Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@jaycie yay!

Good morning

@skelltan I will be putting a "required listening" notice in my guide on dramas that require other stuff first, but I've yet to come across much like that.

@skelltan I looked up Black and White, and it does sound very confusing if you lose track of things...

@skelltan (and perhaps that will change when it gets as confusing as you imply it does)

@skelltan it sounds like you're 10 years ahead of me, so it'll take a little while!

I think a difference between us is I don't really think about "where I'm up to with the 7th Doctor" as being distinct from "where I'm up to with the releases in general."

Perhaps that would change if I took a big break from stuff?

@skelltan I mean, this is why my order sticks as close to release order as possible – the character development happens at the same pace as you.

But this is kind of my own completionist mindset – I want to listen to everything and I want to listen to it all in order, I don't really want to select a release, and then try and listen to all the potential backstory for that release, I want to have already heard the backstory.

@skelltan that's true – I had taken the stance that stuff like River Song and the War Master showing up in UNIT as being like "as long as you know who this other character is, you'll be fine following this story", but I don't know how true that is because I haven't heard those yet.

Could "a story with the Master in it" really requrie much more context than "the Master is in it"?

@skelltan I'm not that far yet, but I can definitely understand not wanting to retread stuff you've already heard!

@skelltan I'm hoping that the ordering that I've come up with would help with that kind of thing!

But I can't say for sure, because I'm still listening to the early stuff.

I've heard that some of their more recent stuff (from the past couple of years-ish) has been trying to be a bit more standalone, so you can listen without needing all the background context.

I've spent most of today rewriting the recommendations for new listeners section, and now I'm slowly going through the guide and rewriting most of the text explaining the segments.

I *feel* like I'm improving things, but I don't know if I am actually improving things, or if I'm just enjoying shuffling words around.

@amic sleep well!