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Some nice things:

1. I have been catching up with some Big Finish, and have been listening to some more Eight and Lucie (I wish they weren't so much shorter - it makes them terribly more-ish!). I got to The Zygon Who Fell to Earth and was interested to see it had Steven Pacey in (who is, of course, Tarrant in Blake's 7). I wondered what he'd

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[persiflage_1]

Heehee!

Eight'n'Lucie are awesome!

[lost_spook]

Oh, they are! I've listened to The Skull of Sobek, Grand Theft Cosmos, and, as I said, the one with Tarrant the Singing Zygon Wurzel. :-)

[persiflage_1]

LOL

I've spent 5 hours today listening to 'Galiifrey IV'... It was BRILLIANT!

[lost_spook]

Cool! I am so far behind on all BF's main ranges, I don't think I will ever get to any of the spin-offs, but Gallifrey always sounds fun.

(I have actually been listening to something else, which will be my next post, cos oh my, I managed to get my hands on Pt 5 of Kaldor City! :-D And you know my insane love of Blake's 7, The Robots of Death and Image of the Fendahl...)

[persiflage_1]

That's a shame - Gallifrey is really good fun - and Season 4 is absolutely fascinating (features some of the main DW actors, but in different roles).

I tried the first Kaldor City audio and couldn't get on with it. Glad to know you're enjoying them. Have you tried times_champion on eBay? He often has them for sale (new not second hand).

[lost_spook]

Well, you never know. One day they might stop, and I'll finally catch up with everything! ;-)

I have only Pt 5, which is the last one (I didn't realise that until it arrived, and I couldn't quite manage not to listen. The basic gist made sense to me, anyway). Mind, I don't know how the first starts, but it helps a lot with the one I listened to if you know Robots and Image well, and have watched B7 recently, and have read the PDA Corpse marker a couple of times - all of which I have!

[persiflage_1]

Well I suppose they might...!

Ah - no, I haven't/don't...

[lost_spook]

Not that I wish that, and at least I am doing way better than I used to be. But I think it's the only way I'd ever get up to date! :-/

As far as I can gather, the Fendahl are manipulating everyone in it, using what people believe is Taren Capel's skull. It follows on directly from stuff in Corpse Marker (The Church of Taren Capel, political rivalry between Uvanov and Landerchild), and includes Scott Frederick's psycho-strategist, Carnell, from B7 S2 (who is also in the novel!). Also Paul Darrow's character may or may not be a post-Blake Avon under a different name. Beyond that, I just accepted the Kaldor City/B7 thing that everyone is being sneaky and I seemed to be able to get by.

I suspect the plot of this ep was easier to follow because it had reached the point where it was just EVERYONE IS TOO BUSY BEING SNEAKY AND HAVE NOT NOTICED THAT THE FENDAHL IS RETURNING AND WILL KILL THEM ALL AND THEN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. Where is the Doctor when you need him?

[persiflage_1]

I'd catch up quicker if I didn't persist in re-listening to my favourites!

I suspect I'd have got more out of Kaldor City had I watched B7 first.

[lost_spook]

Relistening to your favourites is important! I always have to come back to Chimes, Pirates, The One Doctor & Jubilee, and I have some of my more recent ones that will probably have to join them sometimes. :-)

B7 helps a bit, but it is more Image, Robots and Corpse Marker that it draws on (or at least pt 5 did!) - but it does have quite a B7 Murphy's Law/sneakyness to it. But I was just enjoying listening to David Collings, Paul Darrow, Nicholas Courtney, Peter Miles et al...

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I regularly re-listen to Chimes, Jubilee, The Apocalypse Element, Lanyon Moor, Circular Time, and others.

Well, I've not read Corpse Marker...