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laserhead, pezprez, and Meg for "Dalek." Hee. Then we blew each other up with Nintendo. Ahhh, fun times in the flat.
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In other Wholiganisms, I've been listening to a few of the Big Finish Eighth Doctor audios (namely Scherzo, The Chimes of Midnight, Storm Warning, and Neverland; why yes, I am going in a very erratic order).
I'm truly amazed at how well-done these are. I've tried listening to radio drama before on two occasions, and it never took. One was some forgettable contemporary sitcom I ran into on iTunes radio when I was bored. The other was the original War of the Worlds. I figured if that classic didn't take, then audio drama wasn't for me. These are, though. They're fantastic. Maybe it's due to seeing DW in some version on TV--although I haven't seen the McGann movie, and obviously Charley was created just for the audio plays--but it's more likely because Paul McGann and India Fisher play their characters, and play off each other, so very well, and the guest actors are quite good, too. Plus those sound effects guys are amazing. Okay, so there does of necessity have to be a certain amount of spoken description of the surroundings that can, in the wrong hands, get a bit grating; the Doctor having two long spells of doing such in "Storm Warning" got kind of old, even if he did make a joke about talking to oneself being the first sign of madness. But. Generally they don't have to resort to that, though; it's rather amazing how much of an environment you can convey through sound alone.
Charley is fast becoming one of my most favorite characters ever, in any medium. She's like a cross between Rose and Cassandra Mortmain (of I Capture the Castle, a book which, if you haven't read, you should check out RIGHT NOW) with something else uniquely her own. I think I may like her more than I like Rose, in fact. And of course India Fisher is fabulous. She's so exuberant and eager and lively, she just sucks you right into the story even if it's only audio and you have to make up the visuals yourself. Plus, she's adorable. I want a little version of her I can keep in my closet and pull out when I'm sad; she'd cheer anyone right up.
There's something about Paul McGann's voice or accent that bugs me just a little, but he's certainly very good at this voice acting thing. In Scherzo, "Of course I loved you! ...Of course I love you," may in fact be the best delivery of any line ever. I was just sort of sitting there with my jaw on the floor after it. Charley's earlier "But I love you!" is nothing to sneer at either.
Scherzo is really quite amazing itself. Great idea, having them in a situation where every sense but hearing is cut off. Heh. Not to mention there were definitely some freaky moments here and there. *shudder* Plus, dude. SHIP, OMG.
It's interesting that both Scherzo and Chimes, there's an evil alien entity that considers Charley and the Doctor its parents. While I imagine no one meant this in the slightest, it does amuse me that it ties in nicely to a theory I've seen bandied about on the 'Net (I think it may actually have been in a Five/Tegan fic where I saw it first) and which I've adopted as a pet. The idea is that Susan's mother or father, whichever was the Doctor's child, is actually the progeny of one of his later regenerations, but Susan ended up traveling with the First Doctor because of strange time travel doings. You can, of course, see where I'm going with this. *g* It would certainly be interesting, anyway...
So, yeah. Audio = good. It's been quite nice for the hours I've been stuffing envelopes at the Kenyon Review this week; something to keep my from going crazy while I do a monotonous task, and a monotonous task to keep my hands occupied while I listen to the plays.
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I'm thisclose to finishing my story for Fiction. I need another three scenes, basically, and then I can give it an edit and have it be done, at least in this version of it. It's really either a short story or a novella trapped in novelette form (currently ~7,000 words; will probably be ~8,500 when I'm done), and I'm not sure whether I need to cut it down or expand it. I'm leaning towards the latter, but...that's for after I turn it in on Tuesday. Because whoa, there are some revisions that need more than a weekend.
Anyway, because I'm not using it for my final piece, that means I didn't have to turn it in today, and it can be turned in on Tuesday, as I said.elflore, when I send it to you (it will be by tomorrow evening--er, this evening--because I really have other work I have to get to, and THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE, OMG), take as long as you like reading it.
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Ooof. Bed. Or shower, at any rate...
laserhead, pezprez, and Meg for "Dalek." Hee. Then we blew each other up with Nintendo. Ahhh, fun times in the flat.*
In other Wholiganisms, I've been listening to a few of the Big Finish Eighth Doctor audios (namely Scherzo, The Chimes of Midnight, Storm Warning, and Neverland; why yes, I am going in a very erratic order).
I'm truly amazed at how well-done these are. I've tried listening to radio drama before on two occasions, and it never took. One was some forgettable contemporary sitcom I ran into on iTunes radio when I was bored. The other was the original War of the Worlds. I figured if that classic didn't take, then audio drama wasn't for me. These are, though. They're fantastic. Maybe it's due to seeing DW in some version on TV--although I haven't seen the McGann movie, and obviously Charley was created just for the audio plays--but it's more likely because Paul McGann and India Fisher play their characters, and play off each other, so very well, and the guest actors are quite good, too. Plus those sound effects guys are amazing. Okay, so there does of necessity have to be a certain amount of spoken description of the surroundings that can, in the wrong hands, get a bit grating; the Doctor having two long spells of doing such in "Storm Warning" got kind of old, even if he did make a joke about talking to oneself being the first sign of madness. But. Generally they don't have to resort to that, though; it's rather amazing how much of an environment you can convey through sound alone.
