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[Travis]

Rick wrote: "There are Big Finish dramas with every Doctor from at least the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and the Warrior (aka War Doctor), dealing with some aspect of th..."

This gets tricky, as I like BF, but as a source of info or being 'canon', it's a grey area.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "This gets tricky, as I like BF, but as a source of info or being 'canon', it's a grey area."

As far as I’m concerned, Big Finish is “canon.” But since “canon” and Doctor Who are all kinds of wonky anyway, it doesn’t really matter to me anymore. So if I like it, it’s “canon.”

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "This gets tricky, as I like BF, but as a source of info or being 'canon', it's a grey area."

As far as I’m concerned, Big Finish is “canon.” But since “canon” and Doctor Who are all..."

I'd discuss this more, but I watched She-hulk and Sonic the hedgehog 2 back to back last night and I think my brain has melted.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "I'd discuss this more, but I watched She-hulk and Sonic the hedgehog 2 back to back last night and I think my brain has melted."

😹😹😹😹😹

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "I'd discuss this more, but I watched She-hulk and Sonic the hedgehog 2 back to back last night and I think my brain has melted."

😹😹😹😹😹"

Not to say that they weren't both fun, but there's a lot of craziness to sort through.

[Rick]

I’ve not seen Sonic 2 (no interest), but She-Hulk is filled with two-tons of wackiness - and there’s still 3 episodes to go! 🙀

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "I’ve not seen Sonic 2 (no interest), but She-Hulk is filled with two-tons of wackiness - and there’s still 3 episodes to go! 🙀"

Only watched Sonic as my daughter is a big fan.
Had way more fun than I expected.

She-Hulk is good, not great.
Decent cast and ideas, but the writing see-saws between clever and lazy.

[Travis]

Watching the Britcom 'Vicious' where Ian Mckellion and Derek Jacobi, are an older, constantly bickering gay couple.

Ian's character is an actor and one episodes revolves around his attending a screening of the episode of Doctor Who he was in.
It's cute and meta.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "Watching the Britcom 'Vicious' where Ian Mckellion and Derek Jacobi, are an older, constantly bickering gay couple. ..."

I love Vicious! Absolutely hilarious.

[Travis]

Travis wrote: "Watching the Britcom 'Vicious' where Ian Mckellion and Derek Jacobi, are an older, constantly bickering gay couple.

Ian's character is an actor and one episodes revolves around his attending a scr..."

With two lesser actors, it would last about 3 episodes, but these two are kind of a joy to watch.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "With two lesser actors, it would last about 3 episodes, but these two are kind of a joy to watch."

Indeed!

[Travis]

So, the 6th Doctor's new BF companion is a marine biologist in a wheelchair and apparently the internet has issues with it.

I have mixed feelings.
Love that BF, the comics and the novels created companions that weren't just 'a girl from now', but the logistics of getting a wheelchair through that narrow Tardis door sticks in my brain.

Plus, she's in a wheelchair, in audio?

I can't get people getting worked up over this, for good or bad.
Actress sounds good in the trailer.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "So, the 6th Doctor's new BF companion is a marine biologist in a wheelchair and apparently the internet has issues with it. ..."

I’ve listened to the character’s introduction, Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Water Worlds, and it’s nothing all the great. While I did like the new companion, once we got to know her, she was a bit prickly in the first episode, but she warms on the listener by the third story in the set. I also like the whole water worlds themed aspect, except it’s odd that the Doctor takes his new companion on a set of specifically tailored adventures right after meeting them. It does feel a bit pandering. But in the end this was just a typical set of adventures. Nothing really special.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "So, the 6th Doctor's new BF companion is a marine biologist in a wheelchair and apparently the internet has issues with it. ..."

I’ve listened to the character’s introduction, [book..."

I'm years away from getting that caught up on BF.
Just amused by people getting bothered by a companion in a wheelchair, when it's in a format that they'll never actually see her.

[Travis]

One of the Who podcasts I follow is doing a lot of BF stuff and it's been fun see what's going on.

The new UNIT series, featuring Brig Bombera sounds fun.

Love that they did a sequel to Ribos Operation with the 7th Doctor.
You know the only reason they chose him, is because of how much McCoy rolls his 'R's.

[Rick]

I just saw McCoy in the Munsters film from Rob Zombie. He was fine, but under utilized. The film was about as campy as the Flash Gordon film from the 1980s, but no where near as entertaining. In fact, it was pretty much terrible.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "I just saw McCoy in the Munsters film from Rob Zombie. He was fine, but under utilized. The film was about as campy as the Flash Gordon film from the 1980s, but no where near as entertaining. In fa..."

