7th Doctor Novelisation

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Bonnie Langford reads this novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Seventh Doctor, as played on TV by Sylvester MCoy.

Bonnie Langford reads this novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Seventh Doctor, as played on TV by Sylvester MCoy. 
 
When the Doctor and Mel arrive in the Space Trading Colony, Iceworld, the Doctor can feel that there is mischief afoot. He and Mel don't have to wait long before they discover the culprit, Sabalom Glitz. 
 
Glitz is hot on the trail of hidden treasure, and the Doctor decides to join him. Down in the Ice Passages they go – through the Ice Garden, past the Singing Trees, beyond the Lake of Oblivion – in search of the Dragon's Treasure. 
But the Doctor and his companions don't know the true worth of this mythical hoard. Only Kane, the most feared man in Iceworld, knows the secret of the Dragonfire... 
 
Bonnie Langford, who played Mel in the BBC One series, reads Ian Briggs' own novelisation of his 1987 TV serial, which also introduces new companion Ace. 
 
Reading produced by Neil Gardner for Ladbroke Audio 
Sound design by Simon Power 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens

A 7th Doctor Novelisation

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

An unabridged reading of a classic novelisation of the 1987 TV adventure featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Ian Briggs is a British television writer whose work includes scripts for the BBC drama series Doctor Who and Casualty. 
Briggs wrote two serials for Doctor Who, Dragonfire and The Curse of Fenric, for the programme's 24th and 26th seasons respectively. Both stories featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, while Dragonfire introduced Sophie Aldred as Ace. Briggs subsequently novelised both serials for the Target Books range.

An unabridged reading of a classic novelisation of the 1987 TV adventure featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ace to 1943, and a British Naval camp in North Yorkshire. Dr Judson is using the ULTIMA code-breaking machine to decipher the runic inscriptions at the nearby church; meanwhile Commander Millington is obsessed with his research into toxic bombs to hasten the end of World War Two. Nearby, an ancient evil stirs beneath the waters at Maidens Point. What connects all of these to a thousand year old curse?

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th & 12th Doctor Novelisations

Doctor Who: The Myths & Legends Collection

A quintet of TV novelisations featuring mythical lands, legendary beasts and epic quests on Earth and beyond. 
 
In The Underwater Menace, by Nigel Robinson, the Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie find themselves in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. 
 
In The Monster of Peladon, by Terrance Dicks, the spirit of the sacred monster Aggedor is once more spreading terror and death. 
 
In The Image of the Fendahl, by Terrance Dicks, ultra-modern technology brings to life a terror that has lain hidden for twelve million years. 
 
In Dragonfire, by Ian Briggs, the Doctor and Mel join Sabalom Glitz on the trail of a mythical hoard known as the Dragon's Treasure. 
 
In The Eaters of Light, by Rona Munro, a nightmare creature roams the wildlands of Scotland, darkening the sky and destroying all in its path. 
 
Anneke Wills, Jon Culshaw, Louise Jameson, Bonnie Langford and Rebecca Benson read these exciting adaptations of the BBC TV series. 
 
Readings produced by Neil Gardner and Lizzie Davies. Sound design by Simon Power. Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens 
 
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Nigel Robinson (Author) 
Nigel Robinson is an English author, known for such works as the First Contact series. His first published book was The Tolkien Quiz Book in 1981, co-written with Linda Wilson. This was followed by a series of three Doctor Who quiz books and a crossword book between 1981 and 1985. In the late 1980s he was the editor of Target Books' range of Doctor Who tie-ins and novelisations, also contributing to the range as a writer. 
 
He later wrote an original Doctor Who novel, Timewyrm: Apocalypse, for the New Adventures series for Virgin Publishing, which had purchased Target in 1989 shortly after Robinson had left the company. He also wrote the New Adventure Birthright, published in 1993. 
 
In the 1990s, Robinson wrote novelisations of episodes of The Tomorrow People, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Baywatch and the film Free Willy. Between 1994 and 1995, he wrote a series of children's horror novels Remember Me..., All Shook Up, Dream Lover, Rave On, Bad Moon Rising, Symphony of Terror and Demon Brood. In 1996 he continued to write the Luke Cannon Show Jumping Mysteries series, containing four books, namely The Piebald Princess, The Chestnut Chase, The Black Mare of Devils Hill and the last in the series, Decision Day for the Dapple Grey. By 1997 he had also penned a trilogy of science fiction novels First Contact, Second Nature and Third Degree. 
 
Terrance Dicks (Author) 
Terrance Dicks was born in East Ham, London in 1935. His first writing jobs in radio and television included scripting episodes of Crossroads and The Avengers. In 1969 he became the script editor for Doctor Who, and went on to become one of the most influential figures in the series' history. He wrote over fifty novelisations for the Target Books range, as well as two spin-off stage plays and several television scripts. He was one of the most prolific authors of children's fiction. 
 
Rona Munro (Author) 
Rona Munro was born in Aberdeen and has written extensively for stage, film, radio and television. Her breakthrough play Bold Girls, won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. As the writer of "Survival" and "The Eaters of Light" she is the first (and only) writer of stories for both the classic 1963-1989 series of Doctor Who and the 2005 revived series.

Andrew Smith

Bob Baker And  Dave Martin

Robert Holmes

Ian Briggs

Christopher H Bidmead

Jon Culshaw

Matthew Waterhouse

Terry Molloy

Katy Manning

3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th Doctor Novelisations

Five exciting novelisations of classic TV stories in which the Doctor and his companions encounter a colourful assortment of aliens. 
 
 In Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters the TARDIS appears to land in the Indian Ocean, but something is very wrong. Here lie Drashigs... 
 
 Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment sends the Doctor and friends to a future Earth, where a familiar opponent is subjugating humans. 
 
 In Doctor Who: Full Circle the occupants of a distant planet are fleeing from Mistfall, and the coming of the Marshmen. 
 
 Doctor Who: Frontios finds the TARDIS in the far future, with a planet undermined by the monstrous Tractators. 
 
 In Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric an ancient evil stirs in 1940s England. 
 
 Katy Manning, Jon Culshaw, Matthew Waterhouse, Christopher H Bidmead and Terry Molloy read these classic tales, originally published as Target Books paperbacks. 
 
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 Cover illustration by Andrew Skilleter

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