The Next Universe Review Thread!! (SPOILERS APLENTY!!)

[SiHart]

It was YOU Si? I'm amazed!

[Anthony Williams]

I did all my bits for the story with Ant at Si Hunt's place sometime ago. I really can't remember when, but must have been a while before Ant left for the USA.

Saturday 19th June 2010!



That said, no wonder it seems so bloody long ago - because it was! It's little surprise that I remember very little about the story!

[SiHart]

Blimey! Was it really that long ago?

[Anthony Williams]

Blimey! Was it really that long ago?

Yup - we recorded it on the same day as The Pandorica Opens was broadcast!

[SiHart]

Did we watch that together then? Oh my poor addled brain!

[Anthony Williams]

We did! I distinctly remember our cheers at the Cyberman head opening up, and then again at each one of the different aliens showing up... and then our muted silence at the end as we all tried to figure out where the hell it would go from there!

[Si Hunt]

Was I there?

Si.

[Anthony Williams]

Yes!

I swear I'm not imagining this...

[Si Hunt]

Thing is Ant, you and me recorded bits of it on our own. Because we went down to the loch and took photos for the cover. Si definately wasn't there at that point. So did Si come later? Or did you come twice?

Si.

[Anthony Williams]

IIRC, I came over on the Friday night (remember that horrendous journey from Liverpool St?) and stayed over. Si and Steve then turned up on the Saturday afternoon to record further bits and pieces, and then we finished it off by watching The Pandorica Opens, before I headed back to Putney...

[brandynigma]

So, aside from Ant, the odd innuendo, and SiHunt stealing my spare pants so he could film Paul running about with them on his head, does ANYONE remember recording this story?

[Paul Monk]

and SiHunt stealing my spare pants so he could film Paul running about with them on his head,

There was some trouser swapping iirc.

[brandynigma]

There was some trouser swapping iirc.

You still haven't paid for my dry-cleaning.

[Rob McCow]

There's a lengthy sequence that Tim and I recorded for Part Two. I remember that very well! Aside from that, I vaguely remember recording some of the chanting as part of the CWAS group.

I've listened to part two and I can hear Si Hart laughing after some of Vera's lines!!!!!

Who were played the Sisterhood of Karn? And what happened to The Furry Cup of Life?

[Si Hunt]

The Si Hart snigger which you refer to I was unable to remove without the line sounding curtailed, I eventually reasoned that given the line and the subsequent one concern Vera not taking the situation seriously enough, it was quite reasonable for Vera to snigger at this point. In case you think a single second of this story wasn't analysed and agonised over!

My Mum and sister played the Sisterhood, bit of a nod to other minor rolls they both played in the past. I decided the Furry Cup Of Life was too rude and had to go. See, I do have some standards!

Si.

[Rob McCow]

Ah, yes I agree. When it's your family playing the roles, suddenly the extreme-but-hilarious innuendo doesn't seem so acceptable!

[Si Hunt]

Oh, I made my Mum say the muff reference!

I just cut it out later

Si.

[Andrew Curnow]

I liked the bit about the skiing accident! And the trip down Rob's memory lane of Tim's voices! And... well, and all of it actually, up to and including the cliffhanger!!

[Ian Lethbridge-Stewart]

I liked the bit about the skiing accident! And the trip down Rob's memory lane of Tim's voices! And... well, and all of it actually, up to and including the cliffhanger!!

Don't read if you haven;t heard episode 2 yet!!!


Yes, the thought of one of the sisterhood skiing did make me laugh!

Very funny stuff - love the cup of life being stolen and the following line said by the sister!

Also loved some of Ant Cox's lines!

Oh, and the stuff with the Master floating away - being referenced again was a bit
clever - very Steven Moffat!

Can't wait for part 3

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Giving episode 2 another spin as I clearly missed some stuff from listening whilst I was waiting for everyone to arrive at the pub...

To start with...

"Previously on Neighbours..." - cheeky so and so!

(actually I had an idea for the trailer that I didn't get time to record which would've been me saying "This week on Clear Waters" with a cod Australian accent...great minds eh?)

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Don't read if you haven;t heard episode 2 yet!!!


Yes, the thought of one of the sisterhood skiing did make me laugh!

Very funny stuff - love the cup of life being stolen and the following line said by the sister!

Also loved some of Ant Cox's lines!

Oh, and the stuff with the Master floating away - being referenced again was a bit clever - very Steven Moffat!

Can't believe I didn't immediately spot the reference to one of the most infamous PS continuity errors of all time. Brilliant stuff and loved June's "What! What! WHAT!" reaction.

I think the sapphic goings on amongst the Sisterhood are best left a bit more loosely implied without an obvious reference to furry cups which probably would have been a bit OTT so that was probably the right decision to cut. Loved Sister Mary's "bugger" - that was probably my favourite funny of the whole episode.

That said despite being a lighter episode in some respects, for those of us who are emotionally invested in the PS Audios the cliffhanger to this episode is actually a pretty big one (much more so than ep1) and if a certain character really is back then the next episode promises to be very special indeed!

[SiHart]

Life is full of surprises... and so is this story! You'll just have to wait and see what's to come.

[Rob McCow]

Ok - mega spoilers...

There was nobody deader than Nick. Even Rose never got killed by the Cybermen and transcended to a psychic level of existence! That said it was great to hear his voice again. I really didn't think he was going to be in it - I thought that Scott was going to be very disappointed!

[Si Hunt]

I'm glad that this cliffhanger provided such a surprise!

There was indeed no-one deader than Nick. But who is more powerful than the First of the Time Lords?

Si.

[Rob McCow]

What's a bridge for, eh?