Bang Bang A-Boom! - Patreon Exclusive #85
Episode Title: "Bang Bang A-Boom!" - Season 12 Retrospective & Big Finish Review - Patreon Exclusive #85
SPECIAL MAIN FEED RELEASE - PATREON SHOWCASE
DOCTOR WHO THEME MONTAGE:
The Tardis Elliot Video: John sent Jim a montage from Tardis Elliot (a fan who makes trailers of Doctor Who episodes) featuring title opening sequences.
John's Reasoning: "This is the last, with Tom Baker, the last hurrah for the original version of the Doctor Who theme. After this, we're going to start seeing the variations. I thought, give me a little sneak peek at what's in store for you if you continue on into the new series and all."
NO COMIC THIS WEEK:
Jim: "What a relief that was. It's terrible for me to say that, but what a relief. It was nice having a break. It really was."
SEASON 12 RETROSPECTIVE:
SEASON AVERAGES:
Jim: 10.2/15 John: 11/15 Overall Average: 10.6/15
Jim: "Some of that is nostalgia for you."
John: "Absolutely."
SEASON 13 SPOILER CARDS:
The Three Cards:
- Ncuti Gatwa
- Fembots
- Classic Movies
JIM'S CHOICE PROCESS:
"How in the world could I possibly pick? I can pretty quickly eliminate Classic Movies, even though I like classic movies. I'm really intrigued by the other two."
Fembots: "I'm not as big of a Bionic Woman fan as you are. I didn't watch it regularly like I did $6 Million Man. I know who the Fembots are and I liked that she had a recurring adversary, that was sort of her Daleks."
THE PICK: NCUTI GATWA
THE REVEAL: PYRAMIDS OF MARS
BIG FINISH: BANG BANG A-BOOM!
Release: December 19th, 2002 (their second Christmas episode)
Writers: Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman
Director: Nicholas Pegg
Doctor: Sylvester McCoy
Companion: Mel
THE BASIC PLOT:
"Star Trek meets Space 1999 meets Eurovision."
The Setup: "The TARDIS lands on Dark Space 8 and finds themselves dealing with a whole bunch of aliens who are on the station because the Doctor is mistaken for the replacement commander for the station."
The Backstory: "The TARDIS winds up on a shuttle that's transporting the new commander, but it explodes before it reaches the station. They are beamed onto the station - he and Mel - as the only survivors of it."
Beamed vs. Transmitted: "They actually say 'beamed' in this case. They don't use the term transporter though. But I think that term was already being used in science fiction before. It's like blasters. I was naive enough to think that blasters came from Star Wars, but in Foundation by Isaac Asimov, the guns are called blasters."
THE ELEMENTS:
Space 1999: "The Space 1999 bit is the medical doctor who sounds an awful lot like Barbara Bain. She's going out of her way. She's the one doing medical logs like Bain did in Season 2 of Space 1999. Barbara Bain had a very distinctive voice. This woman seems to be placing that same emphasis on it there."
Star Trek: "There's a lot of references to Star Trek. You look and you go 'Oh, now they're referencing this episode. Now they're referencing that episode.'"
Eurovision: "They got someone who did a dead-on impression of the guy. For years Eurovision was hosted by a BBC presenter Wogan from Northern Ireland. So they have their version being Logan and he sounds just like him. It was cute."
THE INTERGALACTIC SONG CONTEST:
"On the station, while he's trying to figure out who tried to kill or not try to but successfully killed the new commander, the Doctor's also got to deal with an intergalactic song contest."
JOHN'S VERDICT:
Worth It? "It's worth a listen, especially if you are a Star Trek fan. And in my case, I had to laugh at the Eurovision spoofing they did."
NEXT TIME:
Friday (Patreon): Big Finish's "The Ark" - Jon Lucarotti's original story before it became Ark in Space
Saturday (Main Feed): Reissue/release of a Patreon episode - Jon Pertwee Retrospective
Monday (Patreon #86): "Primarily we're going to be focusing on the comic strips that were on during the break."
The Reality: "It's going to be a mix of stuff from the strip and also a comic from the TV Comic Annual for 1976."
"And that is our Big Finish for this show!"
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