The Amazing World of Doctor Who: Doctor Who Audio Annual

by BBC, Geoffrey Beevers (Reading), Louise Jameson (Reading)

Geoffrey Beevers, Louise Jameson and Dan Starkey perform these stories and features from the celebrated book of the same name.

First published in 1976, The Amazing World of Doctor Who thrilled fans with short stories and strips featuring the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry in brand new adventures. It also supplied the low-down on the Doctor's past history and some of the foes he'd encountered to date.

This nostalgic audio edition includes 'The Sinister Sponge', 'The Vampires of Crellium', 'On The Slippery Trail' and 'The Mission', plus 'A New Life' and 'Avast There' from the 1976 Doctor Who Annual. 'The Psychic Jungle' and 'Neuronic Nightmare' are multi-voice tales with thrilling sound design, and there are also charming mini-features on the Daleks, the Cybermen, the TARDIS and more.

Dan Starkey (Strax), Louise Jameson (Leela) and Geoffrey Beevers (the Master) lend their vocal talents to these weird and wacky stories from the pages of the famous vintage book.

Readings produced by Neil Gardner
Sound design by David Darlington
Executive Producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Genres: Doctor Who

Audio CD

Published May 4, 2023

About the author

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
The BBC have also published many books based on their programs or other films and shows.

Reviews

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating 3.5

A good audio production of the book I thought.
The readers were all very good and the soundscape didn’t drown out the words which sometimes happens.
The short stories and background interludes were all simple and straightforward, exactly as you would expect from a book of this time.
Nice nostalgic listen I found.

Split between 3 and 4 stars , might bump it up to a 4 later for the enjoyment of listening to it.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

This gives some background info about the first 4 Doctors, his companions, and enemies. The stories are very short, and there's even a quiz.

[Rob Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable look through the early years of Doctor Who. Dan Starkey does a fab impression of Tom Baker.