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Lhbizness · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:50 pm Post subject:

I would like to think that if a good actor was playing Steed, I would enjoy these audios. Admittedly, I do not view Steed as a character open to reinterpretation by anyone who cares to try. As many have pointed out, Macnee all but created the character out of his own background and his own mannerisms. If Wadham had succeeded in actually playing a part, rather than a caricature, perhaps I'd be interested.

I never said Wadham's wasn't a valid interpretation, however. I said it was a BAD interpretation, in my opinion.

I mean that it is now set in the minds of the fans: I doubt anyone else will try to do an adaptation of those episodes ever again. Unless, of course, the lost episodes are found and we actually get to see Macnee's Steed and not some other character.
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Alan · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:24 pm Post subject:

I can't imagine any other company having the faith in those lost episodes to even consider tackling them. They'd be making a beeline for the Steed-Peel era which is far simpler to market.

In my opinion, this was a one-off opportunity, and only Big Finish would have seen the potential.
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Lhbizness · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:59 pm Post subject:

Yes, which is why I wish I enjoyed it more/it was better.
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jaz · Have Fingers... Will Type! Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 394

I must admit I find the idea a little strange and can't quite work out how it might turn out as a comic is so visual and usually the speech bubbles contain very little text. A surprising addition but until we hear the results it would unfair to judge it.
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denis rigg · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:48 pm Post subject:

Jaz, I agree, it's really curious.
And that is what fuels the interest to new project.
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DerekD · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:48 pm Post subject:

One imagines that Big Finish will flesh the comic book stories out a little in adapting them, but who knows? Generally the quality of the BF product has got better and better over the years so I for one am hopeful.

Alan · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:57 am Post subject:

I would imagine that the comic strips will be expanded upon for audio as there's not, say, fifty minutes' worth of audio play in each comic strip story.

It will be fascinating to see how they approach this. The fact that they are also issuing the graphic novel will give everyone the chance to do their very own "script to screen" (or "comic to speaker") comparisons. Dead cool.
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Lhbizness · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:30 am Post subject:

Andrew Pixley · Have Fingers... Will Type! Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Posts: 420

I'm just delighted by the fact that the strips themselves will be published as a collection. The artwork on the strip was so stylish, colourful and vibrant and the stories are gorgeously bonkers a la the 1967 run of episodes. So pleased that this will become available again after all these years!

All the best

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DerekD · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:06 pm Post subject:

Now that they've announced three more boxed sets of Lost Episodes (the original plan was for just three), we'll clearly be into territory where no scripts for the episdoes survive. Will be very interested to see how that goes... Anyone here know anything about who is writing these?

mrs_emma_peel · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:26 pm Post subject:

For the role of Mrs Peel I would nominate two outstanding actresses for consideration. They both have marvellous broadcast voices and their work on recent BBC radio thrillers has been absolutely superb: RSC actress Lisa Dillon who played Honey Rider and Contessa Teresa (Tracy) di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg connection) in the highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 adaptations of Dr No and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Daphne Alexander who played Modesty Blaise in the excellent BBC Radio 4 adaptations of A Taste For Death and Modesty Blaise.
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dissolute · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:47 pm Post subject:

I'm as excited as a small child at Easter! Or is it that it's Easter?

This would be the book that was mooted but never delivered as part of the 50th anniversary DVD 'book' set.

I'd love to hear then adapted, I recently saw an episode of Foyle's War which had both of the current audio leads in it and they were great together; it would be interesting to see him with Mrs Peel, it might remove some of his frostiness (they can just give him a photo of a tasty, young Diana Rigg to look at while recording, that'd do the trick).

Having said that, Julian plays the stiff upper lip thing frequently, I suspect it's what he was cast for in the first place, and he does a first-rate job.
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Spaceship Dispatcher · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:44 pm Post subject:

Lisa Dillon would be a good choice. I remember her in Cranford, and I can definitely hear her voice as Emma.

Lhbizness · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:28 am Post subject:

I guess I don't particularly view the requirements of John Steed to be "stiff upper lip." Macnee has much greater warmth in his voice.
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dissolute · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:48 pm Post subject:

Yes Lauren, but he's not paying Macnee, he's playing Steed.
Every actor (and his or her director) will have his or her own interpretation of a character. I'm heard Julian imparting the twinkle in the eye in his delivery before so he's definitely capable of it - remember that Steed was much more hard-boiled in series 1 compared to the Emma Peel years.
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