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Barry Foster posted:You're doubly lucky, because his run with Evelyn Smythe (Maggie Stables) is the best he has and as far as I'm concerned some of the best Who ever. Seriously, start with The Marian Conspiracy and go from there. They're an amazing team and bring out the best in each other. Wonderful stuff She's one of my favourite companions! Sorry I might have worded it weirdly. I've listen to all of his stuff except for his output from 2008 to 2016.
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May 27, 2023 00:47
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Yeah, Evelyn rules, just a perfect foil/companion to 6.
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May 27, 2023 02:44
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wrong thread
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May 27, 2023 03:27
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SiKboy posted:I mean, sure, but thats a fair distance from "canonically a sex worker". I think the only reason this has become a discussion at all (I'm not singling you out here, mind; this is a societal problem) is that we view sex work as something less-than, so we want to define anything but street-walking or porn as not being that, but if we all just thought of sex work as just another job a person can have, I kinda' doubt we'd spend so much time defining what is, and more importantly, isn't, sex work.
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May 27, 2023 04:24
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LividLiquid posted:I think the only reason this has become a discussion at all (I'm not singling you out here, mind; this is a societal problem) is that we view sex work as something less-than, so we want to define anything but street-walking or porn as not being that, but if we all just thought of sex work as just another job a person can have, I kinda' doubt we'd spend so much time defining what is, and more importantly, isn't, sex work. I've always read Amy as being a straight up stripper for basically this reason. Calling herself a "kissogram" is a tacit denial of her job for the sake of appearances.
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May 27, 2023 05:25
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Whatever it is it's not as debasing as Rose working in retail.
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May 27, 2023 20:11
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Barry Foster posted:Colin is The Definitive Big Finish Doctor as far as I'm concerned. I absolutely adore the BF Sixth Doctor. I'd go so far as to say he's in my top three or four Doctors ever, and he probably edges out Paul McGann even (though it's close) Colin Baker is the perfect Doctor for audio because he goes so big with the character that it works especially well in the format. Confusedslight posted:The brilliant thing about big finishs large catalogue is that there is still so much 6th doctor content I've yet to hear! There's a good portion from around 2008ish - 2016 of sixth doctorness I haven't listened to at all and I look forward to getting to it! Then you probably haven't heard most of his run with Charlie which is really great to start with, though it kind of peters out by the end with the last three stories in particular being not so good. But those initial four or five are really great. Other good Sixth Doctor Big Finish stuff from 2008-2016 that stands out to me are The Wrong Doctors which is a multi-doctor story with two Colin Bakers and The Last Adventure which was made to give him a proper ending instead of "New season, guess he just fell over and regenerated." Also, his stories in the Old Doctors, New Monsters box sets are really good.
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May 27, 2023 20:23
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Six and Charley is fantastic purely because so much of it involves Six going  as Charley fucks up trying to keep their "history" hidden 
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May 27, 2023 23:51
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Jerusalem posted:Six and Charley is fantastic purely because so much of it involves Six going They did have a great dynamic together, better than her and Eight (though that may be controversial!)
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May 28, 2023 02:30
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Jerusalem posted:Six and Charley is fantastic purely because so much of it involves Six going Yeah, Charlie trying (poorly) to keep things under wraps while the Doctor can't stop poking gives them a great dynamic at first. But then it kind of goes on for a long time, way past the point where he should have gone, "Okay, you're explaining what's happening right now or I'm dumping you off where I found you." And then it wraps up with the wettest of wet farts in a story arc that wasn't good to begin with. At least there were a few more Evelyn stories that got added on after that.
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May 28, 2023 02:49
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Yeah, the ending to that arc is very poor. And it prompted a spinoff series that's in limbo because Nick Briggs takes on too many projects with seeming no real plan to finish them.
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May 28, 2023 02:52
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Jack pulled a gun out of... somewhere.... when he was fully naked so the whole "oh god sex!" thing is pretty funny if it weren't such a sad reflection if the idiots up in arms.
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May 28, 2023 03:51
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I'm really hoping Fourteen ends up different to Ten, or there's a proper narrative reason baked in that impacts the story, otherwise it'll feel like a gimmick. Charley really needs a reunion with Eight and a proper ending to her story. They had India Fisher record a boxset last year, but it was stories set earlier in her timeline, rather than Charlotte Pollard season 3. In terms of unresolved Six arcs, there's also what happens to the older Peri, and also Constance and Flip (given Lisa Greenwood's health issues, that's understandable).
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May 31, 2023 18:47
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Listening to Flip-Flop and that is an impressively awful story about how minorities and immigrants are going to overrun you and get rid of Christmas (seriously). It's a real "Who the gently caress thought this was acceptable?" audio. On the other hand, Ghost Walk was decent. I think the ending was a bit muddled, but it had a great hook of a woman being haunted by the Doctor's ghost after the story's monster killed him centuries before, and the time scattered companions all being executed.
