Doctor Who: The Alien Worlds Collection

by Bill Strutton, William Russell (Narrator), Brian Hayles

Five classic novelisations of TV adventures on alien planets!

In Doctor Who and the Zarbi, the First Doctor and his companions Ian, Barbara and Vicki are trapped on the remote planet Vortis. In Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon, the Third Doctor and Jo are mistaken for delegates of the Galactic Federation on a primitive and superstitious world. In Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah find the living remains of a renegade Time Lord and his maniacal saviour. In Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive, the Fourth Doctor and Romana find subterfuge and corruption lurking beneath the surface of the pleasure planet Argolis. In Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, the Seventh Doctor and Ace fight for their lives on Segonax, home of the Psychic Circus.

Read by William Russell, David Troughton, Tom Baker, Lalla Ward and Sophie Aldred.

Each purchase is accompanied by a PDF booklet featuring full cast and credits, chapter-by-chapter navigation, and sleeve notes for each book by David J. Howe.

Sound design by Simon Power
TARDIS sound effect by Brian Hodgson
Executive producer: Michael Stevens
Cover illustration by Alister Pearson

BBC logo BBC 1996
Doctor Who logo BBC 2014
A stereo recording
MCPS

Digital Edition Chapter Listing

Doctor Who and the Zarbi
Files 001-007

Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
Files 008-018

Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius
Files 019-030

Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive
Files 031-039

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Files 040-053

Genres: Doctor Who

Audible Audio

Published June 7, 2018

About the author

William Harold "Bill" Strutton was a screenwriter and novelist from South Australia. He worked on some of the best-remembered 1960s television shows including Ivanhoe, The Saint, The Avengers, Riptide and Doctor Who.

Reviews

[fred jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. Five classic Doctor Who stories from different read of the show are presented under the alien worlds collection. The Zarbi a first doctor story with Ian, Barbara and Vicki visiting the planet Vortis. The story is ambitious and works better as a audiobook than the TV managed, the story has great creatures and a dark edge. William Russell does a fine job with the narration and his remembrance of acting in the story at the end is fascinating. Curse of Peladon is one of the better of the exile period of the third doctor era with the Doctor and Jo landing of the planet Peladon during a crisis. The creatures are again inventive and the story works really well. David Troughton who played Peladon does a fine job with the narration. Brain of Morbius is a Frankenstein inspired story from the fourth Doctor with a mad scientist, a creature, a Time Lord Criminal and a coven of witches. It is one of my favourite stories of the period although some of the horror and shock elements are glossed over a little. Tom Baker does an excellent job with the narration. The Leisure Give is a late fourth Doctor story and probably the weakest of the collection. It is a light hearted story with some nice ideas but the characters are a little weak. Lalla Ward does do a great job on the narration Greatest Show on the Galaxy is one of the better seventh Doctor stories with a heavy circus theme, lots of great descriptions , entertaining characters and A good creepy feel. Sophie Aldred is excellent as narrator.