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Doctor Who: The Satan Pit: 10th Doctor Novelisations
A multi-voice reading of this thrilling novelisation of the 2006 BBC TV adventure.
The Doctor and Rose travel to Krop Tor – an impossible planet orbiting a black hole, defying the laws of physics.
With the TARDIS lost to them, trapped with a crew of human explorers and their alien servants - the Ood - they find ancient ruins…and something far older and darker stirring beneath the surface.
Whispers speak of a malevolent force imprisoned since before time – something that even the Doctor fears. As seismic horrors rise and minds begin to fracture, one terrifying question what if the Devil is real?
Claire Rushbrook (Ida in the TV episodes), Ronny Jhutti (Danny), Silas Carson (the Ood) and Maureen O’Brien read screenwriter Matt Jones’s inspired retelling of his own two-part story from David Tennant’s first season as the Tenth Doctor.
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis
Sound design by Oliver Denman
Executive Michael Stevens
2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
The Doctor and Rose travel to Krop Tor – an impossible planet orbiting a black hole, defying the laws of physics.
With the TARDIS lost to them, trapped with a crew of human explorers and their alien servants - the Ood - they find ancient ruins…and something far older and darker stirring beneath the surface.
Whispers speak of a malevolent force imprisoned since before time – something that even the Doctor fears. As seismic horrors rise and minds begin to fracture, one terrifying question what if the Devil is real?
Claire Rushbrook (Ida in the TV episodes), Ronny Jhutti (Danny), Silas Carson (the Ood) and Maureen O’Brien read screenwriter Matt Jones’s inspired retelling of his own two-part story from David Tennant’s first season as the Tenth Doctor.
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis
Sound design by Oliver Denman
Executive Michael Stevens
2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
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Published June 30, 2026
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Review of advance copy
(This audiobook was released 26 March alongside the print edition, so I'm not sure why Goodreads has it listed as June)
I'm always amazed at how impressive the modern Target novels are. In fact, they are quite often even better than the classics, surprisingly.
This one is no exception, and the audiobook version especially just takes this story to another level. It's told from the viewpoint of the three surviving guest characters Ida, Danny and Zack (two of whom are voiced by their original actors), under interrogation about the whole Sanctuary Base incident.
It's a unique framing device, and thanks to the interpersonal narration, we get a lot more depth to the story, including explanations on what exactly the crew's fears (which The Beast taunted them about) were.
Further to that point, it turns this Target novel into something which is part-novelisation and part-sequel. The way the interrogation part of the story evolves within the narrative is brilliant, and I do wonder if this was how Jones originally envisioned his script being played out.
The epilogue is also very sweet and it's nice to know Ida was one of the people the Tenth Doctor visited on his farewell tour.
I'm always amazed at how impressive the modern Target novels are. In fact, they are quite often even better than the classics, surprisingly.
This one is no exception, and the audiobook version especially just takes this story to another level. It's told from the viewpoint of the three surviving guest characters Ida, Danny and Zack (two of whom are voiced by their original actors), under interrogation about the whole Sanctuary Base incident.
It's a unique framing device, and thanks to the interpersonal narration, we get a lot more depth to the story, including explanations on what exactly the crew's fears (which The Beast taunted them about) were.
Further to that point, it turns this Target novel into something which is part-novelisation and part-sequel. The way the interrogation part of the story evolves within the narrative is brilliant, and I do wonder if this was how Jones originally envisioned his script being played out.
The epilogue is also very sweet and it's nice to know Ida was one of the people the Tenth Doctor visited on his farewell tour.
May 16, 2026
So excited to get a novel of one of my favourite episodes of series 2.
The diary entries of how they wrote this, was fantastic. Didn’t think it would work but it was a good and different perspective of a lot of characters and made it feel like your with the crew and experiencing the story from their side rather than the tv show which leans more Doctor and Roses side. Love how they fill out the story and what happens after the doctor leaves and the humans go home as that’s the part that’s missing from the tv show (which can’t go into it that deep which I understand)
The diary entries of how they wrote this, was fantastic. Didn’t think it would work but it was a good and different perspective of a lot of characters and made it feel like your with the crew and experiencing the story from their side rather than the tv show which leans more Doctor and Roses side. Love how they fill out the story and what happens after the doctor leaves and the humans go home as that’s the part that’s missing from the tv show (which can’t go into it that deep which I understand)
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Review of advance copy
3.5 stars ✨
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