Short Trips – Volume 1 Explained

Short Trips - Volume 1
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Series:	Doctor Who
Number:	1
Director:	Nicholas Briggs Ken Bentley
Date:	November 2010

Short Trips – Volume 1 is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

After the Big Finish Short Trips books ended the range was restarted in talking book format, now read by actors with music and sound effects.

Rise and Fall by George Mann Read by William Russell Featuring The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton The Doctor and Ian encounter an alien world where time is very relative.
A Stain of Red in the Sand by David A McEwan Read by David Troughton Featuring The Second Doctor, Zoe Heriot Zoe becomes an artistic inspiration.
A True Gentleman by Jamie Hailstone Read by Katy Manning Featuring The Third Doctor The Doctor fixes an alien planet's political situation and a bicycle.
Death-Dealer by Damian Sawyer Read by Louise Jameson Featuring The Fourth Doctor, Leela Leela learns a deadly lesson about money.
The Deep by Ally Kennen Read by Peter Davison Featuring The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa Nyssa tries to repair the Chameleon Circuit, but finds herself in out of her depth.
The Wings of a Butterfly by Colin Baker Read by Colin Baker Featuring The Sixth Doctor The Doctor investigates a mysterious apocalypse, but learns that some questions shouldn't be answered.
Police and Shreeves by Adam Smith Read by Sophie Aldred Featuring The Seventh Doctor, Ace Ace helps out an incognito, alien, electricity-eater.
Running Out of Time by Dorothy Koomson Read by India Fisher Featuring the Eighth Doctor The Doctor helps a hunted man who doesn't know his own past.

Notes

Colin Baker is the only actor to portray the Doctor who has written a Doctor Who story and had it successfully produced. The story, "The Wings of a Butterfly," was originally written by Baker for an anthology, "Missing Pieces," published in 2002 as a charity compilation in both the UK and US. Baker also previously wrote The Age of Chaos, a Doctor Who comic book, in 1994.

External links

• Short Trips Volume 1