As of July 2019, there are now more than sixty hours of Big Finish Torchwood content. For fans like myself, this is an utter treat. It is also, however, a lot to go through.
To make things easier, the following are the releases I would consider vital to a complete understanding of the Committee arc, the main storyline of the range. Note that many stories do feature the Committee in some capacity; these are just the ones that advance the storyline significantly.
This is not a review or recommendation list (many of my favorites are not on it!), but merely what I’d consider to be necessary to get a full picture. Reviews of individual stories will hopefully be written in due time.
- The Conspiracy (Monthly Range 1.1): An introduction to who the Commitee are, with events that will be frequently referenced throughout the arc.
- Forgotten Lives (Monthly Range 1.3): Provides further worldbuilding on the Committee and establishes their modus operandi.
- Uncanny Valley (Monthly Range 1.5): Follow-up to The Conspiracy.
- The Victorian Age (Monthly Range 2.1): Provides important setup for The Torchwood Archive.
- Zone 10 (Monthly Range 2.2): More important setup for The Torchwood Archive and crucial reveals about the Committee’s history with Earth.
- Ghost Mission (Monthly Range 2.3): Introduces key character Norton Folgate.
- The Torchwood Archive (Tenth Anniversary Special): First climax to the Committee arc, weaving together strands from preceding monthly audios and setting up plot and characters that feature in Aliens Among Us and God Among Us.
- Torchwood: Outbreak: Further development of Norton Folgate.
- Aliens Among Us 1: First set of Big Finish’s “series 5” continuation of Torchwood, concerning the Sorvix occupation of Earth.
- Aliens Among Us 2: Continuation of Aliens Among Us.
- Aliens Among Us 3: Conclusion to Aliens Among Us, setting up the arrival of God.
- Goodbye, Piccadilly (Monthly Range 4.4): Sequel to Ghost Mission.
- God Among Us 1: Follow-up to Aliens Among Us, concerning the arrival of the Sorvix God on Earth.
- God Among Us 2: Introduction of Committee arc elements into the ongoing God Among Us narrative, including Norton Folgate.
- God Among Us 3: Conclusion to God Among Us and the Committee arc (or so it seems).