Doctor Who: The Space Travel Collection

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Doctor Novelisations

By: Nigel Robinson, Terrance Dicks

Narrated by: William Russell, Terry Molloy, Jon Culshaw, John Leeson, Matthew Waterhouse

Five classic novelisations of TV stories involving space travel and adventure.

In The Edge of Destruction the TARDIS stalls in space with the Doctor and friends trapped inside.

In The Space Pirates the travellers are embroiled in the schemes of interplanetary raiders.

In The Ark In Space the TARDIS arrives on a fully automated space station and meet the Wirrn....

In The Invasion of Time the Doctor returns to Gallifrey and encounters old friends and enemies.

In Four to Doomsday the TARDIS crew meet Monarch, whose mission to Earth has a sinister purpose.

William Russell, Terry Molloy, Jon Culshaw, John Leeson and Matthew Waterhouse read these classic tales, first published as Target Books in the 1970s and 1980s.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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I love it!

The first time I saw The Edge of Destruction I was son confused, because it was so different from the first two stories (yes, I saw Classic Who in chronological order to begin with). But this novelisation is why novelisations exist! Not only does it explain the story in a great and more approachable way, than the sometime too-deconstructed tv-version, but it also goes deeper and give extra scenes, that ties everything together masterfully! And William Russell’s voice is just great for audiobooks!

Four to Doomsday is the worst of the stories, in my opinion – and it is still a 3.5 (neither story nor Matthew Waterhouse fully live up to the greatness of the others) All of which are 4s and 5s in both story and narration.