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Cleretic posted:I'm trying, man! You're dealing with the Uncanny, friend. In this case it's specifically the revelation that the mundane and everyday has more than we can see. I think that almost anything involving 11's crack in space and time, and the concept of people being erased from time falls into this category - how do we know what we've forgotten?
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Ms Boods posted:[wooden} Don't diss the mind probe. [/wooden] Impulse laser?
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Feb 28, 2017 18:27
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Unkempt posted:Eleventh Hour has the door that nobody notices, that sort of thing? This is exactly what I was thinking of too. I love that moment when the Doctor says,"There's something I'm missing.... just in the corner of my eye" and the camera pans to reveal a door that was NOT there before. The idea of growing up in a house with an occupant and a room constantly present every day of your life that you were simply unaware of was pretty unsettling to me.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:54
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The uncanny is definitely what I'm going for, yeah. The stuff that looks normal but breaks just enough to be unsettling. The Cracks brought a lot of it to play with and did really well at it, and there's been other, similar takes. Another I thought of was definitely Night Terrors, and although that wasn't great as an episode the dollhouse was a great setting for this. Scaled appropriately so people can be in it like a normal house, everything being fake just felt wrong. House of Leaves might be outside my skill level to pull from, but that's definitely something worth trying to work with at least.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:37
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You can never go wrong cribbing from HPL either.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:40
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Episode 1 of the war games
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Mar 1, 2017 00:54
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Cleretic posted:Another I thought of was definitely Night Terrors, and although that wasn't great as an episode the dollhouse was a great setting for this. Scaled appropriately so people can be in it like a normal house, everything being fake just felt wrong. I know you're going for televised stories, but The Chimes of Midnight has exactly what you're looking for, is a thread favorite, and costs only three bucks. Audio may not be a bad place to crib from, really, since it has to rely on descriptive and conceptual creepiness without any visual shortcuts. It's not as cheap, but The Death Collectors gets there, and Spider's Shadow (which comes included) maybe even moreso. Kingdom of Silver is based around a concept that should chill even hardened Cyber-fans, even if it doesn't quite stick the landing. Neverland, too, (and I'm ashamed to see so much ill spoken of it in the thread of late. Ashamed!) but it's the cap to a season-long arc. I'm sure there are more, but I'm blanking right now. Memory Lane and The Nowhere Place, maybe? I always get those two mixed up, but they both gently caress with the idea of perceived space.
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Mar 1, 2017 01:50
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The March Listener's Title from Big Finish is The Mahogany Murderers! This Companion Chronicle was the debut of Jago and Litefoot, Investigators of Infernal Incidents, in the Big Finish family, and served as the pilot episode for their own long-running line of anthology releases. Well worth the $2.99!
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Mar 1, 2017 02:08
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Cleretic posted:The uncanny is definitely what I'm going for, yeah. The stuff that looks normal but breaks just enough to be unsettling. The Cracks brought a lot of it to play with and did really well at it, and there's been other, similar takes. House of Leaves is a goddamn tome that I don't fully grok (and I've written academic papers on it!), but the core haunted-house story of The Navidson Record is pretty easy to crib from.
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Mar 1, 2017 02:09
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jivjov posted:The March Listener's Title from Big Finish is The Mahogany Murderers! This Companion Chronicle was the debut of Jago and Litefoot, Investigators of Infernal Incidents, in the Big Finish family, and served as the pilot episode for their own long-running line of anthology releases. Well worth the $2.99! This is one I didn't have, so very happy to be able to be grab it cheap
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Mar 1, 2017 02:18
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Box of Bunnies posted:This is one I didn't have, so very happy to be able to be grab it cheap Haha ur hosed say goodbye to your wallet. 
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Mar 1, 2017 04:56
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Astroman posted:Haha ur hosed say goodbye to your wallet. I already have the first four series of J&L so that started a while ago, just didn't have their CC
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Mar 1, 2017 05:11
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I'm really hoping that the Jago and Litefoot Short Trips coming up plus this being the Listener's Title is the herald of a Jago and Litefoot sale...I could use some more of them.
