Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures

Two episodes in right now. Enjoying every minute of it!

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I might get round to it too, there’s not too much is there? I didn’t like Charley with 8 maybe I’ll like her with 6. Still don’t understand how that works either :sob:

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I liked her with Six a lot more actually, I thought their dynamic was a lot more interesting than Charley and Eight, and wuitea lot of their stories are very solid

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I’ll be the dissenting voice. I thought the Six and Charley audios ranged from poor to middling, but I say this with the disclaimer that I’ve never listened to her with Eight (but the way her arc is set up with Six, I doubt you really need to listen to her ā€œbackstoryā€).

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I’ll join you. I love Charley, but I found the Charley/Six arc a bit frustrating and I wasn’t a fan of that final trilogy at all. There’s a couple of good ones in the run but nothing I’d write home about.

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I’ve been really enjoying these so far
It’s such a lucky dip.
Six and Evelyn & Eight and Charley are such a joy.
Feel like Five gets the worst stories so far.
It’s really made me appreciate Six and Seven a lot more. (That and going through classic who properly!)

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Getting back to it with Tartarus. I don’t know why, but I went into this one with low expectations and was pleased when they were surpassed. Happily, despite the larger cast, I felt all the characters were well served and I was not bored at any point

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Be aware that the Marc arc wraps up in a boxset after the Main Range ended.

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Of course it does :roll_eyes: I’ll look out for that if I get attached to him!

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Thankfully it’s just one: The Lost Resort and Other Stories.

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I have opinions TM about this story arc, but tbf they are mostly positive. If the biggest complain I have is ā€œI wanted moreā€, I call that a great day

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These 20 left then I’ll have done the first 50! Got to say, bar a few standouts, I’m not caring much for this range at the moment.

I was reading through an old thread regarding the move from the monthlies to boxsets and I must say I prefer the boxset approach. The monthlies when I got into BF in 2015 was just far too overwhelming in quantity, and remains as such even now. Boxsets on the other hand, granted there’s less for these Doctors, are just way more approachable.

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If I am totally honest with you, the range gets a lot better and more consistent after 50. My favourite stretch was 100-150, there were lots of hits in there. Of course, there are a lot of stories and there are ups and downs, but I have found it rewarding to go through them all.

I also find it funny how you feel about boxsets because I am the exact opposite - I like that these are contained, single stories that you could listen to any of in any order. Goes to show, there’s something in BF for everyone

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Relatively speaking though that’s the same for most of the classic Doctors boxsets thus far no? Bar the Hebe arc.

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I’ve officially done 60 MR stories!! Its mostly 8, as of recent some early ones, then some really later ones that I just picked up for various reasons :sob:



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Just another 215 to go :squinting_face_with_tongue:

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Now thinking about it, I’m surprised they didn’t release a special edition book for Zagreus considering how famous it is in the fandom.

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22 episodes in for me,
I like the lucky did aspect of it compared to a boxset.
Charley and Evelyn have been fun original characters. I’m excited to move forward with 8’s stuff.

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True!! There is that aspect. I’m skipping the 8 ones as I did them 5 years ago even though I don’t remember them much.

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Uh oh…

/j

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