Terrance Dicks has 42 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 38 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 39 ratings. The most-rated is Doctor Who: The Earth Adventures Collection.
Doctor Who: The Second UNIT Collection
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Five more classic novelisations of TV adventures featuring UNIT! In Doctor Who and the Green Death, the Third Doctor, Jo and the Brigadier find a Welsh mining village beset by sudden deaths and a swarm of giant maggots. In Doctor Who and the Time Warrior, the Third Doctor and Sarah investigate disappearances from a top secret research establishment. In Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion, UNIT presides over the evacuation of London caused by the arrival of prehistoric monsters. In Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders, UNIT is attacked by an alien influence seeking to retrieve something in the Doctor’s possession. In Doctor Who and the Giant Robot, the newly regenerated Fourth Doctor helps UNIT when the secret Destructor Codes fall into the wrong hands. Read by Katy Manning, Jeremy Bulloch, Martin Jarvis, Elisabeth Sladen and Tom Baker. Each purchase is accompanied by a PDF booklet featuring full cast and credits, chapter-by-chapter navigation and sleeve notes for each book by David J. Howe. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our desktop site.
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Doctor Who: The Earth Adventures Collection
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Five classic novelisations of exciting TV adventures set on the planet Earth! In Fury from the Deep, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria discover sentient seaweed threatening a gas refinery on the South Coast of England. In Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1920s England, where plans are being laid to free Sutekh the Destroyer from his prison on Mars. In The Stones of Blood, the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K9 confront an ancient villainess on Bodcombe Moor. In The Awakening, the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough become enmeshed in sinister events in the village of Little Hodcombe. In Ghost Light, the Seventh Doctor and Ace visit Perivale in the 1880s and find a terrible secret lurking at Gabriel Chase.... Read by David Troughton, Tom Baker, Susan Engel, Nerys Hughes and Ian Hogg. Each purchase is accompanied by a PDF booklet featuring full cast and credits, chapter-by-chapter navigation, and sleeve notes for each book by David J. Howe. Sound design by Simon Power TARDIS sound effect by Brian Hodgson Executive producer: Michael Stevens Cover illustration by Chris Achilleos BBC logo © BBC 1996 Doctor Who logo © BBC 2018 A stereo recording MCPS PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our desktop site.
©2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
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Jon Culshaw reads this classic novelisation of Doctor Who's special 20th-anniversary TV adventure, featuring the Doctor in each of his first five incarnations. Each one has been removed from his time-stream and - with one unfortunate exception - brought to the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There, they - along with an array of their loyal former companions - encounter numerous deadly obstacles including Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti, the Master and a fiendish set of puzzles. Who is the ultimate enemy they must all unite to defeat? Based on Terrance Dicks's epic TV adventure, first broadcast in 1983, The Five Doctors offers listeners a chance to turn the clock back and meet some old friends - and some old enemies.
©1983 Terrance Dicks (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
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An unabridged reading of this classic novelisation, based on a BBC TV adventure featuring the Third Doctor. A mysterious power loss strands the TARDIS on Exxilon, a sinister fog-shrouded alien planet. The Doctor meets the survivors of a beleaguered expedition from Earth, while Sarah finds a mysterious super-city and becomes a captive of the savage Exxilons. Worst of all, the Doctor's greatest enemies, the Daleks, arrive on a secret mission of their own. The Doctor and Sarah must risk their lives time and again in a desperate attempt to foil the Daleks and save millions of humans from a horrific plague. Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes approx.
©2016 BBC Worldwide Limited (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Limited
Doctor Who
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Twelve stories of excitement and adventure in distant times and places! This first volume of readings features:
The Curse of Peladon, read by Jon PertweeOn a primitive planet, the Doctor and Jo encounter a delegation of aliens, including the Ice Warriors.
Kinda, read by Peter DavisonA serpent at the heart of paradise poses danger for the TARDIS crew and a human survey team.
Attack of the Cybermen, read by Colin BakerThe Cybermen are intent on a plan to change history...by crashing Halley's Comet into Earth.
Out of the Darkness, read by Colin Baker and Nicola BryantThree gripping original short stories featuring the sixth Doctor and Peri.
Short Trips, read by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie AldredSix short stories featuring familiar Doctor Who characters in intriguing and original situations.
©2004 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2004 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock
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Louise Jameson reads this classic Fourth Doctor novelisation, based on the 1977 TV serial starring Tom Baker. On a remote rocky island a few miles off the Channel coast stands Fang Rock lighthouse. There have always been tales of the beast of Fang Rock, but when the TARDIS lands here with Leela and the Doctor, the force they must deal with is more sinister and deadly than the mythical beast of the past. It is the early 1900s, electricity is just coming into common usage, and the formless, gelatinous mass from the future must use the lighthouse generators to recharge its system. Nothing can stop the Rutan scout in its search and its experimentation on humans.... Duration: 4 hours approx.
