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The saddest line of spare parts is Father must see my uniform in the chilling mondasian cyber-voice

I’m that guy who ordered the £89 limited edition record of this story. One of my favourite pieces of fiction every produced. The Yvonne scene breaks makes me physically hurt at how upsetting it is and the tenth planet cybermen have always been the creepiest to me.

Anyone new to Big Finish should start with the content Robert Shearman wrote for them. He was the writer of Dalek in season 1 of NuWho, and his contributions to Big Finish are all spectacular. Holy Terror, Chimes of Midnight, Jubilee, Deadline and especially Scherzo are some of the best Doctor Who content ever produced, and they're fairly inexpensive unlike the newer stuff

YES! YES! MORE OF THIS PLEASE!!!

Big Finish does great work with Doctor Who audios. Some of my recommendations - based on my very limited experience with the ones on Spotify - are anything with the 8th Doctor, 'I, Davros' if you want to look into the Doctor free audio stories and either The Holy Terror or Jubilee if you want to listen to what the 6th Doctor could have been (although you may want to listen to Marrian Conspiracy before Jubilee to get a companion introduction for Evelyn Smithe)

The first 50 main range are on Spotify for free as well as the first 4th and 8th doctor series. If I had to recommend any then it would have to be I, Davros as it greatly expands on the mythos behind Davros.

Best place to start is the original run of 50 audio stories, starting with The Sirens of Time and ending with Zagreus. These feature the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Doctors and include many of the best Who ever made. It also includes the Dalek Empire arc - 4 loosely bound stories involving multiple doctors and are all excellent and the Charley arc, based around newly introduced 8th Doctor companion Charley Pollard, starting with Storm Warning. It's really worth your time to listen to Big Finish if you're pining for some Who but have grown bored of watching the show over and over again.

One simple recommendation- I, Davros. Love it.

As a fan of Fifth Doctor my introduction to Big Finish was "The Elite" and It's still one my favorite stories. But aside from this pretty personal to me episode I went ahead and also listened to Spare Parts and after that I went on Eight Doctor spree, and loved it. Many people have pointed out it has a great arc and has this transitional vibe from classic to nuwho and you SHOULD get to it sometime, it's awesome.

Well boys, we did it

Seeing Harry enjoy listening to a Big Finish Story makes me really happy! Since one of the few complaints he has is the lack narration, I wonder if he would enjoy a Missing Episode audiobook which DOES have narration I remember Harry on the Discord said that his dream Doctor Who story would be a historical set in East Asia over a long period of time, so him listening to Marco Polo’s Narrated Soundtrack would be a very good experience for him. Marco Polo is after all one of the best Doctor Who stories I have ever experienced and my favourite 1st Doctor Story

Excellent review, it is refreshing to see a review from someone who is completely new the audios giving objective analysis, as I think the fanbase has a tendency to put audios like Spare Parts on a pedestal while ignoring some of the legitimate issues that you bring up here. Just to address a couple of your main concerns in case someone else hasn't already brought it up: - Big Finish soundtracks do diversify as the ranges progress, early on they tried to adhere to the same sound design as the classic series - as you said, going for 'authenticity' over actual effectiveness, but that was mostly phased out by 2005 and modern Big Finish audios use a variety of scores - a prominent example is the other great Cyberman Big Finish audio, 'The Harvest' - Similarly to the music, Big Finish grow out of the 'look Doctor, we're stood in a room approximately four foot by six foot by eight foot with one window' and newer Big Finish audios have improved the dialogue massively to make it sound more natural with less examples of characters just stating what's going on - Big Finish audios starring old cast members will often try to avoid mentioning much about the Classic series for the benefit of those who haven't seen it - this works fine with Six, Seven and Eight but unfortunately the Fifth Doctor didn't seem to get the memo so he tends to go on about Adric a lot, especially in Cyberman stories. If you plan on doing any other Big Finish reviews, I'd recommend Jubilee, the audio drama by Robert Shearman that he used as the basis for his TV story 'Dalek' from Series 1 of the revival. I'd be interested to hear your opinions on it as someone who gives honest objective criticism.

The Big Finish story you're looking for is The War Master series. Derek Jacobi as The Master, parading around the Time War. It makes for an incredible contrast to the usual Doctor-led adventures.

Tbh, considering the absolute mess the show is in at the moment, there's no better time to get into Briggs Finish. Out of the other audios I've listened to, I'd recommend Master, Classic Doctors New Monsters, Blood of the Daleks, Davros, and Dust Breeding.

