Posts tagged carole ann ford
The Beginning reviewed
42 weeks ago
As November gets under way Big Finish give us the first of three Companion Chronicles that will make a story telling how Quadrigger Stoyn met the Doctor in three different incarnations. The Beginning, released in the anniversary month, is written by Marc Platt (Lungbarrow and much else) and as the name suggests is the first story of the First Doctor‘s travels in the TARDIS with Susan (played wonderfully by Carole Ann Ford). Set right at the point of their escape from Gallifrey this is a pivotal moment that has been the subject of much fan debate for decades. How good a job has Marc Platt done facing this challenge?
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The Alchemists reviewed
03 months ago
Sound designer and writer (eg Pelage Project) Ian Potter provides the delayed (originally due out in series 7) August 2013 Companion Chronicle The Alchemists. This First Doctor story is set before Unearthly Child and is performed by Carole Ann Ford as Susan with Wayne Forester as Pollitt and several other male characters. Update - Ian Potter’s blog has an interesting post on the sources for his 1932 Berlin - Alchemology.
Having been delayed, was it worth the wait?
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The Reunion - a Radio 4 documentary
08 months ago
Any fans with access to Radio 4 may like to catch Sue MacGregor’s documentary The Reunion which will be broadcast on Sunday April 7th at 11:15 am. The documentary explores the early days of Doctor Who and in the studio will be many guests from the show’s early days including Carole Ann Ford, William Russell and Peter Purves. More information is available on the BBC website.
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Destiny of the Doctor notes from Big Finish Day 3
08 months ago
by Tony Jones
in Big Finish
The first panel at Big Finish Day 3 was entitled The Fiftieth Anniversary and featured Nick Briggs, Carole Ann Ford and John Ainsworth amongst others. After a lot of interesting chat including the forthcoming An Adventure in Time and Space - Nick mentioned his part as the original voice of the Daleks and Carole mentioned that she and William Russell had visited the set as guests. No more was allowed to be said.
The conversation then went on to the Destiny of the Doctor series and I list below the various points that were made (subject to the vagaries of memory)
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Hunters of Earth reviewed
210 months ago
So January 2013 kicks-off the Destiny of the Doctor series with Hunters of Earth by Nigel Robinson a First Doctor story performed by Carole Ann Ford and co-starring Tam Williams. Having taken advantage of the download subscription (Get it while it’s hot!) I now have the pleasure of 11 more releases this year.
So how does this work? Does it seem like Big Finish or has the AudioGo collaboration changed things? Is it just a re-labelled Companion Chronicle?
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The Flames of Cadiz reviewed
010 months ago
January 2013 brought us the two-disc release The Flames of Cadiz a pure historical tale from Marc Platt. Being January we not only had two discs but also two companions in the form of Susan and Ian Chesterton with both Carole Ann Ford and William Russell being in fine form.
Despite a lot of positives to this story, I ended up not really liking it; my views on this story overall are rather contradictory which is a shame. If you want a straight forward, detailed positive review that is well reasoned pop over to Doc Oho.
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