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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

A D Swanston

A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

A J Baime

A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

A J Pollard

A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

A L Berridge

Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

A L Gaylin

A Maxwell-Hyslop

A McArthur

A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

A S Webb

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

A. A. Dhand

A. A. Gill

A. A. Milne

A. Anatoli

A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

A. B. Poranek

A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. D. Miller

A. E. Ellis

A. E. W. Mason

A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

A. Igoni Barrett

The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Paul Hayes

Christopher Naylor reads a brand new adventure for the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara. 
 
The TARDIS materialises on board Cavis Sunliners Flight 307, a regularly scheduled passenger flight using a revolutionary type of interstellar travel. 
 
The Doctor, his granddaughter Susan and her schoolteachers Ian and Barbara meet Chief Officer Sopel, beleaguered commander of the vessel. 
 
Following an act of sabotage the ship is boarded by a large, levitating alien creature who demands the return of ‘an artefact’. Influencing the ship’s AI pilot, Pym, the Kleede threatens to shut off all life support. 
 
With Pym and the Kleede engaged in a deadlock battle for control, and more aliens on their way, the Doctor must help the crew outwit their attackers. But time is running out… 
 
Christopher Naylor reads Paul Hayes's story set in the earliest era of Doctor Who on TV. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis 
Sound design by David Roocroft 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Star Flight

1st Doctor Audio Original

Nigel Robinson

Terrance Dicks

Ian Briggs

Rona Munro

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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Doctor Who: The Myths & Legends Collection

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

A further collection of tales from the vintage pages of Doctor Who Annual, brought to life by a host of Doctor Who voices. 
 
The First Doctor faces The Devil Birds of Corbo when he lands the TARDIS on a swamp-infested planet, and then the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are caught in a Grip of Ice when they materialise on a glacier. 
 
UNIT and the Brigadier call in the Third Doctor and Liz when a top secret experiment gets out of control in Caught in the Web, and The Eye Spiders of Pergross creep closer to the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry when they venture to a distant planet. 
 
The Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough are troubled by rodents when they experience Winter on Mesique, and the Sixth Doctor and Peri find Edwardian England plagued by an alien in Day of the Dragon. 
 
Maureen O'Brien, David Troughton, Jon Culshaw, Geoffrey Beevers, David Banks and Nicola Bryant read these wildly imaginative stories first published in book form between 1966 and 1985. 
 
Readings produced by Morrison Ellis 
Sound design by David Darlington 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Caught in the Web & Other Stories

Doctor Who Audio Annual

James Goss

Justin Richards

Mike Tucker

Colin McFarlane, Neve McIntosh and Dan Starkey read these three full-length novels featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. 
 
In The Blood Cell, by James Goss, a secure prison in space receives its latest inmate: the most dangerous criminal in the quadrant, known as the Doctor. Who is he, and what is he doing there - and who is the young woman who comes every day to visit him? 
 
In Silhouette, by Justin Richards, the Doctor and Clara return to Victorian London where the Frost Fair is in full swing. Each of the Paternoster Gang is engaged in investigating a mystery, and they are all connected - but how? 
 
In The Crawling Terror, by Mike Tucker, present day England is the setting for an infestation of swarming, mutated insects. The Doctor knows that unless he can decode the strange symbols on an ancient stone circle and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War, no-one is safe. 
 
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Doctor Who: Twelfth Doctor Novels Volume 1

12th Doctor Novels

John Peel

David Troughton reads a brand new tale featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. 
 
The Doctor makes a hasty landing on a satellite, only to discover that it's a one-man prison in space. Markan is in exile from his own people, banished to live out his remaining days with only his robot for company. 
 
When the Doctor and Zoe learn of the crimes that led to Markan's sentence, they have very little sympathy. But returning to the TARDIS isn't as easy as it should be - and Markan is determined to get there first. 
 
David Troughton, who has played several roles in Doctor Who, reads John Peel's intriguing story of reckless genius and the power that can be gained by control of the mind... 
 
