The Fifth Doctor Box Set (Spoilers)

First off, thank you guys for the recommendation.
Since I took the day off, I started listening to this outside in the sunshine (dozing off every now and then because I pulled basically an all- nighter for some weird reason involving some stupid TV show).
Weeelll...
I am now in part 3 of the second story.
The box set is certainly not bad. But I just do not find it very gripping, either. The whole thing about numbers and mathematics goes right over my head (I am not very good at maths and abstract thinking). I find Adric annoying (have only seen Earthshock of his TV episodes so far but have heard that people are not very fond of him in general).
As for creepiness- while both stories are very atmospheric, and Iterations of I certainly has its moments, it certainly is not the creepiest 5th Doctor episode- Aquitaine and Spare Parts are ahead there.
So, well, this certainly was not wasted money getting this, but it does not really score as one of my favorites.
Maybe it is just me and I am just not clicking with the 5th Doctor. Certainly a possibility.

I think some of us are fond of Adric, I certainly am, and am quite thrilled to hear him in Big Finish stories. I'm not at all good at math but to me Adric was refreshing and inspiring for being a young person eager to excel at something besides the athletics that were probably disproportionally emphasized in our schools. Possibly you might connect better if you got to see more of the TV episodes? Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan debuting as Fourth Doctor companions probably helped to sell me on them, and them being there helped to sell me on the Fifth Doctor, which was very tough at first because he seemed so much different that the Fourth Doctor.

It also helped sell me on the Fifth Doctor when his Full TARDIS team started behaving a little like siblings, and The Doctor started to seem fatherly, even having basically a "father and son" talk with Adric. I thought that was very fitting and I think that's become some fundamental part of the way I think of the Fifth Doctor, just as it is to think of the Fourth Doctor as a "Bohemian" sort. No wonder Five is more down to earth, he has parental responsibilities. :-) One never knows what they'll stumble across that helps cement a sense of liking for, or connection, with characters.

Tastes may vary greatly of course, but for what it's worth some of my favorite Fifth Doctor stories aside from those with Adric are the Stockbridge Trilogy (127-129) and the E-Space Trilogy (195-197) - if nothing else just for being lengthy adventures that go interesting places and are good for hours and hours of listening, but I do very much like the stories themselves. I'd have to count myself among those much impressed by Son of the Dragon, and also 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men is lot of fun for being something different.

I can have times where things don't click though, I absolutely adore Five through Seven but at the minute, none of their stories seem to sound quite as enticing to me as a lot of other things since they're most of what I've listened to the past three years. Probably won't last long but suddenly there seems to be no end to the number of Eight Doctor stories I'd prefer to hear. :-) 

This thread prompted me to look up my old Cultbox review - I enjoyed Psychodrome, but really went for Iterations of I. Might have to slide this back onto my phone for a relisten.

It's difficult to recall a time, but BF persuading Matthew Waterhouse to reprise Adric was a big deal at the time! Amazing to think that, a mere four years on his made multiple appearances and is even set to appear with Tom and Lalla in the 4DAs... something I thought would never happen.

Just finished a relisten to Psychodrome today and it was excellent.

Matthew Waterhouse sounds great as Adric and a special shout out to the actor who played (Prince) Eradus (?) - if there is a nastier medieval-esq voice and performance out there I've not heard it.

Love the synths from Fool Circle Productions too, a really hugh quality production.