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Well, the 9th Doctor Chronicles hit today. Hopefully the stories are good even if Briggs' 9 isn't so much.
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May 4, 2017 11:22
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https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/860041491582001153 So they're finally giving Tom a full-time audio-exclusive companion. I'm honestly a bit shocked it hadn't happened already, given BF's proclivity for such things.
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May 4, 2017 12:35
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Here's a tidbit; the first story in the 9th Doctor Chronicles takes place so early that he's still using the War Doctor's sonic.
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May 4, 2017 14:59
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Astroman posted:Also tre cool: they're making plans for new T Bakes audios for 2 years out. Some of their stuff is legit recorded that far in advance And honestly, not to be fatalistic, but I wouldn't be surprised if Big Finish gets Tom in as often as they can, just in case of, well, sudden demise.
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May 5, 2017 04:20
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So I've listened to the first two 9th Doctor Chronicles stories, and started the third. I wouldn't say these stories thus far are absolutely unmissable...but they're pretty solid. The writing really feels like the 9th Doctor era, (up to and including the RTD era's proclivity for the Cloister Bell ringing for a relatively trivial thing and the particular way the TARDIS is described as materializing). Briggs' 9 is growing on me. He's not a skilled impressionist; but he's got the general tone and cadence down.
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May 6, 2017 04:16
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Torchwood Series 5: Aliens Among Us coming not to your television screens, but to your headphones! RTD himself actually was involved in the early planning stuff. If you don't feel like clicking through, the gist is that Big Finish is doing a 12 episode Torchwood series, released as three 4-episode box sets (coming in August, October, and next February). Full cast, with Jack, Gwen, Rhys, and Andy; being joined by new characters Mr Colchester (Paul Clayton), Ng (Alexandria Riley), Tyler (Jonny Green) and Orr (Sam Béart).
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May 6, 2017 18:11
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Timby posted:Didn't we only hear that for the first time in the revival in The Sound of Drums? Plus the Children in Need minisode between Seasons 1 and 2 (10's first time flying), and the Time Crash minisode. But yeah, upon looking at the tardis wiki page for it, that was more of a Moffat thing than an RTD one. My bad!
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May 6, 2017 18:35
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Another week, another themed Big Finish Sale! The only thing I need this week is Jago & Litefoot & Strax...but I can recommend the 4th Doctor Cloisters of Terror.
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May 6, 2017 20:27
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I feel a bit in the minority; that episode didn't do a whole lot for me. It was fine, I didn't dislike it...but it was just "okay" to me.
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May 7, 2017 03:06
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Hehe, 9th Doctor Chronicles pulls the same non-spoiler foreshadowing that UNIT does Rose: "This Christmas, we're coming home. Doctor: "Over my dead body..."
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May 7, 2017 03:23
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glowing-fish posted:Who else was a little bit curious about the Doctor saying Bill was his granddaughter? Uhh...you know he was just continuing the cover story Bill ad-libbed, right?
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May 8, 2017 02:22
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all-Rush mixtape posted:88 is code for Heil Hiter, as H is the 8th letter of the alphabet. That's.....a bit of a stretch.
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May 10, 2017 00:31
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Just listened to Torchwood: Corpse Day. Holy gently caress. What a hosed up story. Like; seriously bleak, depressing, and....yikes.
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May 10, 2017 02:31
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Vinylshadow posted:It's Torchwood, what'd you expect? Especially with a name like "Corpse Day" Well, you're not wrong. And to clarify...it was a good story; just....uncomfortable. Like an audio Countrycide
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May 10, 2017 12:04
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I completely misread what he resolution of this episode was gonna be. I thought it was going to be something to the effect of "even if inefficient, discarding potentially useful equipment is a bad idea" and it was gonna be revealed that everyone's nervous systems just "switched off" and not actually dead.
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May 14, 2017 02:47
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AHHHHHH YESSSSSSSS Edit: they're running a 24 hour sale on the first set of 10th stories, half off. jivjov fucked around with this message at 17:17 on May 15, 2017 |
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May 15, 2017 17:13
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The fact that David is willing to come back makes 10's inclusion in the Chronicles line even more baffling to me.
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May 15, 2017 17:21
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DoctorWhat posted:JACKIE'S BACK!!! After her story from the 9th Doctor Chronicles...yeah, this is some of the best news here.
