Doctor Who Audios-- BBC7: Max Warp

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Oh, I liked this one a lot. Best outing for Eight and Lucie yet :) A murder mystery with a great guest cast and a parody of "Car Talk" meets Howard Stern. I suppose "Top Gear" is a Brit show I'm not familiar with, but I think I got the gist. Very fun! And, oh my, I loved the last conversation between the Doctor and Lucie so, so much, that I have to repeat it here. You're missing out on the spot-on comedic timing in print, with the Doctor so earnest about his ship, and Lucie teasing him so relentlessly and eeee, this last bit just made me love this TARDIS team like you wouldn't believe!


"You know for all these spaceships being all sleek and powerful, and having hyperion boosters and whatnot, I think I prefer the TARDIS."

"Really?"

"I mean, it can go anywhere in time and space, that's gotta count for something."

"True."

"And it's bigger on the inside, which is handy if you've got loads of stuff and you need somewhere to put it."

"Absolutely, very good point!"

"But you know what I like most about it?"

"No, go on."

"It's a really nice shade of blue."

"Get in."

"What'd you say it stood for again? Time and Relative Dimensions..."

"Yeees--"

"Time and Relative Dimensions... in Shed."

"Th-- that is not what it stands for--"

"Yes it does. It's a shed."


OMG Lucie Miller you are awesomesauce!

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OK, first thing: you MUST watch Top Gear (http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear). Sure, Jeremy Clarkson might irritate the heck out of you (he certainly does for a lot of people, but then it's mostly about his politics and his being un-PC, and I think most people are secure enough in their own beliefs that no matter how outrageous he gets it doesn't diminish the fun -- oh dear that sentence ran away from me) but what makes that show truly fun is not so much the fabulous cars nor the crazy stunts, but it's the brilliant chemistry between the three presenters that is so patently real -- they're great friends, and it's very obvious even when they're taking the piss out of each other. You don't need to know anything about cars to enjoy the show. I've been watching for quite a while, and I'm STILL clueless about them. :D

And this was why I was waiting so eagerly for this audio -- because it was Top Gear In Space (and lo, it made me listen to the CD extras). And I do like that Max Warp was so clearly modelled after TG, but that there were still differences between Geoffrey Vantage, O'Reilly, and Timbo over their real-life counterparts. Although I do object slightly to O'Reilly -- James May is much more "dry" and "low-key in a vaguely-couldn't-care-less way" than "diffident".

(Yes, I may have just outed myself as a James May fan. :D)

Anyway, other than that, this audio was also very enjoyable because of the easy comfortable rapport between Eight and Lucie by this time -- a long way from Blood of the Daleks, Part 1 where Eight was so prickly, and even from Human Resources, Part 2 where there was still an element of distrust between the two of them. Here in Max Warp Lucie takes the piss out of Eight quite a few times (heehee, "mid-life crisis" and "boys with their toys" and oooh the TARDIS oh no she di'int :P) and it's all good-natured fun. I also really enjoyed Eight being a spaceship fanboy and being horrified at the Funky Board :D

This is possibly my most favorite line in the whole audio, mainly because of how Paul McGann says it: "Do I want to send an 'Error' report -- NO!"

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The extras were fun too. I like how they were trying to pick a really obscure accent for Katerina to do, and the one producer (I think) was like, "Oh, her mum's from up there! That's an easy one for her to do!" lol. Britain must have much more variety in regional accents than the US; I guess people also pay more attention over there because of class issues too.

"Do I want to send an 'Error' report -- NO!"

ha! Yeah, and I like how they repeated it with the Sponge-bob ambassador too! :)

I will have to check out Top Gear-- seems like something D might like too :)

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Like PMG, I too am envious of people who can do voices.

Yeah, and I like how they repeated it with the Sponge-bob ambassador too! :)

Oh, that's right! *LOLs*

I will have to check out Top Gear-- seems like something D might like too :)

YAY! I recommend the Botswana episode (http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series10episode4.shtml) from the most recent series to start with :D