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Tales from the Tardis #1
Doctor Who: Tales from the Tardis Volume One
"Twelve stories of excitement and adventure in distant times and places!" - BBC Audiobooks (July 19, 2004)
The Curse of Peladon by Brian Hayles
read by Jon Pertwee (featuring the 3rd Doctor and Jo Grant)
On a primitive planet, the Doctor and Jo encounter a delegation
of aliens, including the Ice Warriors.
Kinda by Terrance Dicks (read by Peter Davison)
(featuring 5th Doctor, Adric, Tegan and Nyssa)
A serpent at the heart of paradise poses danger for the
TARDIS crew and a human survey team.
Attack of the Cybermen by Eric Saward,
read by Colin Baker (featuring the 6th Doctor and Peri)
The 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 Bryant
Three gripping original short stories featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri.
• Moon Graffiti by Dave Stone
The Doctor and Peri become caught up in one of humanity's
final fights for survival in the far future,battling against the
all consuming power of the pararachnids...
• Wish You Were Here by Guy Claperton
The Doctor investigates the disappearance of an old friend
in an alien holiday camp. Is Lakksis, the cheery robot
redcoat, as innocent as he seems?
• Vigil by Michael Collier
When the Doctor and Peri arrive in Hastings, hideous
deaths begin to occur. Can they really be linked in
some way to a little girl in a coma?
Short Trips - read by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred
• Degrees of Truth by David A. McIntee
(featuring the 3rd Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart)
Following the Devil's End incident, the Brigadier is
contacted by Major Carver, the father of a young private who
was vapourised by the gargoyle Bok. Carver demands to
know why his son's body was never recovered, and,
sympathising with his grief, the Brigadier allows Carver to
accompany him to UNIT for a talk.
• Freedom by Steve Lyons (featuring the 3rd Doctor, Jo and UNIT)
An army of hypnotised salespeople storm Stangmoor Prison,
attempting to rescue the Master.
• Glass by Tara Samms (featuring the 4th Doctor and Romana II)
An ordinary woman in Cambridge is haunted by the vision of
an evil little boy's face which appears to her in every pane
of glass she sees. By the time the Doctor and Romana show
up, she's nearly gone mad with fear.
• Model Train Set by Jonathan Blum (featuring the 8th Doctor)
The Eighth Doctor isn't satisfied with his model train set any
...
The Curse of Peladon by Brian Hayles
read by Jon Pertwee (featuring the 3rd Doctor and Jo Grant)
On a primitive planet, the Doctor and Jo encounter a delegation
of aliens, including the Ice Warriors.
Kinda by Terrance Dicks (read by Peter Davison)
(featuring 5th Doctor, Adric, Tegan and Nyssa)
A serpent at the heart of paradise poses danger for the
TARDIS crew and a human survey team.
Attack of the Cybermen by Eric Saward,
read by Colin Baker (featuring the 6th Doctor and Peri)
The 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 Bryant
Three gripping original short stories featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri.
• Moon Graffiti by Dave Stone
The Doctor and Peri become caught up in one of humanity's
final fights for survival in the far future,battling against the
all consuming power of the pararachnids...
• Wish You Were Here by Guy Claperton
The Doctor investigates the disappearance of an old friend
in an alien holiday camp. Is Lakksis, the cheery robot
redcoat, as innocent as he seems?
• Vigil by Michael Collier
When the Doctor and Peri arrive in Hastings, hideous
deaths begin to occur. Can they really be linked in
some way to a little girl in a coma?
Short Trips - read by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred
• Degrees of Truth by David A. McIntee
(featuring the 3rd Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart)
Following the Devil's End incident, the Brigadier is
contacted by Major Carver, the father of a young private who
was vapourised by the gargoyle Bok. Carver demands to
know why his son's body was never recovered, and,
sympathising with his grief, the Brigadier allows Carver to
accompany him to UNIT for a talk.
• Freedom by Steve Lyons (featuring the 3rd Doctor, Jo and UNIT)
An army of hypnotised salespeople storm Stangmoor Prison,
attempting to rescue the Master.
• Glass by Tara Samms (featuring the 4th Doctor and Romana II)
An ordinary woman in Cambridge is haunted by the vision of
an evil little boy's face which appears to her in every pane
of glass she sees. By the time the Doctor and Romana show
up, she's nearly gone mad with fear.
• Model Train Set by Jonathan Blum (featuring the 8th Doctor)
The Eighth Doctor isn't satisfied with his model train set any
...
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First published July 19, 2004
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About the author
Jon Pertwee
66 books7 followersBorn in Chelsea, London, in 1919, Jon Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge. He is also well-known for his 18-year stint on BBC Radio as Chief Petty Officer Pertwee in The Navy Lark. he died at a Connecticut Doctor Who convention in 1996.
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February 4, 2024
3.5 Stars
The Curse of Peladon - read by Jon Pertwee - I've always loved this story for its goofy charm. This is one of the few stories in which we get to see the Ice Warriors in a positive light and should be cherished for that fact alone. 3.5 stars
Kinda - read by Peter Davison - this story examines Colonization and the assumptions such groups make about the native population. Another favorite of mine. 4 stars
Attack of the Cybermen - read by Colin Baker - Peri and Doctor stumble upon an invading force of Cybermen in London's sewers and have to work with an old adversary to overcome their plans. Sadly, nearly everyone human dies in this story. 3.5 stars
==++==
Ah the days when Doctor Who was allowed to be introspective and truly creative. This was known by the term The Wilderness Years, but it was a time full of books and expansion within the series. This actually led to some really good stuff happening on the TV show starting in 2005. A lot of these short stories explore the damage the Doctor leaves in their wake whether by accident or unwittingly and how the people affected by their passage deal with the aftermath.
Out of the Darkness: Moon Graffiti - Dave Stone - the next three stories are performed by by Colin Baker & Nicola Bryant - Humans put themselves into a state of suspended animation to escape an alien invasion reminiscent of locusts. The Doctor and Peri find themselves in the middle of an apocalyptic landscape helping a newly awakened human find his way to restarting life again. 3 stars
Out of the Darkness: Wish You Were Here - Guy Claperton - at a holiday camp the Doctor encounters a homicidal robot intent on making everyone happy whether they want to be or not. Though they help the detective track down a murderer, we're left with a sense of impending dread at the end. 3 stars
Out of the Darkness: Vigil - Michael Collier - This is a sad and horrifying story as a parasite brought to Earth by the TARDIS leads to a number of deaths. The Doctor realizes it's their fault too late to stop the deaths. Peri's visit is just as bad as the Doctor's and she has to run for her life ... 3 stars
==++== Read by Nicolas Courtney & Sophie Aldred
Short Trips: Freedom (3rd, Jo & the Brigadier) - Steve Lyons - faced with the horror of being locked up against his will, the Master sets a long term plan in motion to escape from UNIT's attempt at imprisoning him. 3.5 stars
Short Trips: Model Train Set (8th Doctor) - Jon Blum - a neat little story by one of the first authors to write for the brand new Eighth Doctor Adventures featuring a model train set and the Doctor's willingness to let the trains and the clockwork people make their own world. 5 stars
Short Trips: Glass (4th & Romana II) - Tara Samms - this story explores how a woman's life is upended and destroyed by an invading alien creature who drives her to madness and how the Doctor and Romana leave her to deal with the aftermath. This was a sad story in the end. 3.75 stars.
Short Trips: Degrees of Truth (3rd & Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) - David A. McIntee - The Doctor and the Brig deal with a distraught father in the aftermath of his son's death by an alien life form. 4 stars
Short Trips: Stop the Pigeon (7th & Ace) - Mike Tucker and Robert Perry - The Doctor and Ace find themselves dealing with temporal anomalies, talking pigeons, and lost people drawn out of their own time. The Doctor, being himself, accepts that there will be a lot of grief for the families of the missing and lost. 4.5 stars
Short Trips: Old Flames (4th & Sarah Jane Smith) - Paul Magrs - Iris Wyldthyme and the Doctor find themselves at a country estate in time for a party with a sharp clawed ending. Iris is one of the wilder of the rogue Time Lords and I wish they could bring her to the screen like they did in the audios. 3.5 stars.