©1977 Terrance Dicks (P)2017 BBC Digital Audio
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius
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For the first time on audio, this is an unabridged reading of a classic Doctor Who novelisation, based on a serial from the original TV series.
Why do so many spaceships crash land on Karn, a bleak, lonely and seemingly deserted planet? Are they doomed by the mysterious powers of the strange, black-robed Sisterhood, jealously guarding their secret of eternal life? Or does the mad Dr Solon, for some evil purpose of his own, need the bodies of the victims - and more especially, the body of Doctor Who?
©1977 Terrance Dicks (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Doctor Who: The Dalek Collection
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Five thrilling adventures featuring the Doctor and his arch-enemies the Daleks! In 'Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth' the TARDIS lands in the 21st century to find a ravaged London at the mercy of familiar foes. In 'Doctor Who: Daleks - Mission to the Unknown' and 'Doctor Who: Daleks - The Mutation of Time' conquest of the universe seems assured for Mavic Chen and his allies, the Daleks. In 'Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks' the Doctor and Sarah are drawn to the planet Exillon, shortly before the Daleks arrive. In 'Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks', the Time Lords send the Doctor, Sarah and Harry on a dangerous mission to avert the creation of the Daleks once and for all. Read by William Russell, Peter Purves, Jean Marsh and Jon Culshaw, with Dalek voices supplied by Nicholas Briggs, these classic Target Books novelisations are written by Terrance Dicks and John Peel. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our Desktop Site.
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Doctor Who: The Alien Worlds Collection
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Five classic novelisations of TV adventures on alien planets! In Doctor Who and the Zarbi, the First Doctor and his companions Ian, Barbara and Vicki are trapped on the remote planet Vortis. In Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon, the Third Doctor and Jo are mistaken for delegates of the Galactic Federation on a primitive and superstitious world. In Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah find the living remains of a renegade Time Lord and his maniacal saviour. In Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive, the Fourth Doctor and Romana find subterfuge and corruption lurking beneath the surface of the pleasure planet Argolis. In Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, the Seventh Doctor and Ace fight for their lives on Segonax, home of the Psychic Circus. Read by William Russell, David Troughton, Tom Baker, Lalla Ward and Sophie Aldred. Each purchase is accompanied by a PDF booklet featuring full cast and credits, chapter-by-chapter navigation, and sleeve notes for each book by David J. Howe. Sound design by Simon Power TARDIS sound effect by Brian Hodgson Executive producer: Michael Stevens Cover illustration by Alister Pearson BBC logo © BBC 1996 Doctor Who logo © BBC 2014 A stereo recording MCPS Digital Edition Chapter Listing Doctor Who and the Zarbi Files 001-007 Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon Files 008-018 Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius Files 019-030 Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive Files 031-039 Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Files 040-053 PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot
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"Look, Brigadier! It's growing!" screamed Sarah. The Brigadier stared in amazement as the Robot began to grow...and grow...swelling to the size of a giant! Slowly the metal colossus, casting its enormous shadow upon the surrounding trees and buildings, began to stride towards the Brigadier. A giant metal hand reached down to grasp him.
Can Doctor Who defeat the evil forces controlling the Robot before they execute their plans to blackmail or destroy the world?
©1975 Terrence Dicks (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord Collection
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Four exciting novelisations in which the Doctor is on trial for his life. In The Mysterious Planet, the Doctor is brought before the court of his fellow Time Lords. If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. In Mindwarp, the second piece of evidence against the Doctor is presented to the court. One thing is certain: on the evidence of the Matrix, the Doctor is guilty as charged! In Terror of the Vervoids, the Matrix relates how the Doctor and Mel arrive on a space liner just as a series of grisly murders begins. In The Ultimate Foe, the Doctor asserts that the evidence of the Matrix has been tampered with. In a dramatic intervention, the Valeyard's true identity is revealed.... Lynda Bellingham, Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford and Michael Jayston read these four suspenseful adventures by Robert Holmes, Philip Martin and Pip and Jane Baker.
©2019 Terrance Dicks, Philip Martin, Pip & Jane Baker (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who and the Robots of Death
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Louise Jameson reads this suspenseful novelisation of a Fourth Doctor adventure. On a desert planet the giant sandminer crawls through the howling sandstorms, harvesting the valuable minerals in the sand. Inside, the humans relax in luxury while most of the work is done by the robots who serve them. Then the Doctor and Leela arrive - and the mysterious deaths begin. First suspects, then hunted victims, Leela and the Doctor must find the hidden killer - or join the other victims of the Robots of Death. Reader Louise Jameson played Leela in the BBC TV series.
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
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Geoffrey Beevers reads this exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor.
The Doctor is suddenly summoned to Gallifrey, the home of the Time Lords, where his ghastly hallucinations of the president’s assassination seem to turn into reality. When the Doctor is arrested for the murder, a hideous, dark, cowled figure is gleefully watching in the shadows.
