Emma Peel has been cast!

darren · Post by **darren** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:39 pm

http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-ave ... d-mrs-peel

OLIVIA POULET

Olivia is well known for her role in The Thick of It, in which she played regular Emma Messinger. Her other appearances include Sherlock, Reggie Perrin, Outnumbered and Without You.

Spaceship Dispatcher · Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:10 am

Thanks Darren.

I have never seen The Thick of It, but am a Sherlock fan so will have seen her there.

mrs_emma_peel · Post by **mrs_emma_peel** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 1:57 am

Excellent news.
Olivia is a very fine actress and scriptwriter who studied drama at Manchester University with Benedict Cumberbatch.
They were a couple for ten years.

I think she has a look of Rachael Stirling and the auburn hair of Diana Rigg,
which will be perfect when we're imagining Mrs Peel.
Olivia was in the Sherlock episode The Blind Banker .

Lhbizness · Post by **Lhbizness** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:21 pm

I'm sorry, that cover looks like a bad cosplay. I really am disturbed that Big Finish is going ahead with this.

jaz · Post by **jaz** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 4:03 pm

That is a terrible cover - the old guy playing Steed looks so unstylish. Like Ralpheeee Finnes his hat is too big and his suit is so wrong. Oh dear!

Purrr · Post by **Purrr** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:58 pm

cash, cash, cash, cash in...

This is unbelievable wrong ...

Probably the saddest day on this forum...

At the top of the page a tribute to the one and only John Steed, Patrick Macnee, and then this incredibly monstrous image ...

Oliva chicken, indeed

Big Fiiiiifffffffffffffffuck you!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **dissolute** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:45 pm

Should have guessed it was coming when they announced the intention to publish the Diana comics rebound into a book. I thing this is a serious misjudgement by Big Finish, but I've never been a fan of their Doctor Who extended universe stuff either. It's just fan fiction to me.

Lhbizness · Post by **Lhbizness** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:46 pm

dissolute wrote:Should have guessed it was coming when they announced the intention to publish the Diana comics rebound into a book. I thing this is a serious misjudgement by Big Finish, but I've never been a fan of their Doctor Who extended universe stuff either. It's just fan fiction to me.

That's an insult to fanfiction!

In all seriousness, though: fan fiction does not ask for money. It doesn't ask for people to pay for the privilege of seeing characters reinterpreted (or not). Big Finish is going to ask $25-30 a pop for that.

Purrr · Post by **Purrr** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:00 pm

I agree, this monstruosity is in no way fan-fiction... It is hideous...

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:16 pm

No-one is forcing anyone to buy.

My biggest gripe with the image is that Big Finish seriously need a good photographic art director. The costuming could be (much) better and the pose is laughable - not to mention that Olivia Poulet looks completely unengaged.

First impressions are important and the photo does the product no favours.

As for the product itself, I'll be reserving judgement. However, I have no qualms about the recasting of Emma Peel, at least not in principle.