Cover design by Lee Johnson; Cover portraits © BBC 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design: David Roocroft. Project editor: John Ainsworth Executive producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who The Mind Trap

2nd Doctor Audio Original

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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Doctor Who: The Pescatons

4th Doctor Novelisation

Paul Magrs

A quartet of fabulous stories based on vintage comic strips from the Doctor Who Annuals, featuring the Second, Third and Fourth Doctors. 
 
In The Vampire Plants the Doctor and Jamie discover strange goings-on in a Venusian colony, where Dr Vane's space seedlings appear to be at the heart of the matter. 
 
In Menace of the Molags a huge spaceship fills the sky above London, and inside it the Doctor and Jo meet some familiar looking aliens. 
 
After the Revolution takes Jo and the Doctor to Freedonia, known for its beautiful utopian city. But things have changed for the worse since the Doctor was last there... 
 
Plague World is the destination for the Fourth Doctor, Adric and K9 when they find an Earth colony, abandoned and left to its own devices - with terrible consequences. 
 
Jon Culshaw, Katy Manning and Matthew Waterhouse read this quartet of tales, adapted by Paul Magrs from comic strips first published in the 1970s and 1980s. 
 
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Doctor Who: The Vampire Plants & Other Stories

Rob Grant

Doug Naylor

The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series 
 
Re-live your favourite moments from one of the greatest TV comedies of all time, now available to listen to as an audio download. Join Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Cat (Danny John Jules), Holly (Norman Lovett/Hattie Hayridge) and a gang of misfits they meet on their journey back to Earth. 
 
Three million years into deep space, Dave Lister is the last surviving member of the human race. Woken from suspended animation on the mining ship Red Dwarf, he discovers a radiation leak has killed the rest of the crew and his only companions are Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of his dead bunkmate, Holly, a senile computer, and a creature who evolved from the descendants of the ship's cat. Resigned to his fate, Lister begins the long journey home. Parallel universes, time travel, false memories, and virtual reality all conspire to confuse the crew and delight audiences over the first four series of this ground-breaking, classic TV show. 
 
This hilarious TV classic from Rob Grant and Doug Naylor is a must-listen for any fans of sci-fi, comedy, and everything in between. This audio-only collection of the original TV soundtracks provides the perfect opportunity for fans to relive the show's finest moments while on the go. 
 
First airing in 1988, Red Dwarf was the longest-running and highest-ranked comedy on BBC 2 ever, amassing an audience of over 8 million. It won an International Emmy Award in the 'Popular Arts' category and 'Best BBC Comedy Series' at the British Comedy Awards as well as numerous other awards. Since airing, there have been 12 series of the show and a 2020 TV film - The Promised Land. 
 
Series V-VIII are also available to download now. 
 
Please note: The audio on the last episode has been corrected. 
 
Cast and credits 
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor 
Directed and Produced by Ed Bye 
 
Arnold Rimmer - Chris Barrie 
Dave Lister - Craig Charles 
Cat - Danny John Jules 
Holly - Norman Lovett (Series 1-2), Hattie Hayridge (Series 3-4) 
Kryten - David Ross (Series 2), Robert Llewellyn (Series 3-4) 
 
First Broadcast BBC2, 15 February – 21 March 1988 (Series 1), 6 September – 11 October 1988 (Series 2), 14 November – 19 December 1989 (Series 3), 14 February – 21 March 1991 (Series 4) 
 
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Red Dwarf: Series I to IV

The BBC TV Soundtracks

The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series 
 
The crew of the deep space mining ship, Red Dwarf, return! 
 
A legion of hilarious new villains and heroes are here to hinder, help and generally create havoc for the beleaguered crew trying to get home. Re-live their iconic moments with the laugh-out-loud TV soundtracks of one of the greatest TV comedies of all time. Join Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Cat (Danny John Jules), Holly (Norman Lovett/Hattie Hayridge) and a cast of space misfits on their long journey home. Parallel universes, time travel, false memories and virtual reality all conspire to confuse the crew and delight listeners time and again in this ground-breaking classic TV show soundtrack. 
 
The hilarious TV classic from Rob Grant and Doug Naylor is a must-listen for any fans of sci-fi, comedy and everything in-between. This audio-only collection of the original TV soundtracks provides the perfect opportunity for fans to relive the show's finest moments while on the go. 
 
