Short Trips (series)

"Short Trips" was a label applied to stories and books, published by both BBC Books and Big Finish Productions. Early publications released under the "Short Trips" banner were short story anthologies. The majority of these anthologies were collections of prose issued from 1998 to 2009, but Big Finish resurrected the name as a label for audio anthologies and single audio downloads beginning in 2010.
== BBC Books ==
"Short Trips" was a name initially given to three short story anthologies published by BBC Books, starting in 1999. The notion was very similar to Virgin Books' Decalog anthology series. These three new books were published in conjunction with the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures book series. Each book contained stories featuring the first eight incarnations of the Doctor. After publishing the anthology Short Trips and Side Steps in March 2000, BBC Books abandoned short stories for full length prose.
BBC 1 Short Trips.jpg|1Short Trips2 March 1998
BBC 2 More Short Trips.jpg|2More Short Trips1 March 1999
BBC 3 Short Trips and Side Steps.jpg|3Short Trips and Side Steps6 March 2000
=== BBC Audio ===
BBC Audio also released a few collections of stories adapted from the print books, plus a few originals, in audio format.
#	Title 	Format 	Stories 	Released
1	Short Trips 	Double cassette	6 	1998
2	Earth and Beyond 	Double cassette	3 	7 September 1998
3	Out of the Darkness 	Audio CD 	3 	November 1998
4	Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One	MP3-CD 	9 (+3 novels)	19 July 2004
5	Tales from the TARDIS: Volume Two	MP3-CD 	3 (+4 novels)	19 July 2004
6	Tales from the TARDIS 	Audio CD 	2 	2008
== Big Finish Productions ==
In 2002, Big Finish Productions obtained the rights to the Short Trips series. The Big Finish Short Trips books, like the Decalog series, are built around themes. These include an annual volume dedicated to Christmas-related tales and one volume dedicated to Dalek stories. A total of twenty-eight volumes of new material — featuring several hundred stories featuring the first eight Doctors — were published by March 2009.
On 17 April 2009, Big Finish announced it was ending the Short Trips line, since the BBC had not renewed the company's license to issue Doctor Who stories in print. A final Short Trips volume, a "best-of" collection, subsequently appeared in May 2009, coinciding with Big Finish briefly making its back stock of earlier Short Trips books available at a discounted rate.
ST01 Zodiac.jpg|1 Zodiac6 March 2002
ST02 Companions.jpg|2Companions24 April 2003
ST03 A Universe of Terrors.jpg|3 A Universe of Terrors3 July 2003
ST04 The Muses.jpg|4 The Muses9 October 2003
ST05 Steel Skies.jpg|5 Steel Skies15 January 2004
ST06 Past Tense.jpg|6 Past Tense20 May 2004
ST07 Life Science.jpg|7 Life Science1 July 2004
Repercussions.jpg|8 Repercussions26 August 2004
ST09 Monsters.jpg|9 Monsters7 October 2004
ST10 2040.jpg|10 20402 December 2004
ST11 A Christmas Treasury.jpg|11 A Christmas Treasury30 December 2004
ST12 Seven Deadly Sins.jpg|12 Seven Deadly Sins9 April 2005
ST13 Day in the LIfe.jpg|13 A Day in the Life7 July 2005
ST14 The Solar System.jpg|14The Solar System22 October 2005
ST15 The History of Christmas.jpg|15 The History of Christmas26 November 2005
ST16 Farewells.jpg|16 Farewells1 March 2006
Centenarian.jpg|17The Centenarian1 August 2006
ST18 Time Signature.jpg|18 Time Signature1 September 2006
Dalek Empire.jpg|19 Dalek Empire22 December 2006
ST20 destinationprague cover.jpg|20 Destination Prague30 June 2007
ST21 snapshots cover.jpg|21 Snapshots30 June 2007
ST22 GhostsofChristmas cover.jpg|22The Ghosts of Christmas15 December 2007
Defining patterns.jpg|23 Defining Patterns5 June 2008
Quality of Leadership.jpg|24 The Quality of Leadership10 May 2008
Transmissions.jpg|25 Transmissions1 July 2008
ST26 How the Doctor Changed my Life.jpg|26 How the Doctor Changed My Life30 September 2008
ST27 Christmas Around the World.jpg|27 Christmas Around the World15 December 2008
ST28 Indefinable Magic.jpg|28 Indefinable Magic30 March 2009
ST29 ReCollections.jpg|29 Re:CollectionsMay 2009
=== CD releases ===
In less than a year, however, Big Finish revived the Short Trips format, this time as exclusive-to-audio readings of short stories, most performed by veteran cast members. It began by soliciting stories from fans, though seasoned writers also contributed stories (along with one short story from Colin Baker). Unlike almost everything else produced by Big Finish, they feature only one actor reading a story, being audiobooks rather than audio dramas. All in the regular series are original to audio, and have not previously appeared in print.
