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« on: October 09, 2010, 01:54:30 pm » |
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I havent listened to many audio adventures, but I listened to this because it was one of the winners in the Doctor Who Awards on here and features Sheridan Smith who I think is brilliant in everything. First off, there is a cast in this that nobody can turn their noses up. As well as Mcgann and Smith, there are also turns by Bernard Cribbins who played Wilf in the series, Una Stubbs who has been in everything, Claire Buckfield (2.4 Children) and Steven Gately (Boyzone). The story is really exciting and set in the 1970's, which is a favourite era of mine. It has a fast and adventurous pace and is quite eerie in places. The acting is also brilliant. The downsides for me are that got a little silly in places and is was quite short at a little over 45 minutes. Also, the villain seems to be a recurring one, and I have no idea what their agenda is or anything previous that relates to them. Other than that I really enjoyed it. The other thread about audios had a plot thing in it, so here is the plot Attempting to take new companion Lucie Miller back home to Blackpool in 2006, the two travellers arrive instead at a service station on the M62 motorway during a blizzard in 1974. In the car park, they find the mauled body of a glam rock musician. The Doctor and Lucie encounter a would-be pop group, The Tomorrow Twins, and their manager – and brutal bear-like monsters, which besiege the establishment. The controllers of the monsters have been communicating with Tommy Tomorrow through his stylophone, a compact electronic piano-like musical instrument, as they plan to use him as a bridgehead to Earth. The aliens, calling themselves The Only Ones in pretence of being the only life besides that on Earth, intend to use humans, most notably the fans of the band, rather like the service station on the M62 – as a place to stop off for a meal before going on their way. They are eventually trapped in Lucie's MP3 player, as the Doctor builds a machine that uses the aliens' sonics-based technology against them, transferring The Only Ones back into sound waves. As the Doctor and Lucie leave, The Headhunter arrives, only to find that Lucie has escaped her again...
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2010, 05:58:56 pm » |
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Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller is a revelation and I do like this audio, but you should stick with this pairing as the ones that come later are far superior. Her final serial, Death In Blackpool is brilliant, but the ones in between are all great. I will get around to posting about them all at some point no doubt
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2010, 11:21:56 am » |
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I've listened to this and although it is ok, as Peri-Peri said, there are loads that are better.
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 08:12:41 pm » |
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I 'stumbled accross a download of this today. Brilliant. Not at all what I expected it to be, but I really enjoyed it. Might seek out some others now
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2010, 05:47:17 pm » |
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If you seek out the others, stick with this pairing. They just get better and better as they go on. Some of the later ones are some of the best that I have listened too
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« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2010, 12:35:14 pm » |
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I agree. The Doctor and Lucie work so well together and the later adventures are brilliant. I found a link to listen to then online the other say so I will dig that out and post it in here somewhere
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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2011, 08:30:17 pm » |
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I really enjoyed Blood Of The Daleks and I so I have just ordered this to listen to. Hopefully I should have it in a few days. The link the VampyrosAdric put up in the other thread said this is the next one. That is right, right?
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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2011, 05:03:12 pm » |
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This arrived this morning so I shall give it a listen later and let you know my thoughts
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2011, 08:25:40 pm » |
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Have you listened yet? I love this story. Its not the best of the series, but its a brilliant effort.
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