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Doctor Who Unbound: He Jests At Scars...
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When I reviewed this story on Amazon in 2009, my past self felt that it used its references "without necessarily beating you upside the head with them." Listening to it once more a dozen years later, I can say I no longer feel that way.
That's an interesting change in perspective @M_Kresal , is this because the further we get from the Wilderness Years the more the continuity porn stands out compared to newer stuff?
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Personally, I wasn’t really put off by the continuity references in this one. I admit that I hadn’t noticed them all - in particular I hadn’t realized that Ellie was originally from the Sarah Jane series. On the whole it made sense that the Valeyard would go back and change some of the things the Doctor had done.
So overall, I enjoyed most of this episode. For me, it’s weakness lay in the ending - it just petered out like it had run out of fuel.
So overall, I enjoyed most of this episode. For me, it’s weakness lay in the ending - it just petered out like it had run out of fuel.
Posted this on Twitter and Facebook yesterday, but for some reason the tweet didn't go through - reposting it again now. First time that's happened.
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That's an interesting change in perspective @M_Kresal , is this because the further we get from the Wilderness Years the more the continuity porn stands out compared to newer stuff?
That's a good question, especially as I'd just heard it again in November 2019 and thought "This holds up pretty well." I suspect that part of it is how much of the last 18 months or so I've spent listening both to newer and older stuff, hearing how continuity has been better used by other writers, and then coming back to this. Or, perhaps, that this is only the second time I've heard the Unbound series in its proper release order and hearing how much better Platt and Clements used it in their audios. Whereas my reaction on earlier listens was more akin to @Ncw8, who I don't think is necessarily wrong that one shouldn't be put off by all the references to things. My first listen to this coming back from Chicago TARDIS 2008 was me going "Wow, there's references to stories I've not seen/heard/read yet, how cool!" after all. But maybe that's the difference from me less than two years after I found Who and me immersed in for going on 15 years now going "There's other ways of using continuity than this."