First airing in 1988, Red Dwarf was the longest-running and highest-ranked comedy on BBC 2 ever, amassing an audience of over 8 million. It won an International Emmy Award in the 'Popular Arts' category and 'Best BBC Comedy Series' at the British Comedy Awards as well as numerous other awards. Since airing, there have been 12 series of the show and a 2020 TV film - The Promised Land. 
 
Series I-IV are also available to download now. 
 
Cast and credits 
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (Series 5-6); Doug Naylor, Kim Fuller, Paul Alexander, Robert Llewellyn and James Hendrie (Series 7); Doug Naylor and Paul Alexander (Series 8) 
Directed by Juliet May, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (Series 5), Andy de Emmony (Series 6), Ed Bye (Series 7-8) 
 
Arnold Rimmer - Chris Barrie 
Dave Lister - Craig Charles 
Cat - Danny John Jules 
Kryten - Robert Llewellyn 
Holly - Norman Lovett (Series 5-8), Hattie Hayridge (Series 7-8) 
 
First Broadcast BBC2, 20 February – 26 March 1992 (Series 5), 7 October – 11 November 1993 (Series 6), 17 January – 7 March 1997 (Series 7), 18 February – 5 April 1999 (Series 8) 
 
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Red Dwarf: Series V to VIII

Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

Caoilfhionn Dunne reads this brand new novel featuring the Doctor and Belinda, as played on TV by Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. 
 
Step right up for the most sensational cruise in the galaxy! 
The TARDIS lands on board a luxury space liner owned by the interstellar shipping magnate Marilyn Moon. The Moon Cruise offers its wealthy passengers up-close views of astounding cosmic wonders and the Doctor and Belinda are soon high-rolling it on the top deck. 
But there is a sinister side to life on board. What is the secret of the smiling, blonde-haired mannequins? What happens to the cruise ship workers when they go off shift? The Doctor soon learns that not all prisons come with bars on the windows, while Belinda faces one 
of the greatest cruelties in the universe – a zero-pay contract in retail and hospitality that can never be broken ... 
 
Cailfhionn Dunne - who played Shaya in the 2025 BBC TV episode The Well - reads Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson's original novel. 
 
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Doctor Who: The Moon Cruise

15th Doctor Novel

Philip Martin

Nicola Bryant reads the novelisation of a ‘lost’ TV story for the Sixth Doctor and Peri. 
 
“Is it the Doctor I have drawn to me?” 
 
The TARDIS has been pulled off course and sent hurtling through space and time. When it finally stops, Peri is amazed to witness the Doctor’s transformation into a cringing coward. 
The takeover of the TARDIS by the school bully from the class of the fourth millennium on Gallifrey is only the first of the Doctor’s problems. On the surface of the planet Magnus more of his old enemies are conspiring to trick the planet’s all-female rulers. 
The Doctor and Peri have to foil a plot to freeze the entire world and wipe out most of the population. 
Nicola Bryant, who played Peri in the BBC TV series, reads Philip Martin’s novelisation of his own television script, planned but ultimately unmade for the cancelled 1985 series of Doctor Who. 
 
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Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by James Murray. Executive producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens.

Doctor Who: Mission to Magnus

6th Doctor Novelisation

Una McCormack

Clare Corbett reads an exciting new adventure for the Doctor and Belinda. 
 
Landing on an unnamed planet, the travellers find themselves besieged by a swarm of drones. They shelter in a cluster of hi-tech buildings, inside which lie living quarters and a control base. 
The only thing missing is any sign of life. While the Doctor puzzles over a base without people, Belinda finds herself whisked off by teleport. 
Meanwhile, three thousand light years away, project manager Hazzet is puzzled by unusual systems activity on the uninhabited Colony 5. 
An automated probe was sent there months ago - so why are there now apparently two bases on the planet, each poised to attack the other? 
With the Doctor in one base and Belinda in the other, a race against time begins to avoid mutually assured destruction… 
Clare Corbett reads Una McCormack’s cautionary tale of systems error and the perils of automation. 
 
Text © Una McCormack 2025 
Cover design by Lee Johnson Cover portraits © BBC 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design: Oliver Denman. Project editor: John Ainsworth Executive producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Counterstrike

15th Doctor Audio Original

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

Steve Cole

Stories are the most important thing of all because they are just about the only living thing that lasts...' 
 
At the end of the universe, a mysterious storyteller builds a campfire to draw his audience. He has gathered tales like any minstrel of old - and his specialty is tales of the Doctor. In this book of stories both long and short, you can experience Doctor Who's adventures through the prism of folk tales and fables. Retold from unusual perspectives, 1001 Nights in Time and Space is a bubbling mix of heroes and villains, soldiers and monsters, princesses, goblins, demons, tricksters, computers, ghosts and gods from all across the universe... taking inspiration from the entire 60-plus years lifespan of Doctor Who. 
 
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Doctor Who: 1001 Nights in Time and Space

Jon Culshaw reads this thrilling novelisation of a classic TV story for the Fourth Doctor. 
 
Why is the Doctor suddenly summoned to the shores of Loch Ness? Terror and panic spread as the third oil rig is smashed into the sea by a mysterious force...the monster? The controlling power must be the Zygons - alien creatures who have hidden on Earth for thousands of years, and who now feel strong enough to take over the planet. The Doctor, Sarah, Harry and UNIT have different ideas - but can they outwit the supreme cunning of the ruthless Zygons? 
 
Jon Culshaw reads Terrance Dicks's 1976 novelisation of the BBC TV serial Terror of the Zygons by Robert Banks Stewart. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Darlington. Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster

Adam Christopher

Sophie Aldred reads this gripping new adventure for the Seventh Doctor and Ace. 
 
The TARDIS materialises on a research station, locked in a state of temporal displacement on the surface of Volkoff Epsilon. 
The station’s human crew are engaged in the study of a mysterious artefact they call ‘the remnant’. Apparently a source of unlimited power, it could be the solution to Earth’s energy problem. 
Yet the station’s time barrier has become disrupted, leaving the crew confined with no way out. The Doctor realises that both he and Ace - and the TARDIS - are now also trapped by the time displacement. 
What is the secret of the tiny, spinning artefact? Why have half the base’s personnel already disappeared? And what lurks in the shadows, threatening to overwhelm first Ace and then the whole of Earth? 
 
Sophie Aldred, who played Ace in the BBC TV series, reads this tense and atmospheric thriller by bestselling author Adam Christopher. 
 
Text © Adam Christopher 2025 
Cover design by Lee Johnson 
Cover portraits © BBC 
 
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Doctor Who: What Still Remains

7th Doctor Audio Original

A bumper collection of vintage stories from the pages of Doctor Who Annual, featuring the first six Doctors and their companions. 
 
From the 1960s to the 1980s, the Doctor Who Annual was a fixture in every fan’s Christmas stocking. Larger than life and twice as colourful, the stories offered an exuberant – and often charmingly naïve – take on the BBC TV series. 
 
This volume features thirty readings by some of the best-loved stars of Doctor Who including Peter Purves (Steven), Anneke Wills (Polly), Geoffrey Beevers (the Master), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Louise Jameson (Leela), Frazer Hines (Jamie), John Leeson (K-9), Terry Molloy (Davros) and Dan Starkey (Strax) plus the multi-talented Jon Culshaw. 
 
They include short stories for each of the first six Doctors, with fabulous titles including The Sons of Grekk, The King of Golden Death, Peril in Mechanistria, Dark Intruders, Scorched Earth, The Real Hereward, Planet of Fear, The Radio Waves, Terror on Tiro, The House That Jack Built, The Sinister Sponge, Justice of the Glacians, The Planet of Dust, A Midsummer’s Nightmare and The Creation of Camelot, and many, many more, plus the full-length Doctor Who and the Invasion of Space, read by Peter Purves, and bonus features including The Phoenix in the TARDIS, The Equations of Doctor Who and Who Is Doctor Who? 
 
(This collection contains the previously published volumes The Doctor Who Audio Annual, The Second Doctor Who Audio Annual, The Sinister Sponge & Other Stories, The Planet of Dust & Other Stories, and Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space.) 
 
