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1.) Happy birthday, nwhyte!
2.) Here are some Big Finish type things I have been listening to recently:
- The Suffering: I really enjoyed this, it was a nice, enjoyable pseudo-historical, and Steven's Adventures in Shopping made me laugh and laugh. I was also rather tickled by Peter Purves describing Sara Kingdom as a very important space lady in the extras!
- City of Spires: I loved about this audio VERY MUCH!
- The Genocide Machine: pretty solid Dalek story, I thought. It was nice to see Bev Tarrant's first appearance; I'd forgotten she was in this! I also liked the image of the Dalek being drowned in its casing (creepy!). Plus, set in a library, always good.
- Red Dawn: this would have been much better if it wasn't for the rather dodgy science. So Tanya was somehow created partly with Ice Warrior DNA (which in itself I can accept), and yet the only manifestation of this is... her knowing how to use their technology? Right. I am not entirely convinced that this is how DNA works. Other than that, it was fine if not particularly exciting; the Ice Warriors were great, the humans less interesting, and Georgia Moffett (again!) was likeable (again!) as Tanya.
nwhyte!2.) Here are some Big Finish type things I have been listening to recently:
- The Suffering: I really enjoyed this, it was a nice, enjoyable pseudo-historical, and Steven's Adventures in Shopping made me laugh and laugh. I was also rather tickled by Peter Purves describing Sara Kingdom as a very important space lady in the extras!
- City of Spires: I loved about this audio VERY MUCH!
- Most of all I loved SIX AND JAMIE. Six was so pleased to see Jamie! And the way Jamie trusted him without really knowing why was lovely. THE HUG. Just... their whole dynamic was very nice; like Frazer Hines said in the extras, Jamie has this innocence and straightforwardness to him, which both contrasts with and complements Six's character. DID I MENTION THE HUG?
- Georgia Moffett did a brilliant job as Alice! (She is such a likeable actress.) Alice was a great character and I was a little sad that she didn't go with the Doctor and Jamie at the end.
- I am v. intrigued by all the messing-with-time stuff that's going on! (But I worry that this will all end with Jamie losing his memories again. Please don't do that, Big Finish!) And I like that we ended the story knowing almost as little as when we went in. Also, there were lots of great ideas, like the Redcaps and the city itself, and the nature of the villain.
- The Genocide Machine: pretty solid Dalek story, I thought. It was nice to see Bev Tarrant's first appearance; I'd forgotten she was in this! I also liked the image of the Dalek being drowned in its casing (creepy!). Plus, set in a library, always good.
- Red Dawn: this would have been much better if it wasn't for the rather dodgy science. So Tanya was somehow created partly with Ice Warrior DNA (which in itself I can accept), and yet the only manifestation of this is... her knowing how to use their technology? Right. I am not entirely convinced that this is how DNA works. Other than that, it was fine if not particularly exciting; the Ice Warriors were great, the humans less interesting, and Georgia Moffett (again!) was likeable (again!) as Tanya.
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Date: 26 Apr 2010 21:10 (UTC)That was HER?! I've heard that audio maybe...five times? But haven't listened to it in a long time and I honestly had NO idea it was her. Neat! I agree it's just an ok story, though. Nothing to write home about.
I do very much enjoy the Genocide Machine because yeah, I love me some Bev Tarrant.
Steven's Adventures in Shopping made me laugh and laugh.
YES! I had to rewind it a few times because I was laughing so hard I missed lines. Absolutely hilarious delivery by Purves. I thought some aspects of the story were questionable, but the performances were so damn good I didn't mind.
Oh, and City of Spires? Nothing but squeeful.
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Date: 27 Apr 2010 22:02 (UTC)Yep! I only knew because I remembered someone mentioning it... somewhere (triggered by her saying on the City of Spires extras that she'd worked with three Doctors), but once I did remember I could tell it was her.
Absolutely hilarious delivery by Purves.
The top hat! And the moustache! Brilliant. There were a few moments that made me go "hmmm", but overall it was such an enjoyable listen I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
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Date: 27 Apr 2010 01:09 (UTC)I quite like The Genocide Machine, too, though it's been a while since I've heard that.
And a belated happy birthday to you! Hope it was a good one. :)
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Date: 27 Apr 2010 22:04 (UTC)Yep, it's a Companion Chronicle, a double disc one with Vicki. It's not strictly a comedy, but there is one hilarious bit towards the end of Steven's bit. His other CC - Mother Russia - is very good too, I recommend them both!
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Date: 27 Apr 2010 05:37 (UTC)Georgia's got a fantastic voice for radio - I loved her in City.
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Date: 27 Apr 2010 22:05 (UTC)She has. I was impressed at how different she sounded in City and in Red Dawn - admittedly there was a fair gap between the two, but I think a lot of it was her acting choices as well.
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Date: 28 Apr 2010 05:05 (UTC)(I've been listening to the Brewster-related audios. HATED 'The Boy That Time Forgot' with a fiery passion (never had such a visceral reaction to a BF audio before!)
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Date: 28 Apr 2010 10:35 (UTC)ME TOO. I stopped halfway through and never went back. It was such a shame, too, because I enjoyed the other two Brewster audios and I usually like Paul Magrs's stuff.
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Date: 28 Apr 2010 10:39 (UTC)