Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show in the world, and a flagship BBC property. First appearing on air in 1963, it follows the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space, fighting alien monsters and saving the universe.

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Steven Moffatt

Nicholas Briggs reads the brand new novelisation of the spectacular 50th anniversary TV episode. When the entire universe is at stake, three different Doctors will unite to save it. 
 
The Tenth Doctor is hunting shape-shifting Zygons in Elizabethan England. The Eleventh is investigating a rift in space-time in the present day. And one other – the man they used to be but never speak of – is fighting the Daleks in the darkest days of the Time War. Driven by demons and despair, this battle-scarred Doctor is set to take a devastating decision that will threaten the survival of the entire universe… a decision that not even a Time Lord can take alone. 
 
On this day, the Doctor’s different incarnations will come together to save the Earth… to save the universe… and to save his soul. 
 
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© BBC Worldwide 2018 
 
Novelisation copyright © Steven Moffat 2018 
Original script copyright © Steven Moffat 2013 
 
Cover illustration by Anthony Dry 
 
BBC logo © BBC 1996 
Doctor Who logo © BBC 2014 
 
For BBC Worldwide: 
Reading produced by Neil Gardner 
Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd 
Sound design by David Darlington 
Executive producer: Michael Stevens 
TARDIS sound effect composed by Brian Hodgson 
 
For BBC Books: 
Editorial Director: Albert DePetrillo 
Project Editor: Steve Cole 
Cover design: Two Associates 
Cover illustration: Anthony Dry 
 
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor first published by BBC Books in 2018

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

11th Doctor Novelisation

Juno Dawson

Clare Corbett reads this exciting original adventure for the Thirteenth Doctor 
 
“To distort the purity of the Good Doctor is an abomination!” 
 
On the planet of Lobos, the Doctor halts a violent war between the native Loba and human colonists. The TARDIS crew departs – only for Ryan to discover he’s left his phone behind. Again. 
 
Upon returning, the Doctor finds that the TARDIS has slipped hundreds of years into the future – and something has gone badly wrong. The Loba are now slaves, serving human zealots who worship a figure known as The Good Doctor. 
 
It’s time for the Doctor to face up to the consequences of her last visit. With Lobos on the brink of catastrophe, will she be able to make things right? 
 
Clare Corbett reads this original story featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin, Ryan and Graham, as played by Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole and Bradley Walsh.

Doctor Who: The Good Doctor

13th Doctor Novelisation

James Goss

Dan Starkey reads this brand new novelisation of a recent TV adventure. 
 
Fifteen missing people. A light that hungers. A trap outside reality. 
A trip to 1950s Miami takes a dangerous turn, leaving the Doctor and Belinda at the mercy of Mr. Ring-a-Ding. A cartoon come to life who wants something that only the Doctor can give him. 
Can Belinda save the Doctor? Or will they be trapped by a trick of the light? 
 
Featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra, this Target novelisation by acclaimed author James Goss brings Russell T Davies’ format-busting adventure to vivid life. 
 
Reading and sound design produced by Oliver Denman. Executive Producer for BBC Studios: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Lux

15th Doctor Novelisation

Six decades of BBC TV's most successful sci-fi series are celebrated in this collection of radio programmes. 
 
In Who Are We (The Classic Years and The Modern Years) Jo Whiley takes a trip through the Whoniverse to find out how the changing attitudes of Britain have been reflected through the TARDIS's travels. It’s a tale that features Dalekmania, Dad’s Army, Mary Whitehouse, Ridley Scott, Cybermen and the JFK assassination. 
 
Jo also learns how Doctor Who thrived during the wilderness years of the show's cancellation, with fandom playing a vital role in its return. Along the way Jo is joined by fans, stars and writers of Doctor Who including Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall. There are also archive interviews with David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Kylie Minogue, Patrick Troughton and many more. 
 
Meanwhile in Surviving Doctor Who Toby Hadoke presents a wry insight into the ups and downs of being one of the universe's most misunderstood species: the Doctor Who fan. 
 
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Who Are We produced by Paul Sheehan for BBC Radio 2. Surviving Doctor Who produced by Luke Doran for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Doctor Who at the BBC: Who Are We?

Doctor Who at the BBC

Paul Erickson

An unabridged reading of this exciting novelisation of a First Doctor television adventure. 
 
It is ten million years in the future, and the Earth is about to plunge into the Sun. A gigantic Space Ark has been launched, to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet Refusis II. Accompanying the humans on their journey are the Monoids, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world. 
 
