Listened to a lot of audio dramas, meself. Its been a while that I listened to some of these sets, but overall, I have to say I enjoyed most of them.
Doom Coalition 3 - Pretty great. And River Song actually adds to the story, by providing the fake-face technology that allows the Doctor to go undercover on Gallifrey to find who's helping Eleven and such. The cliffhanger at the end was awesome. But, its worth buying just for Absent Friends, possibly the best Eighth Doctor audio drama since Chimes of Midnight. And I mean it complete seriously.
Doom Coalition 4 - I liked this one, as well, and again, worth just for a single story, and that's Ship in a Bottle, a great bottle episode (no pun intended, though its irresistible to do so). Overall, a great ending to what has turned out to be a fantastic run of stories, over four box-sets.
Ravenous 1 - Well, this is remarkably underwhelming after four box-sets of great stories. I liked the one with Helen and Eleven being prisoners and all, but none of the stories works as a whole lot, I'm afraid. Remarkably disappointing.
Beyond the good ol' Doctor, I actually started my second spin-off after Torchwood, the Jago & Litefoot show, with the two remarkably guests from Talons of Weng-Chiang as its stars. And it didn't disappoint... so far.
(the following I'd posted on Gallifrey Base, but I thought I'd post here too)
Series 1-2, plus The Mahogany Murders: Brilliant start, basically what I'd wanted, expected and indeed got from a J&L show. Wonderful atmosphere and of course, beautiful to hear those two fellows again after Talons (and Jalxar and Stage Fright, for myself) to operate on their own.
Series 3-4: Time travel comes to the show, and I liked the experiment as far as it went with Leela, and indeed appreciated the arc in 3, even if, in my opinion, time travel entering the show so soon, was a slight error in judgement. But the characters work so well, I was all-in. However, once Colin Baker appears, and I mean this through no fault of his, but I thought the fourth series was a step down. Not a shark-jump per se, but I felt there was a missed opportunity that I can't quite describe. Nevertheless, I loved hearing the Sixth Doctor being there with them, ALTHOUGH in my mind, its clear that it should've been Tom Baker, 100%.
The Voyage mini-season: Simply put, I love those two stories. Nothing else to say, but I genuinely enjoyed them, and I laughed at the twist at the end.
Series 5: Its very experimental, and the 1960's do threaten the verisimilitude of the show and its characters' environment, but in BF's defense, they handled it well enough. I'm just not sure did a Talons sequel have to be set a hundred years after Talons, but beyond that, I like the stories, so I appreciate the varied style for just this one season.
Series 6, plus Mind Games: Now, that's more like it. Reminiscent of the first two series but also marching forward in a good way, with the Colonel being the quintessential untrustworthy government official who works for his own ends. And I know Mind Games is not actually part of the set, given it was released along with Worlds of Doctor Who, but chronologically it can nicely be set in the middle of it, and adds a little flavor as this standard story before the epic finale (while its villain gets to be featured in the other adventures of the Worlds of Doctor Who set).
So, overall, pretty good. Looking forward to the rest of them!
Doom Coalition 3 - Pretty great. And River Song actually adds to the story, by providing the fake-face technology that allows the Doctor to go undercover on Gallifrey to find who's helping Eleven and such. The cliffhanger at the end was awesome. But, its worth buying just for Absent Friends, possibly the best Eighth Doctor audio drama since Chimes of Midnight. And I mean it complete seriously.
Doom Coalition 4 - I liked this one, as well, and again, worth just for a single story, and that's Ship in a Bottle, a great bottle episode (no pun intended, though its irresistible to do so). Overall, a great ending to what has turned out to be a fantastic run of stories, over four box-sets.
Ravenous 1 - Well, this is remarkably underwhelming after four box-sets of great stories. I liked the one with Helen and Eleven being prisoners and all, but none of the stories works as a whole lot, I'm afraid. Remarkably disappointing.
Beyond the good ol' Doctor, I actually started my second spin-off after Torchwood, the Jago & Litefoot show, with the two remarkably guests from Talons of Weng-Chiang as its stars. And it didn't disappoint... so far.
(the following I'd posted on Gallifrey Base, but I thought I'd post here too)
Series 1-2, plus The Mahogany Murders: Brilliant start, basically what I'd wanted, expected and indeed got from a J&L show. Wonderful atmosphere and of course, beautiful to hear those two fellows again after Talons (and Jalxar and Stage Fright, for myself) to operate on their own.
Series 3-4: Time travel comes to the show, and I liked the experiment as far as it went with Leela, and indeed appreciated the arc in 3, even if, in my opinion, time travel entering the show so soon, was a slight error in judgement. But the characters work so well, I was all-in. However, once Colin Baker appears, and I mean this through no fault of his, but I thought the fourth series was a step down. Not a shark-jump per se, but I felt there was a missed opportunity that I can't quite describe. Nevertheless, I loved hearing the Sixth Doctor being there with them, ALTHOUGH in my mind, its clear that it should've been Tom Baker, 100%.
The Voyage mini-season: Simply put, I love those two stories. Nothing else to say, but I genuinely enjoyed them, and I laughed at the twist at the end.
Series 5: Its very experimental, and the 1960's do threaten the verisimilitude of the show and its characters' environment, but in BF's defense, they handled it well enough. I'm just not sure did a Talons sequel have to be set a hundred years after Talons, but beyond that, I like the stories, so I appreciate the varied style for just this one season.
Series 6, plus Mind Games: Now, that's more like it. Reminiscent of the first two series but also marching forward in a good way, with the Colonel being the quintessential untrustworthy government official who works for his own ends. And I know Mind Games is not actually part of the set, given it was released along with Worlds of Doctor Who, but chronologically it can nicely be set in the middle of it, and adds a little flavor as this standard story before the epic finale (while its villain gets to be featured in the other adventures of the Worlds of Doctor Who set).
So, overall, pretty good. Looking forward to the rest of them!
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