Short Trips – Volume 4 Explained

Short Trips – Volume 4 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.

A Star is Born by Richard Dinnick Read by William Russell Featuring The First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright The Doctor answers an alien spaceship's distress call.
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish by Foster Marks Read by David Troughton Featuring The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Zoe Heriot The Doctor studies the mining operations of a nearly unpopulated world.
Lost in the Wakefield Triangle by Vin Marsden Hendrick Read by Katy Manning Featuring The Third Doctor, Jo Grant The Doctor attempts to buy some Rhubarb at the Rhubarb Triangle.
The Old Rogue by John Grindrod Read by Louise Jameson Featuring The Fourth Doctor, Romana, K-9 (flashback: The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon) The Doctor goes to a café in Catford and reunites with Arkinen, Destroyer of Galaxies.
The Lions of Trafalgar by Jason Arnopp Read by Peter Davison Featuring The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan The 23 October 1843. The statues at Nelson's Column come to life.
To Cut a Blade of Grass by Cindy Garland Read by Colin Baker Featuring The Sixth Doctor, Peri Brown The Doctor visits a dying friend.
The Shadow Trader by Charles Williams Read by Sophie Aldred Featuring The Seventh Doctor, Ace Ace's shadow is stolen on alien world.
Quantum Heresy by Avril Naude Read by India Fisher Featuring the Eighth Doctor A creature from another dimension tries to invade our universe.

Critical reception

Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael recommended the collection, although had "quibbles with poor sequencing" of the stories.^[1]

Michael. Matt. 19 October 2011. The DWM Review. Doctor Who Magazine. Panini Comics. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. 439. 74.