In a battle of minds, the Doctor faces renegade Time Lord the Master inside a nightmare world created by his old enemy’s imagination. But the Master’s evil intentions go much further - he has a doomsday plan. It is up to the Doctor to prevent him from destroying Gallifrey and taking over the universe!
Geoffrey Beevers, who played an incarnation of the Master in the BBC TV series, reads Terrance Dicks’ complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1977.
©2015 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2015 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (Classic Novel)
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Jo peered through the panel and saw - nothing. Yet someone had entered the cabin. She could hear hoarse breathing and stealthy padding footsteps. A beaker rose in the air of its own accord, then dropped to the floor...
After pursuing the Daleks through space, Doctor Who lands on the planet of Spiridon, in the midst of a tropical jungle... and finds more than Daleks. Vicious plants spitting deadly poison, invisible Spiridons attacking from all sides and, in hiding, a vast army waits... for the moment to mobilise and conquer.
Mark Gatiss, who has written and appeared in several Doctor Who episodes, reads Terrance Dicks' complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1976.
©1976 Terrance Dicks (P)2013 AudioGO Ltd
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
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Geoffrey Beevers reads this action-packed novelisation of a Third Doctor television adventure. Seven months after it left Mars, there has still been no radio communication with the Probe Seven spacecraft or the astronauts inside it. Back on Earth concern is mounting, and eventually a recovery capsule is sent up to rescue the astronauts. But when the capsule returns to Earth, it is found to be empty. As the Doctor and Liz investigate, they discover that the interior of the capsule is highly radioactive: if anyone was inside, they would now surely be dead. Have the astronauts returned to Earth? And if not, who are the sinister space-suited figures who stalk the countryside and whose very touch means instant death?
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who: The Krotons
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Frazer Hines reads this classic novelisation of a TV adventure for the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. Many thousands of years ago, strange crystalline creatures came down from the stars and settled on the planet of the Gonds. Over the years they educated the Gonds through teaching machines in the great Hall of Learning. In return, the Gonds periodically selected their two most brilliant scholars to become the ‘companions’ of these mysterious beings. But when the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on the planet, they soon discover the true evil purpose of the aliens and learn what it really means to be companions of the Krotons.... Frazer Hines, who played Jamie in the TV series, reads Terrance Dicks’s novelisation of a 1968 TV serial by Robert Holmes. Cover illustration by Andrew Skilleter. Original script copyright © Robert Holmes 1968. Reading produced by Neil Gardner. Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd. Sound design by Simon Power for Meon Productions. Executive producer: Michael Stevens.
©1985 Terrance Dicks (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
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Richard Franklin narrates the exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure featuring the Third Doctor, as played byJon Pertwee. Eminent scientist Emil Keller has developed a revolutionary new process for the treatment of hardened criminals. His invention, the Keller Machine, is being heralded as a major scientific breakthrough. But Professor Keller is in truth the Master, and the Keller Machine is much more than a mere machine. Soon the Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier and UNIT are involved in a bitter struggle with the Master, an alien mind parasite, and a diabolical scheme to plunge the world into a Third World War.... Richard Franklin, who played Captain Mike Yates in the BBC TV series, narrates Terrance Dicks' novelisation of a 1971 TV serial by Don Houghton.
©2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd. (P)2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
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An unabridged reading of this classic novelisation of a 1972 TV story featuring the Third Doctor, as played on TV by Jon Pertwee.
Mysterious humans from 22nd-century Earth time jump back into the 20th century so as to assassinate a high-ranking diplomat on whom the peace of the world depends. The Doctor, Jo Grant and the Brigadier are soon called in to investigate.
Jo is accidentally transported to the future; the Doctor follows, eventually to be captured by his oldest and deadliest enemies: the Daleks! Having submitted the Doctor to the fearful Mind Analysis Machine, the Daleks plan a time-jump attack on Earth in the 20th century!
Duration: 4 hours 30 mins approx.
©2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd. (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Doctor Who: The Second History Collection
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Five exciting novelisations set in Earth's past history, featuring the Doctor and his companions. The stories are Doctor Who - The Gunfighters, Doctor Who - The Highlanders, Doctor Who and the War Games, Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang and Doctor Who - Black Orchid. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Doctor Who and the Caves of Androzani
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Peter Davison reads this exciting novelisation of the explosive final adventure for the Fifth Doctor. From the moment they land on the planet Androzani Minor, everything goes wrong for the Doctor and his new young companion, Peri. They become involved in the struggle between brutal gun-runners, ruthless Federation troops, and the hideously mutilated Sharaz Jek, who lurks in the depths of the caves with his android army. Key to the struggle is spectrox, the most valuable substance in the universe. Suitably processed, spectrox is an elixir of life, but in its raw state it is a deadly poison - a fact which will cost the Doctor another of his Time Lord lives.... Peter Davison, who portrayed the Fifth Doctor in the hit BBC TV series, reads Terrance Dicks’s novelisation of the original serial by Robert Holmes, frequently named as one of the best adventures of the original Doctor Who series. Duration: 3 hours 5 mins approx.
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd