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Post by Timelord007 on Aug 18, 2020 10:55:47 GMT
Simple buy them all.
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Post by Star Platinum on Aug 21, 2020 20:51:36 GMT
I’m not sure if anyone has recommended these yet, but The Big Finish for free has some full stories that are well worth taking a look.
Here is a short list.
Omega factor: From Beyond Enigma of Dorian gray Dorian Gray isolation Murder at the Abbey The Prisoner: Departure and Arrival Counter measures: Threshold War Master:Beneath The Viscoid.
Most of these are spin offs of who, but each story I’ve mentioned is excellent.
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Post by ryan on Aug 22, 2020 0:30:54 GMT
Head over to The **** ****** website and have a browse. They have average listener ratings to help you out.
It'll tell you if it's standalone or is part of an arc, too.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Sept 13, 2020 12:25:43 GMT
Buy Everything lol
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Post by Kestrel on Dec 12, 2020 17:20:20 GMT
So I probably shouldn't be doing this, given my backlog of audios, but I find myself in the mood for some Master! Maybe it's all the anticipation for next month's Masterful? Anyway, I've listened to most of the dramas included in the "Master" collection on the BF site, but not all, and a, currently eying the ones with Geoffrey Beavers in the 4DA range.
So... any recommendations for specific 4DAs, especially those with the Master? "The Evil One" has Leela on the cover, and a great title, and then there's "Requiem for the Rocket Men," which has a silly title, but also the words "John Downey" on the cover. I'm not sure what they mean, but they typically indicate a pretty great story.
And more recently theres "The Paychic Circus," which is -not- Beavers (red flag) but Dreyfuss (red flag) but also Sylvester McCoy....
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Post by grinch on Dec 12, 2020 17:22:42 GMT
The Evil One is fine, if a bit unremarkable. Reminds me a lot of a Saturday morning cartoon if I’m being honest.
I would highly recommend the two parter Requiem for the Rocket Men/Death Match though. That first part is a great tale for The Beevers Master and also develops Leela a great deal.
EDIT: Before I forget, if you haven’t already do make sure to give ‘I am the Master’ a listen sometime. It’s a Short Trip read by Geoffrey Beevers himself and it’s really, really good.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 17:37:20 GMT
I would go for UNIT:Dominion truly an experience
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 17:40:21 GMT
Then through in The Magic Mousetrap And my own personal favourite Iterations of I
And as said earlier get them all well except Exile you can give that a total miss and will have missed nothing
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Post by Kestrel on Dec 13, 2020 6:18:30 GMT
Looking at that first post here... Holy Bejeezus has my library expanded since I made this thread. I think I may just add my inventory/wishlist to a googledoc and put it in my sig, just to show off (my poor life choices). The Evil One is fine, if a bit unremarkable. Reminds me a lot of a Saturday morning cartoon if I’m being honest. I would highly recommend the two parter Requiem for the Rocket Men/Death Match though. That first part is a great tale for The Beevers Master and also develops Leela a great deal. EDIT: Before I forget, if you haven’t already do make sure to give ‘I am the Master’ a listen sometime. It’s a Short Trip read by Geoffrey Beevers himself and it’s really, really good. That's a shame. I do like the title. Requiem it is, then! It'll be my first foray into the 4DAs! Is it half a story, or is Death Match more of a sequel? Also, yes, I've listened to the short trips. I've gone through pretty much all of the Master Audios at this point, save for the ones I mentioned, and one of the EDAs. Honestly I'm really bummed that there are so few audios with Geoffrey Beevers' Master -- he leaves such a huge impression, you'd think Big Finish would use him more often. EDIT2: Got everything fixed I think, if anyone wants to take a look. Wishlist stories are in bold text and right-justified. Only ones left for me are in the Monthly Range, beyond 100. Sadly I missed the recent MR101-150 sale.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2020 6:53:15 GMT
I'm probably a bit late with my 2 cents but I would highly recommend the Dalek Empire series (and to a lesser extent the Cyberman series) if you don't mind material without the Doctor.
I recently started poking about around material I have missed (I don't normally collect The companion chronicles stuff) but I bought Solitare starring India Fisher as Charlotte in an encounter with the Celestial Toymaker. I really enjoyed that one.
The Charley/8th Doctor series is a sentimental favourite of mine, closely followed by the series with Lucie Miller.
Anything with Colin Baker is superb (but you already seem to have cottoned on that!), and Sylvester's solo Doctor material such as Valhalla and Frozen Time are two such examples. I think Peter Davison's best stories were probably the Key 2 Time ones.
I think I started collecting when there was less than 50 releases and it was mostly if not all physical copies in those days. By the late naughties I'd started cottoning on to the convenience of the digital download system.
Of course story choice or preference depends greatly on your own personal taste and I've actually been away from Big Finish for a few years now. My own interest in audio actually started through collecting the missing stories in narrated format.
Happy collecting!
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Post by Kestrel on Dec 13, 2020 7:10:26 GMT
Ahahaha, you'll never be too late! I've even (just now) added my inventory/wishlist to my signature here, just in case anyone feels like recommending me something on the fly!