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The Doctor Who Annual Compendium One

Scott Handcock

Susan Twist reads this brand new novelisation of a recent TV adventure. 
 
What's gotten into the TARDIS? 
Enlisting UNIT in their search for an enigmatic woman who appears all throughout time and space, the Doctor and Ruby uncover deeper mysteries. 
What is the secret of Susan Triad? What happened on the night that Ruby was born? The answers lead the Doctor and Ruby to a horrifying confrontation with the greatest evil of all... 
 
Russell T Davies’ epic two-part finale of Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Fifteenth Doctor is novelised by series script editor Scott Handcock, reinstating material from earlier drafts. It also concludes the TARDIS travels of Ruby Sunday, played by Millie Gibson. Reader Susan Twist played Susan Triad in the TV series. 
 
Reading produced by Niall Hegarty. Sound design by David Darlington. Executive Producer for BBC Studios: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Empire of Death

15th Doctor Novelisation

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

Varada Sethu reads this brand new novelisation of a recent TV adventure. 
 
What if the story of your life is written in the stars? 
Belinda Chandra grew up longing to travel – but never imagined rocket ships would be part of the deal. Abducted by killer robots and taken to a strange planet, Belinda must join forces with the Doctor to put right a revolution that might just be her fault… 
 
Reach for the stars as the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra – as played by Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu – rock each other’s worlds for the first time. This novelisation of Russell T Davies’ script comes from best-selling tie-in author Una McCormack. 
Reader Varada Sethu plays Belinda in the BBC TV series. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Darlington. Executive Producer for BBC Studios: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution

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

Iain Banks

Selected readings and full-cast dramatisations from across the literary and science fiction of Iain Banks 
 
Iain Banks, aka Iain M Banks, came to fame in 1984 with his transfixing debut The Wasp Factory, described as both ‘a work of unparalleled depravity’ and 'a masterpiece'. In 1993 he was acknowledged as one of the Best of Young British Writers, and his numerous bestselling books include The Crow Road, Complicity and the ‘Culture’ sci-fi series. Collected here are three of his best works, as heard on BBC Radio. 
 
The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks’ controversial first novel features one of literature’s most unsettling teenage boys. Sixteen-year-old Frank invites us inside his macabre world, as he describes experimenting with explosives, torturing insects – and killing his relatives. But he is not alone in his madness – his brother, Angus, has escaped from a psychiatric hospital and is making his way back home… Joseph McFadden reads this blackly comic cult classic, abridged by multi-award-winning playwright Craig Warner. 
 
The State of the Art – Arriving on Earth in 1977, the Culture ship Arbitrary finds a planet on the brink of self-destruction, obsessed with alien concepts such as ‘property’ and ‘money’. When agent Dervley Linter decides to go native, can Diziet Sma change his mind? Antony Sher, Nina Sosanya and Paterson Joseph star in this thrilling sci-fi novella, adapted for radio by Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell. 
 
Piece – As he waits to board a plane, Munro recalls two previous journeys. Travelling by bus and then train, he finds himself in parallel arguments started by the books he is carrying, pitching reason against faith. But life is too complicated for there not to be continual coincidences… This radio adaptation by Craig Warner of Iain Banks’ short story stars Bill Paterson. 
 
Espedair Street – Told in the style of a Radio 1 documentary, Paul Gambaccini presents the story behind the spectacular rise and tragic fall of the fictional 1970s mega-band, Frozen Gold – from the album deal that set a rock industry record, to the mysterious deaths of two of the band members. At the centre of it all is Weird, the songwriting genius from a Paisley housing scheme, who suddenly finds himself living a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll… Starring John-Gordon Sinclair, Louise Beattie, James MacPherson and Steven McNicoll, and featuring original music by Iain Banks. 
 
