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Old but not bad, that’s what I mean by vintage.
In advance of next year’s new stories, Big Finish have given us this, which was nice. Only a short story, just an hour, but even so it’s nice to get another Blake’s 7 story before the end of this year. So I’m looking forward to hear it soon. Very soon!
The very first Pertwee story, and it was a good one. This starts my collection of the 3rd Doctor stories. I plan to collect all of the Pertwee stories over time.
I picked this re-issued version up 2nd hand. It’s ok, but I might get a better version one day. Of course the significant thing about this story is that it was the end of the line for one of the companions. If you don’t know which one I’m not going to tell you!
Which is of course great news. I enjoyed the last series of Blake’s 7 from Big Finish, it was good and I’m just glad that they’re bringing it back next year. Blake’s 7 will quite possibly last longer on Big Finish than it did on the BBC! That’s not a bad thing either. I think it’s in good hands with Big Finish, I think they understand the Blake universe and know both what the fans want and what works, and that’s the most important thing of all.
So I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with it in 2016, and who’s in it!
But I have to ask why? It isn’t like there’s anything you can do with a ZX81 that I can’t do elsewhere, and so I constantly battle with myself, sometimes wanting to get one, and other times deciding that it really is a bad idea and I just wouldn’t use it, and that is really a lot closer to the truth as that happens with stuff I buy, I’m sorry to say.
I also sometimes think about some of the things I could do with one, and then try and use an emulator, and don’t really get into that and that also tells me that getting an actual ZX81 would be a bad idea. Even though I think they’re awesome.
I listened to this audiobook the other day. I can’t even remember buying it, but I have it. The 7th Doctor wasn’t a favourite of mine, and I haven’t listened to many of the audio stories. I didn’t find this one too interesting, but it did make me realise just how little I know about the world of the 7th Doctor and companions.
My interests have always been around the 4th, 5th and 8th Doctors, but with a little of the 3rd as well. I’m also warming to the 6th. However, Sylvester’s Doctor passed me by in the main. I’m not sure that’s going to change particularly, but it is a strange feeling when you work out how much you don’t know about a subject you’re very interested in.
After the previous couple of volumes of the Liberator Chronicles I wasn’t sure about this version. But actually it was very good and provides some interesting back story for both Blake and Jenna. So I quite enjoyed it.
Another good story from the lost stories series. Listening to these 5th doctor stories does make me realise that there’s a real difference in these stories from the 4th Doctor stories. It’s interesting to hear them and begin to draw a distinction. Or perhaps I’m just a little too close to this stuff?
I got some of these ‘lost stories’ as they were on sale from Big Finish, and they’re quite good fun. I haven’t heard any of Peter Davidson’s lost stories so far and so it’s interesting to get a few of those as well.
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