When the TARDIS materialises on board, the Doctor and his friends are greeted with suspicion, which soon turns to open hostility when Dodo inadvertently infects the Ark's crew with a long-forgotten virus. It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect which will last for seven hundred years...

Doctor Who: The Ark

1st Doctor Novelisation

Douglas Adams

Gareth Roberts

The Doctor’s old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University – where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs – most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous. The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn’t a book for Time Tots. It is one of the Artefacts, dating from the dark days of Rassilon. It must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. The sinister Skagra most definitely has the wrong hands. He wants the book. He wants to discover the truth behind Shada. And he wants the Doctor’s mind... Based on the scripts for the original television series by the legendary Douglas Adams, Shada retells an adventure that never made it to the screen.

Doctor Who: Shada

Robert Shearman

Nicholas Briggs reads this brand new novelisation of a thrilling screen adventure for the Ninth Doctor and Rose. 
 
'The entire Dalek race, wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen!' 
 
The Doctor and Rose arrive in an underground vault in Utah in the near future. The vault is filled with alien artefacts. Its billionaire owner, Henry van Statten, even has possession of a living alien creature, a mechanical monster in chains that he has named a Metaltron. 
 
Seeking to help the Metaltron, the Doctor is appalled to find it is in fact a Dalek - one that has survived the horrors of the Time War, just as he has. And as the Dalek breaks loose, the Doctor is brought back to the brutality and desperation of his darkest hours spent fighting the creatures of Skaro... this time with the Earth as their battlefield. 
 
Nicholas Briggs, who voices the Daleks in the BBC TV series, reads Robert Shearman's novelisation of his own 2005 TV script. 
 
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Reading produced by Neil Gardner 
Sound design by Simon Power 
 Executive producer: Michael Stevens

Doctor Who: Dalek

9th Doctor Novelisation

Kate Herron

Briony Redman

Dan Starkey reads this novelisation of the TV adventure featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, as played on screen by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. 
 
Earth&rsquo;s Regency era &ndash; a time of culture, extravagance, sumptuous balls&hellip;and aliens? 
 
While Ruby is a popular new addition to the Duchess of Pemberton&rsquo;s ball, the Doctor&rsquo;s world is about to be forever rocked by a dashing visitor from space. 
 
With many party-guests facing an identity crisis like no other, it is up to the Doctor and Ruby to stop the menacing Chuldurs&rsquo; plot. 
 
Dan Starkey reads Kate Herron and Briony Redman's thrilling novelisation of their own BBC TV episode. 
 
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Doctor Who: Rogue

Terrance Dicks

Janet Fielding reads this novelisation of an intriguing adventure for the Fifth Doctor and friends. 
On the serene planet Deva Loka, an expeditionary force from Earth is dangerously out of control. It's not only the peaceful race of the Kinda who are at risk. 
 
A gentle stroll in the lush jungle leads the Doctor and Adric to an unexpected confrontation - and puts them at the mercy of a maniac. 
 
But it is Tegan, lulled to sleep by mysterious wind-chimes, who comes closest to a danger than threatens not only her sanity but the existence of the whole planet. 
 
Janet Fielding, who plays Tegan in the BBC TV series, reads Terrance Dicks's novelisation of the television adventure by Christopher Bailey. 
 
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Doctor Who: Kinda

5th Doctor Novelisation

Una McCormack

Bonnie Langford reads a brand new novel adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, as played on TV by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. 
 
When the Doctor and Ruby arrive on Cavia, they meet a gentle local who is certain that she has been taken for study by creatures from the stars. The Doctor is concerned to find mysterious meteors appearing in the sky, while strange robotic creatures crowd the forests, watching everything and waiting for&hellip; what? 
 
Who is interested in Cavia, and why? What is the sinister truth of the abductions? The Doctor and Ruby must discover the secrets of this mysterious world &ndash; and those who would seek to destroy it&hellip; 
Bonnie Langford, who plays Mel in the BBC TV series, reads Una McCormack's intriguing novel. 
 
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Doctor Who: Caged

15th Doctor Novel

Gareth L. Powell

Caoilfhionn Dunne reads this brand new novelisation of a recent TV adventure. 
 