Text copyright © Iain Banks 1984 (The Wasp Factory), 1987 (Espedair Street), 1989 (‘Piece’) 
The State of the Art copyright © Iain M Banks 1989 
 
The Wasp Factory 
Read by Joseph McFadden 
Abridged by Craig Warner 
Produced by Alex Burrett 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 March-5 April 1997 
 
The State of the Art 
The Ship – Antony Sher 
Diziet Sma – Nina Sosanya 
Dervley Linter – Paterson Joseph 
Li – Graeme Hawley 
Tel – Brigit Forsyth 
Sodel – Conrad Nelson 
Dramatised by Paul Cornell 
Directed by Nadia Molinari 
First broadcast BBC Radio 5, 5 March 2009 
 
Piece 
Munro - Bill Paterson 
Jack- Harry Jones 
Mo - Bash Kher 
Eve/the Voice - Susan Sheridan 
Adapted by Craig Warner 
Produced and directed by John York 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 June 1991 
 
Espedair Street 
Weird – John Gordon Sinclair 
Christine – Louise Beattie 
Davey – James MacPherson 
Ric – Steven McNicoll 
McCann – Sandy Morton 
Jean Webb – Margaret Clark 
Wes – Douglas Russell 
Wee Tommy – Martin Docherty 
Inez – Gowan Calder 
Nightclub manager – Graham Debanzi 
Pop biographer – Paul Gambaccini 
Dramatised by Joe Dunlop 
Music by lain Banks and Nigel Clark 
Keyboards: Brian Kellock, Guitar: Nick Clark, Drums: Gordon Wilson, Vocals: Monica Queen 
Directed by Dave Batchelor 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8-29 January 2008 
 
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Iain Banks: A BBC Radio Collection

Including The Wasp Factory, The State of the Art & Espedair Street

Nicholas Briggs

Tommy Donbavand

Mark Morris

George Mann

Paul Finch

Nicholas Briggs, Frances Barber, David Troughton, Clare Corbett and Dan Starkey read these original stories about the Eleventh Doctor, also featuring Clara and the Paternoster Gang. 
 
In The Dalek Generation, by Nicholas Briggs, the Doctor is determined to find out the truth about Sunlight 349, one of the apparently benevolent Dalek Foundation worlds. 
In Shroud of Sorrow, by Tommy Donbavand, it’s the day after John F Kennedy’s assassination, and the Doctor and Clara discover that the faces of the dead are everywhere. 
Tales of Trenzalore, by Justin Richards, Mark Morris, George Mann and Paul Finch, relates four stories of the Doctor’s exploits during the nine hundred years he spent defending the planet. 
In Summer Falls, by James Goss, young Kate discovers a mysterious painting called The Lord of Winter, and goes on an adventure she could never have planned. 
In The Devil in the Smoke, by Justin Richards, two young boys decide to build a snowman, and are confronted with a strange and grisly mystery. Madame Vastra is on hand to help save the world! 
 
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Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Novels Volume 5

11th Doctor Novels

Peter Grimwade

David Banks reads this novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fifth Doctor, Turlough and Peri. 
 
The Doctor is enjoying the sun on a holiday island, until things get hotter than he 
bargained for. 
The young American, Perpugilliam Brown, brings to the TARDIS a mysterious object that her archaeologist step-father has found in a sunken wreck. When the Doctor’s robot friend Kamelion reacts to the object unexpectedly, it has bewildering consequences for the TARDIS crew. 
For Kamelion sends the Doctor and his friends to Sarn, a terrifyingly beautiful planet of fire. This strange world provides the key to Turlough’s secret past – and, once again, the Doctor is pitted against the wily Master. 
 
David Banks, who played the Cyber Leader in the BBC TV series, reads Peter Grimwade's 1985 novelisation of his own TV serial. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by Oliver Denman. Executive Producer for BBC Studios: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

5th Doctor Novelisation

Emily Cook

Susan Twist reads this brand new adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor. 
 
"The storm is an omen. A beast is rising from the deep. The ocean will consumer us all. Fear death by water." 
 
Northumberland, 1838. The TARDIS crash lands on board a sinking steamship. Stranded, the Doctor and the few survivors fight for their lives – while the local lighthouse keeper’s daughter, Grace Darling, risks her life to row to their rescue. 
 
Lauded a heroine, Grace struggles to cope with her new-found fame. But the Doctor senses something else troubling Grace. She’s been tormented by the terrifying vision she saw out at sea in the storm. There’s a monster in her mind, wrecking ships and stealing the souls of the drowned. 
And it’s real. 
 
