[DruulEmpire]

I just now for the first time ever scrolled through this entire thread, and I would like to take this opportunity ... to at long last say "Hi, Keisha!" to the post she left here last October.

Druul "a man's got to have his priorities" Empire

[Breasts]

I hadn't before but very recently I did pick up my 1st Big Finish Audio "Spare Parts"

On a dark frozen planet where no planet should be, in a doomed city with a sky of stone, the last denizens of Earth’s long-lost twin will pay any price to survive, even if the laser scalpels cost them their love and hate and humanity.

And in the mat-infested streets, round about tea-time, the Doctor and Nyssa unearth a black market in second-hand body parts and run the gauntlet of augmented police and their augmented horses.

And just between the tramstop and the picturehouse, the Doctor’s worst suspicions are confirmed: the Cybermen have only just begun, and the Doctor will be, just as he always has been, their saviour...

Very very good indeed.

If you really really think about what they are the Cybermen have always been Doctor Who's most horrifying villain and this story really brings that home.

[MunchWolf]

And just between the tramstop and the picturehouse...

I read that as TrampStamp .. and wondered ... who, the Doctor or Nyssa?

-Munch "Collen Baker with a TrampStamp??  no!" Wolf

[rtpoe]

For those curious about the Big Finish audios, "Storm Warning" starring Paul "8th Doctor" McGann is a good place to start.

October, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the brightest lights of the Imperial fleet. Carrying the hopes and dreams of a breathless nation.

Not to mention a ruthless spy with a top-secret mission, a mysterious passenger who appears nowhere on the crew list, a would-be adventuress destined for the Singapore Hilton... and a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey.

These are no mere 'books on tape' with someone reading a text, but a full-blown audio drama. The range continues the TV series, filling in gaps in chronology and adding details to characters. Though some of them have been adapted for the TV series ("The One Doctor" became "The Next Doctor"), others do things that cannot be done on TV - one of the Audio Companions is a shapeshifter who has settled on the form of a penguin...

And if think Colin Baker is the worst of the Doctors, give a listen to him on his many audios.....

[number3fac]

For those curious about the Big Finish audios, "Storm Warning" starring Paul "8th Doctor" McGann is a good place to start.

These are no mere 'books on tape' with someone reading a text, but a full-blown audio drama. The range continues the TV series, filling in gaps in chronology and adding details to characters. Though some of them have been adapted for the TV series ("The One Doctor" became "The Next Doctor"), others do things that cannot be done on TV - one of the Audio Companions is a shapeshifter who has settled on the form of a penguin...

And if think Colin Baker is the worst of the Doctors, give a listen to him on his many audios.....

While I haven't actually listened to any of the audio adventures, I've read from many fans that both the 6th and 8th Doctors (both the character and the actors performing) come off much better than in their televised stories.  I don't know where to get a hold of these things--and I don't know that I'd have the patience to listen to them if I did get one--but they sound like a promising addition to the Whoniverse.

ETA: Found this artwork over at DA, thought it was a nifty shout-out/crossover for Who and Mass Effect:

[rtpoe]

    I don't know where to get a hold of these things   

If you have a reasonably fast connection, you can purchase them for direct download from the Big Finish website.

[Breasts]

Well new season in just 4 weeks! 

[salem]

And it sees the return of the Ice Warriors!

[Breasts]

Indeed! How awesome is that? 
Also they venture deeper into the TARDIS interior than we've ever gone before.

[PregNut]

Well new season in just 4 weeks! 

Yeah, and it's six episodes instead of five like last season!

[number3fac]

I thought it was a half-season?  We only had like 5-6 episodes last fall, I thought that was supposed to be the first half of season 7 and what's airing is going to be the back half of the season (for a total of 12-13 episodes); kinda like what we had with season 6.

I hadn't seen any spoilers for the upcoming episodes...where are you guys getting your info?  Sometimes I like to check that stuff out if I have time.

[salem]

It is actually the second half of season 7, and we are getting 8 episodes.

I get most of my info from official sources, namely the BBC website and Doctor Who magazine.

The Draconians are rumoured to be appearing too, but personally I think it is just something that looks similar.

[Cris_H]

Okay, I know this isn't "new" Doctor Who, but I figure you guys will forgive me.

I just rented "The Five Doctors" (made in the early '80s) and watched it with my daughter.  Have you guys ever seen that special?  It's with the "original" 5 Doctors.  After we watched it, we wondered why Tom Baker (Doctor 4) was hardly in it at all.  Afterwards, we took a look at some Who's Who stuff, as it were, on the DVD, and discovered that Tom Baker had declined to participate in the movie.  Anyone know why?  They only showed archival footage of him in the special.

The other thing we thought was interesting was that the actor who played the first Doctor died shortly after "The Three Doctors" special aired and they had another actor portray him in "The Five Doctors", though the fellow looked so similar to the original actor, we had assumed the differences were due to aging.  Interestingly, that actor died shortly after the making of the special, too.

In any case, if anyone knows why Tom Baker didn't want to participate in that special, I'd love to know.  He was the Doctor I grew up with as a teen.

[Breasts]

I watched it on TV at the time and have it on DVD.

I believe he felt it was too soon after the end of his tenure to come back. He's said though that he regretted it afterwards.

The unfinished and unaired serial they used the clips from is also a real classic btw. Shada.

[salem]

I watched it on TV at the time and have it on DVD.

I believe he felt it was too soon after the end of his tenure to come back. He's said though that he regretted it afterwards.

The unfinished and unaired serial they used the clips from is also a real classic btw. Shada.

Me too. In fact (call me a geek if you like) but I have the original Five Doctors Video, the Special Edition video, the original DVD and the special edition DVD. I also have the novelisation. I too watched it on TV, it was part of the Children in Need night on the 25th of November 1983. I think however, it was broadcast on the anniversary of Doctor Who (23rd of November) in the US.

As Breasts said, the Tom Baker portions are taken from the industrial action affected serial 'Shada' which was written by Douglas Adams of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy fame. It has recently been novelised by the very talented Gareth Roberts. It is a good novel, very Adamsesque. Incidentally, Shada can also be purchased on DVD as part of the 'Legacy' boxset, it comes along with the fantastic documentary 'More than 30 years in the TARDIS'.

Tom Baker for years was a bit reluctant to have much to do with Doctor Who, even to the point of having nothing to do with the Big Finish audio adventures. He has very much relaxed his attitude towards the show since it came back on TV, and has even recorded some audio dramas for Big Finish now. Who knows (pardon the pun) we may even see him in a cameo in the 50th anniversary special.