A terror from the past is rising from the darkness five miles deep. 
Joining a military rescue mission to an isolated mining colony, the Doctor and Belinda find a single survivor of a violent catastrophe. 
What killed the colonists? Why is every mirror in the base smashed? The chilling truth spells horror and death… 
 
This spine-tingling space adventure from Sharma Walfall and Russell T Davies is novelised by award-winning SF and horror writer Gareth L Powell. It features the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra as played by Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. 
Reader Caoilfhionn Dunne played Shaya in the BBC TV episode. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Roocroft. Executive Producer for BBC Studios: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: The Well

An exciting novelisation of a classic TV story featuring the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K9. On the planet Tigella, the Savants and the Deons are irrevocably opposed on one crucial issue: the Dodecahedron, mysterious source of all their power. 
 
 To the Savants it's a miracle of science to be studied and used to benefit all. To the Deons it's a god, and not to be tampered with. 
 
 When the power source begins to fluctuate, the whole planet is threatened. Zastor, Tigella's leader, welcomes the Doctor and invites him to arbitrate; yet the Time Lord may not be all he seems...

Doctor Who: Meglos

4th Doctor Novelisation

Dan Starkey reads this novelisation of the brand new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary, featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate 
 
A sinister toyshop. The Earth erupting in violence. Shockwaves travelling through history. 
 
With old friends powerless to help, the Doctor is drawn into a deadly duel against an old nemesis who can bend reality to his will – and change the Doctor’s life for ever… 
 
Dan Starkey, whose roles in the BBC TV series include the Sontaran Strax, reads James Goss’s novelisation of the 2023 television adventure by Russell T Davies. 
 
This edition includes some unique chapters specially adapted for the audiobook medium. 
 
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Reading produced by Neil Gardner/Ladbroke Audio. 
Sound design by Oliver Denman. 
Executive producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens.

Doctor Who: The Giggle

14th Doctor Novelisation

Steve Lyons

aye Griffiths reads this original adventure for the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. 
 
For Clara Oswald, life has fallen into a routine. By day she teaches the pupils at Coal Hill School, and by night - and at weekends - she travels in Time and Space with the Doctor. 
 
Clara's having the time of her life, enjoying all the thrill and laughter of being with the Doctor - until, one day, there's somebody else. 
 
To Clara's immense shock, the Doctor has acquired a new companion - and Arix is just as at home in the TARDIS as she has been. Suddenly, Clara's world has tilted on its axis. 
As the two companions size each other up, the Doctor is caught between them. And when they all wind up in an alien swamp, it's time for a reckoning of grievances, grudges - and bravery. 
Jaye Griffiths, who played Jac in the Doctor Who TV series, reads Steve Lyons's compelling and moving character piece. 
 
 
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Reading produced by Neil Gardner/Ladbroke Audio. 
Sound design by David Roocroft. 
Executive producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens.

Doctor Who: The Cuckoo

12th Doctor Audio Original

David Whitaker

Maureen O’Brien narrates the BBC TV soundtrack of this two-part starring William Hartnell as the Doctor. 
 
“There's always Koquillion. He could keep me here forever...” 
 
Landing on the planet Dido in the 25th Century, the Doctor, Ian (William Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) discover a crashed spaceship. Living inside are two survivors from Earth, Vicki and Bennett. Their time awaiting rescue has been blighted by the threats of Koquillion, whose alarming appearance terrifies Vicki. 
 
With Ian and the Doctor ensnared in a deadly trap, Barbara seeks to defend Vicki against Koquillion. But there is more to the situation than meets the eye, and the travellers must risk their lives to discover the truth. 
 
Maureen O’Brien, making her debut as the Doctor’s new companion Vicki, provides newly recorded linking narration, and in a bonus interview she looks back at her time in Doctor Who and subsequent career. 
 
Audio edition produced by David Darlington. 
Project Editor: Michael Stevens. 
 
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Doctor Who: The Rescue

1st Doctor TV soundtrack

Malcolm Hulke

Journey back in time with this nostalgic audio presentation performed by Jon Culshaw, Dan Starkey, Maureen O'Brien, Louise Jameson, Katy Manning and Geoffrey Beevers. 
 
It's the 1970s, and you're invited behind the scenes of Doctor Who. You'll go on location to witness the recording of two classic TV adventures (The Sea Devils and Robot) and spend time inside a vintage BBC television studio. You'll also learn how to write a script or make a monster, 1970s-style! 
 
Authors Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke will guide you through the first ten years of Doctor Who history, detailing how it was created, the people who brought it into being, and the actors who portrayed the Doctor, his friends and their monstrous enemies. 
 