I've been getting into Big Finish the last year myself. That said, I'll name favorite stories with each Doctor: 4th Doctor: The Justice of Jaxlar 5th: Spare Parts 6th: Jubilee 7th: Project Destiny (But really you should listen to Project(s) Twilight and Lazarus first) 8th: Chimes of Midnight War: All 4 series, they're all good 10th: Time Reaver

The rich patreon has good taste

For me I started with Chimes of Midnight and then listen to Paul’s monthly adventures.

Great place to start! I'd recommend The Holy Terror, The Chimes of Midnight, The Fires of Vulcan and Phantasmagoria. Hope you start doing classic Doctor Who reviews!

In the DWM comic creatively titled "The Cybermen", the Cybermen's head-lantern-thing is implied to be a prosthetic replacement for a Silurian/Lizard King third eye. I guess Time Lords had a similar but internalized structure?

Finally getting into big finish I see. Good on you. You're in for quite some good stories. Spotify has a shit ton of 8th doctor stuff. I'd highly recommend chimes of midnight

ahahahaha that 'Techteun" cacophony killed me, man i hate that

Congrats on 100k man, you deserve it

Bu.. but you didn’t say whether it sucked

I love the audio drama my favourites are Davros / Master / The chimes of midnight. / The fearmonger / The genocide machine all available on spotify

"I must....show father my....suit"

Holy Terror, Chimes of Midnight, Scherzo, The Wrong Doctors, Bloodtide, Dr Who & The Pirates, Jubilee, 6th Doctor The Last Adventure, Omega, Davros, Master, The Master trilogy, I, Davros, pretty much all the 8th doctor audios and definitely all the war doctor audios, and war master audios, the first doctor adevntures volume 1 boxset and a lot of othe audios

man, now i really want you to review "Doctor Who And The Pirates" its a great Big Finish audio drama where the 6th doctor and his companion Evelyn, turn everything into a musical

I legit just started listening to the 8th and 10th doctor’s audio adventures and they’re so much fun. I look forward to more reviews!

Listen to the war master volumes 1+2, they are easily the best things big finish has done based on the modern show, and theyre both on sale until the 20th of sept. My biggest recommendations for big finish would be everything robert shearman has written. With the exception of the maltese penguin (which is still really good) all of his stuff is among my favorite dr who ever. If you listen to his audios and enjoy them i would also reccomend reading the short story collections he wrote, in particular "everyones just so so special".

Happy 100k mate

spare parts was my introduction too, and i remember loving it, felt like a better second half of The Doctor Falls from s10 also didn't expect it to be so graphic for an audio novel

Something that will always stick with is when the father is comforting his daughter. I'm not parent but I felt the pain he felt

💯 k subs, been here since 4,000, keep up the good work!

I'd recommend checking out the Marian Conspiracy as it introduces Evelyn Smythe who was an audio only companion with 6 and they worked so well together

If you want further recommendations, the eighth doctor audios have a nice arc to to them, as do the sixth doctor and Evelyn audios

Definitely recommend checking out the Big Finish story Live 34. It's this incredible semi-dystopian story that really makes the most of the audio format. It's based around a Radio Show and the story unfolds through that format. It's also VERY brutal and very unpredictable. Check it out, I think it will be your cup of tea.

THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE CALLED STARS

Hey Harry! Can u review life on Mars and ashes to ashes at some point?

Just listened to this for the first time a few weeks ago too, left me strangely disturbed

So excited for the end of time review and the Matt Smith era

My experience with BF has been very hit and miss, just like the TV version. Some stories are right up there with the best TV episodes while others run the gamut of extremely mediocre to outright bad. Just depends on what you're listening to.

Congrats on 100k !!

review Nekromantia, i wanna see what you think of this audio episode

One of my favourite doctor who audio dramas.

congrats on 100k

I’d recommend checking out the early adventures and companion chronicles range if you prefer narration over exposition dialogue. The sontrans is great, dalek occupation of winter, the time museum from this range. Although my favourite would have to be jubilee from all of big finish

Oh my god my name is Hartley and my aunt is called Ivon, i look forward to my free upgrade then

Welcome to the world of Big Finish, you will be addicted very soon. We all are.

Big finish is amazing. But you need understand this is 2002. They have improved heavily. Dont judge them off this

an actually competent review hahahah

Thank the gods! The rich patreon chose this one!

