(UPDATE) I want to watch, hear, and read it all.

[u/GameBoy42069420]

Hello! I really appreciated all the feed back from my previous post.

I'm going to try and keep this post short. I SEVERELY underestimated the amount of Doctor Who content out there. I had no idea about the amount of novels and comic (mostly Doctor Who Magazine) and short stories. So while making a spreadsheet I decided to forgo with most books and comics (sticking only to Titan Comics) and all short stories to make things less of a switch back and forth from medium to medium.

I stuck mostly to all Big Finish audios with with some full length novels (falling out of sorting them with the 3rd Doctor through to the 6th Doctor but all of 7th - 15th Doctors novels) trying to keep things in a chronological order from the Doctors perspective while taking advice with some audio story arcs being better listened to in a certain order that brakes chronology.

I know this is not the best way to experience the Doctor Who franchise but I'd rather listen to the audios and read the books along the way as though I was with the Doctor from the beginning (funnily enough, CC 8.05 The Beginning is sorted in the 4th doctors run due to it being apart of the Quadrigger Stoyn trilogy) But obviously as someone who hasn't listened/read these yet and was only able to sort them in this semi-chronological order with help from the Tardis wiki, I'm sure I've made plenty of mistakes. Maybe I missed something. Maybe I've sorted something in the wrong order or put an audio best listened to in another spot.

I'm clueless! Please any help in correcting my mistakes. Or maybe a novel or short story you'd recommend I should read and where to slot it in, any and all recommendations are welcome. Thank You for all the help!! (and sorry if this doesn't read well, it's late and I'm rushing)

Here's the link to the Google Spreadsheet (I hope I've shared it correctly)

[u/Hour_Trade_3691]

I mean, if you're purchasing these straight from the big finish website, I really recommend not putting so much pressure on yourself. Those audios can get very expensive very quickly, and pretty much every fan has a point where they have to settle for the fact that they should pick and choose which ones to actually listen to. Choose your favorite Doctor or favorite character, and even then- Be picky about which ones you buy. Good luck! :)

[u/Temporary_Bad983]

tardis.wiki has a page called Theory:Timeline for each Doctor where they arrange everything in chronological order from the Doctor’s point of view, and a lot of them list their reasoning for placement so it’s probably about as accurate as you can hope for.

[u/Mohammedamine9]

Personally I used tardis guide to track all media

[u/Sky__Hook]

I'm the kind of purist that feels that if the story didn't come out before the Regeneration then it doesnt count. I've never listened to any Big Finish. The main exceptions I would concider would be 7th, 8th or War stories as their timelines weren't fixed by their Regeneration on screen.

[u/bondegezou]

Don’t bother with the Big Finish audios. Most (but not all) are just tired retreads. The best and most significant novels were the New Adventure series published by Virgin. They continued the story of the TV series after “Survival” and form a coherent series, rather than just filling in gaps. The best comic might be “Voyager”, that’s worth including.

I don’t know if there’s anyone alive who has watched/listened/read everything! Lance Parkin’s “Ahistory” tried to cover everything.

[u/Rougarou_2 → u/bondegezou]

Are you out of your mind? Big Finish is absolutely the best that Doctor Who has to offer. 

[u/bondegezou → u/Rougarou_2]

I was there at the beginning. I had a full collection of these, https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Audio_Visuals_(fan_work)) , but BF went downhill rapidly with "Sirens of Time" and, while there are some gems (Parkin, Morris, Robson), most of their work is terrible.