Future audios featuring Adric and Season 19 crew?

I like Adric as a character too. He was a more realistic representation of someone in his situation, going from racketing around with a father/mentor figure to competing with a perpetual whiner for attention and having to act out just to get noticed. So like a teenager then.

I'm in agreement about a season of stories set between Keeper of Traken and Logopolis. That was possibly the best story for Adric, he wasn't a know-nothing know it all, got on well with the Doctor, the Doctor tempered his less desirable qualities and generally was a genius companion characterised well. Audios with this pairing don't have to go to Earth, it's a big wide universe out there to explore. I do feel that Tom Baker and Matthew Waterhouse would work much better together. Tom doesn't seem to have the personality he had in the early 80's and has mended enough bridges to collaborate with Lalla Ward for at least 16 hours worth of material, so surely he'd be open to the idea of working with Matthew. Matthew has come far as an actor (admitting he might not have been the easiest person to work for), and was great in the Fifth Doctor Box Set.

It's interesting, you go online and negative opinions about movies and characters are often all you read about them, then in real life or places like this you mention the same movies and characters to people and the views are a lot less critical. I was surprised on Gallifrey Base that some people liked Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, when everywhere else it's all vitriol. On one comment board about Indiana Jones recently the popular opinion was that there were only three movies.

It certainly appears Matthew has grown up as an actor since he left Doctor Who. Fandom, or at least the corners who despise Adric at least, forget that Matthew was a teenager at the time, and since when have teenagers always thought their actions through or always been emotionally stable? If I'd been in that position I'd have done things I'd be regretting now, particularly if they become anecdotes trotted out at conventions. Especially considering he was in his dream job, and under intense scrutiny. I don't believe anyone deserves the flak he's been given, especially by Peter, Janet and Sarah in DVD commentaries (as well as how Peter and Sarah talk about him in the extras for Boy That Time Forgot).

Fortunately we've seen his acting chops outside of Doctor Who, in a couple of excellent Dark Shadows roles (John Cunningham in The Creeping Fog and Andrew Cunningham in Bloodlust).

This rather good stop-motion animation here proves it could be done quite well and I'd be very interested to see what kind of Doctor/companion dynamic the two of them conjure up.

Indeed. He's great in both, particularly Bloodlust - where he won the Best Actor award, up against competition that included original TV Dark Shadows cast members.

He's a very good book reader too. As his readings of his novels and his memoirs show. (Same goes for his readings of Full Circle and The Visitation. I'm surprised he wasn't used for State of Decay.) 

Personally I would rather not have Adric back at all - whether it was the writing or the acting, the character came off poorly during his run on the show. To be honest, I wasn't impressed with the performance of Adric in the Fifth Doctor box set, I realize I am likely in the minority on this point, but for me no Adric is preferable.

Matthew's roles in Dark Shadows Bloodlust and The Fifth Doctor Box Set were a huge motivation for me to even start with Big Finish DW audios - that's probably the first Who item to actually land on my wishlist. I really like the lad and think it's stupendous for him to be reprising the role of Adric - I thought he did a fine job of it for Big Finish, too.

I'm sure I'm still desperately hoping for Matthew to turn up in one of the 4th Doctor Adventures as well as for more adventures with the 5th Doctor.

I would prefer them to change the characterization if they were to have more Adric, continuity in character progression be damned.

However the writing or acting contributed to the character, I couldn't stand him on TV. It may very well be an accurate portrayal of a teenager by a teenager, but here's the thing: teenagers are often incredibly aggravating.

Maybe the fact that he didn't have the best of times working with Lalla Ward is a part of what's holding it back?

Four and Adric would mean less of Four with his better companions. I'd mich rather have more Romana and Leela than Adric.