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: https://averylychee.neocities.org/doctor-who/audio-guide/

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.

(previous thread, detailing some stuff about the page I made (but not really anything about the dramas: https://computerfairi.es/@lizardsquid/101256753376045184 )

I'll be making updates less frequently in this thread as I do in my thread about the Classic TV show: https://computerfairi.es/@lizardsquid/101174440879945890

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.

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."

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?

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.

https://averylychee.neocities.org/doctor-who/audio-guide/

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...

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

https://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? http://www.crossovers.org/doctor-who/

I like them, but.... no

...or, maybe I should?

now I don't know...

I've noticed a trend in the early Big Finish dramas: the 5th Doctor Stories center around ghosts or spirits.

Phantasmagoria involved a ghost vacuuming people up in 1700s london.

The Land of the Dead involves First Nations beliefs about the spirts of the land causing ancient creatures to wake up from hibernation.

(Red Dawn wasn't about ghosts or spirits.)

Winter for the Adept features a poltergeist haunting a school.

Until the 7th of January, there's a sale on at big finish!

Go to https://www.bigfinish.com/offers/v/bigfinishmas18

and enter the code KRAMPUS, and it will give you access to a number of audio dramas for sale for much cheaper than usual.

I got
• Gallifrey Series 1
• Night of the Stormcrow (a 4th Doctor Bonus release)
• Trial of the Valeyard (a 6th Doctor Bonus release)
• The Beast of Kravenos (a 4th Doctor Adventure)
for only $13
(instead of the $42 it would have cost me otherwise)