Susan Twist, who played Susan Triad in the Doctor Who TV series, reads Emily Cook's original novel featuring the Doctor, as played by Ncuti Gatwa. 
 
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Reading produced by Audio Always. Sound design by Oliver Denman. Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens

Doctor Who: Fear Death by Water

Hannah Fergesen

Michelle Asante reads this brand new adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda. 
 
"A piercing shriek ruptured the silence. The agonised howl of a creature in deep, shattering pain. That haunting, spectral scream." 
 
When a psychic shriek for help nearly overwhelms the TARDIS, the Doctor and Belinda track the source to a distant planet. There they find a sentient, telepathic bioship named Adama and ragged colonists descended from the original crew. Adama is dying, and their spectral screams are growing strong enough to kill anyone in the vicinity. 
 
When Adama crashed 100 years ago, it was with a great treasure on board, stolen from the ruthless Gangnax Imperium – technology that could either unite worlds or destroy them. If they are to save the bioship, the Doctor and Belinda must survive suspicious colonists, greedy bounty hunters and military forces determined to reclaim what’s theirs – before Adama’s final death throes destroy them all. 
 
Michelle Asante reads Hannah Fergesen's original novel featuring the Doctor, as played on TV by Ncuti Gatwa, and Belinda Chandra, as played on TV by Varada Sethu. 
 
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Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Roocroft. Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens

Doctor Who: Spectral Scream

Frank Hampson

Nick McCarty

Crash land with Dan Dare, the world’s Number One space hero!Decades after he first appeared in the comic Eagle, Dan Dare hits the airwaves and embarks on a mission to Venus to save the world. Classic comic-book fans and adventure lovers alike will relish this vintage production as Dan Dare, British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson, fires up his spaceship and launches into the future - the distant future - the 1990s…Nicknamed The ‘Biggles of Space’ and the ‘British Buck Rogers’, this superhero’s manner is more reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s. Dominating the comic-book scene in the 1950 and 60s, the dashing and daring pilot is back in this brilliant, four-part radio dramatisation. Enjoy listening to a full-cast recording as they take on the adventure with Dan Dare and his crew battling to save the world.And in a bonus documentary, listen as Sir Tim Rice explores the lasting appeal of the British magazine Eagle and the impact of Dan Dare in Eagle: The Space Age Weekly. Charting the influences behind the comic, and exploring the life of its creator, Marcus Morris, this fascinating programme features contributions from author Philip Pullman, Sally Morris the daughter of Eagle creator and Eagle Society member David Britton. 
 
 
Cast and credits 
 
Reproduced with kind permission of the Dan Dare Corporation LtdDan Dare: Pilot of the FutureWritten by Frank HampsonDramatised by Nick McCartyDirected by Glyn DearmanMusic by Wilfredo AcostDan Dare - Mick FordSir Hubert - Terence AlexanderDigby - Donald GeeProfessor Peabody - Zelah ClarkeHank - William RobertsThe Mekon - Richard PearceSondar - David GoudgeAunt Anastasia - Margaret CourtenayMrs Digby - Shirley DixonVolstar - Ben OnwukweKalon - John MoffattPierre - Sean BarrettDapon - David KingUr Tag - Brian MillerOther parts played by Vincent Brimble, Paul Downing, Stephen Garlick, Dale Rapley, Danny Schiller, Charles Simpson, Simon Treves and Christopher Good First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19 Apr - 10 May 1990Eagle: The Space Age WeeklyWritten and Presented by Sir Tim RiceFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4Extra, 23 Dec 2010©2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Adventure