My digital catalog is pretty big, but not quite everything. I don't plan on ever buying any more CDs, but way back when I started listening this summer, I was able to get a really good deal on Gallifrey 1-8 on disc, so own those. Plus several audios (like the 10DAs) that were included in Humble Bundles, and was able to borrow all of the 8DAs--none of which I listed, as I have no immediate plans to buy digital copies of any of it, but I would like to eventually.
Regarding the unfortunately-named Key 2 Time stories, do you extend your recommendation to the Companion Chronicles stories as well, or just the Main Range ones?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2020 9:58:34 GMT
They are very well written and produced but I find the format of most of the Companion Chronicles to push me out of the illusion on a regular basis. The main range/full cast dramas are my own personal choice (as well as some spin offs such as DE). Peter works really well with Sarah Sutton and of course Sylvester works best I think with Sophie. BF seemed to have 'redeemed' the character of Mel to some extent and Bonnie's stuff with Colin is very good, almost as good as his stuff with Maggie. But then again people take to some interpretations better. I'm not a Tom Baker fan at all for instance but most people love him. At the risk of starting a riot I just get the feeling he doesn't try very hard. By contrast Colin cares so much that it always comes through as 100% effort. McGann always seems to do the same but I've heard some people say he seems rushed or lazy although that might be subjective or he might have been under pressure at times to get his stuff in the can. Sylvester and Peter always solidly deliver the goods as well, and I also think David Warner makes a fantastic alternate Doctor. Actually I have listened to a couple of David and Billie stories and they are fantastic IMO. I'm not trying to upset people with my comments about Tom but that is just my opinion. He also sounds very little as he did in the 70s (that's not his fault) and of course he doesn't have the passion that Colin B and David T exhibit. I'm also not a Janet Fielding fan. I'm an Australian by birth myself but everytime I hear her voice I feel the desire to scratch my own eyes out before we even start with her often dismissive attitude of the show on the commentaries. If I was to give anyone any advice it would be to try a bit of everything; Big Finish product is always first class, mostly better than the actual show in fact
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Dec 13, 2020 10:02:45 GMT
They are very well written and produced but I find the format of most of the Companion Chronicles to push me out of the illusion on a regular basis. The main range/full cast dramas are my own personal choice (as well as some spin offs such as DE). Peter works really well with Sarah Sutton and of course Sylvester works best I think with Sophie. BF seemed to have 'redeemed' the character of Mel to some extent and Bonnie's stuff with Colin is very good, almost as good as his stuff with Maggie. But then again people take to some interpretations better. I'm not a Tom Baker fan at all for instance but most people love him. At the risk of starting a riot I just get the feeling he doesn't try very hard. By contrast Colin cares so much that it always comes through as 100% effort. McGann always seems to do the same but I've heard some people say he seems rushed or lazy although that might be subjective or he might have been under pressure at times to get his stuff in the can. Sylvester and Peter always solidly deliver the goods as well, and I also think David Warner makes a fantastic alternate Doctor. Actually I have listened to a couple of David and Billie stories and they are fantastic IMO. I'm not trying to upset people with my comments about Tom but that is just my opinion. He also sounds very little as he did in the 70s (that's not his fault) and of course he doesn't have the passion that Colin B and David T exhibit. I'm also not a Janet Fielding fan. I'm an Australian by birth myself but everytime I hear her voice I feel the desire to scratch my own eyes out before we even start with her often dismissive attitude of the show on the commentaries. If I was to give anyone any advice it would be to try a bit of everything; Big Finish product is always first class, mostly better than the actual show in fact Where about's fom Australia you from? A few years ago we had a convention here "Lords Of Time". Doctors 5,6,7,8 were here plus "Tegan" , "K9" . Janet was very appreciative after-the-fact of her time on the show, mainly from the feedback from the audios, she mentioned. With Tom, that's how he is in real life LOLZ.