The Curse of Peladon - read by Jon Pertwee - I've always loved this story for its goofy charm. This is one of the few stories in which we get to see the Ice Warriors in a positive light and should be cherished for that fact alone. 3.5 stars
Kinda - read by Peter Davison - this story examines Colonization and the assumptions such groups make about the native population. Another favorite of mine. 4 stars
Attack of the Cybermen - read by Colin Baker - Peri and Doctor stumble upon an invading force of Cybermen in London's sewers and have to work with an old adversary to overcome their plans. Sadly, nearly everyone human dies in this story. 3.5 stars
==++==
Ah the days when Doctor Who was allowed to be introspective and truly creative. This was known by the term The Wilderness Years, but it was a time full of books and expansion within the series. This actually led to some really good stuff happening on the TV show starting in 2005. A lot of these short stories explore the damage the Doctor leaves in their wake whether by accident or unwittingly and how the people affected by their passage deal with the aftermath.
Out of the Darkness: Moon Graffiti - Dave Stone - the next three stories are performed by by Colin Baker & Nicola Bryant - Humans put themselves into a state of suspended animation to escape an alien invasion reminiscent of locusts. The Doctor and Peri find themselves in the middle of an apocalyptic landscape helping a newly awakened human find his way to restarting life again. 3 stars
Out of the Darkness: Wish You Were Here - Guy Claperton - at a holiday camp the Doctor encounters a homicidal robot intent on making everyone happy whether they want to be or not. Though they help the detective track down a murderer, we're left with a sense of impending dread at the end. 3 stars
Out of the Darkness: Vigil - Michael Collier - This is a sad and horrifying story as a parasite brought to Earth by the TARDIS leads to a number of deaths. The Doctor realizes it's their fault too late to stop the deaths. Peri's visit is just as bad as the Doctor's and she has to run for her life ... 3 stars
==++== Read by Nicolas Courtney & Sophie Aldred
Short Trips: Freedom (3rd, Jo & the Brigadier) - Steve Lyons - faced with the horror of being locked up against his will, the Master sets a long term plan in motion to escape from UNIT's attempt at imprisoning him. 3.5 stars
Short Trips: Model Train Set (8th Doctor) - Jon Blum - a neat little story by one of the first authors to write for the brand new Eighth Doctor Adventures featuring a model train set and the Doctor's willingness to let the trains and the clockwork people make their own world. 5 stars
Short Trips: Glass (4th & Romana II) - Tara Samms - this story explores how a woman's life is upended and destroyed by an invading alien creature who drives her to madness and how the Doctor and Romana leave her to deal with the aftermath. This was a sad story in the end. 3.75 stars.
Short Trips: Degrees of Truth (3rd & Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) - David A. McIntee - The Doctor and the Brig deal with a distraught father in the aftermath of his son's death by an alien life form. 4 stars
Short Trips: Stop the Pigeon (7th & Ace) - Mike Tucker and Robert Perry - The Doctor and Ace find themselves dealing with temporal anomalies, talking pigeons, and lost people drawn out of their own time. The Doctor, being himself, accepts that there will be a lot of grief for the families of the missing and lost. 4.5 stars
Short Trips: Old Flames (4th & Sarah Jane Smith) - Paul Magrs - Iris Wyldthyme and the Doctor find themselves at a country estate in time for a party with a sharp clawed ending. Iris is one of the wilder of the rogue Time Lords and I wish they could bring her to the screen like they did in the audios. 3.5 stars.
February 6, 2009
Well, this one is a bit of a mixed bag, collecting three readings of abridged novelizations of television stories (Curse of Peladon, Attack of the Cybermen, and Kinda) plus readings of selected short stories from two short story collections (Short Trips and Out of the Darkness) on one MP3 CD.
Curse of Peladon is probably my favorite of the three novelizations. I have only dim memories of the TV story, and I suspect that creatures like Alpha Centauri and Aggeddor are more impressive in my imagination than they were on screen, and Pertwee voices all the characters well. Peter Davison's reading of Kinda offers a pleasant way to recall one of my favorite TV stories. Attack of the Cybermen was my least favorite, though Colin Baker deserves credit for a game attempt at rendering Peri's voice.
