Assassination Games is set between Remembrance and Threshold—I think you can jump in without listening to any CM stuff at all. That’s certainly what I did! (Although I promise I’ll get round to CM eventually @sircarolyn !!)
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Great! Then that one goes next on my list
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Yes @nyssaoftraken is right! However I would suggest you definitely listen to Assassination Games at the very least before CM s4 because there are some plot things in s4 that really rely on knowing what happens in AG that they don’t really tell you about. Of course.
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I’ve just listened to Assassination Games! Really enjoyed it, but I think I might need another listen to get the full plot, mainly because it always takes me a bit until I’m attuned to new voices and can actually keep all characters apart. Some good turns in here, and I’ll actually continue with season one soon (ish, probably, who knows what I’ll get distracted with, but it’s on my list I promise)
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I need to give this a relisten. Really enjoyed it first time round. Though New Counter-Measures wasn’t quite as good.
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I’ve heard that a lot and it kind of makes me wary of moving into those (despite having bought them all). I love the first four series a lot.
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I will agree that NewCM doesn’t quite reach the highs of the ‘original’ but I definitely don’t think that means one should write it off altogether. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, I do love NCM. Troubled Waters and The Hollow King are two of my favourite CM episodes and Lady Clare is just brilliant 
There are weak episodes in there and I can’t say I’m a huge fan of The Movellan Manouevre/The Dalek Gambit as an ending, but if you love the gang it is worth listening to
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Its still worth listening to & I would not call it bad. Just doesn’t reach the high bar set by CM.
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@sircarolyn, you might be interested in these episodes from The Sirens of Audio podcast.
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I want to say I think I’ve listened to the Karen one, but I can’t remember. Time to listen againnnn
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