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Mar 1, 2017 05:24
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After The War posted:I know you're going for televised stories, but The Chimes of Midnight has exactly what you're looking for, is a thread favorite, and costs only three bucks. Oh god you have no idea what you've awakened. I've been avoiding Big Finish because I was scared of what I'd fall into if I let myself start, but the fact that it's more accessible to me than the classic series meant it's probably the best recommendation of all these so far. But hey, Chimes of Midnight is three dollars, that's not a very painful first step, and it's a standalone thing that doesn't require me to buy other things to follow it, so it's not too bad. And oh hey while sniffing around the site Spare Parts is also three dollars and I know that's a great standalone Cyberman storyFUCK IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. The only reason I didn't buy Neverland too is because it's not as well-spoken-of here and apparently requires prior understanding of previous stories I don't know. EDIT: I may go out on the weekend to see if I can find House of Leaves, so you win that round too, DoctorWhat. Cleretic fucked around with this message at 10:59 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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Mar 1, 2017 10:55
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Cleretic posted:And oh hey while sniffing around the site Spare Parts is also three dollars and I know that's a great standalone Cyberman storyFUCK IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. That's how they get you. Ya think "I'll just check out a couple of the cheap early releases", nek minnit 
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Mar 1, 2017 11:56
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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/flash-sale---jago-litefoot-series-1 Jago and Litefoot series one on sale for £5 through tomorrow.
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Mar 1, 2017 13:33
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egon_beeblebrox posted:https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/flash-sale---jago-litefoot-series-1 Don't know when I'll get a chance to actually listen to them but that is way too good a deal to pass up, grabbed that and Mahogany Murders. Another day, another range!
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Mar 1, 2017 13:42
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Cleretic posted:Oh god you have no idea what you've awakened. I've been avoiding Big Finish because I was scared of what I'd fall into if I let myself start, but the fact that it's more accessible to me than the classic series meant it's probably the best recommendation of all these so far. But hey, Chimes of Midnight is three dollars, that's not a very painful first step, and it's a standalone thing that doesn't require me to buy other things to follow it, so it's not too bad. And oh hey while sniffing around the site Spare Parts is also three dollars and I know that's a great standalone Cyberman storyFUCK IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. Oh, you were looking at traveling this dark path with us, anyway. In that case,  .I usually recommend Marian Conspiracy and Storm Warning as ear training to start with, but the voices in Chimes should still be distinct enough for a beginner. Charley's backstory from Storm Warning drives the plot in Chimes, but you don't need to hear it first... especially since you already reference Father's Day. If you do get hooked by 8, definitely think about doing his whole second "season" (Invaders From Mars to Neverland) - doing that is what finally turned me into a raving BF lunatic. It helped that there wasn't a particular Eighth Doctor "style" for them to copy from, although they're less dedicated to copying specific Doctors' eras as time goes on. Six (and later Seven) also benefits a lot from having stories set outside the range of their televised episodes. What's our Classic Who familiarity? There's definitely some fanwank stuff in there, but by Neverland they're building as much off their own continuity as the inherited one. Jerusalem posted:Don't know when I'll get a chance to actually listen to them but that is way too good a deal to pass up, grabbed that and Mahogany Murders. Another day, another range! It doesn't matter whether you have a chance to listen or not, it will happen. I can't think of another time in the past few years where I violated my "one story per day" policy as gleefully as the first J&L season.
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Mar 1, 2017 14:04
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egon_beeblebrox posted:https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/flash-sale---jago-litefoot-series-1 Of course it's the one box I already own, haha. Ah well. Box of Bunnies posted:That's how they get you. Ya think "I'll just check out a couple of the cheap early releases", nek minnit I feel your pain. And I only started buying in earnest when the app was released. 
