Short Trips – Volume 2 Explained

Short Trips – Volume 2 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.

1963 by Niall Boyce Read by William Russell Featuring The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki The Doctor thinks he's brought Ian and Barbara home, but time is not on their side.
The Way Forward by Steve Case Read by David Troughton Featuring The Second Doctor, Victoria Waterfield A teenage boy invents time travel for his school science fair.
Walls of Confinement by Lawrence Conquest Read by Katy Manning Featuring The Third Doctor, Liz Shaw, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart The Doctor is given a mission he can't handle.
Chain Reaction by Darren Goldsmith Read by Louise Jameson Featuring The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith The Doctor toys with cause and effect.
Sock-Pig by Sharon Cobb & Iain Keiller Read by Peter Davison Featuring The Fifth Doctor A woman's beloved toys come to life.
The Doctor's Coat by John Bromley Read by Colin Baker Featuring The Sixth Doctor The customs of an alien world cause the Doctor to lose his colourful coat.
Critical Mass by James Moran Read by Sophie Aldred Featuring The Seventh Doctor, Ace Ace and the Doctor try to stop a doomsday weapon that has gone out of control.
Letting Go by Simon Guerrier Read by India Fisher Featuring the Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard Charley gets the Doctor to console a martyred alien's family.

Notes

Unlike all the previous Short Trips audios, Letting Go is told in the first person.
The Way Forward contains multiple indirect references to the American time travel cartoon Peabody's Improbable History.