Sorry to hear.
I'll probably check it out, now that it's streaming, but my hopes aren't high.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "Sorry to hear. I'll probably check it out, now that it's streaming, but my hopes aren't high."

It’s a prequel to the TV series. So these filmmakers basically made the same mistake as those that made the Thunderbirds film. That one was a prequel to its TV series as well. Sigh. When will they ever learn … oh right … NEVER.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "Sorry to hear. I'll probably check it out, now that it's streaming, but my hopes aren't high."

It’s a prequel to the TV series. So these filmmakers basically made the same mistake a..."

Didn't mind the prequel idea, except that aside from them buying the house from the TV show, nothing else seems like it's trying to lead to the TV show.
And if they were thinking they'd save that for the sequel...well, I think I have some bad news for Rob Zombie...

[Travis]

Earthshock: Really solid, well done.
Everybody brought their A game.

This Tardis crew has really gotten my attention and I like them more than the first time around.

Like how they took 6 actors in Cybermen costumes and made it look like an army.
Classic Who did that really well in a couple stories.

Only grumbles: The older woman woman playing the Captain seems really awkward trying to do sci-fi.
and every stack of heavy crates used to block out the Cybermen are obviously empty cardboard.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "Earthshock … Like how they took 6 actors in Cybermen costumes and made it look like an army.
Classic Who did that really well in a couple stories. ..."

Yes, they did. What? Nothing about (view spoiler)[poor Adric’s demise 😿 (hide spoiler)]?

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "Earthshock … Like how they took 6 actors in Cybermen costumes and made it look like an army.
Classic Who did that really well in a couple stories. ..."

Yes, they did. What? Nothing ..."

My wife didn't know this was the story, and I kept quiet, so she was a little gobsmacked when the moment came.

Even knowing it was coming, they did a really nice job of building to it.
Seeing Adric's run, in order has given me a better appreciation of him.
Never hated him like fandom said I was supposed to, but I've only recently started to really like him, and this Tardis team.

[Rick]

There is a short series of Big Finish stories with Fifth, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan. I haven’t listened to them yet. I’m saving them.
There are also a few with Fourth, Romana, K-9 & Adric. Those I have listened to, and enjoyed.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "There is a short series of Big Finish stories with Fifth, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan. I haven’t listened to them yet. I’m saving them.
There are also a few with Fourth, Romana, K-9 & Adric. Those I have..."

What I'd like to see more of is stories that are Adric and the 4th.
There was a nice dynamic there.

[Travis]

One more Earthshock thought: The crew of the freighter don't recognize the Cybermen, but the whole point of the bomb is to attack the conference that is about to declare war on the Cybermen...?

Despite that, this story sets up an interesting corner of the Who-universe and BF needs to do a Cyber-war box set.

[Rick]

There are a lot of Cybermen offerings, I’ve not listened to all of them, they might already have.

[Travis]

Timeflight: Now, this one has a bit of a 'meh' reputation from fandom, but I really enjoyed it.

Fun romp with lots of weird science, great supporting cast (why hasn't the flight crew gotten a BF story?), both companions get stuff to do and some nice moments touching on the previous story.

Yeah, a lot of the budget got blown filming at Heathrow, so the other sets and effects are...let's say, uneven, but I've seen cheaper looking Who stories.

Yeah, they never really explain what was up with the Master's disguise, but that's a pretty minor grumble.

[Travis]

Arts of Infinity (yeah, I'm dealing with a stressful work week by binging Who): the story is a bit shaky in spots, takes the Doctor forever to figure out it's Omega, but there are a lot of fun bits to make up for it.
Solid cast.

I forgot this was the story Colin Baker was in. His scenes with Peter Davidson are fun.

Design is great and the stuff in Amsterdam was a nice change from everything happening in England.

[Travis]

Also:

Like the combo of the 5th Doctor and Nyssa. Hopefully, BF has done some stories with them.

We also need a story where Tegan is back on earth and she, her cousin Colin and his friend solve weird mysteries or something.

Maybe she joins Australlia's branch of UNIT...?

[Rick]

There have been a LOT of 5th Doctor stories with Nyssa and Nyssa & Tegan. Also stuff with Tegan and Turlough. And some with 5 and Peri. I don’t think they’ve spun Tegan off into her own series, but with her appearance in the new special, anything could happen.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "There have been a LOT of 5th Doctor stories with Nyssa and Nyssa & Tegan. Also stuff with Tegan and Turlough. And some with 5 and Peri. I don’t think they’ve spun Tegan off into her own series, but..."