==== Volume I ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
1.1	Rise and Fall 	George Mann 	William Russell	1st 	Susan, Ian, Barbara	5 November 2010
1.2	A Stain of Red in the Sand	David A McEwan 	David Troughton	2nd 	Zoe 	5 November 2010
1.3	A True Gentleman 	Jamie Hailstone	Katy Manning 	3rd 	 	5 November 2010
1.4	Death-Dealer 	Damian Sawyer 	Louise Jameson 	4th 	Leela 	5 November 2010
1.5	The Deep 	Ally Kennen 	Peter Davison 	5th 	Nyssa 	5 November 2010
1.6	The Wings of a Butterfly 	Colin Baker 	Colin Baker 	6th 	 	5 November 2010
1.7	Police and Shreeves 	Adam Smith 	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	5 November 2010
1.8	Running Out of Time 	Dorothy Koomson	India Fisher 	8th 	 	5 November 2010
==== Volume II ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
2.1	1963 	Niall Boyce 	William Russell	1st 	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	28 February 2011
2.2	The Way Forwards 	Steve Case 	David Troughton	2nd 	Victoria 	28 February 2011
2.3	Walls of Confinement	Lawrence Conquest 	Katy Manning 	3rd 	Liz, The Brig 	28 February 2011
2.4	Chain Reaction 	Darren Goldsmith 	Louise Jameson 	4th 	Sarah 	28 February 2011
2.5	Sock Pig 	Sharon Cobb, Iain Keiller	Peter Davison 	5th 	 	28 February 2011
2.6	The Doctor's Coat 	John Bromley 	Colin Baker 	6th 	 	28 February 2011
2.7	Critical Mass 	James Moran 	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	28 February 2011
2.8	Letting Go 	Simon Guerrier 	India Fisher 	8th 	Charley 	28 February 2011
==== Volume III ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
3.1	Seven to One 	Simon Miller 	Nicholas Briggs, William Russell	1st 	Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor	11 May 2011
3.2	The Five Dimensional Man	Kate Orman 	David Troughton 	2nd 	Jamie, Zoe 	11 May 2011
3.3	Pop-Up 	Dave Curan 	Katy Manning 	3rd 	Jo 	11 May 2011
3.4	The Wondrous Box 	Juliet Boyd 	Louise Jameson 	4th 	Sarah 	11 May 2011
3.5	Wet Walls 	Mathilde Madden 	Peter Davison 	5th 	Peri 	11 May 2011
3.6	Murmurs of Earth 	Michael Deacon, Jamie Middleton, Chris Wraight	Colin Baker 	6th 	Peri 	11 May 2011
3.7	The Riparian Ripper 	Andrew Cartmel 	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	11 May 2011
3.8	All the Fun of the Fair 	Bev Conway 	India Fisher 	8th 	Lucie 	11 May 2011
==== Volume IV ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
4.1	A Star is Born 	Richard Dinnick 	William Russell	1st 	Susan, Ian, Barbara 	10 August 2011
4.2	Penny Wise, Pound Foolish 	Foster Marks 	David Troughton	2nd 	Jamie, Zoe 	10 August 2011
4.3	Lost in the Wakefield Triangle	Vin Marsden Hendrick	Katy Manning 	3rd 	Jo 	10 August 2011
4.4	The Old Rogue 	John Grindrod 	Louise Jameson 	4th 	Romana II, K9 Mark II, Second Doctor, Jamie	10 August 2011
4.5	The Lions of Trafalgar 	Jason Arnopp 	Peter Davison 	5th 	Nyssa, Tegan 	10 August 2011
4.6	To Cut a Blade of Glass 	Cindy Garland 	Colin Baker 	6th 	Peri 	10 August 2011
4.7	The Shadow Trader 	Charles Williams 	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	10 August 2011
4.8	Quantum Heresy 	Avril Naude 	India Fisher 	8th 	 	10 August 2011
Short Trips Volume 1.jpg|Short Trips - Volume I
ST V2.jpg|Short Trips - Volume II
Short Trips Volume 3.jpg|Short Trips - Volume III
Short Trips Volume 4.jpg|Short Trips - Volume IV
=== Monthly series ===
From January 2015-December 2020, new Short Trips were released as monthly individual downloads.
