Best Year Ever (audio story)

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Best Year Ever

Doctor:

Companion(s):

Liv, Helen, Tania

Featuring:

Robin, Andy, Tony, Aisha, Zakia, Ken

Main setting:

107 Baker Street, 2020

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

Director:

Producer:

David Richardson

Music:

Jamie Robertson

Sound:

Release details

Number of parts:

1

Release number:

4.4

Part of:

Release date:

Format:

1 CD
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4th of 4 stories

Production code:

BFPDWCDMG051

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-83868-171-5 (physical)
ISBN 978-1-83868-172-2 (digital)

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Best Year Ever was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Stranded 4, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair, Rebecca Root as Tania Bell and Tom Price as Andy Davidson.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

What happens if the world is actually fixed? There are times when even the Doctor cannot help.

And whatever the outcome, Liv and Tania have a decision to make.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tania and Liv binge-watch Tiger King then consider Schitt's Creek and The Queen's Gambit.
Ken and Robin work out with Joe Wicks.
Team TARDIS don't get the concept of Gogglebox, but the Doctor knows about Telly Addicts.
Aisha and Zakia do the clap for carers.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story includes nods to real events during the COVID-19, pandemic including a toilet paper shortage, the banana bread trend, the clap for carers, furlough and mask wearing.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Liv recalls being told about time crystallising, but can't remember who said this. (AUDIO: Crossed Lines ^[+]Loading...["Crossed Lines (audio story)"])
Helen mentions Houlbrooke. (AUDIO: The Long Way Round ^[+]Loading...["The Long Way Round (audio story)"])
Tony mentions his time at UNIT in the 70s. (AUDIO: UNIT Dating ^[+]Loading...["UNIT Dating (audio story)"])
The Doctor does not remember the Curator because Time Lords cannot retain memories of encountering their future selves. (TV: The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"], The Doctor Falls ^[+]Loading...["The Doctor Falls (TV story)"])

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Best Year Ever page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventures

Eighth Doctor Adventures S1-4

Series 1	Blood of the Daleks • Horror of Glam Rock • Immortal Beloved • Phobos • No More Lies • Human Resources

Series 2	Dead London • Max Warp • Brave New Town • The Skull of Sobek • Grand Theft Cosmos • The Zygon Who Fell to Earth • Sisters of the Flame / The Vengeance of Morbius

Series 3	Orbis • Hothouse • The Beast of Orlok • Wirrn Dawn • The Scapegoat • The Cannibalists • The Eight Truths / Worldwide Web

Series 4	Death in Blackpool • Situation Vacant • Nevermore • The Book of Kells • Deimos / The Resurrection of Mars • Relative Dimensions • Prisoner of the Sun • Lucie Miller / To the Death

Dark Eyes

Dark Eyes	The Great War • Fugitives • Tangled Web • X and the Daleks

Dark Eyes 2	The Traitor • The White Room • Time's Horizon • Eyes of the Master

Dark Eyes 3	The Death of Hope • The Reviled • Masterplan • Rule of the Eminence

Dark Eyes 4	A Life in the Day • The Monster of Montmartre • Master of the Daleks • Eye of Darkness

Doom Coalition

Doom Coalition 1	The Eleven • The Red Lady • The Galileo Trap • The Satanic Mill

Doom Coalition 2	Beachhead • Scenes From Her Life • The Gift • The Sonomancer

Doom Coalition 3	Absent Friends • The Eighth Piece • The Doomsday Chronometer • The Crucible of Souls

Doom Coalition 4	Ship in a Bottle • Songs of Love • The Side of the Angels • Stop the Clock

Ravenous

Ravenous 1	Their Finest Hour • How to Make a Killing in Time Travel • World of Damnation • Sweet Salvation

Ravenous 2	Escape from Kaldor • Better Watch Out • Fairytale of Salzburg • Seizure

Ravenous 3	Deeptime Frontier • Companion Piece • L.E.G.E.N.D. • The Odds Against

Ravenous 4	Whisper • Planet of Dust • Day of the Master

Stranded

Stranded 1	Lost Property • Wild Animals • Must-See TV • Divine Intervention

Stranded 2	Dead Time • UNIT Dating • Baker Street Irregulars • The Long Way Round

Stranded 3	Patience • Twisted Folklore • Snow • What Just Happened?

Stranded 4	Crossed Lines • Get Andy • The Keys of Baker Street • Best Year Ever

Standalone sets (Liv and Helen)

What Lies Inside?	Paradox of the Daleks • The Dalby Spook

Connections	Here Lies Drax • The Love Vampires • Albie's Angels

Echoes	Birdsong • Lost Hearts • Slow Beasts

Standalone sets (Audacity and Charley)

Audacity	The Devouring • The Great Cyber-War

In the Bleak Midwinter	Twenty-Four Doors in December • The Empty Man • Winter of the Demon

"Further Adventures" sets

The Eighth Doctor: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller: Volume One	The Dalek Trap • The Revolution Game • The House on the Edge of Chaos • Island of the Fendahl (Set between 8DA Series 1 and Series 2)

Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress	The Mummy Speaks! • Eclipse • The Slaying of the Writhing Mass • Heart of Orion (Set between the Main Range stories Minuet in Hell and Invaders from Mars)

Special	The Stuff of Legend

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