BBC Doctor Who audio stories

The BBC have produced a range of different Doctor Who audio stories over the years.
Initial use of the audio format was sporadic, with the BBC themselves releasing just five Doctor Who radio plays in the 20th century. In 1999, Big Finish Productions were granted the license to produce Doctor Who audio drama, use of the medium finally took off. During this time, the BBC has produced two series of audio drama of their own, namely The Nest Cottage Chronicles (2009-2011) and Redacted. (2022-2023)
The BBC did not involve themselves in original narrated Doctor Who audio stories until 1998, with the release of several anthologies associated with their Short Trips series. Since 2008, BBC Audio has produced a consistent series of narrated audio, featuring current Doctors from 2008-2017 and past Doctors from 2018 onwards.
== Full-cast stories ==
=== Radio plays ===
Title 	Author 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
Doctor Who and the Pescatons	Victor Pemberton	4th 	Sarah 	July 1976
Exploration Earth 	Bernard Venables	4th 	Sarah 	October 1976
Slipback 	Eric Saward 	6th 	Peri 	25 July - 22 August 1985
The Paradise of Death 	Barry Letts 	3rd 	Sarah, The Brigadier	27 August - 24 September 1993
The Ghosts of N-Space 	Barry Letts 	3rd 	Sarah, The Brigadier	20 January - 24 February 1996
=== The Nest Cottage Chronicles ===
Between 2009 and 2011, AudioGo produced three five-episode series later grouped under the umbrella of The Nest Cottage Chronicles. These were Hornets' Nest, Demon Quest and Serpent Crest. Each story was written by Paul Magrs and saw Tom Baker returning as the Fourth Doctor for the first time in performed media since his regeneration in Logopolis. The series also starred Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.
=== Redacted ===
In 2022, Redacted was released as a ten-episode podcast on BBC Sounds. A second series of six episodes was released in 2023. Series 1 was produced by Ella Watts while James Goss produced Series 2 (Redacted). Juno Dawson acted as head writer for both series. Based around a trio of original characters, the series starred Charlie Craggs, Lois Chimimba and Holly Quin-Ankrah as Cleo Proctor, Abby McPhail and Shawna Thompson respectively. The series stayed close to its Doctor Who roots, however, featuring a range of characters and concepts from the televised series, including appearances by Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor in Series 1.
== Audiobooks ==
=== Audio novelisations ===
A short audio-novelisation of State of Decay was published by Pickwick International in 1981. Later, AudioGo (later BBC Audio) released three original-to-audio novelisations of their own. These would later be published in the revived Target novelisation range. In addition, , almost every Target novelisation has been released by BBC Audio in audiobook form. See Audiobooks of novelisations for more information.
Title 	Author 	Read by 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
State of Decay 	Terrance Dicks	Tom Baker 	4th 	Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II	June 1981
The Stones of Blood 	David Fisher 	Susan Engel, John Leeson	4th 	Romana I, K9 Mark II 	5 May 2011
The Androids of Tara	David Fisher 	John Leeson 	4th 	Romana I, K9 Mark II 	5 July 2012
Warriors' Gate 	John Lydecker 	Jon Culshaw, John Leeson	4th 	Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II	4 April 2019
=== Short Trips ===
In 1998, three collections of narrated audio stories associated with the BBC's Short Trips series were released. Six stories in these releases were original-to-audio and are presented below. Three of these would shortly after be published in written form.
Anthology 	Title 	Author 	Read by 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
Short Trips 	Degrees of Truth 	David A. McIntee	Nicholas Courtney 	3rd 	The Brigadier	1998
Earth and Beyond 	Bounty 	Peter Anghelides	Paul McGann 	8th 	Sam 	7 September 1998
Earth and Beyond 	Dead Time 	Andrew Miller 	Paul McGann 	8th 	Sam 	7 September 1998
Earth and Beyond 	The People's Temple	Paul Leonard 	Paul McGann 	8th 	Sam 	7 September 1998
Out of the Darkness	Moon Graffiti 	Dave Stone 	Colin Baker & Nicola Bryant	6th 	Peri 	November 1998
Out of the Darkness	Wish You Were Here 	Guy Clapperton 	Colin Baker 	6th 	 	November 1998
Out of the Darkness	Vigil 	Michael Collier 	Nicola Bryant 	6th 	Peri 	November 1998
=== New Series Adventures ===
From 2008-2017, BBC Audio released 31 narrated audio stories featuring then incumbent Doctors, including the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors. These were part of the New Series Adventures line.
=== Audio Originals ===
From 2018, BBC Audio transitioned to releasing stories featuring past Doctors in an Audio Originals series. The series included multiple yearly releases which were usually standalone, but with occasional story arcs across multiple stories.
=== Beyond the Doctor ===
#	Title 	Author 	Read by 	Featuring 	Released
1	The Kairos Ring 	Stephen Gallagher	Steven Pacey 	Romana II, Tharils 	4 February 2021
2	Bessie Come Home 	Paul Magrs 	Stephanie Cole	Bessie 	5 August 2021
3	London, 1965 	Paul Magrs 	Jamie Glover 	Ian, Barbara 	6 January 2022
4	Sleeper Agents 	Paul Magrs 	Anneke Wills 	Ben, Polly 	3 March 2022
5	The Penumbra Affair	Paul Magrs 	Susan Jameson 	Wibbsey, Polly, Yates	5 May 2022
== Cover gallery ==
DW and the Pescatons Argo record cover.jpg|Doctor Who and the Pescatons
Exploration Earth.jpg|Exploration Earth
Slipback 2001 CD.jpg|Slipback
Paradise of Death cover.jpg|The Paradise of Death
Ghosts of N-Space.jpg|The Ghosts of N-Space
Category:Audio overviews