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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Big Finish Doctor Who |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 12:19 am
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| Oh, hell yeah! Have I got recommendations! I do a review thread that has sunk quite badly because I haven't listened to any new audios since February. The scoring system is more than a bit skewed until I change scoring systems, and it's very much a case of Your Mileage May Vary, but it might help. h... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 12:06 am
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Replies: 47
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| I'm probably going to stop this book-reading blog here and now. It may be back later on, but at the moment, I'm just tired of reading at the moment. I've been doing this particular book-reading blog since October last year, just over five months. When I do the next one, I'll use the new scoring syst... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2014, 3:57 am
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Replies: 47
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| Book 42... REVIEW: Doctor Who: Shakedown by Terrance Dicks Back in 1995, former Doctor Who script editor and writer Terrance Dicks was approached by Dreamwatch Media, to write a direct-to-video short film featuring only the Sontarans, which were the only things they had the licence for. Shakedown: R... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2014, 3:37 am
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| Book 41... REVIEW: Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb Although I read and reviewed Nev Fountain's Mervyn Stone series before reading this book, it was what I learned about the plot of Bimbos of the Death Sun that inspired me to read those. Despite the bizarre, trashy title, it was billed as a... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 12:19 am
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Replies: 47
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| Book 40... REVIEW: The QI Book of the Dead by John Lloyd and John Mitchison Recently, I got into the famous British panel show QI . QI , or Quite Interesting , is a show where interesting and bizarre facts are posited and discussed, and where contestants get points for being interesting with their a... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2014, 9:57 pm
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Replies: 47
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| Book 39... REVIEW: The Mervyn Stone Mysteries: Cursed Among Sequels by Nev Fountain Having started on the Mervyn Stone Mysteries earlier in this book-reading blog, it was only a matter of time before I came back to this trilogy of comedy-mysteries by Nev Fountain, better known for his work on Dead R... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 1:32 am
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Replies: 47
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| Book 38... REVIEW: The Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal, with illustrations by Dave McKean, and essays edited by Tony Blake Normally, there would be no way in hell that I would read and review a cookbook for this book-reading blog. But if said cookbook is by Heston Blumenthal, then I'd make an... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2014, 5:09 pm
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Replies: 47
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| I might just be able to read and review one more book, if I'm lucky: The Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2014, 10:10 pm
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Replies: 47
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| Book 37... REVIEW: Gunnerkrigg Court volume 4: Materia by Thomas Siddell To date, I have read three of the current four physically published volumes of the fantasy webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court . I have been impressed so far by its engrossing storyline that blurs the boundaries between magic and scienc... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2014, 6:03 am
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Replies: 47
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| Book 36... REVIEW: The Making of Return of the Jedi by J.W Rinzler Over the course of other book-reading blogs, I read and reviewed two making-of books by a man called J.W Rinzler, on the making of the first two Star Wars films. It was inevitable that a third be released, on the third and final inst... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Doctor Who review blog... |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2014, 10:25 pm
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| I'm reviving this review blog thread for a trilogy of stories recently released. There are plenty of other stories I have left to watch or listen to, and review, but I'm starting with these three for various reasons. They are: The Enemy of the World (revisited with the DVD release of the recently fo... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2014, 5:52 pm
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| Book 35 (the last one should be 34! Damn!)... REVIEW: Dodger's Guide to London: Based on Original Notes Penned by Jack Dodger himself by Terry and Lyn Pratchett About a year and a half ago, I read one of Terry Pratchett's rare non-Discworld novels, Dodger . An adventure set during Victorian times, a... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: The Quatermass Book-Reading Blog 10: Tenpenny Dreadfuls... |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014, 1:40 am
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| Book 33... REVIEW: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, volume 1 by Magica Quartet, illustrated by Hanokage Although I could be said to enjoy a number of anime and manga series, I confess that I never really got into the genre known as the magical girl genre. Sailor Moon never aroused my interest, and Cardcap... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Doctor Who Big Finish and Audio stories review blog... |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014, 12:40 am
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Replies: 106
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| REVIEW: Blood of the Daleks by Steve Lyons SERIAL: EDA 1.1, 2X50 minute episodes LISTENED TO IT BEFORE?: No The Eighth Doctor Adventures were a series of four seasons' worth of adventures, produced in the style of the new series. But although I had listened to the story Max Warp from the second ser... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Doctor Who Big Finish and Audio stories review blog... |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 5:02 am
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Replies: 106
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| REVIEW: The Next Life by Alan Barnes and Gary Russell SERIAL: 8V, 6X30 minute episodes LISTENED TO IT BEFORE?: No Out of some necessity, I listen to the Big Finish stories in anachronic order. One of the first stories I listened to was Terror Firma , set just after the end of the Divergent Universe... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Doctor Who Big Finish and Audio stories review blog... |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2014, 1:29 am
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| REVIEW: The Creed of the Kromon by Philip Martin SERIAL: 8P, 4X30 minute episodes LISTENED TO IT BEFORE?: No Big Finish usually brought in new writers for the audio stories, but on occasion, they brought in people who had written for the classic series. Philip Martin had written the acclaimed Venge... |
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