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Jun 2, 2023 19:51
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Random Stranger posted:Listening to Flip-Flop and that is an impressively awful story about how minorities and immigrants are going to overrun you and get rid of Christmas (seriously). It's a real "Who the gently caress thought this was acceptable?" audio. It's terrible, and then the author ran for the Labor party (last year?). lol Random Stranger posted:On the other hand, Ghost Walk was decent. I think the ending was a bit muddled, but it had a great hook of a woman being haunted by the Doctor's ghost after the story's monster killed him centuries before, and the time scattered companions all being executed. I love the Nyssa segment (which, okay, is James Goss repeating his own work from a Benny script, and the plot is the basis of one of his War Master plays). It's very much an anti-colonial piece, where the hero comes from the blessed liberal future and tries to enlighten the primitive local population, only to discover that the locals don't like being patronised very much. It's very good. He wrote a recent play that's a pretty mean piece about how much the revolutionary politics of the show can often fall short, and another that's a critique of Moffat's (ableist) Sontaran characterisation. He's a really interesting writer.
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Jun 3, 2023 13:31
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Open Source Idiom posted:It's terrible, and then the author ran for the Labor party (last year?). lol Lib Dems (he's a city councillor, https://democracy.winchester.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=4249, having missed out last year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Winchester_City_Council_election )
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Jun 3, 2023 18:04
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New missing episodes found. https://twitter.com/SBCranford/status/1664000317153837057
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Jun 5, 2023 17:00
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armpit_enjoyer posted:New missing episodes found. ...in 2011?
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Jun 5, 2023 17:04
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There were two he knew he had in 2011 that he didn't realise were missing, he's now died and people are looking through his collection for more
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Jun 5, 2023 17:08
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Serves me right for sharing without clicking through the thread! gently caress!!
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Jun 5, 2023 17:11
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Nah, all good, we've all done it.
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Jun 5, 2023 17:14
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https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1665765926082342913
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Jun 5, 2023 18:11
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Nothing says "the galaxy's most dangerous assassin" like holding your gun out awkwardly and having a "erm, are you sure I'm doing this right" look on your face 
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Jun 5, 2023 18:17
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That is extremely poor trigger discipline
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Jun 5, 2023 18:24
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armpit_enjoyer posted:New missing episodes found. Legitimately just squealed in delight. Dammit, why old news. Well, maybe we'll get lucky. And even if Doctor Who fans don't, maybe some other fans will have a holy grail turn up.
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Jun 5, 2023 19:27
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I mean at least half of that collection hasn't ever been catalogued, so there's still a possibility he's got something else in there that's interesting, maybe, possibly
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Jun 5, 2023 20:37
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Hopefully it's more Galaxy 4 and less Underwater Menace.
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Jun 5, 2023 20:43
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"drat, all these reels just appear to be Dimensions in Time."
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Jun 6, 2023 01:11
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It's my biggest hope AND fear: that there's just a collection sitting uncatalogued somewhere with somebody who has no idea that what they have is the only (potential) copy. On the one hand hopeful because we might eventually find it, on the other hand fearful because what if whoever ends up in charge of it has no idea of its significance and just dumps it/destroys it 
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Jun 6, 2023 01:13
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https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1666490209792319509
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Jun 7, 2023 18:02
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Paradise Towers 2: Paradise Harder
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Jun 7, 2023 18:15
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Paradise Towers 2: Paradise Harder Will she finally enjoy that generic looking hotel pool that was worth traversing all of time and space for?
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Jun 7, 2023 18:57
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Wasn’t she just in Power of the Doctor too?
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Jun 7, 2023 19:20
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Y'know, I'd take any number of bloviating windbags like the Shadow thesping pompously away over another alien/far-future/different-culture character who talks like a modern-day Londoner. (Drax may well have started the trend, ironically.) It's about gravitas, luvvie!
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Jun 7, 2023 20:06
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Random Stranger posted:Will she finally enjoy that generic looking hotel pool that was worth traversing all of time and space for? It was a mostly abandoned private house. IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
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Jun 7, 2023 20:47
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Never liked Mel as a companion during the Baker years, but came to really enjoy her via Big Finish and I can't blame her for the tv show squandering her talents since it was squandering EVERYBODY'S talents back then, so really fascinated to see how she goes in the modern show.
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Jun 8, 2023 02:38
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As the ultimate troll, RTD will have Mel appear wearing a fabulous frock, but she will pull out a gun and start shooting later in the episode.
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Jun 8, 2023 19:25
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Jerusalem posted:Never liked Mel as a companion during the Baker years, but came to really enjoy her via Big Finish and I can't blame her for the tv show squandering her talents since it was squandering EVERYBODY'S talents back then, so really fascinated to see how she goes in the modern show. Mel's absolute best moment on the original series was also her last, in that touching farewell scene she had with the Seventh Doctor.
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Jun 8, 2023 21:57
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Mel's absolute best moment on the original series was also her last, in that touching farewell scene she had with the Seventh Doctor. I liked her first interaction with Seven too. Sixie started off his incarnation by strangling his companion, Seven started off his by being judo thrown by his companion.
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I met Bonnie Langford once, she is TINY.
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