Penguin Random House have released details of their line up of Doctor Who audio books coming this spring. There are adventures coming for many beloved incarnations of the Doctor with some classics finally coming to audio.
Coming this April is the second volume of Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Novels. This collection of four novels is read by Arthur Darvill, Nicholas Briggs and Clare Corbett and follows the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory through some new original adventures. These include preventing a civil war in The King’s Dragon by Una McCormack, the discovery of an ancient spaceship in 1936 Earth in The Glamour Chase by Gary Russell, travelling through 18th century Italy in The Dead of Winter by James Goss, and a mystery disappearance in an ancient wood in Una McCormack’s The Way Through the Woods.
Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Novels will be available from Audible, Spotify, Apple and Google Play on 4th April.
Also arriving on the 4th April is Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon, the exciting novelisation of the Fourth Doctor’s classic TV adventure read by Geoffrey Beevers. In this adventure Romana is condemned to be sacrificed to the fearsome monster Nimon but the Doctor, aided by K-9, is not about to let his companion go without a fight.
On the 2nd May, Doctor Who fans can enjoy Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction. This complete TV soundtrack, narrated by Carole Ann Ford who played Susan in the series, tells the story of the Doctor and his companions being inside the TARDIS when it suddenly behaves wildly, as though taken over by an external force. The TARDIS is trying to tell the travellers something but the Doctor has no idea how to stop them hurtling back through time.
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction was a classic episode first televised back in February 1964 and this new soundtrack features the talents of William Russell, Carole Ann Ford and Jacqueline Hill.
May also sees the release of the original Tenth Doctor adventure Doctor Who: The Demons Within read by David Banks. This adventure finds the Doctor and Martha arrive at a lonely house in 1860’s Ayrshire where a mysterious portal and monstrous demons threaten those within.
The 6th June will see the release of two novelisations. The first, Doctor Who: Kinda is read by Janet Fielding and tells the story of the Doctor, Adric and Tegan’s visit to the seemingly tranquil planet of Deva Loka.
The second release for June is Doctor Who: The Apocalypse Collection. This collection features four classic TV novelisations read by Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, John Leeson and Nicholas Briggs. These adventures see the First Doctor resolve a battle on a desolate planet, humanity evacuating the Earth as it slips into the Sun, the TARDIS landing in the middle of an atomic war, and three different versions of the Doctor uniting to save the whole universe.
Look out for these new audio books from Penguin Random House arriving on Audible, Spotify, Apple and Google Play over the coming months.
