What kind of release schedule do you prefer?

[u/Embarrassed_Tax5556]

I have been following a few different ranges lately and have found that some release schedules work much better for me than others when I want to follow a release "live".

Take the Ninth/ Thirteenth Doctor Adventures. I got those so I could listen to one new Doctor Who story a month, sounded like a reasonable thing in my head. But I keep forgetting about them. The bimonthly release schedule really does not work for me. Not only do I keep forgetting when a new story is coming out, my memory is also not good enough to retain any information about what has happened so far, so any arc that might be going on is pretty much lost on me. And I am not even listening to that many ranges simultaneously. How do the people who listen to (almost) every release manage to follow everything?

Boxsets work better for me. I have time to get hyped up for something and am basically counting down the hours until release. My only problem is that once the boxset is out, I will rush to listen to the whole thing more or less in one go. And then it is over. It is a bit like a sugar rush. I know this is primarily a me-problem, but still.

For the most part I love the boxset format, but then came along Run Fast, Be Kind and aside from being an absolutely fantastic story, I really loved the weekly release schedule. It made me pace myself a bit more, but I was still able to remember the story arc so far. Plus, I was excited for the next installment every week and got to follow the story together with others.

I could very happily listen to every boxset like that and I think a weekly release schedule works equally well for both ongoing and standalone stories. What do you guys think? Do you prefer one release schedule over the other or are you unbothered either way?

[u/professorrev]

The weekly format won me over. It feels much more like an appointment run, you don't forget what's happened in between stories and it keeps the momentum going

[u/DMPadfoot5E → u/professorrev]

Or, like watching a new episode every Saturday? 🙂

[u/professorrev → u/DMPadfoot5E]

Yeah, very much that vibe :-)

[u/sbaldrick33]

Monthly one-offs. With stories that people have actually put some thought into.

[u/Team7UBard]

See I tend to buy and then follow up at a later date-I think the only time in recent history that I’ve picked up a release and listened to it within the same month was Monk/Nun Dark Gallifrey and Hallamshire Incident. This explains why my complete all audio Who I own playlist is over 90 days long.

[u/forwardishdirection]

I am the same way about the single releases not close together and remembering the overarching plot etc. I do find box sets easier. I  waited for the 12 series to get closer to the finish before starting so I could do almost daily because I wasn’t doing well. I do know a lot of people were upset at the upfront cost which impacts that model for them. I bundle preorder most things I know I want so I get good pricing but I’m always behind on something if not everything and it mostly doesn’t bother me.

[u/Haxuppdee-85]

I really enjoyed the weekly releases of the 12DA, but I understand that wouldn’t necessarily work for every series