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Post by Kestrel on Dec 14, 2020 5:40:58 GMT
By contrast Colin cares so much that it always comes through as 100% effort. McGann always seems to do the same but I've heard some people say he seems rushed or lazy.... I'm not trying to upset people with my comments about Tom but that is just my opinion. He also sounds very little as he did in the 70s (that's not his fault) and of course he doesn't have the passion that Colin B and David T exhibit. I'm also not a Janet Fielding fan. I'm an Australian by birth myself but everytime I hear her voice I feel the desire to scratch my own eyes out before we even start with her often dismissive attitude of the show on the commentaries. Nah, I get that. My favorite TV Doctors are not my favorite audio Doctors, and vice versa. I definitely loved Tom Baker in the TV show, but never really felt a pressing need for more of him, and while I haven't yet jumped into the 4DAs, he's popped up in a few crossover stories where... he was fine. Just fine. I haven't yet had that, "Holy shit, this Doctor is fantastic on audio and I need more!" moment that I've had with Colin Baker, Paul McGann and John Hurt. And David Warner and David Bradley. And, yeah, Colin Baker is just absolutely phenomenal. A few years ago, I wound up binging through most of Classic Who and had to stop once I got to the 6th Doctor... I don't think I even made it to the end of the first story, it was so bad. Then I listen to The Marian Conspiracy and immediately fall in love. Which reminds me, I made a promise when I first came here and it's about time I followed through.... As for McGann... I can understand why some people react that way, but I think he just takes his character very seriously and adapts his performance to whatever he feels like the Doctor's mental state warrants. And sometimes that means playing a weary, depressed, low-energy Doctor that is easy to mistake for lethargic acting. The difference, I think, is that McGann's performance is always perfectly suited to both the immediate story being told, as well as the larger context of the 8th Doctor's life--which, uniquely, is the only Doctor's life with such strong variation thanks to the fact that BF never had to adhere to the TV show's status quo.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2020 11:28:50 GMT
They are very well written and produced but I find the format of most of the Companion Chronicles to push me out of the illusion on a regular basis. The main range/full cast dramas are my own personal choice (as well as some spin offs such as DE). Peter works really well with Sarah Sutton and of course Sylvester works best I think with Sophie. BF seemed to have 'redeemed' the character of Mel to some extent and Bonnie's stuff with Colin is very good, almost as good as his stuff with Maggie. But then again people take to some interpretations better. I'm not a Tom Baker fan at all for instance but most people love him. At the risk of starting a riot I just get the feeling he doesn't try very hard. By contrast Colin cares so much that it always comes through as 100% effort. McGann always seems to do the same but I've heard some people say he seems rushed or lazy although that might be subjective or he might have been under pressure at times to get his stuff in the can. Sylvester and Peter always solidly deliver the goods as well, and I also think David Warner makes a fantastic alternate Doctor. Actually I have listened to a couple of David and Billie stories and they are fantastic IMO. I'm not trying to upset people with my comments about Tom but that is just my opinion. He also sounds very little as he did in the 70s (that's not his fault) and of course he doesn't have the passion that Colin B and David T exhibit. I'm also not a Janet Fielding fan. I'm an Australian by birth myself but everytime I hear her voice I feel the desire to scratch my own eyes out before we even start with her often dismissive attitude of the show on the commentaries. If I was to give anyone any advice it would be to try a bit of everything; Big Finish product is always first class, mostly better than the actual show in fact Where about's fom Australia you from? A few years ago we had a convention here "Lords Of Time". Doctors 5,6,7,8 were here plus "Tegan" , "K9" . Janet was very appreciative after-the-fact of her time on the show, mainly from the feedback from the audios, she mentioned. With Tom, that's how he is in real life LOLZ. I sort of lost a bit of interest in Janet back in the early 90s when in a DWM interview she described Doctor Who fandom as a 'small, arcane world.' !!! It was a shock because the other interview I had in DWM from back in 1984 was a lot more diplomatic and positive. I honestly find her DVD commentaries so negative she makes them unendurable. I'm just glad the other Doctors don't just phone it in most of the time like Tom, bless him
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Post by Kestrel on Dec 14, 2020 15:05:35 GMT
Is the fandom not a small, arcane world? It sure feels like it sometimes.
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Post by Kestrel on Jan 2, 2021 6:59:57 GMT
Okay, so there's this big Dalek Sale going on right now, which includes several 4DAs. Are any of 'em worth getting? Or, to put it another way, worth prioritizing over GTW2 and GTW3?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2021 16:25:35 GMT
Okay, so there's this big Dalek Sale going on right now, which includes several 4DAs. Are any of 'em worth getting? Or, to put it another way, worth prioritizing over GTW2 and GTW3? I personally love he Dalek Contract/Final Phase I have heard nothing of `Dalek Empire tbh and am not going to go there for a very very long time yet.Plague of the Daleks I did enjoy too...The Tom Baker one is nice as it’s the last we hear from Mary Tamm and I think the Doctors taunting of the Daleks in the final part is Toms best work against them....with their tiny little minds...works for me he is taking the Daleks seriously and their aims and showing them the futility of what they do...love it tbh
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Post by Kestrel on Jan 2, 2021 18:03:50 GMT
Thanks! I'll definitely grab Dalek Contract/Final Phase. Granted my window of knowledge is narrow, but I have not seen 4DAs go on sale very often, so I gotta make the most of this, I think. Also, I've retitled the thread, as y'all have likely noticed. I think this way it'll have more utility, and be a bit less self-serving... which was fine, I think, when I made it--new to the forum as I was--but it feels wrong when I keep returning to it to solicit additional recommendations. Eventually (not today) I'll probably further edit the opening post to be an index (what is wrong with me?) of all the titles we've recommended here. And also take that opportunity to recommend some titles of my own, that will likely come as no surprise to many of ya'.
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Post by grinch on Jan 3, 2021 12:53:20 GMT
As much as I feel the Fourth Doctor Adventures as a range is average at best, I would highly recommend Series Eight onwards. The Syndicate Masterplan story arc is a much needed change of pace for the Fourth Doctor Adventures and the Series Nine E-Space Quadrilogy probably has some of the best stories out of the entire range.
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