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May 15, 2017 17:27
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AndyElusive posted:Too bad Eccleston hates Doctor Who. That's not the impression he gave in a few statements in the lead up to the 50th. He's just put Doctor Who behind him and (currently) has little to no interest in reprising his role.
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May 15, 2017 17:43
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Do you have a source on that? The worst I've heard him say is that he had some disagreements with some of the production staff from his season. That wouldn't be a problem for coming to do Big Finish.
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May 15, 2017 17:54
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Nick Briggs is also voicing 10 and 11 for Big Finish. Guess Tennant and Smith also hate Who
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May 15, 2017 18:01
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Jack says he's "omnisexual", which tends to amount to the same thing, but they explicitly didn't say "bi". Also, I think people are reacting to Bill's line from Knock Knock about "mostly" preferring girls
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May 17, 2017 15:08
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Yeah; a lot of bi people get pigeonholed as "you're straight but doing things with other guys/girls for attention" or "you're gay but don't want the stigma" or whatever. Or, if a bi person is in a long term monogamous relationship, they often get asked "so you aren't actually bi? You're gay/straight?" (Depending on the gender of the partner)
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May 17, 2017 18:18
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Oh, and when characters are depicted as bi, they often get described as "greedy", or "show offish" or are automatically assumed to want multiple partners (simultaneously or sequentially), or that they cannot commit.
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May 17, 2017 18:28
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Eh, that really has more to do with a person's own feelings on their sexuality than anything else.
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May 17, 2017 18:51
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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who---series-10-special-offer-week-6 Today's Big Finish deal is an old story with Michelle Gomez in it, and the the Two Masters trilogy. I haven't listened to the former, but I can highly recommend the latter
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May 20, 2017 20:18
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Interesting that the Big Finish sale focused on the Master than the A-plot.
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May 21, 2017 01:31
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Jerusalem posted:Anybody else having a problem with Big Finish's site? It keeps logging me out and no matter what page I go to it just gives a(n internal) 404 page saying they've recently redesigned their website and the page can't be found anymore. I was about to say "nope, it was working fine for me"...but sometime in the last hour or so its started having exactly the problem you're describing.
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May 21, 2017 02:00
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Jerusalem posted:Well I'm glad it's not just me, I just hope it didn't gently caress up my purchase since it happened while the payment was going through. The error is severe enough that I can't even use their app to listen to stuff I have downloaded to my phone. Yikes.
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May 21, 2017 03:08
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I wonder if they're still attributing every Time War Dalek and every Time Lord to him.
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May 21, 2017 11:12
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I just encountered a Facebook commenter holding up the Zygon 2-parter as "brilliant" and "the best Doctor Who has been". And I just wonder what show they've actually been watching.
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May 21, 2017 12:09
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I waffle on which message is worse. "Be scared of immigrants/refugees" and "hey kids, don't take your medicine" are both pretty lovely...but the latter targets one of the most vulnerable groups of people
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May 21, 2017 12:20
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MrL_JaKiri posted:And the former doesn't? Oh I wasn't at all trying to say the former did not!
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May 21, 2017 13:40
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Open Source Idiom posted:
I always try to let media, be it TV, film, books, have the premise and setup as a gimmie...but yeah, that was credulity-straining
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May 21, 2017 15:51
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Josh Lyman posted:How has this season been? I didn't like the Christmas Special that much so took a break. Possibly the best season since the show came back
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May 27, 2017 18:36
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Can we all just appreciate for a moment that Doctor Who just took a shot at Donald J. Trump?
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May 28, 2017 02:50
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Vinylshadow posted:By putting the Doctor in the role of Trump and having everyone ignore his advice and die horribly? No, I meant Bill saying "I wouldn't have even voted for him, he's.....orange"
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May 28, 2017 12:15
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Davros1 posted:Can we talk about the one most brilliant thing about this ep? Not once was Erica's height ever mentioned. Absolutely agreed. I was afraid they had written a part specifically for the actress, and was pleased that that was not the case.
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May 28, 2017 13:15
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The Eighth Doctor Time War set is now the first of an annual series of 4! https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-big-finish-sunday-digest
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May 28, 2017 14:01
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The_Doctor posted:I wonder how many are adapted War Doctor stories, changed after the tragic news? I actually just asked that over on Facebook. It's a tragic necessity...but it would be a good way to make use of those scripts and do what they can to pay respect. On another note, I listened to the trailer, and at the end there's a very modern-Who sounding sting of the pre-main theme music. Maybe these releases will use the Night of the Doctor version of the theme?
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