Originally Posted by
Melike
And I really understand your "Dark Eyes" excitement.
Oh yes. In a way, despite the frustration I feel at the lack of a definitive ending to McGann's Doctor, I'm also kinda lucky - it means that I still get to listen to continuing adventures with his Doctor. He's the closest thing to a "current" Doctor that Big Finish are allowed to have. Of course, with Dark Eyes, I was especially excited, as it directly continued off a story 18 months before that left the Doctor in a very dark place (for reference, think where 11 was after losing the Ponds, but ten times worse at least). Dark Eyes built on that, and was quite the epic, but the best thing is it's the start of a whole new era. I'm still waiting to hear when the next box set will be released, honestly.
Originally Posted by
candy
Just watching Jonathan Ross, Matt is such a sweetie, I want to adopt him.
The teaser look awesome, I can't wait.
I think Matt's really grown and taken this role and made it his own, I wish all those naysayers from the first series would give him a break, the first few eps of his run where a little weak, but that was more the writing. He looks brilliant now!
And Matt's dad is from Blackburn - brilliant I love it, although Jonathan Ross accent was crap, I do not talk like that
And Matt's teaser for the 50th was
I'll have to watch that. Also agreed that Smith has really grown and made the role his own. I still prefer series 5 to the first half of series 7, but I honestly cannot wait for the 2nd half. Really am hoping that, now that it's finally 2013, they really do start building towards the 50th anniversary, especially with the question asked at the end of series 6.
Oh, and just listened to the 3rd part of UNIT: Dominion, a 4 hour epic featuring the 7th Doctor, two previous Big Finish companions (one of whom was previously a Nazi), a ton of alien invasions happening all at once...and another Doctor, an incarnation we've never encountered before, far into his own future. That last character is especially exciting, as it seems Big Finish are going to reveal a lot more about who he is in subsequent stories, something I'm hugely looking forward to. Anyone looking to jump on board Big Finish and see what they can really do should start with this story - it's big, it's epic, and although it features a number of characters with history, it's all quickly and easily explained over the story's length. Like I said, a really epic listen.