aaaaaaaaa I love when audio dramas stamp all over my heart <3 maybe one to avoid listening to in public then! I literally had to stop what I was doing in the workshop to go 
at the end of Gods and Monsters haha
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omg i bet youll love this one then lol. before i started it i was thinking to myself āif theres a conversation where [SPOILER] its going to ruin meā and then there was and it was fantastic
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I absolutely love seeing peopleās first reactions to Protect and Survive, its a very good audio.
Seeing as others are saying their personal fave audios Iāll post a few of mine (you might notice a trend):
Arrangements for War
Thicker Than Water
A Death in the Family
The Secret History
Subterfuge
The Two Masters
The Last
I love all of these audios but especially ADitF, that one destroyed me in all the right ways
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Finished the Divergent Universe arc, definitely a mixed bag. I donāt have much to say, so Iāll keep things short:
Scherzo - instant classic. 4 stars
Creed of the Kromon - Phillip, why? 0.5 stars
The Natural History of Fear - everyone clearly had fun on this one, and so did I. 4 stars
The Twilight Kingdom - it exists. 1.5 stars
Faith Stealer - in one ear and out the other (granted, I was in the middle of being discharged from hospital when I listened to this one, so I might not have given it a fair chance. Iām not in a hurry to relisten to it though). 1.5 stars
The Last - Wannabe Warriorās Gate. Cool atmosphere but way too long. 1.5 stars
Caedroia - simple fun. 3 stars
The Next Life - I liked having a six parter for a change, but itās way too exposition heavy and the TARDIS trio barely contribute anything. Zagreus handled its lore dumping better. 2.5 stars
Next up, Iāll be finishing off my 7, Ace and Hex stories (Angel of Scutari - Lurkers at Sunlightās Edge).
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Im currently making my way through the Divergent Universe arc as well. Scherzo is a perfect 10/10 for me but I agree that Kromon is pretty bad. I havenāt listened to the rest yet, thereās just too much other stuff getting in my way 
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lmao yeah, unfortunately I donāt have anything nicer to say than this either. The Divergent Universe isā¦ fine. But I donāt really rate Charley, and poor CāRizz is inconsistent at best, and the Kromon isā¦ well, yeah. So not a lot about that arc works for me, alas
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I just finished the Burning Prince trilogy, and I found them to be okay. The first story was definitely the best and the last one was fun, and the middle one was kind of boring, to be kind to it. Not a trilogy I particularly want to repeat tbh. But the fact that Vienna Salvatori showed up in the last one took me by surprise - I was aware vaguely of her spinoff series but I didnāt realise she was a MR original (tbh I didnāt realise she was from the whoniverse at all 
)
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Thatās one I never got around to. A large chunk of the later half of the Main Range are ones I havenāt gotten around to.
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Same, this is partly why Iām doing them in order because I had scatteredly listened to most of the first 100 in the past, but Iām well into unknown territory now, which is fun. My next milestone will be The Assassination Games because thatās the next one Iāve already listened to (and love!!)
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Oh mood. Finally listened to it in late 2021, after 8 years of seeing it hyped up (and memed) so much on tumblr and felt So Disappointed at the long convoluted mess it ended up being. Especially after the masterpiece that is Neverland.
That saying though, definitely enjoyed it a lot more on the second listen, without the baggage of those expectations colouring it (plus I was still procrastinating on listening to Scherzo, even after putting it off/falling off the dr who train for 2 years lol)
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Finished the Hector arc and alas the main adventures with Hex. The trilogy was mainly a dissapointment in everything that had to do with Hector. Briging back Hex as a different person was a very interesting premise, especially seeing how they barely any similarities but the fudge all of that and what is worse the waste Philip Olivier. Heās perfomance as Hector is strong but itās ruined by the writing. For something like this should have left him dead Itās not all bad, they gave Hex half a decent ending and the final scene itās kinda moving.
To remove some of the bat taste i listened to Muse of Fire, an absolute blast and something i see myself relistening quite a lot. It features the return of Iris Wildthyme in the Main Range and sheās the clear standout, with a terrific perfomance of Katy Manning. Great characters and great performances all around.
I aslo listened to the last stories with Erimem which also sees the ending of the stories Peri with 5th. At least in MR. I liked them all and Erimem has a satisfaying ending. Iām not sad but i will certainly miss her. They were a powerful team that lifted whatever they were in.
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Iām rapidly approaching the Hector stories and I am a little dubious because the end of Gods and Monsters was so good. But I will see when I get there I guess.
Muse of Fire is a classicccc and I also felt Erimemās end was strong, I thought she was a very strong character even if she didnāt always have the best stories.
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Itās a pity that she didnāt got to come back. The end very obviously serves for a comeback. I donāt even know if she was ever mentioned again, certainly not in the Doctor and Periās stories iāve listened and iāve listened to a LOT.
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Erimem has been quietly forgotten at BF I think partly because they got a bit uncomfortable having a character of ācolourā being played by a white actress (including using her on cover illustrations). I also believe she wasnāt as popular with Briggs as she was with Gary Russell so her time at the company got curtailed somewhat when Briggs took over.
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It really is a shame as she was such a great character.
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Listened to The Wrong Doctors in the workshop today, and it completely lifted my bad mood. I love it when BF does stories that are genuinely fun, and this was definitely one of them.
And I suppose I ought to start advertising my reviews a little better if I want the badges, so I have been reviewing my MR listen since about Gods and Monsters, and this is the latest one!
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I understand all that, it was definitely an unfortunate thing but i loved her all the same. Iād take at least one little mention, a breadcrum.
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Managed to get through a hearty chunk of MR stories this week (which means I am woefully behind on reviews), but I must say Iāve been enjoying this stretch! The little trio of Six stories were all delightful; I was pleased to find that I didnāt find any of the three Five stories boring and I particularly enjoyed the Lady of Mercia; and Iāve just started the next Klein trilogy, and sheās always fun (even if I had to tardiswiki her bc I forgot what happened in the last one)
AND Iām only like four away from The Assassination Games!!! Countermeasures gang I love you <3
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Wayyy behind on writing these, but here are my reviews for the other two Six stories of the trio!
Only five more to go
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Listened to Fanfare for the Common Men today - 10/10, no notes. Just what I needed today!
Iāve also listened to the last (?) Klein trilogy this week, and I have to say it was deeply not my favourite. I found Persuasion and Starlight Robbery to be pretty underwhelming if Iām honest, and I wanted to like Will Arrowsmithā¦ but I didnāt. Sorry Will, but you were like an irritating Osgood in a bad way.
Daleks Among Us I enjoyed a little more - I hate to say this but Klein is way more interesting when sheās a Nazi (or adjacent). Her being in UNIT just made her a kind of boring goody-two-shoes, and of course I donāt want her to be a Nazi, but she at least had some interesting dimensions in her previous stories. And DAU at least did something a little more interesting on that front.
And Iām only two away from my Counter-Measures gang!!! (can you tell Iām excited 
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