Questions about linking narration in soundtrack CDs

[Extrocomp]

1. Does the linking narration happen every time any character does anything or does it only happen a few times an episode?

2. Can someone provide a quote of a linking narration describing an action-packed scene?

3. Some Doctor Who DVDs include the soundtracks of missing episodes, such as The Crusade (Episodes 2 & 4), Galaxy 4 (Episodes 1, 2 & 4) and The Web Of Fear (Episode 3). Do these soundtracks also have linking narration?

 

[StCoop]

1. Does the linking narration happen every time any character does anything or does it only happen a few times an episode?

It's been a few years since I listened to one but it's generally only where there's an extended scene without dialogue.

3. Some Doctor Who DVDs include the soundtracks of missing episodes, such as The Crusade (Episodes 2 & 4), Galaxy 4 (Episodes 1, 2 & 4) and The Web Of Fear (Episode 3). Do these soundtracks also have linking narration?

No because they have photos that will give you a good enough idea of what's happening.

 

[The Mighty Monkey of Mim]

The linking narration basically is there to make clear whatever isn't conveyed by the dialogue but is important to follow the story. Thus the amount of it varies a bit between stories.

The missing episodes that have been released with telesnap and other slideshow-type reconstructions such as The Web Of Fear, Galaxy 4, and Marco Polo have text instead of linking narration.

The audio soundtracks for missing episodes on the Lost In Time box (which is where you'll find The Crusade) have no narration and no images. They are the soundtracks only. IIRC, Crusade does have some brief live-action opening and closing segments with William Russell in-character as an older Ian summarizing what happened in the missing parts.

 

[diankra]

Also, the narration is written to fit the gaps between dialogue. If there's a minute long fight scene, it can explain a lot. If there's a second of gap, then it's "The Doctor ducks," to explain what would have been visually obvious in the tiny gap, even though "The Doctor ducks, having just noticed the assassin pulling out his knife in the previous cut-away shot" would be a better bit of explain-it description.