I'd recommend any of the stories from gallifrey big finish. I particularly love enemy lines but I'm not sure how much sense it'll make without listening to the others but i love Gallifrey big finish since it has two of my favourite classic companions in them. Ace also is in it at one point if i remember rightly but i might be wrong.

My favourite Big Finish is the 8th Doctor Adventure, Blood of the Daleks. It’s a story I would love to see be made into an actual episode in the show. It’s a great adventure albeit a simple one.

As a massive fan of Big Finish, I recommend watching Stubagful's guide for good starting points, but for my personal recommendations, I would suggest Spare Parts, Jubilee, Storm Warning, Master, The Chimes of Midnight, The Holy Terror and I, Davros (and also the two stand alone releases Davros and The Davros Mission). There are also Big Finishes that aren't like these, such as Doctor Who Unbound. If you listen to that series, listen to Deadline.

As long as you don't treat them as canon, everything'll be fine.

A haunting story, with some shocking moments. One of my favourite Big Finish releases.

I would recommend listening to any of The War Master Boxset's

This one is stellar

Genesis of the Cybermen. And, if you liked this then you should try the Erimem story arc.

the Companion Chronicles and Doctor Chronicles series are much closer to audiobooks than audio dramas, they might be better to start with if audiobooks is what you're familiar with

This story changed my fucking life lol

I first listened to storm calling and jubilee both very good

Spare Parts is amazing, but does have its flaws, and I think there are better ones. I'm sure someone has already recommended this BUT The Chimes of Midnight is generally regarded as the BEST Big Finish story. It would benefit from having listened to Storm Warning and MAYBE Sword of Orion, but my first listen of it didn't really suffer from my lack of knowledge of the 8th Doctor's companion at the time: Charlie Pollard. I haven't exactly bothered to rank my favorite Big Finish stories but some of my favorites include: Terror Firma, Jubilee, Master, Warzone/Conversion, and Creatures of Beauty. If you're into really dark shit, I can't recommend Master enough, seriously, I was shook after listening to the Master talking about smashing a newborn child.

I hope he does skyman which may one of the best stories I've heard in awhile

Hey can you do Davros next

There are good Doctor Who stories and bad Doctor Who stories. But one thing is for sure: Paul McGann's Big Finish stories slap.

YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES! DO CHIMES OF MIDNIGHT NEXT!

What the hell I just listened to Spare Parts two days ago after putting it off for so long.

I, Davros was my first Big Finish series. But Spare Parts immediately was my second.

War Master next

Why do they name it audio drama? Wouldnt "radio theater" much better?

you didn't answer the question DID IT SUCK

are theb audio drama's free and hearable outside the UK?

I wanna know what you think about the mutant phase

OH YES

Big Finish are excellent. Far better than the Doctor Who we’re getting on TV.

DID IT SUCK NO!!! it didn't 😁

Once Chibnall goes they could put big finish in charge of the show, plus Murray gold is a must

Try the 11th doctor tales

Honestly big finish is so worth it. I had kind of fallen out of love with the show (even though i do like jodie) but big finish has reignited my love for doctir who. The scale of the stories and the amazing writing is so good. Honestly most of big finish is better than classic who and moffats and chibnalls who. The stuff with david tennant is very good as is all of the modern who stuff even characters i didnt like mucb such as river and missy are so much better in big finish. However the doctor who is best on big finish is paul mcgann id definitley reccomend his first "season" from storm warning to zagreus you dont need any context, not even the movie its like a fresh start and includes some of the best doctor who stories ever made

More big finish pls

OOOOOH YES MY GUY.

I really should get bck5into big finish

When I saw the S, I already knew what it was

but did it suck?!?

I ne3eeeeeddddd more

You wanna know one that sucks? Plague of the Daleks. Starts off pretty good actually. Could have been a promising Zombie story! Felt very Return of the Living Dead-ish. ONLY to basically shaft the whole Zombie crap off to the side for a very generic Dalek plot.

A LOT of people praise this story -- but I've felt it was always a bit overrated. Like, it's not TERRIBLE; but there's WAY BETTER Big Finish stories out there.

Don't get me wrong this was great but where the hell is the end of time review

Spare parts was also my first experience and Davros (6th doctor story) which I highly recommend because it expands the lore of davros and the Daleks amazingly and there is some dark themes for doctor who I won't spoil. I would love these two stories to be animated so a larger audience can watch them and it would make it easier to go back to. Listen to the opening monologue from davros and your sold kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5ugeK1q0t3FpX0.html

More of chibby stealing other people work and making it 100x worse

Congrats on 100k!!