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not odd at all, thanks for your interest- i'm so glad it stuck with you :) <3

HO HO HO 

This is something I have not yet gone into, but in time, intend to, (I am currently working on an MaS masterpost, thoughts and prayers) that M.A. becomes deeply suspicious of the weird coincidences surrounding her extended family and how they all knew each other despite coming from wildly different backgrounds, how they all happened to be in the same place on that day, etc. 

A point of MaS is that no one can ever know. It would put their lives in danger, their children’s lives, and may well undo the magic that “sets” the future to the Good End. So, this is a thing they have to dodge. 

lmao i’m pretty sure you’re talking about “tadokoro-san”! (and my post! actually, she doesn’t throw it back, she just catches it in kind of this hilarious way)

You must be a mind-reader because I LITERALLY just opened tumblr to write some recs for the 1st and 2nd Doctor sale when I saw this ask. Here’s my favourites, and a bit on each because I’m incapable of being short and to the point.

-The Rocket Men. One, Ian, Barbara, Vicki. This must be one of the few Doctor Who stories I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about; it’s one of Big Finish’s very best. It’s about Ian and Barbara and the writing is incredible and I don’t really know what else to say about it.

-Return of the Rocket Men. One, Steven, Dodo. I mention it here because in my opinion it’s as good as the original. But, because it’s sort of a culmination of a lot of Steven’s experiences and there’s some references/spoilers in it, I think it deserves some prior listening: namely Mother Russia, and the Oliver Harper trilogy (The Perpetual Bond/The Cold Equations/The First Wave).

-Companion Chronicles: The First Doctor Volume 2. One, Vicki, Steven, Polly, Ben. One of Big Finish’s best box sets in term of average story quality. It’s got a super spooky story, it’s got a brilliant Dalek story, and it’s got a wonderfully metafictional story. Unlike volume 1, it’s standalone; all you really need to know is that the third story starts with a recreation of the first scene of The Tenth Planet (One’s final TV story).

-Home Truths/The Drowned World/The Guardian of the Solar System. One, Sara, Steven. One of Big Finish’s best trilogies. The first one also works fine alone if you didn’t want to commit to all three (I think I remember that it was originally written as standalone). All that’s really required before listening is a very basic knowledge of the plot of The Daleks’ Master Plan and who Sara Kingdom is.

-Upstairs. One, Vicki, Steven. This has like everything I love about this tardis team: great humour, weird and wacky plot, the main characters just being annoying siblings to each other. Just lots of fun, and some classically Doctor Who ridiculous sci-fi.

-The Lost Stories: The First Doctor Box Set. One, Susan, Ian, Barbara. Mostly a historical about Alexander the Great. I don’t know what it is about it, but I find it so enjoyable and strangely calming.

Of the short trips on sale, my favourites are-The Flywheel Revolution. One. Told from the perspective of a robot who meets One.-Lepidoptery for Beginners. Two, Jamie, Zoe. Someone gets absolute power by controlling the butterfly effect.-Falling. One, Polly, Ben. Idk how to describe it exactly; emotional? Atmospheric? Fairytale-like? It’s about accepting change.

Hmm almost all of these are first Doctor stories. But they’re my favourites! Let me know if you want any more specific suggestions.