==== Series 5 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
5.1 	Flywheel Revolution 	Dale Smith 	Peter Purves 	1st 	 	5 January 2015
5.2 	Little Doctors 	Philip Lawrence	Frazer Hines 	2nd 	Jamie, Zoe 	6 February 2015
5.3 	Time Tunnel 	Nigel Fairs 	Katy Manning 	3rd 	Jo, The Brig, Yates, Benton	5 March 2015
5.4 	The Ghost Trap 	Nick Wallace 	Louise Jameson	4th 	Leela 	6 April 2015
5.5 	The King of the Dead 	Ian Atkins 	Sarah Sutton 	5th 	Nyssa, Tegan 	5 May 2015
5.6 	The Shadows of Serenity 	Nigel Robinson 	Nicola Bryant 	6th 	Peri 	10 June 2015
5.7 	Dark Convoy 	Mark B. Oliver 	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	20 July 2015
5.8 	Foreshadowing 	Julian Richards	India Fisher 	8th 	Charley, Yates 	31 August 2015
5.9 	Etheria 	Nick Wallace 	Peter Purves 	1st 	Vicki, Steven 	24 September 2015
5.10	The Way of the Empty Hand	Julian Richards	Frazer Hines 	2nd 	Jamie, Zoe 	22 October 2015
5.11	The Other Woman 	Philip Lawrence	Katy Manning 	3rd 	Jo, The Brig, Yates, Benton	20 November 2015
5.12	Black Dog 	Dale Smith 	Louise Jameson	4th 	Leela 	23 December 2015
==== Series 6 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor 	Featuring 	Released
6.1 	Gardens of the Dead 	Jenny T Colgan 	Mark Strickson 	5th 	Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough, Black Guardian	28 January 2016
6.2 	Prime Winner 	Nigel Fairs 	Nicola Bryant 	6th 	Peri 	25 February 2016
6.3 	Washington Burns 	Julian Richards	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	24 March 2016
6.4 	The Curse of the Fugue 	Alice Cavender 	Sheridan Smith 	8th 	Lucie 	21 April 2016
6.5 	This Sporting Life 	Una McCormack 	Peter Purves 	1st 	Steven, Dodo 	31 May 2016
6.6 	Lost and Found 	Penelope Faith 	Anneke Wills 	2nd 	Ben, Polly 	16 June 2016
6.7 	The Blame Game 	Ian Atkins 	Rufus Hound 	3rd 	Liz, The Monk 	26 July 2016
6.8 	Damascus 	Jonathan Barnes	Tim Treloar 	Jeremy Thorpe, Jo, UNIT	30 August 2016 	
6.9 	A Full Life 	Joseph Lidster 	Matthew Waterhouse	4th 	Adric, Romana II, K9 	29 September 2016
6.10	Rulebook 	Tony Jones 	Nicola Bryant 	5th 	Peri 	19 October 2016
6.11	The Man Who Wasn't There	Ian Atkins 	India Fisher 	8th 	Charley 	30 November 2016
6.12	The Hesitation Deviation	James Goss 	Lisa Bowerman 	7th 	Benny 	23 December 2016
6.X 	Forever Fallen 	Joshua Wanisko 	Nicholas Briggs 	Ace 	29 December 2016 	
==== Series 7 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor 	Featuring 	Released
7.1 	The World Beyond the Trees 	Jonathan Barnes	Nicola Walker 	8th 	Liv, Molly, Jeremy Thorpe	31 January 2017
7.2 	Gardeners' Worlds 	George Mann 	Tim Treloar 	3rd 	Jo, Yates, Benton 	28 February 2017
7.3 / 7.4	The Jago & Litefoot Revival 	Jonathan Barnes	Trevor Baxter, Christopher Benjamin	10th, 11th	Jago, Litefoot, Ellie 	
7.5 	Falling 	Jonathan Barnes	Anneke Wills 	1st 	Ben, Polly 	30 May 2017
7.6 	How to Win Planets and Influence People 	James Goss 	Rufus Hound 	4th 	Sarah, Harry, The Monk 	29 June 2017
7.7 	Flashpoint 	Andrew Smith 	Sheridan Smith 	8th 	Lucie 	13 July 2017
7.8 	The British Invasion 	Ian Potter 	Wendy Padbury 	2nd 	Jamie, Zoe, Vardans 	29 August 2017
7.9 	A Heart on Both Sides 	Rob Nisbet 	Sarah Sutton 	8th 	Nyssa 	27 September 2017
7.10 	All Hands on Deck 	Eddie Robson 	Carole Ann Ford 	Susan 	3 October 2017 	
7.11 	The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius	Julian Richards	Matthew Waterhouse 	5th 	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan 	7 November 2017
