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Post by Claire Voyant on Sept 5, 2005 23:39:47 GMT
I regrettably didn't get to hear all of Storm Warning, but I intend to listen to all of Sword of Orion on the website.
Has anyone else heard it? If so, what do you think?
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Post by John Darnacan on Sept 6, 2005 17:13:51 GMT
I listened to it myself. I liked it, but I sometimes have difficulty separating the characters in my mind. There was one character that sounded like McGann trying to do an accent.
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Post by duncan on Sept 7, 2005 10:02:44 GMT
I have 4 audios of which Sword of Orion is one of them. However, I couldn't tell you what it is about as I haven't heard an audio that has grabbed my attention long enough to actually listen to it properly. That is why I have only ever bought 4.
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Post by Oldmankrondas on Sept 8, 2005 9:25:53 GMT
I liked it, not the best opening episode but I'll still be tuning in at 6:30 on Saturday. The incidental music is atrocious though...
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Post by John Darnacan on Sept 11, 2005 14:02:47 GMT
I listened to the second episode last night. It was good but I agree the incidental music was annoying.
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Post by Fitz Kreiner on Sept 11, 2005 15:21:07 GMT
I liked the Cyber theme in this story.
but if you want a good audio involving the Cybermen, then Spare Parts is actually The Best Big Finish audio i've heard
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Post by Oldmankrondas on Sept 14, 2005 18:39:11 GMT
Spare Parts is superb, and I kind of hope that, if the Big Finishes on BBC7 are popular, they'll do some of the classics with earlier Doctors. Spare Parts would be excellent following on from the two part Cyberman story in the new series, Jubilee is a perfect choice for Colin, and to show just how well they can do drama, Master is a great choice for McCoy.
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Post by Fitz Kreiner on Sept 14, 2005 19:03:23 GMT
i found Master a bit on the confusing side, it would be worse for a non-fan, especially if they didnt know about the Master
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Post by Oldmankrondas on Sept 14, 2005 21:38:24 GMT
I suppose, I just loved the idea that the Doctor made a deal with Death that resulted in the Master taking the blame for something done years ago, and being led down the dark path. It's something I always wanted to write...
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Post by John Darnacan on Sept 23, 2005 14:00:50 GMT
I suppose, I just loved the idea that the Doctor made a deal with Death that resulted in the Master taking the blame for something done years ago, and being led down the dark path. It's something I always wanted to write... Sounds like a very interesting plotline. |
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Post by Claire Voyant on Sept 27, 2005 19:02:17 GMT
Just listened to Part 4. It was OK, but you could see the plot twist coming 20 minutes ahead.
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Post by John Darnacan on Sept 28, 2005 18:21:12 GMT
Yes, seemed a lot of running around.
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Post by macnimon on Oct 6, 2005 8:42:07 GMT
Sword Of Orion was quite good once you got into it, but I also had a problem following which character was which at times ...made it quite confusing. But it got a lot of great reviews on its release...making it more of a disappointment for me when I heard it. I just expected something better.
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Post by Tumble Lord on Nov 8, 2005 20:23:58 GMT
It's an "interesting" audio, interesting that it's cliched in many ways, which was the author's original intention. Sword of Orion, however I feel does seem to be missing something important.
The scenario is set up to be scary, to be looming and dark and mysterious but it does take its time to build up the story.
The opening with Thinnes and Digly is suitably effective, however it takes more than an episode later to get the bulk of the story going. The use of the cybermat is original and it seems to be more present than the actual menace depicted on the cover of the CD.
It's only as the closing moments of episode two take hold that the Cybermen appear properly and for episode three-four they appear briefly as the net is closed tighter around the deeply claustrophobic story.
Though Briggs does a good job with the music and the direction, it's the way the Cybermen are handled that I feel is the weakest part, they're not in it a lot. And though he uses the cybermat lots, the use of cyber-controlled humans and the horrible descriptions of body horror; the morgue-like conversion chamber, it's the Cybermen that very little appear, it's only until the fourth part that they're a central presence though the ending seems quite anti-climactic with a "nice twist" added.
Though it's not a new idea, mind you I do prefer the original Sword of Orion audio-visuals story, which featured a bit more of the fate of Ike becoming cyber-converted, the explanation for the cyber-gun's origins and the music, which was more "Alien-like" with a mixture of the 60's cyber-theme added to boost that scariness. Other than that, the plays are virtually identical.
I agree with Beowulf, that Spare Parts is superior, as is Dr Who and the Combine Harvesters (BF release no. 58)
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