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Blake’s 7 Drones review: Third in the 2014 series of full-cast audio plays from Big Finish
It's reassuring that such a compelling series as Blake's 7 translates so well to audio venues.
Would Drones have fared less, equally, more successfully in a visual venue?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7: Review of Liberator Chronicles Volume Four
Your fourth subheading, Are they any good?, intriguingly notes that "Jan Chappell too is much better in the role than she was in the second of the Liberator Chronicles series; she has obviously worked at getting her voice closer to what it was ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7: Review of Liberator Chronicles Volume Five
The fifth paragraph to the subheading, Are they any good?, mentions that "that is the problem with this story, it is all a bit predictable and it takes a long time to get to where we all know it is going, even though it is slightly nastier with ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7 Battleground review: Full-cast audio play from Big Finish
The second paragraph to your subheading, Is Battleground any good?, deplores that "On the down side, the idea that the Federation tracker implants can be disabled by smearing mud over them is, while useful for the plot, more than a tad ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7 Fractures review: The first in a new series of full-cast audio plays from Big Finish
It's interesting that an audio equivalent to a visual success appeals well enough to aspire to follow-ups.
How would Fractures fare as a visual adventure?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7: Review of Liberator Chronicles Volume Seven
The second paragraph to the Disorder play mentions that first-hand dialogue between Roselle and Vila might have been more impactful than its repeat only through Vila's reminisced report.
Who would be an effective choice to play Roselle in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
A Forest for the Future
The computer crashed before I finished my forest-, tree-, wood-related questioning regarding Tintern Abbey.
What might have been the reason for rebuilding? Was it perhaps because of weather wear-and-tear? Would its successor have been built as ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
The 8th symbol, Birds, particularly enchants me as a wildlife-loving arborist.
Your description figures ravens with intelligent, prophetic attributes.
Might you have heard of the study Ravens attribute visual access to unseen competitors ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
A Forest for the Future
The Bing page image today (Friday, Aug. 4, 2023) is Tintern Abbey.
The accompanying information lists the abbey as a wooden structure rebuilt in stone in 1269.
Might there be any indication, any information anywhere as to what kind of wood the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
I once tasted somehing that I did not know was moonshine [potin.] Nevera gain. I don't think that they would be allowed genuine moonshine, and the vendors were simply selling strong whiskey.
frankbeswick, on 08/03/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Dear DerdriuMarriner - Thanks for your interest and many questions/points raised.
Hope I have answered them all with my understanding and knowledge of Dhamma.
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
I'm getting quite a really entertaining laugh over your wife preferring to stay away from the Irish moonshine stall. That's probably what my reaction would be what with the frightening stories here of moonshinees dying from moonshine and of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/03/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Derdriumarriner- In modern India widows get to keep what belonged to their husbands. In olden days, the inheritance/ property could be usurped by the relatives, namely brothers of the deceased.
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
Ever since this wizzley's release, I've been meaning to integrate within my question the following structural question.
Is there an implied order to your questions, from most to least impactful or important or from least to most?
In other ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/03/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Buddhism as I know in the original Pali teachings do not celebrate deities, customs and beliefs. According to Buddha, every living being has potential to become Deva (God) and even Bramha. The living beings can even surpass these realms and ...
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023