Jules Verne

Full-cast contemporary dramatisations of Jules Verne’s best-known work, plus insight into his life and workOften referred to as the father of science fiction, Victorian author Jules Verne is renowned for his fantastical adventures imagining extraordinary voyages to strange new horizons. Prolific and prophetic, he wrote over 50 novels and numerous short stories, in which he foretold the skyscraper, the submarine, space missions and even the Internet. Featured here are contemporary adaptations of four of his most famous tales, as well as a special episode of The Forum examining the long-lasting appeal of his work. 
 These full-cast dramatisations feature a stellar line-up including Jim Broadbent, Leslie Phillips, Sagar Arya, Joel MacCormack, Stephen Critchlow, Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Neil McCaul, Madeline Hatt, David Seddon, Yves Aubert, Nathan Osgood, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong and Kerry Gooderson. 
Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Renowned professor Otto Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel decipher a mysterious cryptogram telling of a pathway to the earth’s core. Determined to find out if such a journey is possible, the intrepid explorers and their guide, Hans, venture into the heart of a dormant Icelandic volcano, where shocks, perils and amazing discoveries await. 
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – On the hunt for a terrifying sea monster that has been attacking ships, marine scientist Professor Aronnax and his stowaway daughter Connie join whaler Ned Land aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. But what they find is no monster, it’s a submarine: the Nautilus, piloted by the mysterious Captain Nemo… 
Around the World in Eighty Days – Risking his fortune, eccentric gentleman Phileas Fogg makes a bet that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Accompanied by his new valet, Passepartout, he sets off on a headlong race – pursued by the energetic Sergeant Fix, who is convinced Fogg is the bank robber he’s seeking. With the clock ticking, can Phileas make it back to the Reform Club in time? 
The Mysterious Island – Escaping the American Civil War, military engineer Cyrus Smith, his freed slave Neb, and reporter Grace Spilett steal an observation balloon. Following a violent storm, it crashes near a seemingly deserted Pacific island: but the castaways soon realise that they are not alone… 
The Forum: 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas – Jules Verne’s classic novel is one of the most translated works in publishing history (and yes, the original French title does have the plural 'seas'). Talking to authors, academics and members of the Société Jules Verne, Rajan Datar finds out what makes this boys’ own adventure tale so popular. 
First published 1864 (Journey to the Centre of the Earth), 1870 (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea), 1872 (Around the World in Eighty Days), 1874 (The Mysterious Island) 
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Jules Verne: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Four Full-Cast Dramatisations

Gerry Davis

Alison Bingeman

"Slick and polished...immersive productions of much-loved novelisations...long may we enjoy them." - Doctor Who Magazine 
 
A thrilling novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the First Doctor. 
 
Peter Purves reads this thrilling novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the First Doctor. Somewhere outside space and time there waits the Celestial Toymaker, an enigmatic being who ensnares unwary travellers into his domain to play out his dark and deadly games. 
 
Separated from the security of the TARDIS, the Doctor is forced to play the complex trilogic game with the evil magician. Meanwhile, Dodo and Steven must enter into a series of tests with, among others, the schoolboy Cyril and the King and Queen of Hearts. 
 
If the travellers lose, they are condemned to become the Toymaker's playthings for all eternity. For in the malevolent wonderland that is the Celestial Toyroom, nothing is just for fun... 
 
Peter Purves, who played Steven in the Doctor Who TV series, reads Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman's novelisation of the 1966 TV adventure by Brian Hayles. 
 
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Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Roocroft. Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

1st Doctor Novelisation

Exotic tales from the vintage pages of Doctor Who Annual, brought to life by a host of Doctor Who voices. 
 
In the title adventure, The Cloud Exiles ensnare the First Doctor and hope to steal his body for their own purposes, unless he can persuade them otherwise. In Death to Mufl, the Second Doctor is sent on a mission so secret that even he doesn’t know about it! In Revenge of the Phantoms, Jo and the Third Doctor must fight for their lives against terrifying forces they can’t see, beyond which lies an even greater menace. Adric is banished to a jungle world when he and the Fourth Doctor encounter an Intergalactic Cat. In Danger Down Below, Tegan and the Fifth Doctor come under hostile surveillance when they answer a call for help from Aronassus Forty-Nine. The Sixth Doctor and Peri find a house apparently frozen in time as a result of the terrifying Davarrk’s Experiment. Finally, a short feature from the 1983 Annual promises a peek Behind the Scenes at Doctor Who… 
 
Maureen O'Brien, Geoffrey Beevers, Katy Manning, Matthew Waterhouse, Janet Fielding, Toby Longworth and Tim Treloar read these energetic stories first published in book form between 1966 and 1985. 
 
Readings produced by Morrison Ellis 
Sound design by David Darlington 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who: The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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