Maius Intra Qua Extra

New episode tomorrow and I still haven't written much about the last one. So, I figured I better do it before I lose it.

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Episode three of series 15! I don't know how many episodes there will be this season (yes, I avoid spoilers to that extent) but I'm sure that there won't be more than eight or nine, and I'm a little sad that we're already 1/3 done. But...

(And I'm going to warn you now, spoilers! Like, big spoilers. Starting with the first paragraph bethind the cut. So if you click, it's your fault.)

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The final audio of Big Finish's 60th Anniversary series, "Once and Future", came out one or two months ago, nearly a year after the actual 60th Anniversary. The previous audios had been released once a month during 2023, with the last one in November as expected, and then months later, they announced this one. I listened to it a couple of weeks ago and here's my take on it.

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Ah, the season is almost over! I can't believe it's going so fast! I do wish Doctor Who would go back to twelve or more episodes per season, but on the other hand, I much prefer yearly seasons rather than the longer seasons every two or three years, so if this is what they need to do to return every year, that's fine by me.

Spoilers, of course...

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It's been a few days since we saw the episode and we haven't rewatched it, so this review will be a bit vague on details.

But still, spoilers.

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First episodes of the new season, and of the new Doctor! Okay, yes, technically, "The Church on Ruby Road" is the first episode of both the new season and the new Doctor, but though it did feed into season arc, it really didn't give us much about the new Doctor, as it was mostly about Ruby.

Anyway, whatever. Reviews below, and spoilers, of course. I should note, I've seen both episodes twice now. We watched the two, then went back and watched "The Church on Ruby Road", and then rewatched the two.


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Finally received the "Liberation of the Daleks" graphic novel! I don't read DWM so I didn't get to see this as it came out, and honestly hadn't heard that it even existed until right around the time of the 60th. And then it took forever to get to the States. But here it is!

Spoilers, of course.

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I just noticed that I've never reviewed the audios in the Big Finish series "The Lives of Captain Jack", so I'm rectifying that now. (I've also not done "The Legacy of Time" nor finished reviewing "Once and Future". All in good time.)

tl;dr is that I really enjoyed all three series of "The Lives of Captain Jack". I kind of feel like these are the BF best series that I've listened to so far, in terms of overall quality. (Note: I haven't listened to all that much, so take this with a grain of salt.) I'm really sad that we'll never get more because BF followed the BBC in declaring John Barrowman persona non grata; still holding out for a reversal of that decision, on both their parts.

The purpose of these series were to tell stories of Jack Harkness all along his timeline, not just during the times that we know (Doctor Who series 1-4 and 12, and Torchwood), and over ten audios, we're treated to a range of times as well as styles. In most, Jack is the Jack we remember - the chaotic good rogue, out to help, always optimistic, and always flirtatious - but in a few, we get to see very different sides of him. In some, he's not even the main character.

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Series 1: "The Year After I Died" by Guy Adams
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Series 1: "Wednesdays for Beginners" by James Goss
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Series 1: "One Enchanted Evening" by James Goss
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Series 1: "Month 25" by Guy Adams
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Series 2: "Piece of Mind" by James Goss
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Series 2: "What Have I Done?" by Guy Adams
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Series 2: "Driving Miss Wells" by James Goss
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Series 3: "Crush" by Guy Adams
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Series 3: "Mighty and Despair" by Tim Foley
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Series 3: "R&J" by James Goss

Let me just say this outside of the cut: when this audio was over, I immediately restarted it and listened to it again. It was that good. Also, it was that complex.

"R&J" is about Jack meeting River. And again, I don't want to say anything because it would spoil it and I think this audio is best enjoyed by not knowing anything about it, other than, well, Jack meets River. But you'd know that just by looking at the cast list. So, general review is, this audio is totally worth having to buy the whole series to get it. Spoiler review hidden behind the cut.

Spoiler review:
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Enjoyed it! It's impossible to tell at this point if this episode was a good introduction to the Doctor (meaning, if it totally painted the Doctor like "The Christmas Invasion" and "The Eleventh Hour" did), but so far Fifteen is awesome.

Vaguely spoilery comments:

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Quite a lot of thoughts, but really only firsts. I haven't had all that much time to think about it, and we are planning a rewatch, probably tomorrow.

Very spoilerific.

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