Short Trips (anthology)

Short Trips was the first book in the BBC Books Short Trips series. An abridged audiobook version narrated by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred featured five of the original stories, Freedom, Model Train Set, Glass, Stop the Pigeon and Old Flames, alongside an exclusive story, Degrees of Truth.
== Publisher's summary ==
From Neolithic Earth to the furthest reaches of the universe in the far future, Short Trips brings together established Doctor Who authors and first-time writers in a collection of stories exploring the ever-changing worlds of the Doctor and his friends.
Witness the last days of the siege of Masada with the First Doctor and meet the Fourth Doctor's extraordinary "old flame". An evil enemy makes life difficult for the Seventh and Third Doctors, and while the Fifth Doctor is under attack on a sinister ship shrouded in fog, the Second may soon be guilty of a grave error of judgement... The Sixth Doctor's hopes of a holiday are dashed when he discovers a pleasure planet is hiding a shocking secret, and the Eighth Doctor is caught up in a deadly drama played out during the construction of Stonehenge.
And of course, that just the beginning...
== Individual stories ==
Title 	Author 	Featuring 	Audiobook Release
Model Train Set 	Jonathan Blum 	Eighth Doctor 	Short Trips
Old Flames 	Paul Magrs 	Fourth Doctor, Sarah 	Short Trips
War Crimes 	Simon Bucher-Jones 	Second Doctor, Jamie, Zoe 	No
The Last Days 	Evan Pritchard 	First Doctor, Susan, Barbara, Ian	No
Stop the Pigeon 	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	Seventh Doctor, Ace 	Short Trips
Freedom 	Steve Lyons 	Third Doctor, Jo 	Short Trips
Glass 	Tara Samms 	Fourth Doctor, Romana II 	Short Trips
Mondas Passing 	Paul Grice 	Ben, Polly 	No
There are Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden 	Sam Lester 	First Doctor, Dodo 	No
Mother's Little Helper 	Matthew Jones 	Second Doctor 	No
The Parliament of Rats 	Daniel O'Mahony 	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa 	No
Rights 	Paul Grice 	Fourth Doctor, Sarah 	No
Wish You Were Here 	Guy Clapperton 	Sixth Doctor 	Out of the Darkness
Ace of Hearts 	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	Seventh Doctor 	No
The People's Temple 	Paul Leonard 	Eighth Doctor, Sam 	Earth and Beyond
Degrees of Truth (only available on audio version)	David A. McIntee 	Third Doctor, the Brig 	Short Trips
== Audiobook ==
An audiobook of the same name was released the same year narrated by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred, featuring five stories from the collection. Two similar audio collections, Out of the Darkness and Earth and Beyond collated stories for the Sixth and Eighth Doctors (sourced from this release and More Short Trips), alongside an original story. 
These stories were reissued on MP3-CD from 2004-2005 on Tales from the TARDIS volumes 1 and 2.
Additionally, two stories from the 1998 audiobook, Freedom and Old Flames, appeared on the audio CD Tales from the TARDIS in 2008.
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