Naturally with Thirteen’s first Big Finish one still to come (although feel free to include Redacted if you like) and Fourteen and Fifteen not having had any yet, they can sit this out but I was idly wondering what my favourite full cast audio story for each Doctor would be and needed to jot them down.
Then thought where better to jot them down than here? Interested to see other people’s.
(Merge this into an existing topic if needed, I did have a cursory glance and couldn’t see one, sorry if I missed it).
Fugitive Doctor
Coda
She’s only had 3 of her own and I was tempted to put The Legend of Baba Yaga, my favourite of those 3, but at the last minute plumped for this one. It’s more fun than any of her other appearances I think. That isn’t to say I don’t like her other appearances, I do. Even love some of them but I wouldn’t call any of them fun. This one is, and it suits her.
First Doctor
The Last of the Romanovs
While I’m one of those who likes Stephen Noonan as the First Doctor, Bradley’s range was a lot more consistent in story terms. This one was my personal favourite because I love me a First Doctor historical and am fascinated by the story of the Romanovs.
Second Doctor
Operation Werewolf
The current range of Season 6B with older Jamie and older Zoe is leaving me cold but this Lost Story with them as they were on TV takes the crown as best Second Doctor full-cast audio for me.
Third Doctor
Intelligence for War
I’ve changed about. I might have said The Annihilators an hour ago or an hour from now but I think it’s this one right now. Daisy Ashford is so good as Liz and fleshing out Season 7 with more stories has proven quite fruitful, with the exception of the rare miss in Brain Drain. I’d say this one is the strongest of them so far.
Fourth Doctor
Night of the Vashta Nerada
I’ve heard some of his own range but not loads so I’m sure there are some classics within but I think my favourite of his that I’ve heard is from Classic Doctors New Monsters. It’s paced really well and even though it does set up the Eighth Doctor sequel, it stands on its own really well too.
Fifth Doctor
The Kingmaker
Spare Parts is very good but (say it quietly) I’ve never found it quite as good as its reputation. Hooklight is a recent contender but I think I have to give it to The Kingmaker. Some audios, the first time I heard them, just stayed with me and this is one of them. Love it.
Sixth Doctor
The Holy Terror
This is another. Just an utterly fantastic listening experience.
Seventh Doctor
Master
Gives Sylvester stuff to do he had never been given before and hasn’t been given since. Beevers is astonishing and I’d say this might well be in my top 5 stories of all Doctor Who.
Eighth Doctor
The Chimes of Midnight
It might be cliche but I can’t put anything else. McGann has a large number of classics among his Big Finish output but deep down I think this is still the best. Honourable mentions to Neverland, Scherzo, A Life in the Day, The Red Lady and Ship in a Bottle though.
War Doctor
He Who Fights with Monsters
Ok, this is a boxset but it’s a 3-part story for me, as some of the War Doctor’s sets are. This remains my favourite War Doctor story of all, nonchalantly knocking The Neverwhen off the top spot when it was released.
Ninth Doctor
Auld Lang Syne
So great that we have some now. I found Eccleston’s range more consistent than many did and liked a great deal more than I didn’t but this one is definitely my favourite.
Tenth Doctor
Death and the Queen
Almost tempted to cite Dalek Universe as a 9-parter but that’d be cheating. This one is a really unusual story for the Tenth Doctor to be in but it works really well.
Eleventh Doctor
Broken Hearts
To think we almost never got this one at all! A fairly last minute addition to the Valarie series and not only one that was absolutely needed, but also it turned out to be the strongest of the run in my opinion.
Twelfth Doctor
Split Second
Regrettably here, favourite doesn’t necessarily mean ‘great’ and full-cast Twelfth Doctor audios are slim pickings. Dudman does ok actually, better than I’d expected after reading reviews but the stories aren’t stellar. This one works the best for me I think. But I did have to really think. If I can cheat and have Regeneration Impossible, because even though it’s Dudman going solo it’s still presented as if it’s dialogue rather than prose, then I’d have Regeneration Impossible.
So cool that we have options for most Doctors to be honest and super exciting we get to add Jodie very soon!
