I don’t experiment with it so much anymore, but I used to quite a lot before. I think I always wanted to find that perfect device that could do everything, and often the only way was with an emulator of some kind.
Tag: Vintage
Old but not bad, that’s what I mean by vintage.
And then this arrived
So I’m really looking forward to making some noise with it soon. At least when I can find my old Gameboy and get it charged up too.
Survivors, the original story
So I finished listening to this audio book. An unabridged version of Terry Nation’s original novel and read by Carolyn Seymour who played Abby Grant in the original 1970s series. It was good. Good in so many ways. Sometimes it really is worth it to hear the original story. Where all the spin offs started and the root of all the versions. That’s certainly the case here. It was well worth it.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed the other versions, both TV series, what Big Finish have done with the full cast audio story, but this has been the best so far. It was coherent and in some ways helped to make sense of the other versions too.
I won’t spoil it in case you are interested enough to read it or listen to it yourself, but it is quite different from both TV versions. I won’t say more than that. I’ll leave it there. At some point I’m going to write a post about all of the versions, perhaps in a few weeks time.
Big Finish: Survivors the series
I’ve been listening to this again. It’s interesting to hear it after watching the original series and of course the BBC remake as well. The big finish series is a different story altogether. The same ideas but different characters telling a different side to the story. It merges into the original about halfway through the set of audio books. Of course the production values are very high as you’d expect from Big Finish.
It’s interesting to get all these different perspectives on the story. The original TV series. The new TV series (comparatively new anyway), the Big Finish series, and also their unabridged version of the novel itself.
I’m looking forward to hearing the next season of the Big Finish full cast drama when it’s available, in June I think.
When I’ve finished listening to everything that I’ve got so far, and possibly even re-watching the newer TV series I might do a post about the whole lot in one go, and cover what I think of each treatment.
Blake’s 7: Ghost Ship
Another good story from Big Finish. I’ve enjoyed the full cast series of Blake’s 7 a lot more than the liberator chronicles, although the few of those I’ve listened to have been good too. I think that there’s something special about a full cast drama. It is probably my favourite kind of audiobook.
This series has been consistently good as is this story. I won’t give anything away just in case you’re going to listen to it. But suffice it to say that there’s an interesting story arc building and I’m keen to hear where it goes.
It’s a great series all in all. So much so that I really don’t want it to end. I just hope that they keep making them.
Oh yes, and one other thing, this is now post 2000! I couldn’t think of any particular science fiction show or really anything else to commemorate the 2000th post on my blog, so I thought that Blake’s 7 was as good, if not better, than anything else.
It’s only fair that post 1999 be about Space 1999
It’s only right isn’t it. I’m a fan and I feel that I should dedicate post number 1999 to Space 1999. I’m still slowly making my way through season 2, and if that wasn’t enough I’m not sure that I’ve finished reading the comic editions on comixology either.
Perhaps I need to make a bit more effort and finish off reading and watching this stuff soon, especially after celebrating Space 1999 today.
Getting the bC16
So after years of wanting one of these I’ve finally got one, and it wasn’t cheap, but it is lovely, and I’m looking forward to spending a bit more time with it and getting used to how it works and how to get it to make some awesome noises.
Handera videos
I thought I’d post these as I’d not got around to putting them here.
Goodbye D84, all the best, we will miss you
After watching The Robots of Death recently I had to look out some of my favourite D84 quotes as his character was brilliantly written.
So here they are:
DOCTOR: Well, if Taren Capel is on board, he’d have a workshop, and we must find it before it’s too late. Would you like to come with me?
D84: Yes, please.
DOCTOR: Good. Come on then.
D84: I heard a cry.
DOCTOR: That was me.
D84: I heard a cry.
DOCTOR: That was me!
D84: I heard a cry.
DOCTOR: That was me.
D84: I heard a cry.
D84: It is a Laserson probe. It can punch a fist sized hole in six inch armour plate or take the crystals from a snowflake one by one.
D84: Please do not throw hands at me.
D84: Poul is damaged. I do not understand what has happened to him. This may be because I am not human.
D84: Goodbye, my friend.
What an excellent story. I might have to go and watch it all over again now.
And then this arrived …
Which I’ve been so looking forward to hearing.
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