Spinning off from another thread - what are the prerequisites for this story?
In terms of what I can think of off the top of my head (and allowing for the fact that it’s been years since I listened to most of these):
Project: Twilight
Project: Lazarus
Forty Five - The Word Lord
Arrangements for War
The Harvest
Thicker than Water (?)
All the Black and White TARDIS stories with Hex, Ace, Sally and Lysandra?
What am I missing?
This might need spoilers, but I’d say the list would be (in this order):
Project: Twilight - Introduces Cassie Schofield, the Forge, Nimrod and the first mention of “little Tommy”.
Project: Lazarus - Continues the Forge/Nimrod arc and sees the “conclusion” of the Cassie arc.
I guess you could stick Arrangements for War here because it somewhat deals with the aftermath of Lazarus for Evelyn (I’ve only listened to it once many years ago and remember no details).
The Harvest - Formally introduces Hex who starts travelling with the Doctor.
While No Man’s Land does deal with the Forge sort of, I would leave it out of the arc proper.
Forty-Five - Introduces the Word Lord. Personally I’d listen to all four stories because while The Word Lord is the most important, the others have the “forty-five” motiff that builds to The Word Lord.
The Angel of Scutari - Sees Hex try to do some good and be a nurse after Enemy of Daleks (which I wouldn’t necessarily add to the Death in the Family prereqs). Leads directly into Project: Destiny. While this also is the start of the Black and White TARDIS, I don’t think that arc is important to this particular thread. The Black and White arc is much more a prerequisite to Gods and Monsters than A Death in the Family.
Project: Destiny - Finishes the Forge and Nimrod arc and leads directly into A Death in the Family.
A Death in the Family
I haven’t heard Thicker Than Water, so I don’t know how important it is to this arc. So, my definitive list would be: Project: Twilight, Project: Lazarus, Arrangements for War, The Harvest, Forty-Five, The Angel of Scutari, Project: Destiny, A Death in the Family. Does that sound accurate @delta?
Many thanks, that’s a really useful recap 