Your most contrary audio opinion

The Chimes of Midnight, A Death in The Family tend to come out as the most highly rated audios, whereas Nekromanteia seems to be considered the worst - main/monthly range anyway.

Just interested are there any audios where you opinion is quite polar to the general concenus? Do you feel people are missing something or ignoring something?

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The War Master series is not all thatā€¦
Actually I find it rather dull, even after listening to four seasons of itā€¦

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Jubilee and Scherzo are overrated and I found them rather disappointing to listen to after seeing all the hype

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I enjoyed both, but not listened to them since they came out. I do think thing never live upto the hype though.

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Iā€™ve only listened to the first set, but I do sorta agree. Iā€™ll get around to some others eventually and maybe change my opinion some but for me I think the big problem is just that the best part of the Master as a character is their relationship with the Doctor so Iā€™m not super interested in them on their own, especially for an incarnation that I donā€™t have any real attachment to from the show. Jacobi is, of course, absolutely wonderful in the role, itā€™s just not a series that really grips me.

My other controversial opinion is that I donā€™t think Ravagers remotely deserves the hate that it gets. Itā€™s not a top-tier story but I think itā€™s solid and I enjoy starting the range with a fully connected set like that.

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Oh boy. I will make a list :laughing:

  • Stranded was really bad. Like unbearably got the characters all wrong and made no sense bad
  • The Benny ā€˜Adventure is my Nameā€™ theme is GOOD actually
  • Spare Parts is wayyy overrated, part 4 is boring
  • Gallifrey: Time War was also good, if a little all over the place
  • Dark Eyes wasnā€™t all that either; the first set was good but the rest of it got confusing
  • I donā€™t actually hate Jason Kane
  • Zagreus is genuinely good actually
  • Lucie Miller > Charley Pollard, though the highs and lows of the Charley run are higher and lower than anything in the Lucie run

thatā€™s all for now :slight_smile: though I probably have more :sweat_smile:

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Iā€™ve found that in listening to more 9th Doctors I long for the Ravagers days, again not heard it since it came out though.

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The Natural History of Fear is particularly overrated.

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Couldnā€™t agree more. Strandedā€™s generally confusing. I never got it the first time around, and only 70% on relisten.

Adventure is my Name is my favourite Benny theme! Canā€™t get enough of it. I have it cut out from one audio and put it in my phone (along with the first theme of Gallifrey).

I think we get disappointed from an ā€˜overrated storyā€™ because of the hype. Thatā€™s whatā€™s happening in our Audio Club Extra now. When you anticipate a 4.5/5 or 5/5 story, anything below that is a disappointment.

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I would say it ranks above ā€œThereā€™s Always a Twist at the Endā€ but below ā€œIā€™ve got a dogā€ā€¦

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  • The Wormery is one of the best Doctor Who stories and no-one can prove me wrong!
  • Davros isā€¦ fine. Itā€™s a pretty good story. But itā€™s not the incredible character piece it was hyped up to be (I, Davros, howeverā€¦ :star_struck:)
  • The audio Short Trips are nowhere near as good as the Short Trip books!
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Iā€™ve mentioned on here before, but Iā€™m really not a fan of the Lucie Miller range. Thereā€™s a handful of good episodes, but not nearly enough to save it. Season 4 is mostly good, until the finale

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Oh yeah, i think the entirety of Season 1 from Blood of the Daleks until Human Resources are all a 6/10, with only Phobos being a little bit better. Season 2 gets a little more experimental with more ups and downs, with the Zygon episode being actually quite good but itā€™s generally still all a bit in the middle for me.

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Is that one controversial? I really like Zagreus, and I thought that was a common viewpoint.

My most controversial opinion is probably that I didnā€™t care for Broken. Iā€™m not really a fan of Ianto or Jack, and I canā€™t take Cyberwoman seriously, so it doesnā€™t do anything for me.

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Jackie Tyler should show up in more things actually, sheā€™s a funny character and Camille Coduri is a delight in everything Iā€™ve heard/seen her in

(Half joking but also definitely not completely)

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I donā€™t know the story with her and Lady Christina in ā€œOnce and Futureā€ was pretty badā€¦

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Ah but you see, Iā€™ve not listened to it, so it doesnā€™t exist /j

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I actually quite like that oneā€¦ I thought the adventure was fun enough and the idea of someone being scared of going insane and becoming evil in the future being what leads to them doing evil was relatively compelling.

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I like it too but itā€™s generally not considered to be the best - overlong and the Doctors not being the Doctor for most of it (which is one of the bits I love about it. I love all the regulars playing different roles).

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I enjoyed Zagreus, I think the great build up to Neverland and Neverland itself was great, but Zagreus was a bit long and slow.

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