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Title: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: quentincollins on August 03, 2009, 10:25:47 PM: I wonder if anybody has any thoughts on where they place Path of Fate in relation to the other DS audioplays? I put it after all the other two reader plays but before the Big Finish full cast audios.
I read a review of it on Amazon where a reviewer placed it after Return to Collinwood, which seems pretty obviously set some many years after the full cast Big Finish audios.
What do you guys think?
Lovely play, a real study of Angelique, with a real kicker of an ending.
Title: Re: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: Mark Rainey on August 04, 2009, 08:05:26 PM: Path of Fate's place in DS chronology isn't set in stone, but your assessment is pretty much spot-on. I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
Title: Re: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: The Doctor and K9 on August 06, 2009, 04:37:56 AM: I don't see how Path of Fate could be set after Return to Collinwood. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly, isn't there a mention of Elizabeth being in Europe or something?
Title: Re: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2009, 11:36:23 AM: At Big Finish, we do keep a timeline of all the dramas to coordinate the writing and continuity - even if the dramas don't make the placement of a story explicit, for the sake of good practice and consistency, it does have a fixed date.

So, with that in mind, the BF placement of The Path of Fate has it beginning in 1985 when Angelique going into hiding, with the main Quentin storyline taking place in 1990. That puts it after the full-cast audio dramas, but before Return to Collinwood.
Title: Re: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: quentincollins on August 06, 2009, 12:34:28 PM: What year are the full cast audios taking place in?
I'm guessing mid to late 70's.
Title: Re: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2009, 12:56:08 PM: Honestly, the date of the full-casts has moved a bit as we've gone along, and it still might shift, depending on where the story goes. There are some developments in the second series that will give some hints as to the approximate year, but I'm loathe to pin it down, just in case we ever decide to revise it again.
Title: Re: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: quentincollins on August 06, 2009, 04:37:56 PM: Fair enough. I understand too the need to keep the series in the "now" as it is the present for the character, whatever the date is.
But as a fanatic, I try to see the bigger picture linking the individual stories, and like to imagine how it all fits togather.
Are there more audiobooks planned after Curse of the Pharoah in addition to the full cast series? I wish we could get DS full cast and audiobboks every month like the Doctor Who range ( which I also subscribe to) but I'm grateful for every release!
Title: Re: Path of Fate audiobook timeline placement?
Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2009, 04:46:44 PM: Yes, plenty more stuff in the pipeline for the dramatic readings. Lots of things underway, so watch this space.