This is a list of ''
Doctor Who''
audiobook
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s. The first ''Doctor Who'' audiobook, consisting of readings by
Gabriel Woolf of the novelisations of ''
The Three Doctors'', ''
Carnival of Monsters
''Carnival of Monsters'' is the second serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 27 January to 17 February 1973.
In the serial, set ...
'', and ''
Terror of the Zygons
Terror of the Zygons is the first serial of the 13th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was the first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 August to 20 September 1975. It was the last regula ...
'', was produced by the
RNIB
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History
The RNIB was founded by Thomas Rhodes Armitage, a doctor who had eye ...
in 1978 and was available only to the registered blind through the RNIB and libraries. The first audiobook available to the general public was a Tom Baker reading of a ''
State of Decay
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Common game ...
'' novelisation, released in 1981.
From 1995 to 1997, recordings of the novelisations of seven ''Doctor Who'' serials and three sets of original short stories were released by the BBC on cassette. Each of the novelisations was read by the actor who had portrayed the Doctor in the respective serial. The short stories were read by various actors associated with the series. All of these recordings were re-released in the ''Tales from the TARDIS'' MP3-CD collections in 2004.
In 2005 publishing began of two new sets of audiobooks. The first consisted of novelisations of serials from the "Classic" ''Doctor Who'' era, the second series consists of original novels from the
New Series Adventures
The ''New Series Adventures'' are a series of novels relating to the long-running BBC science fiction television series, '' Doctor Who''. The 'NSAs', as they are often referred to, are published by BBC Books, and are regularly published twice a ...
line. Starting in 2007, the RNIB produced unabridged versions of selected Ninth and Tenth Doctor audiobooks as well as selected Classic Series novelisations.
Novelisations
Readings of
novelisations of television stories and spinoff productions, most originally published by
Target Books
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. All readings are unabridged unless otherwise stated.
First Doctor
Second Doctor
Third Doctor
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Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Eighth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Eleventh Doctor
Twelfth Doctor
Thirteenth Doctor
Shalka Doctor
Spinoffs
Original novels
In addition to novelisation readings, there have been many readings of Doctor Who novels. Unless otherwise noted, these are all from the
New Series Adventures
The ''New Series Adventures'' are a series of novels relating to the long-running BBC science fiction television series, '' Doctor Who''. The 'NSAs', as they are often referred to, are published by BBC Books, and are regularly published twice a ...
range and are unabridged.
First Doctor novels
Second Doctor novels
Third Doctor novels
Fourth Doctor novels
Fifth Doctor novels
Sixth Doctor novels
Seventh Doctor novels
Eighth Doctor novels
War Doctor novels
Ninth Doctor novels
Tenth Doctor novels
Eleventh Doctor novels
Twelfth Doctor novels
Thirteenth Doctor novels
Other novels
Original audiobooks
In addition to readings of published novels, there have also been a number of original audiobooks not published in print.
First Doctor releases
Second Doctor releases
Third Doctor releases
Fourth Doctor releases
Fifth Doctor releases
Sixth Doctor releases
Seventh Doctor releases
Eighth Doctor releases
Ninth Doctor releases
Tenth Doctor releases
Eleventh Doctor releases
Twelfth Doctor releases
Thirteenth Doctor releases
''Beyond the Doctor''
A series of stories chronicling the lives of companions after they left the Doctor.
Short stories
Short story anthologies
All readings are unabridged.
Audio annual stories
Stories from
World Distributors
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' annual books. All readings are unabridged.
Non-fiction
Readings of non-fiction books about the making of ''Doctor Who'', characters from the show, and biographies and memoirs of actors and crew who had a major role in ''Doctor Who''. Unabridged unless otherwise stated.
Biographies and memiors
Other non-fiction
Spinoffs
''Torchwood''
''
Torchwood
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'' audiobooks began with abridged readings of
published novels, but then switched to exclusive stories not published in print.
Novels
Readings are unabridged unless otherwise stated.
Original audiobooks
''The Sarah Jane Adventures''
''
The Sarah Jane Adventures
''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC ...
'' audiobooks are all original audiobooks not published in print.
''Time Hunter''
Audiobook readings of
Telos Publishing
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's ''
Time Hunter
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'' series of novellas.
''Lethbridge-Stewart''
Audiobook readings of Candy Jar Books's ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' series of novels.
''Class''
Unabridged ''
Class'' audiobooks have been published in the United States.
''Bernice Summerfield''
Featuring
Bernice Summerfield
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Novels
Short stories
''P.R.O.B.E.''
Audiobooks based on the direct-to-video ''
P.R.O.B.E.'' series
''Iris Wildthyme and Friends''
Featuring
Iris Wildthyme
Iris Wildthyme is a fictional character created by writer Paul Magrs, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers. She is best known from spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction tele ...
''The Brigadier Adventures''
''UNIT''
Others
See also
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''Doctor Who'' audio productions
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List of ''Doctor Who'' audio releases
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List of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays by Big Finish
Note
References
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Audiobooks based on Doctor Who
Audiobooks
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Spoken audio has been available in sc ...