, I assume
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Oct 4, 2016 07:51
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 Synopsis: The Doctor and Charley encounter an Earth Colony Ship who mistakenly believe they are the last of the human race. They have stationed themselves above a barely habitable planet where their leader is convinced he has found a power source to save humanity, and he doesn't mind burying a few bodies to get there. Unfortunately, some thing else has similar ideas for their own species. What I thought: Well Philip Madoc's in it! This is a short bonus story that takes place just before The Raincloud Man, which initially seems like an odd format to bring back a well-known (if not well-loved) classic Who monster. The Krotons were better in concept than in execution, and thankfully the audio-only format suits them here. While the South African accents feel a mite out of place, the story does a pretty good job of selling their horror - the Commander's plans to use the material he discovers on the planet Onyakis get turned on their head when his desire to make use of their mysterious energy reserves gets switched around. Instead the Krotons intend to use the "last" of humanity to bring their own race out of hibernation, returning them to their bulky robotic forms and setting back out into the Universe. It's funny how exactly the same plan suddenly becomes all the more horrific when it is humans put into the battery role. The way the Doctor eventually turns the Krotons' learning devices against them is a lot of fun and plays well with the established rules of the story, and in the end it is an effective use of the old characters that probably would have worn out its welcome in a longer story. But really the big attraction for me was the use of Philip Madoc, who has appeared in some amazing classic series episodes such as The War Games and The Brain of Morbius. He was also in the original Krotons story (he also appeared in The Power of Kroll where he was completely wasted) and here his Commander Cobden is delightfully dripping with evil as he seeks to "save" the human race mostly for his own glory. His slow descent into servitude to the Krotons, and then his brief fight back as he grasps the full extent of his folly are very well realized. Final Thoughts: As far as bonus releases go, Return of the Krotons delivers exactly what is promised in the title - the return of the Krotons! But whatever your feelings on those clunky-looking, South African accented mechanical lifeforms, the real meat of the story comes from the world-building of the colony ship and its politics, and the wonderfully cruel and calculating Commander Cobden voiced by Philip Madoc. It's roughly an hour long and probably wouldn't have held up any longer than that, but at this length it's a fun story to listen to with a neat ending and good characters - plus, hey, where else but Doctor Who do you get South African mind-controlling robots!?!
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Oct 5, 2016 06:22
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Jerusalem posted:I figure the guys who have missing Hartnell/Troughtons in their private collections haven't released them for one or more of the following three reasons: Or they already sold them to Philip Morris who is holding out for more money from the beeb.
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Oct 5, 2016 07:26
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I listened to Spectre of Lanyon Moor over the last couple of days and man Nicholas Courtney and C. Bakes are so good together. Shame we didn't get more of the Brig in the main range (yes, I know about that other one).
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Oct 5, 2016 07:45
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Box of Bunnies posted:I listened to Spectre of Lanyon Moor over the last couple of days and man Nicholas Courtney and C. Bakes are so good together. Shame we didn't get more of the Brig in the main range (yes, I know about that other one). There is no other one.
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Oct 5, 2016 07:49
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Box of Bunnies posted:I listened to Spectre of Lanyon Moor over the last couple of days and man Nicholas Courtney and C. Bakes are so good together. Shame we didn't get more of the Brig in the main range (yes, I know about that other one). Yeah, I wasn't a fan of the baddy in that story but Courtney was great and he had really good chemistry with Colin Baker. Man did Big Finish do an amazing job of rehabilitating Colin Baker 
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Oct 5, 2016 08:22
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Jerusalem posted:Yeah, I wasn't a fan of the baddy in that story but Courtney was great and he had really good chemistry with Colin Baker. This one gave me a sort of Hinchcliffe vibe.
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Oct 5, 2016 10:04
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Giving another listen to Urgent Calls, it's really quite a fun little story.
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Oct 5, 2016 10:08
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Man, October already. Time to start thinking about Secret Santa things.
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Oct 5, 2016 11:02
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The_Doctor posted:Man, October already. Time to start thinking about Secret Santa things. 
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Oct 5, 2016 12:12
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Shona, why'd you have to go stalk Arya instead of becoming the new companion 
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Oct 5, 2016 12:35
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Oct 5, 2016 13:00
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drat it, I’ll put up with a Trump/Pence Presidency if it means four seasons of Doctor Who over four years. Just imagine the revival version of The Happiness Patrol.
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Oct 5, 2016 14:17
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CobiWann posted:drat it, I’ll put up with a Trump/Pence Presidency if it means four seasons of Doctor Who over four years. The world wouldn't last long enough for them to be made, let alone for you to enjoy them.
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Oct 5, 2016 16:32
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Jerusalem posted:Shona, why'd you have to go stalk Arya instead of becoming the new companion Stalk her all the way to Cardiff
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Oct 5, 2016 19:52
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CobiWann posted:This one gave me a sort of Hinchcliffe vibe. Not surprising, as it was originally written for Tom, to try to entice him to join BF (along with The Stones of Venice and The Holy Terror)
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Oct 5, 2016 21:24
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Stalk her all the way to Cardiff Yeah if she'd stuck around, Arya would have come to her!
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Oct 5, 2016 22:08
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Davros1 posted:Not surprising, as it was originally written for Tom, to try to entice him to join BF (along with The Stones of Venice and The Holy Terror) Stones of Venice makes so much sense as a 4 story!
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Oct 6, 2016 01:04
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BSam posted:Giving another listen to Urgent Calls, it's really quite a fun little story. Jerusalem, you should probably relisten to the virus trilogy about now. For... reasons. Especially Urgent Calls. You'll know why soon enough (if you don't already.)
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Oct 6, 2016 03:38
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After The War posted:Jerusalem, you should probably relisten to the virus trilogy about now. For... reasons. Especially Urgent Calls. You'll know why soon enough (if you don't already.) I have, the brief write-ups on them are paired with the stories they were bundled with - I enjoyed Urgent Calls and Mission of the Viyrans, and some of The Vanity Box, but I remember Urban Myths not quite working for me. I do dig that they were seeding these stories so early for what would turn out to be (from what I understand) a later explanation/origin.
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Oct 6, 2016 05:32
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Oh, I remember. It's just that it's... not much later, if you get my drift. EDIT - Listen to Urgent Calls again right after Patient Zero. Trust me on this. After The War fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Oct 6, 2016 05:52
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I want to say that this thread is the only place I've ever seen your theory, but I also can't quite remember it. Something about Urgent Calls happening during Patient Zero? I haven't heard Patient Zero in ages, but I'm not sure I buy that.
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Oct 6, 2016 06:06
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War Doctor 3: Agents of Chaos is up for download. About halfway through the first story; this one is a straight up spy story and it's pretty fun.
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Oct 6, 2016 10:57
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Vicki and Steven arguing over narration styles in the opening framing scene of The Suffering is the best
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Oct 6, 2016 11:43
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Box of Bunnies posted:Vicki and Steven arguing over narration styles in the opening framing scene of The Suffering is the best Spoiler: Disc 2 is heartbreaking. And shows what a tremendous actor Peter Purves is.
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Oct 6, 2016 20:16
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