Along the way you'll hear some of the Doctor's key early adventures recounted as Time Lord records, UNIT Memos, and other in-story documentation. 
 
Brought to life by an array of familiar Doctor Who voices, this celebration of the programme's early days is a delight for fans of all ages. 
 
Cover illustration by Chris Achilleos © House of Achilleos 
Readings produced by Neil Gardner/Ladbroke Audio 
Sound design by David Darlington 
Executive producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens 
 
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The Making of Doctor Who

The Original 1970s Programme Guide

Donald Cotton

A multi-voice retelling of historical events featuring the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki. 
 
The TARDIS crewmembers have taken a break from their adventures and are enjoying a well-deserved rest in a luxury villa. 
 
But, in the gory grandeur that is Imperial Rome, things don't stay quiet for long. If the time travellers can save themselves from being sold as slaves, assassinated by classical hit-men, poisoned by the evil Locusta, thrown to the lions, maimed in the arena and drowned in a shipwreck, they still have to face the diabolical might of the mad Emperor Nero. 
 
As if that wasn't enough, they also discover that, although Rome wasn't built in a day, it burnt down in considerably less time... 
 
Tim Treloar, Jamie Glover, Dan Starkey, Clare Corbett, Jon Culshaw, Maureen O'Brien and Louise Jameson are the readers of Donald Cotton's epistolary novelisation, a shining example of the wit and drama of Doctor Who. 
 
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Doctor Who: The Romans

Pete McTighe

Julie Hesmondhalgh reads this new novelisation of the TV adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and friends. 
 
Kerblam! is the biggest online retailer in the galaxy - but how did it become so big? When the Doctor's Kerblam! package includes a mysterious request for help, she heads straight to the company's warehouse moon to investigate. 
Going undercover as Kerblam! workers, the TARDIS fam find that several human employees have vanished in sinister circumstances. Could the automated workforce be to blame? Or has the whole operation been compromised by forces unknown? The Doctor soon learns that when it comes to wrapping things up, she has nothing on Kerblam!... 
Julie Hesmondhalgh, who played Judy in the BBC TV episode, reads Pete McTighe's novelisation of his 2018 TV episode. 
 
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Reading produced by Audio Always. 
Sound design by David Darlington. 
Executive producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens.

Doctor Who: Kerblam!

Justin Richards

Stephen Cole

Jacqueline Rayner

Nicholas Briggs and Camille Coduri are the readers of these three original novels featuring the Ninth Doctor and Rose, as played on TV by Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. 
 
Join the Doctor and Rose on these journeys in Time and Space as they encounter faceless killers in 1920s London, get trapped in an alien prison camp, and discover something very sinister behind the latest video game craze. 
 
The stories are The Clockwise Man by Justin Richards, The Monsters Inside by Stephen Cole, and Winner Takes All by Jacqueline Rayner. Based in the hit BBC TV series. 
 
Nicholas Briggs has provided the voices of the Daleks, Cybermen, Ice Warriors and numerous other alien characters in the Doctor Who TV series. Camille Coduri played Jackie Tyler in several episodes of the series from 2005 onwards.

Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor Novels

9th Doctor Novels

Scott Handcock

Susan Twist reads this novelisation of the TV episode, featuring the Fifteenth Doctor as played by Ncuti Gatwa and Ruby Sunday as played by Millie Gibson. 
 
How long is 73 Yards? 
 
Haunted by a sinister presence, Ruby must cope with losing the Doctor and the life she once knew. 
With her new life without her best friend becoming bleaker by the day, something terrifying is unleashed, and it&rsquo;s up to Ruby to stop it. 
 
Susan Twist, who appears in the BBC TV series, reads Scott Handcock's novelisation of this eerie episode from Russell T Davies. 
 
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Doctor Who: 73 Yards

Georgia Cook

Millie Gibson reads this brand new novel adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, as played on TV by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. 
 
April, 1242: the Doctor and Ruby answer a distress call sent from medieval Russia. The signal&rsquo;s sender? Ranavere, an alien girl forced to take part in a barbaric conflict between the armies of Estonia and Novgorod on the frozen surface of Lake Peipus. 
 
Ranavere wants to escape, but her distress call has summoned her warmongering sisters, intent on preserving family tradition whatever the cost. And as human battle begins, the Doctor and Ruby must face a more devastating threat &ndash; a monstrous entity with plans of conquest, growing stronger beneath the icy lake&hellip; 
 
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Reading produced by Audio Always. Sound design by Oliver Denman. Executive producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens.