7.12 	O Tannenbaum 	Anthony Keetch 	Peter Purves 	1st 	Steven 	22 December 2017
7.X 	Landbound 	Selim Ulug 	Nicholas Briggs 	3rd 	 	29 December 2017
==== Series 8 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor 	Featuring 	Released
8.1 	The Authentic Experience 	Dan Starkey 	Nicola Bryant 	6th 	Peri 	30 January 2018
8.2 	Mel-evolent 	Simon A. Forward	Bonnie Langford 	6th 	Mel 	28 February 2018
8.3 	The Turn of the Screw 	Eddie Robson 	Yee Jee Tso 	8th 	Charlie Sato, Ruth Matheson 	28 March 2018
8.4 	Erasure 	Gary Russell 	Seán Carlsen 	4th 	Adric, Narvin, Romana II, Leela, Vansell	30 April 2018
8.5 	Trap For Fools 	Stephen Fewell 	Mark Strickson 	5th 	Turlough 	30 May 2018
8.6 	The Siege of Big Ben 	Joseph Lidster 	Camille Coduri 	Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor	Jackie 	29 June 2018
8.7 	The Darkened Earth 	John Pritchard 	Miranda Raison 	6th 	Constance 	30 July 2018
8.8 	Flight Into Hull! 	Joseph Lidster 	Camille Coduri 	Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor	Jackie 	2 August 2018
8.9 	A Small Semblance of Home	Paul Phipps 	Carole Ann Ford 	1st 	Susan, Ian, Barbara 	27 September 2018
8.10	I Am The Master 	Geoffrey Beevers	Geoffrey Beevers	4th 	 	28 October 2018
8.11	The Mistpuddle Murders 	Simon A. Forward	Sarah Sutton 	5th 	Nyssa, Tegan 	29 November 2018
8.12	The Devil's Footprints 	Penelope Faith 	Bonnie Langford 	7th 	Mel 	21 December 2018
8.X 	The Last Day at Work 	Harry Draper 	Nicholas Briggs 	2nd 	Jamie 	29 December 2018
==== Series 9 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
9.1 	The Revisionists 	Andy Frankham-Allen	Louise Jameson 	4th 	Leela, The Brig	31 January 2019
9.2 	The Astrea Conspiracy 	Lizbeth Myles 	Neve McIntosh 	12th 	Aphra Behn 	28 February 2019
9.3 	Doctors and Dragons 	Alfie Shaw 	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	27 March 2019
9.4 	Year of the Drex Olympics 	Paul Ebbs 	Frazer Hines 	2nd 	Jamie, Victoria	16 April 2019
9.5 	Under ODIN's Eye 	Alice Cavender 	Nicola Bryant 	6th 	Peri 	30 May 2019
9.6 	The Same Face 	Julian Richards 	Katy Manning 	3rd 	Jo 	27 June 2019
9.7 	Battle Scars 	Selim Ulug 	Nicholas Briggs	9th 	 	31 July 2019
9.8 	#HarrySullivan 	Eddie Robson 	Louise Jameson 	4th 	Sarah, Harry 	29 August 2019
9.9 	Dead Media 	John Richards 	Jacob Dudman 	12th 	 	30 September 2019
9.10	The Second Oldest Question	Carrie Thompson 	Sarah Sutton 	5th 	Nyssa 	2 October 2019
9.11	Hall of the Ten Thousand 	Jaine Fenn 	India Fisher 	8th 	Charley 	5 November 2019
9.12	Peace in Our Time 	Una McCormack 	Peter Purves 	1st 	Steven 	23 December 2019
9.X 	The Best-Laid Plans 	Ben Tedds 	Jacob Dudman 	12th 	 	29 December 2019
==== Series 10 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor 	Featuring 	Released
10.1 	The Infinite Today 	Sharon Bidwell 	Katy Manning 	11th 	Jo Jones 	30 January 2020
10.2 	Deleted Scenes 	Angus Dunican 	Frazer Hines 	2nd, 4th	Jamie, Sarah 	14 February 2020
10.3 	Decline of the Ancient Mariner	Rob Nisbet 	Mark Reynolds	3rd 	Sarah 	31 March 2020
10.4 	Dead Woman Walking 	Roland Moore 	Sophie Aldred	7th 	Ace 	30 April 2020
10.5 	Regeneration Impossible 	Alfie Shaw 	Jacob Dudman 	11th 	Twelfth Doctor	23 May 2020
10.6 	Out of the Deep 	John Pritchard 	Peter Purves 	1st 	Steven 	30 June 2020
10.7 	Downward Spiral 	Alan Flanagan 	Sarah Sutton 	5th 	Nyssa 	28 July 2020