The Target line started a series of companion solo books.
They did three and then the idea went away, but it put the idea in my head, so as soon as a companion leaves, I start thinking about what adventures they had without the Doctor.

[Travis]

Nearly finished Logan's Run.
Fun series, but I get why it's not better known.
Cast is decent, but it really struggles to figure out what it wants to be.

Good chunk of stories in the middle, but alot of stumbling around.

[Travis]

Snakedance: we seem to get the best acting out of Janet Fielding when Tegan is evil.

Am I the only one thinking that Martain Cules, who plays Lon have made a good Doctor?

Good story, that is technically about the end of the world, but focuses on a smaller, personal menace.
Feels like we should have gotten one more Mara story. It should have been a trilogy.

[Travis]

The international market near us just started carrying Jelly Babies!!!

Very happy.

[Travis]

Mawdryn Undead: weird little romp, but great to see the Brigadier again.
While I like Turlough, I'd forgotten what a jerk he was in the original trilogy.

[Travis]

Terminus: Okay, I watched this while heavily dosed with cold medicine, but this thing is a mess...!
It's a collection of ideas that never seem to come together in a way that make sense.

Maybe it's because we had to wedge in the Turlough sub-plot and Nyssa leaving and that hurt the script, but I don't think that fully excuses this story's chunkiness.

It's not terrible. There are bits I liked:
Nyssa had a nice leaving scene that made sense. Some effort was put in.
The Garm is a cool looking alien.
Pretty solid cast. The lady space raider felt like a good candidate for new companion.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "Nearly finished Logan's Run.
Fun series, but I get why it's not better known.
Cast is decent, but it really struggles to figure out what it wants to be.

Good chunk of stories in the middle, but al..."

About what I remember.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "The international market near us just started carrying Jelly Babies!!!

Very happy."

I’ve got a local supplier. Half between home and the library I work at. 😸

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "Terminus: Okay, I watched this while heavily dosed with cold medicine, but this thing is a mess...!
It's a collection of ideas that never seem to come together in a way that make sense. ..."

I actually find this true of a lot of stories of the classic series. And it’s why so many stories scream for a sequel.

[Travis]

Hope everyone out there, that celebrates it, has a happy Thanksgiving.
Been a rough week at work, so I look forward to eating until I fall into a coma and avoiding watching any football.

[Rick]

Restarted my Epic Rewatch right where I left off. Got through Colony in Space yesterday. Very enjoyable.

Doing the Daemons tonight. Two more episodes to go. I still find this one hopelessly silly.

[Travis]

Two good stories.

My rewatch has stalled in the middle of the Davidson era.
I think 'Enlightenment' is next.

[Rick]

Gonna go see Glass Onion tomorrow.
And then Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on Friday.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "Gonna go see Glass Onion tomorrow.
And then Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on Friday."

I enjoyed Wakanda Forever.

[Rick]

Glass Onion was almost as good as Knives Out. In some ways it might even be better, but for myself there were a couple of little bits that felt off. In any case, I loved it and am looking forward to eventually seeing it again. Rian Johnson said in an interview that he’ll likely start working on the third one in January, as he’s currently obsessed with trying to find ways to play around in this particular genre of whodunnits.

[Rick]

I was a sobbing mess during most of Wakanda Forever. Loved it, but every time they showed Chadwick Boseman, I had to break out the tissues.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "I was a sobbing mess during most of Wakanda Forever. Loved it, but every time they showed Chadwick Boseman, I had to break out the tissues."

My biggest problem with it, is you keep waiting for Chadwick to show up.
The movie never quite manages to escape his shadow.
Good movie, it just had an impossible hurdle to get over.

[Rick]

Travis wrote: "… Good movie, it just had an impossible hurdle to get over.”

Agreed.

In the last few days I’ve also re-watched Day of the Daleks. And on thanksgiving I re-watched Day of the Doctor.

[Travis]

Rick wrote: "Glass Onion was almost as good as Knives Out. In some ways it might even be better, but for myself there were a couple of little bits that felt off. In any case, I loved it and am looking forward t..."

Haven't seen either, but want to.
Like a good mystery movie.

Think it's hilarious when Rian asks what people think he should do for the third movie, and so many people want him to do the Muppets.

[Travis]

Apparently, my brain thinks it's time to end my fanfic dry spell, as the other night I dreamed a full Troughton story and it stayed vividly in my brain when I woke up.