The stories from Out of the Darkness were a bit grim and depressing, really. Short Trips was more to my taste, with standouts being Jonathan Blum's 8th Doctor story, "Model Trainset", and "Freedom", in which Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred give remarkably effective portrayals of the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.
(A little technological note for anyone who might be thinking of buying this - this disc won't play in most ordinary CD players, only MP3 CD players. It's also very easy to import the MP3 tracks into iTunes and pop them onto your iPod, which is what I did. The disc comes with a little web browser application that is supposed to play the tracks using RealPlayer while displaying ludicrously tiny little screenshots from the episodes in question, which didn't work on my computer. No great loss, since I don't think that my enjoyment of Curse of Peladon would really have been enhanced by miniscule stills of Aggeddor, but I feel that I ought to mention it.)
Most of the recordings on this disc sound a little bare-bones next to the more lavish efforts of Big Finish and the more recent BBC audiobooks readings. Still, with nearly ten hours of audio on it, and some nice voice work by Pertwee, Courtney, and Aldred, it's worth tracking down if, like me, you're a bit of a Doctor Who audio completist.
Curse of Peladon is probably my favorite of the three novelizations. I have only dim memories of the TV story, and I suspect that creatures like Alpha Centauri and Aggeddor are more impressive in my imagination than they were on screen, and Pertwee voices all the characters well. Peter Davison's reading of Kinda offers a pleasant way to recall one of my favorite TV stories. Attack of the Cybermen was my least favorite, though Colin Baker deserves credit for a game attempt at rendering Peri's voice.
The stories from Out of the Darkness were a bit grim and depressing, really. Short Trips was more to my taste, with standouts being Jonathan Blum's 8th Doctor story, "Model Trainset", and "Freedom", in which Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred give remarkably effective portrayals of the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.
(A little technological note for anyone who might be thinking of buying this - this disc won't play in most ordinary CD players, only MP3 CD players. It's also very easy to import the MP3 tracks into iTunes and pop them onto your iPod, which is what I did. The disc comes with a little web browser application that is supposed to play the tracks using RealPlayer while displaying ludicrously tiny little screenshots from the episodes in question, which didn't work on my computer. No great loss, since I don't think that my enjoyment of Curse of Peladon would really have been enhanced by miniscule stills of Aggeddor, but I feel that I ought to mention it.)
Most of the recordings on this disc sound a little bare-bones next to the more lavish efforts of Big Finish and the more recent BBC audiobooks readings. Still, with nearly ten hours of audio on it, and some nice voice work by Pertwee, Courtney, and Aldred, it's worth tracking down if, like me, you're a bit of a Doctor Who audio completist.
April 5, 2019
gota love DR who. However it is actually hard to tell a good dr who story. none of the stories are bad but only a couple of the shorts toward the end are actually worth more than 3 stars.
October 20, 2013
In the end, I could only rate this as 'OK'. As I mentioned in a status update, some of the stories do not translate well to a spoken format without the support of the visual references of the TV series, BBC props and all. I was really disappointed to find that the final stories were not original Doctor stories at all but fan fiction of somewhat dubious quality and relevance to actual Doctor stories...a bit of a rip-off really...not really an Audible product that I could recommend to any but the staunchest Doctor Who fanatical follower...
June 13, 2013
I picked this up 1) because I wanted to get a better sense of the classic Doctors, and 2) because I had a coupon. It filled those objectives perfectly! Just a few short stories starring the doctor and his companions, some of which were narrated by the Third and Sixth Doctors. What fun!
July 31, 2014
I really enjoyed this collection. Not only are there all star narrators reading these in the audio version (former Doctors and companions) but there are some great stories to be found. Model Trains is my favourite of the lot.
April 19, 2011
***star only review***
May 17, 2013
It was good, but since I am not too familiar with these doctors it didn't appeal to me as much as it might have if I were more familiar with them, and their companions of course.
May 3, 2014
Overall, this was a good collection of stories, but there were a couple I could do without.
July 1, 2015
This is a very uneven collection of Who stories. Some I loved, others I didn't think were all that great. Still - Who fun!
February 26, 2015
Especially enjoyed the short trips at the end of the book
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