Doctor Who: Ruby Red

Beth Axford

Michelle Asante reads an exciting new adventure for the Doctor and Belinda. 
 
Floating high above 19th Century Earth, the Doctor and Belinda enjoy the legendary Leonids meteor shower of 1833, when the skies teemed with shooting stars. 
One meteor is bigger and brighter than the others and shows no sign of breaking up in the planetary atmosphere. The travellers follow it to the village of Drummondville and begin the hunt for a fallen star. 
There’s a strained atmosphere in the sleepy town, where two buildings mysteriously caught fire overnight. Belinda meets young Mary Moss, who’s harbouring something extraordinary – something that must be kept safe from the other villagers. 
What strange entity has landed, and how might it affect all life on Earth? The Doctor and Belinda try to broker peace between Leo and its human hosts, before things get out of control… 
Michelle Asante reads Beth Axford’s sensitive tale of outsiders in search of a place to call home. 
 
Text © Beth Axford 2025 
Cover design by Lee Johnson Cover portraits © BBC 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design: James Murray. Project editor: John Ainsworth Executive producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Firefall

15th Doctor Audio Original

Eric Saward

Jon Glover reads this novelisation of an outlandish adventure for the Sixth Doctor and Peri. 
 
The TARDIS materialises aboard the Vipod Mor, a galactic survey ship captained by the repulsive Orlous Moston Slarn. 
 
Things are not going well on board the spacecraft. A mysterious killer stalks the infrastructure, and a junior officer - whose body is four years older than his brain - commands its bridge. The craft's computer seems to be developing its own distinctive personality, and Slarn threatens to vent his vindictive anger on his crew. 
 
Soon the Doctor and Peri stumble on a shocking secret, upon which depends the fate of the entire Universe... 
 
Reader Jon Glover played Shelligbourne Grant in the original BBC Radio 4 drama on which Eric Saward's 1986 novelisation is based. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis 
Sound design by Oliver Denman 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Slipback

6th Doctor Novelisation

An unabridged reading of this original novel featuring the Seventh Doctor, as played on TV by Sylvester McCoy. For thousands of years the Sontarans and the Rutans have fought a brutal war across the galaxy. Now the Sontarans have a secret plan to destroy the Rutan race – a secret plan the Doctor is racing against time to uncover. 
 
 Only one Rutan spy knows the Sontarans’ plan. As he is chased through the galaxy in a desperate bid for his life, he reaches the planet Sentarion – where Professor Bernice Summerfield’s research into the history of the Sontaran-Rutan war is turning into an explosive reality… Duration: 8 hours approx.

Doctor Who: Shakedown

A 7th Doctor novel

Gary Russell

Dan Starkey reads this brand new novelisation of the 1996 TV Movie featuring the Eighth Doctor. 
 
'Who am I...? WHO AM I?' 
 
It's December 1999, and strange things are happening as the new millennium nears. A British police box appears from nowhere in San Francisco's Chinatown, and the mysterious man inside it is shot down in the street. Despite the best efforts of Dr Grace Holloway, the man dies and another stranger appears, claiming to be the same person in a different body: a wanderer in time and space known only as the Doctor. 
 
But the Doctor is not the only alien in San Francisco. His deadly adversary, the Master, is murdering his way through the city and has taken control of the TARDIS. The Master is desperate to take the Doctor's newly regenerated body for himself, and if the Doctor does not capitulate, it will literally cost him the Earth... and every last life on it. 
 
Dan Starkey, who played the Sontaran Strax in the BBC TV series, reads Gary Russell's novelisation of a TV script by Matthew Jacobs. 
 
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Reading produced by Neil Gardner 
Sound design by David Darlington 
 Executive producer: Michael Stevens

Doctor Who: The TV Movie

8th Doctor Novelisation

Trevor Baxendale

Dan Starkey reads this original novel featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, as played in the BBC TV series by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. 
 
The Phaeron travelled among the stars using roads made from time and space, but left only relics behind when they disappeared over a million years ago. But what actually happened to the Phaeron? 
 
In the far future, humans discover the last Phaeron road – and the Doctor and Clara join the mission to see where it leads. Each member of the team knows exactly what they’re looking for – but only the Doctor knows exactly what they’ll find. 
 
