Audiobooks of novelisations
Audiobooks of novelisations were direct-to-home-audio recordings of Doctor Who celebrities reading novelisations of Doctor Who stories. The range began under BBC Audio and continued under AudioGo, their successor. When AudioGo went into administration in 2013, BBC Physical Audio began publishing new audiobooks in November 2014.
Generally, the range has used Target Books novelisations as their base material, but as of 2019[update] they have commissioned and released at least three original-to-audio novelisations of The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, and Warriors' Gate. Moreover, they have recorded the first Doctor Who novelisations, released in the 1960s, which were originally published by Frederick Muller, Ltd.
Overview
In 2005 BBC Audiobooks released a limited edition Tin Doctor Who: Travels in Time and Space. William Russell read the first three Doctor Who novelizations, as originally published by Frederick Muller Ltd. Music and special effects were by Simon E Power. After this was deemed a success, BBC Audio began a regular series of releases starting in 2007, featuring unabridged readings of Target Books' television story novelisations.
Read by well-known names from the world of Doctor Who, each package came with a booklet that featured thumbnails of the original illustrations from the novelisation, along with cover illustrations (of both UK and international editions) and blurb from the original publication. Accompanying sleeve notes are provided by David J. Howe (author of The Target Book).
Releases by year
2005
2007
2008
13.
Black Orchid
2009
2010
26.
Logopolis
27.
Castrovalva
2011
36.
Inferno
38.
Ghost Light
2012
42.
Earthshock
43.
Shada
48.
The Aztecs
2013
54.
The Rescue
60.
Mindwarp
2014
2015
64.
Full Circle
67.
Frontios
69.
The Massacre
2016
2017
93.
Galaxy Four
95.
Survival
2018
101.
The Ark
103.
Rose
107.
Mawdryn Undead
109.
The Dominators
112.
Marco Polo
2019
113.
Scratchman
115.
The War Machines
120.
Terminus
124.
Dragonfire
![116. Warriors' Gate[nb 1]](/wiki/File:Warriors%E2%80%99_Gate_audiobook.jpg)
2020
128.
The Krotons
129.
The Smugglers
130.
Enlightenment
2021
133.
The Savages
134.
Dalek
135.
The TV Movie
136.
The Witchfinders
138.
Time-Flight
140.
Arc of Infinity
141.
Meglos
2022
147.
Timelash
149.
Battlefield
2023
157.
The Romans
159.
The Time Monster
163.
Silver Nemesis
166.
Kerblam!
2024
169.
The Star Beast
170.
Wild Blue Yonder
171.
The Giggle
175.
Kinda
176.
Space Babies
177.
73 Yards
178.
Rogue
Footnotes
Notes
- ↑ An expanded and restored version closer to Stephen Gallagher's early drafts, not Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate (novelisation)"].