Charley is fast becoming one of my most favorite characters ever, in any medium. She's like a cross between Rose and Cassandra Mortmain (of I Capture the Castle, a book which, if you haven't read, you should check out RIGHT NOW) with something else uniquely her own. I think I may like her more than I like Rose, in fact. And of course India Fisher is fabulous. She's so exuberant and eager and lively, she just sucks you right into the story even if it's only audio and you have to make up the visuals yourself. Plus, she's adorable. I want a little version of her I can keep in my closet and pull out when I'm sad; she'd cheer anyone right up.
There's something about Paul McGann's voice or accent that bugs me just a little, but he's certainly very good at this voice acting thing. In Scherzo, "Of course I loved you! ...Of course I love you," may in fact be the best delivery of any line ever. I was just sort of sitting there with my jaw on the floor after it. Charley's earlier "But I love you!" is nothing to sneer at either.
Scherzo is really quite amazing itself. Great idea, having them in a situation where every sense but hearing is cut off. Heh. Not to mention there were definitely some freaky moments here and there. *shudder* Plus, dude. SHIP, OMG.
It's interesting that both Scherzo and Chimes, there's an evil alien entity that considers Charley and the Doctor its parents. While I imagine no one meant this in the slightest, it does amuse me that it ties in nicely to a theory I've seen bandied about on the 'Net (I think it may actually have been in a Five/Tegan fic where I saw it first) and which I've adopted as a pet. The idea is that Susan's mother or father, whichever was the Doctor's child, is actually the progeny of one of his later regenerations, but Susan ended up traveling with the First Doctor because of strange time travel doings. You can, of course, see where I'm going with this. *g* It would certainly be interesting, anyway...
So, yeah. Audio = good. It's been quite nice for the hours I've been stuffing envelopes at the Kenyon Review this week; something to keep my from going crazy while I do a monotonous task, and a monotonous task to keep my hands occupied while I listen to the plays.
*
I'm thisclose to finishing my story for Fiction. I need another three scenes, basically, and then I can give it an edit and have it be done, at least in this version of it. It's really either a short story or a novella trapped in novelette form (currently ~7,000 words; will probably be ~8,500 when I'm done), and I'm not sure whether I need to cut it down or expand it. I'm leaning towards the latter, but...that's for after I turn it in on Tuesday. Because whoa, there are some revisions that need more than a weekend.
Anyway, because I'm not using it for my final piece, that means I didn't have to turn it in today, and it can be turned in on Tuesday, as I said.
elflore, when I send it to you (it will be by tomorrow evening--er, this evening--because I really have other work I have to get to, and THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE, OMG), take as long as you like reading it.*
Ooof. Bed. Or shower, at any rate...
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Date: 2006-04-19 02:56 pm (UTC)I thought you meant that the filmmakers had added some crap "fairy tale" weirdness to the movie. Okay, yeah, that's in the book, with Rose ending up with Neil the cowboy and Cassandra and Simon sort of-almost-but not really getting together for a moment, then...not.
Re: Lungbarrow (because that has to be what you're referring to)...ow. Yeah.
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Date: 2006-04-19 04:16 pm (UTC)Lungbarrow: Yup, exactly. It's funny...the guy who wrote that book is actually quite brilliant. He wrote an episode of the series which I really liked a lot (Ghostlight). He's written some excellent audios, including the one upon which a couple of episodes in this new Who season are actually based (Spare Parts). He just had some really weird fannish theories (looms, the Doctor's backstory, etc.) which they really shouldn't have let him establish in a book. He doesn't seem to be completely married to the ideas, though, because ironically he's written a couple of audios for the Doctor Who Unbound series (a sort of 'What If?' series with alternate Doctors including David Warner and Sir Derek Jacobi!) based around the idea of 'What If the Doctor had never left Gallifrey, and stayed home and become a writer instead?' And the alternate first Doctor he features here lives on a very different, Loomless Gallifrey, with a Susan (played by the original actress!) who is very much his own granddaughter. Woo hoo. *g* I definitely plan on checking those out at some point, when I'm caught up on more of the regular audios.
Also interestingly...Marc Platt was supposed to be the guy who wrote Ace out of the series if it had not been cancelled. There was an interview where he described in pretty good detail the plans for that season, and it was so perfect it hurts, especially in light of the way the books completely mishandled Ace and her Doctor. (Though the audios are thankfully going their own way, and it's fantastic. *g*) In my head, the way he described is the only way for Ace to go--in fact, I wrote a couple of short stories about it years back.
And sorry--seem to be a bit rambly today. :?P