10.8 	These Stolen Hours 	Grace Knight 	India Fisher 	6th 	Charley 	28 August 2020
10.9 	Her Own Bootstraps 	Amy Veeres 	Jacob Dudman 	9th 	Rose 	29 September 2020
10.10	The Meaning of Red 	Rod Brown 	Nicola Bryant	5th 	Peri 	6 October 2020
10.11	Blue Boxes 	Erin Horáková 	Mark Reynolds	3rd 	Liz, Benton 	4 November 2020
10.12	The Shattered Hourglass 	Robert Napton 	Neve McIntosh	10th 	Time Agency 	22 December 2020
10.X 	Free Speech 	Eugenie Pusenjak	Jacob Dudman 	10th 	 	29 December 2020
=== Collection series ===
From February 2022-onwards, new Short Trips were released as collection downloads similar to the first four releases.
==== Volume 11 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
11.X	The Lichyrwick Abomination	Joe Vevers 	Jacob Dudman 	9th 	 	29 December 2021
11.1	Rearguard 	Alfie Shaw 	Jacob Dudman, Dan Starkey	11th 	Sontarans 	15 February 2022
11.2	Messages from the Dead 	Rochana Patel 	Matthew Waterhouse 	4th 	Adric 	15 February 2022
11.3	The Threshold 	Felicia Barker 	Jon Culshaw 	3rd 	 	15 February 2022
11.4	Death Will Not Part Us 	Alfie Shaw 	Adèle Anderson 	8th 	War Doctor, Ninth Doctor	15 February 2022
11.5	Fear of Flying 	Paul F Verhoeven	Ayesha Antoine 	10th 	 	15 February 2022
11.6	Inside Story 	Ben Tedds 	Sophie Aldred 	7th 	Ace 	15 February 2022
==== Volume 12 ====
# 	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Doctor	Featuring 	Released
12.X	The World Tree 	Nick Slawicz 	Lisa Bowerman 	11th 	 	29 December 2022
12.1	Salvage 	Max Kashevsky 	Adèle Anderson	8th 	Bliss 	2 February 2023
12.2	AWOL 	Angus Dunican 	Jon Culshaw 	3rd 	The Brig, Munro	2 February 2023
12.3	The Three Flames 	Sophie Iles 	Dan Starkey 	12th 	 	2 February 2023
12.4	Identity Check 	Eugenie Pusenjak	Jacob Dudman 	9th 	Rose 	2 February 2023
12.5	Table for Two, Dinner for One	Jennah Dean 	Ayesha Antoine	10th 	 	2 February 2023
12.6	The Galois Group 	Felicia Barker 	Safiyya Ingar 	11th 	Valarie 	2 February 2023
=== Subscriber exclusives ===
In addition to the above, several stories taken from the Short Trips books (up to Tweaker) have had readings recorded and made available for special subscriber-only downloads. In December 2014, Big Finish announced a retroactive expansion of the subscriber exclusives with stories written specially for audio (from A Room with No View onwards). The expansion resulted in having four subscriber exclusives per year from 2010 onward. All successive stories were also written specially for audio.
=== Rarities ===
Starting in September 2016, Big Finish began re-releasing their Subscriber Short Trips stories in the Short Trips Rarities series.
=== Miscellaneous ===
One Small Step..., originally printed in Short Trips: Past Tense in 2004, was read by Nicholas Briggs and played as part of the The Big Finish Podcast in 2009. It was played again on the podcast in 2016.
The Toy, read by Sarah Sutton, was originally released to subscribers of The Complete History in 2015. The following year, it was made available to purchase as part of the Short Trips Rarities range.
==== Time Lord Victorious ====
#	Title 	Author 	Performer 	Featuring 	Released
1	Master Thief	Sophie Iles 	Jon Culshaw	 	7 October 2020
2	Lesser Evils	Simon Guerrier	Jon Culshaw	, Kotturuh	7 October 2020
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
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