Reasons you should listen to Doom Coalition
You should listen to Doom Coalition (a 16-part audio series starring the Eighth Doctor), because...
This is Paul McGaunn at his best. Now, granted, "Paul McGaunn does great acting in these audios" is a statement that is true about many eighth Doctor audios, but it is also true for these ones and is a place to start!
Great companions! Liv Chenka is an experienced companion who is a medical professional (MedTech) from the future and Helen Sinclair is the new companion who is a historian and deeply closeted lesbian
Actually seriously this has the most moving Doctor/River moment I've ever found in any medium if you're a fan of Doctor/River stuff you should listen to this
and if you like River Song but don't like her romance stuff there is plenty she does that has nothing to do with Doctor/River as well
While the concept behind the main villain is basically a Time Lord with DID and that is... not great (@the-worms-in-your-bones went into detail as to why here and I figure I might as well link what it said instead of parroting its points), they do actually give the character a good deal of nuance and depth, and the acting is really good
The ACTUAL main villain who is not the Eleven and whose identity I will not disclose is one of those villains who is genuinely very terrifying for how realistic some of their villainy is
Lots of great stuff on Gallifrey! Let's see what the planet is like when Romana is off-world. It's a very different sort of look then we get from the Gallifrey series, but feels very tonally in-line with it.
The whole arc's villainous scheme is actually really interesting, especially why it is happening. I'm being vague bc spoilers
it has Veklin, Ollistra, the Meddling Monk, the Voord, and the Weeping Angels!
The whole story concludes fabulously while leading straight into the Ravenous series which is equally good
Good variety in story types. We have the big action stories, the crazy mysteries, and the bottle episode character pieces and they're all balanced really well
the Doctor gets a haircut