I am currently working my way through the large number of Big Finish Short Trips audios which I have bought over the years. Although I have listened to some of them , probably when I was binging a particular Doctor, most of them are new to me.
On the whole I am hugely enjoying the experience. The shorter format encourages writers to concentrate on the details rather than sprawling threats with galaxy sized exposition. Sure, some of them are meh, but some are absolute gems. So far my average rating for Short Trips seems to be a shade higher than that for full releases.
Thanks for the recommendation. Somewhat irritatingly, Big Finish also have a recent release named Sullivan and Cross - AWOL, so the short trip story is hard to find
I also really loved The World Beyond the Trees! Other favorites of mine are Death-Dealer, Chain Reaction, Critical Mass, A Star Is Born, A Full Life, A Heart on Both Sides, Intuition, Doctors and Dragons, The Meaning of Red, and The Lichyrwick Abomination.
(The first four of these are from the early Short Trips volumes and weren’t released separately. Those volumes are a mixed bag, but for me at least, volumes 2 and 4 would be worth it for just Critical Mass and A Star Is Born respectively.)
I listened to Battle Scars and Her Own Bootstraps yesterday. Both feature the 9th Doctor. I enjoyed both, the former for how well it deals with trauma and guilt and the latter for the way it deals with paradoxes. Nick Briggs and Jacob Dudman are both great narrators, and Dudman’s voice for Nine is wonderful.
Now that I’ve finished writing my review of ‘Solitary Confinement’, I decided I wanted to take a break before delving into the latest War Master release.
That’s why I bought two Short Trips by my favourite writer.
ERASURE! At least, if you’ve listened to Gallifrey, Erasure is theeeee greatest Short Trip ever. And even if you haven’t it probably stands alone enough because it’s basically a Fourth Doctor story. But it’s brilliant. I’ll have to have a think about others I’ve listened to, otherwise.
Oh actually, A Heart on Both Sides is brilliant too, if devastating.
A Full Life is maybe my favourite—also by Jo Lidster, too! I also love Rise and Fall, Lepidoptery for Beginners and the Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius. They all do something different and interesting with the format.
I also adore the Big Finish Short Trips books that are no longer in print—they’re chock full of wonderful stories. I’ve so many favourites from that range, and although the books are hard to find, they’re well worth it!
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