[Doctor Who] audio dramas — intro 

There are a lot of Doctor Who audio dramas, and it's somewhat overwhelming to figure out where to start.

So I'm making a guide: averylychee.neocities.org/doct

It contains some advice, as well as a complete list of every audio drama, in a "Natural Listening Order".

As I listen through the audio dramas myself, I'll be providing a simple indication of which ones are really good and which ones aren't.

[Doctor Who] audio dramas — other threads 

(previous thread, detailing some stuff about the page I made (but not really anything about the dramas: computerfairi.es/@lizardsquid/ )

I'll be making updates less frequently in this thread as I do in my thread about the Classic TV show: computerfairi.es/@lizardsquid/

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The Genocide Machine is the first audio drama to be kinda disappointing – the first 3 parts are fine, but once the last part starts, you already know how it's going to end and you're just waiting for it to happen.

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I still need to track down copies of the old BBC radio dramas:

* Doctor Who and the Pescatons
* Exploration Earth
* Slipback
* The Paradise of Death
* The Ghosts of N-Space

I'm particularly interested to listen to the Pescatons, because the story was "unusual for its depiction of a genocide devised and led by Sarah and the Doctor, without either character displaying even a tinge of remorse."

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The BBC can't possibly be making a profit off any of these, can they? Why aren't they in the Public Domain, or on a collection disc?

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I've updated the webpage: it now has a button that hides the reviews, in case you want to just use my guide as a listening order and not have my opinions prejudice you.

averylychee.neocities.org/doct

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hmm, I started listening to one of the BBV not-really-cannon audio dramas, and it's quite good... maybe I *should* add the non-cannon ones to the guide...

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I've decided to follow the same rules as the tardis wiki:

tardis.wikia.com/wiki/T:CAN

So the unlicensed BBV audio dramas that feature The Professor (Sylvester Mccoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) won't be in the guide.

I'm mostly doing this because if I need to draw a line somewhere, otherwise where do I stop?

For example, should I put the Doctor Who Crossover Adventures (featuring Discworld and Xena characters) in the guide? crossovers.org/doctor-who/

I like them, but.... no

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@beadsland ::P
the crossovers are actually the first doctor who audio dramas I listened to, many years ago

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@lizardsquid How have I never known of these?

In other news, it should be kept in mind that BBV has a sordid backstory, its spearhead having been plying a pretty shady venture under the guise of fan art, despite repeated cease and desist efforts by the Beeb (who he sought to suggest affiliation with--"BBV" indeed"). Fellow's effectively blacklisted from other productions thereafter.

So perhaps not the best benchmark to establish canonicity of other works.

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@lizardsquid Oh, yay!

I just went hunting for enough info to dredge up Dominique Boles's "Doctor Who Reference Guide" on the WayBackMachine, only to find the site is back up. I thought it had been permanently retired!

drwhoguide.com/who.htm

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@beadsland I knew BBV was definitely skirting the lines of copyright law, but I didn't realise it was *actually* shady

And yeah, the reference guide went down for a while, and then suddenly re-appeared

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