I’ve been really enjoying listening to Shada the unabridged version. Although it is a lot slower than the big finish version and it isn’t a full cast piece, it is very good, and well worth a listen if you’re into Doctor Who.
Category: Books and Audiobooks
Well, this category is about books. Not just reading, but often for me, listening, as I do love audiobooks a lot. Although you can probably tell that by now.
More Shada
Still listening to this 10 CD epic. It is good. Slow, and good. I quite like that it isn’t an abridged version, although I still like the full cast version, this narrated one isn’t bad at all, and Lalla Ward is a good narrator.
A Shada unabridged
Well, I finally started to listen to this 10 CD story yesterday. The whole thing runs to just over 11 hours, but then it is an unabridged version. Also, it’s narrated and not a full cast drama, which I would have preferred, but never mind.
So far the story is pretty recognisable against the big finish / Paul McGann version, so that’s fine, although there are a few differences. Anyway, I’m enjoying hearing the story again, and that’s why I bought it after all.
Doctor Who: Wrath of the Iceni
I’ve been listening to the latest 4th Doctor story from Big Finish. Not bad on the whole, not the best, and I don’t think it’s as good as some of the Hornet’s Nest stories. Even so, it’s always good to listen to some Doctor Who, especially with Tom Baker in it, so it doesn’t matter too much.
The new Shada
I ordered the CD audio book version of the new Shada. It arrived. Given that the first version, the one with Paul McGann comes on just 2 CDs I was a little taken aback by this version. It’s over 11 hours long and comes on 10 CDs!
Well I guess it wasn’t kidding about it being an unabridged version.
New Who!
Excellent, the latest 4th Doctor story has arrived! Can’t wait to give it a listen, but I might have to wait until the weekend.
World Poetry day
I very nearly missed it completely, but I’ll be sure that it’s in my diary for next year at the very least. I’m not even sure that I knew that there was a world poetry day, but now I do. So what am I going to do about it? Well at the very least I’m going to try to read some poetry today, as I haven’t done that for a long time.
A new Shada!
A friend told me about this today and I was really pleased he did. I had no idea that this had been released at all, and I’d really like to get hold of it. I’ve got the Paul McGann version of Shada which I love and it’s an excellent story, but an unabridged version is very tempting indeed.
It’s available on iTunes for £18.95:
But also on Amazon (although they’re out of stock!)
http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=ashleyelsdon-21&o=2&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=144586763X
So I’m going to have to choose where / how to get hold of a copy of this.
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories: The Foe from the Future
This is an excellent story from the 4th Doctor with Tom Baker and Louise Jameson. I’m 2 CDs in and 1 to go, which I’m really looking forward to.
8th Doctor: The Next Life
I haven’t mentioned an 8th doctor story for a while now and to be honest I haven’t had much time for listening lately, but I did manage to finish listening to this story. It was another 3 CD story so it did take a while to complete.
Not a bad one, a bit over complex in places, but nice use of Paul Darrow who can always manage a menacing voice.
Of course this story is a part of this enormous story arc and to be honest I am getting a little tired of it, especially as I think there’s another 8 CDs to go and some are doubles as well. So I’m hoping that it picks up in the next few stories. In fact the next one is a Dalek story so hopefully it’ll get moving with them in it. I’ll let you know.
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