Because only the Doctor knows the true secret of the Phaeron: a secret so terrible and powerful that it must be buried in the deepest grave imaginable... 
 
A complete and unabridged reading by Dan Starkey, who plays Strax the Sontaran in the BBC TV series. 
 
 Running time: 5 hours approx.

Doctor Who: Deep Time

A 12th Doctor Novel

Steve Cole

Lizzie Hopley reads the TARDIS's enthrallingly in-depth account of her incredible adventures to date. 
 
Packed with stories from across time and space, this is the first ever memoir by the TARDIS. 
 
&lsquo;Did you ever wonder why I chose you all those years ago? I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away...&rsquo; 
 
The Doctor has a unique bond with their TARDIS. They&rsquo;ve always loved the &lsquo;old girl&rsquo; for the way she&rsquo;s gone looking for trouble anywhere in the universe. The Doctor says they stole the TARDIS from Gallifrey. The TARDIS disagrees&hellip;she stole them. It hasn&rsquo;t always taken the Doctor where they want to go, but it&rsquo;s made sure to take them where they needed to be. 
 
For the TARDIS is far more than just a time machine crossed with a spaceship. Its life reflects the Doctor&rsquo;s life &ndash; a shared wanderlust and longing to explore. Now you can revisit the Doctor&rsquo;s adventures as seen through the eyes &ndash; or the flashing rooftop light, at least &ndash; of the TARDIS. From the time the Doctor stole it from Gallifrey to its latest adventures with the Fifteenth Doctor, the TARDIS reflects wittily on its epic, incredible history &ndash; past, present and future!

Doctor Who: I, TARDIS

Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box

Tom Baker

In his first-ever Doctor Who novel, Tom Baker’s incredible imagination is given free rein. A story so epic it was originally intended for the big screen, Scratchman is a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost forty years in the making. 
 
The Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane Smith arrive at a remote Scottish island, when their holiday is cut short by the appearance of strange creatures – hideous scarecrows, who are preying on the local population. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. But it doesn’t go to plan – the time travellers have fallen into a trap, and Scratchman is coming for them. 
 
 With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the Doctor must battle an ancient force from another dimension, one who claims to be the Devil. Scratchman wants to know what the Doctor is most afraid of. And the Doctor’s worst nightmares are coming out to play… 
 
Tom Baker himself reads this legendary Doctor Who adventure, a spine-chilling thriller forty years in the making. 
 
Duration: 8h 40m 
 
Written by Tom Baker with James Goss Storyline by Tom Baker and Ian Marter Additional voices by Nicholas Briggs

Doctor Who: Scratchman

4th Doctor Novel

Marlowe Hapworth is found dead in his locked study, killed by an unknown assailant. This is a case for the Great Detective, Madame Vastra. Rick Bellamy, bare-knuckle boxer, has the life drawn out of him by a figure dressed as an undertaker. This angers Strax the Sontaran. The Carnival of Curiosities, a collection of bizarre and fascinating sideshows and performers. This is where Jenny Flint looks for answers. How are these things connected? And what does Orestes Milton, rich industrialist, have to do with it all? As the Doctor and Clara joint the hunt for the truth they find themselves thrust into a world where nothing and no one is what they seem... Justin Richards' thrilling new novel stars the Twelfth Doctor, as played by Peter Capaldi in the hit BBC TV series, and also features his friends Madame Vastra, Strax and Jenny - the Paternoster Gang. It is read by Dan Starkey, who plays Strax in Doctor Who. 
 
Reading produced by Neil Gardner. 
Sound design by Simon Hunt. 
Executive producer: Michael Stevens.

Doctor Who: Silhouette

Victor Pemberton

Jon Culshaw reads a thrilling novelisation of the 1976 audio adventure in which the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane face an aquatic menace. 
 
A scientific expedition has disappeared from the bed of the Thames Estuary, where a giant meteorite had previously landed. Nearby, the Doctor and Sarah Jane are attacked by a vast, roaring creature. 
 
The Doctor is reminded of his encounter with the marine denizens of the planet Pesca, and soon his worst fears are confirmed. 
 
Strange meteorites are landing all over the world, and the Pescaton invasion has begun. 
Jon Culshaw reads Victor Pemberton's much-expanded novelisation of his own original script, with accompanying sound design. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by Oliver Denman. Executive producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens 
 
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Wonder by R. J. Palacio

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How Far We Fall by Jane Shemilt

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