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Mar 1, 2017 15:16
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After The War posted:What's our Classic Who familiarity? There's definitely some fanwank stuff in there, but by Neverland they're building as much off their own continuity as the inherited one. I literally haven't had the opportunity to watch any Classic Who. I want to, but I can't track down its airing well enough.
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Mar 1, 2017 22:08
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Cleretic posted:I literally haven't had the opportunity to watch any Classic Who. I want to, but I can't track down its airing well enough. It's all on dailymotion
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Mar 1, 2017 22:30
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I wish it was still streaming somewhere. Now it's just  until a supposed Britflix launches.
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Mar 1, 2017 23:46
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all-Rush mixtape posted:I wish it was still streaming somewhere. Now it's just 
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Mar 2, 2017 01:20
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What about the Vervoids??????????????
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Mar 2, 2017 02:38
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Mar 2, 2017 06:03
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If you're looking for terrifying and uncanny Dr Who audio, go no further than Minuet In Hell which is truly devilish. Also there is Creed of the Cromon which has unsettling body horror. The sound effects really put you in the picture.
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Mar 2, 2017 09:10
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Sad King Billy posted:If you're looking for terrifying and uncanny Dr Who audio, go no further than Minuet In Hell which is truly devilish. No. No to all this.
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Mar 2, 2017 09:52
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Colin to battle the Carrionite Witches: https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/coming-soon---doctor-who-classic-doctors-new-monsters-2
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Mar 2, 2017 10:16
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Davros1 posted:Colin to battle the Carrionite Witches: And written by Simon Guerrier! Sure to be a winner with that combo of Doctor, monster and writer.
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Mar 2, 2017 10:22
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Guerrier posted:"The Carrionites get their power from words, and the Sixth Doctor is the most logophile of Doctors, so I knew there was something potent there. David Richardson suggested the 1980s setting, invoking something of the Enfield poltergeist of the late 1970s, and I drew a bit on Hammer's "To The Devil a Daughter" " hnnngh
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Mar 2, 2017 11:01
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Okay, that boxset is gonna rule
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Mar 2, 2017 11:20
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Jerusalem posted:Okay, that boxset is gonna rule The only downside is no Seven.
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Mar 2, 2017 11:27
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Yeah, the only real disappointment there is both Four and Eight getting the Vashta Nerada. I mean I like them too, and I'm sure both stories will be good, but surely there's enough new Doctor enemies that they don't have to do the same one twice in the same set. EDIT: I went to see what potential picks there could be that would be interesting, and am now distracted by the fact that holy poo poo, Adam Mitchell was the villain of IDW's 50th anniversary series and his wiki article is kind of hilarious as a result. Cleretic fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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Mar 2, 2017 11:32
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Why is it that I like Guerrier's Who stories but that Graceless leaves me completely cold?
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Mar 2, 2017 12:54
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Cleretic posted:Yeah, the only real disappointment there is both Four and Eight getting the Vashta Nerada. I mean I like them too, and I'm sure both stories will be good, but surely there's enough new Doctor enemies that they don't have to do the same one twice in the same set. Apparently the 4/8 Vashta Nerada stories are directly linked; so it's less laziness of reuse and more exploring the consequences of one doctor's adventures later on.
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Mar 2, 2017 13:01
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I...I loved Neverland...
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Mar 2, 2017 20:24
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CobiWann posted:I...I loved Neverland...  Yeah there is actually a hell of a lot to point to as lacking or bad, but McGann is fantastic and the story just hits all the right emotional beats for me. Zagreus on the other hand.... 
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Mar 2, 2017 20:47
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Jerusalem posted:
It really felt like a series finale, closing a story arc, Romana was great, and the way they "got rid" of dissidents with the Oubliette of Eternity... Jerusalem posted:Zagreus on the other hand.... I...I hated Zagreus...
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Hey all - I haven't been in the Doctor Who threads here for a while, but I'm popping in to ask if anyone else is going to Regeneration Who. I had four people I was going to room and hang with, but they've all had to cancel, and going to conventions alone sucks 
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