Just heard The One Doctor the other day - that was quite fun, even though I loathe Biggins.
Last Doctor Who Story you listened to?
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I might give that a go.
Just picked up a couple of Third Doctor sets - what's the verdict on Tim Treloar ? Sounds quite good on the bit I tried.
Patient Zero - that was OK
This one might not be for you then :
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/masterful-limited-edition-2197
I just ordered mine.
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Except RTD was the Virgin NA writer, roughly a decade before becoming producer/showrunner of the official show (revived because fifteen years' worth of book sales finally convinced them of an audience, or so the customers claimed would happen a mere three years into the range as the titles became increasingly lame (IMHO).) Shearman also wrote for Big Finish before being on official staff. Ditto for Roberts. Is it only allowable for those who did official work to jump on board the unofficial stuff or only the other way around or both? (Given the implied context, one should be on the official BBC show before doing novels or deemed non-canon material?)
I'm leaning toward kirk55555 on this since goalposts seem to be everywhere on the field on both sides, though as far as I could care DW is DW based on whatever the writers put out and I'm not sure the BBC considers novels and audios canon (to my understanding they do not, but individual viewers may make their own canon based on their own likes and/or dislikes). To thet point, the audience isn't obligated to like what's made (regardless of what form it's in, official and from whatever source) and each person in the audience has a slightly different take on what they want. After all, there are youtube channels' vidfo makers who erroneously claim DW was a "show for kids" as conceived in 1963 - often claimed by those under 30 who never bothered to do any research... now think about lore and stories handed down for centuries if not millennia and wonder how much of it got "retconned" over time. It was an all-family show (per Howe/Stammers/Walker and other nonfiction sources! Even on DVD documentaries, Verity Lambert herself said she and hew writing staff wrote the show for themselves at some points.) Either which way, the 1963 material often treats children a lot more intelligently, as well as feeling exponentially more mature and adult than most of 2005-present combined. Depends on how one defines "adult", of which the modern take seems decidedly immature, but I digress.
The Condemned, the first of the Sixie and Cherley audios. That wasn't bad. I seem to have mislaid my Brotherhood Of The Daleks, so will have to skip that one before the next Six/Charley.
I got bored enough to use one of the public library's digital subscription services (which are still available even when the library is closed) and listened to Project Twilight (the next 6th Doctor BF story in order). Its...ok. It has an interesting idea (The Doctor vs Vampires), but the writing isn't great, the side characters are pretty terrible and Evelyn Smythe is especially obnoxious in this one. Colin Baker turns in a great performance like he always does, and that brings this up to a passable story.
Project: Twilight is pretty cool. And it kicks off a story arc that would permeat the Seventh's era for a bit, specifically with Hex.
Eh, I'm not really listening to the 7th Doctor stories they have (I've listened to the 6th Doctor stories up to this point, and I listened to the first 8th Doctor story, but I'm not all that interested in 7th or 5th Doctor stories), so that's not really relevant to me. The service has a lot of the BF Doctor Who stuff, so its definitely possible they have the stories related to this one, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them. If it pops up in later 6th Doctor stuff I wouldn't skip it, but I'd be fine with neither these vampires or "The Forge" coming back.
Anyway, next I think I'll listen to Sword of Orion, the next 8th Doctor story I need to listen to, because I'm in the mood for something with him right now. Its apparently a Cybermen story, which should be interesting because he's a Doctor that I've never seen/heard deal with the Cybermen. Actually, that makes me wonder what other classic aliens the 8th Doctor could deal with. I'm sure he deals with the Daleks eventually, but I'd be curious to know if he ever fights the Ice Warriors or Sontarans.
I guess I should also mention I've been doing a nearly complete Seventh Doctor marathon. Listening to all stories of his that he stars in, excluding all novels, comics, The Light at the End (Big Finish's 50th anniversary audio story featuring Doctors 4-8), Collision Course (which is the culmination of all the Legacy of Time box-set stories), Cold Fusion (which I love, but its meant to be a Fifth Doctor story guest starring a future Doctor, who is the Seventh in this case), and even including the obscure BBV audios they'd done.
Its a trip, but so far, I've entered the Novel/Benny adaptations, and up until now, my favorite collective era is easily the Seven/Ace/Hex one. This team feels like what the show could've gotten if it was never cancelled. I'll post more thoughts later.
Its a trip, but so far, I've entered the Novel/Benny adaptations, and up until now, my favorite collective era is easily the Seven/Ace/Hex one. This team feels like what the show could've gotten if it was never cancelled. I'll post more thoughts later.
Its called Hoopla, but be aware that what it has seems to be based on what the library can pay for. I've seen people talk about having all kinds of things on the service that definitely aren't on it where I am (like ebooks), in fact the stuff available through my local library's subscription is pretty meager, except for a pretty large selection of audiobooks, including BF Doctor Who stuff. I haven't tried to see how far it goes, but there seems to be a bunch of audios going through the first several years at the very least. But, with the way the service is, other libraries might not have access to any Doctor Who stuff through the service. Its odd, but i'm not really complaining because I have several pay services for TV/movies anyway, so having Hoopla mostly for audio stuff is pretty good, considering its free for library patrons.
That sounds like an excellent service.
Yeah. In some places it seems to be better (with more interesting selections for movies/TV, and with ebook support), but I'll admit that even as someone who has...mixed feelings on Big Finish, having a bunch of Doctor Who stuff available legally for free is pretty cool. I'm sure it only goes up to a certain point, and I haven't really seen if it has spin off stuff, but at least with what I've been looking at (the monthly 6th and 8th Doctor stories), it seems to have a pretty large selection (it also has 5th and 7th Doctor stuff, but I'm not super into that right now).
I'd love to have been able to snuff around that stuff for free like that. But I suppose its the luck of Greek, haha.
Anyway, if you'd ever want to visit a spin-off, just go with Jago and Litefoot. Even Old Sixie make an appearence there. I plan to listen to it again if I ever get to go to England this year.
Anyway, if you'd ever want to visit a spin-off, just go with Jago and Litefoot. Even Old Sixie make an appearence there. I plan to listen to it again if I ever get to go to England this year.
"The Runaway Train" Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor, and when I saw the Eleventh Doctor Tales were available I had to buy the set because I'm a completist. Just listening to this untold adventure I just wished Smith would return as the Doctor. Fun listen and I look forward to listening to more when I'm hungry for Doctor Who again. I haven't watched Doctor Who since the episode "The Doctor Falls", so it was fun to open the box and take listen.
I remember Jago and Litefoot showing up in the 6th Doctor The Last Adventure set, and it was pretty good. Its definitely a spin off I'd think about, but its not like I don't have a lot to listen to just with the 6th and 8th Doctors right now.
I've been using Hoopla myself for the last few months, mainly for comics so far. My library gives me access to a ton of comics, including most of Titan's Dr. Who collections.
They've got a ton of Dr. Who audios on there for me too, including a few of the spin-offs, like Davros, one of the UNIT series, and a bunch of Jago & Litefoot.
