Margins
Big Finish Short Trips book cover 1
Big Finish Short Trips book cover 2
Big Finish Short Trips book cover 3
Big Finish Short Trips
Series · 25
books · 2002-2009

Books in series

Short Trips book cover
#1

Short Trips

Zodiac

2002

Take a TARDIS trip through the constellations, as the Doctor travels to twelve thrilling tales inspired by the mystical zodiac. Telepathic fish, miniature lions and twin planets are the least of his problems, as the Doctor—all eight of him—faces the Capricorn Killer, endures a mindswap with the Machiavellian Master, and dances with Death herself. And that's not the half of it—as the two K9s can attest. This collection features twelve exclusive short stories from well-known names in Doctor Who fiction—including acclaimed novelist and Booker nominee Paul Magrs, alongside Simon A Forward, Mark Michalowski, Paul Leonard and Joseph Lidster—as well as fresh new voices.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#2

Doctor Who Short Trips

Companions

2003

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. They didn't always ask to travel with the Doctor. And even if they did, they didn't know what the consequences would be. Were Ian's travels foretold? What paradoxical conundrums faced the Doctor, Charley,and Will Shakespeare in Ancient Troy? And just how difficult is it to get a job when you can't account for a gap of several years on your CV?
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#3

Doctor Who Short Trips

A Universe of Terrors

2003

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. Through 14 new adventures, join the Doctor on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe, from an alien world tyrannized by a god-like machine to the British retreat from Afghanistan in 1842. Discover the secrets of the TARDIS's original owner, and of three faceless creatures stranded in 21st-century Hollywood.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#4

Doctor Who Short Trips

The Muses

2003

In twelve remarkable new stories, the Doctor encounters all of the Muses, and learns of their particular interest in the planet Earth. And in consequence, powers older and more terrifying than the Doctor has yet encountered are revealed, threatening the stability of time and space as we know it. Join popular authors Justin Richards, Stephen Cole, Peter Anghelides and Gary Russell as they explore the Doctor's extraordinary encounters with the powers and beliefs of Hellenic Civilization. "The Big Finish Short Trips series is a huge hit with Doctor Who fans. This latest volume follows in the footsteps of the popular "Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#5

Doctor Who Short Trips

Steel Skies

2003

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. Steel Skies is a collection of stories based in enclosed and artificial environments—places constructed to keep the dangers of the universe outside, perhaps, or to keep their inhabitants locked in. It is divided into four sections, each exploring a different type or place of confinement: flight, futuristic frontiers, incarceration, and isolation.
Doctor Who book cover
#6

Doctor Who

Short Trips: Past Tense

2004

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. Past Tense features 17 tales set on Earth in days gone by. The Doctor finds himself and his fellow travellers in a variety of times and places: involved in international espionage with British and German spies, at the annexation of the Transvaal, watching an Ashes cricket match, and mixing with the late-16th Century theatrical set. Seeing history happen, learning about its nuances, trying to prevent its corruption, or simply enjoying its atmosphere, our heroes find themselves in exciting adventures wherever ­ or whenever ­ they go.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#7

Doctor Who Short Trips

Life Science

2004

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. Once we believed our lives were sacred, that we had souls. Now we know we are mere machines; genetic data. We are science. But even as we learn, the properties of life remain uncertain. How does life acquire consciousness, or rights? Does a robot dream? If a person transforms into an oak tree, is it science or the work of gods? Did the Victorians find a way to resurrect the dead? To science, such questions are invitations to explore. Who better to explore with than the Doctor?
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#8

Doctor Who Short Trips

Repercussions

2004

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. Repercussions features 16 tales set on a strange airship taking its passengers on a trip to who-knows-where. Among the people aboard is young adventuress Charley Pollard, just a few weeks into her life aboard the TARDIS alongside the Eighth Doctor, a man whose past she knows frighteningly little about. She encounters a diplomat trying to stop a war, a young man seemingly murdered by the Doctor, a tramp, a seismologist, and a republican trying to save the life of his plague-stricken daughter. One thing they all have in common: an encounter with a strange alien visitor who seemed to help them, but perhaps should have left them alone.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#9

Doctor Who Short Trips

Monsters

2004

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. Whether made of flesh and bone, or created in the deep recesses of the mind, monsters are terrible things. They come after you in the night, when you least expect it; they invade your world when all seems safe. Monsters features stories that tell of such beasts—some real, some imaginary; some alien, some homegrown.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#10

Doctor Who Short Trips

2040

2004

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. To the governments and corporations of the world in 2040, expansion is an article of faith. The human race must expand outwards, exploring new territories, new technologies, and new ways of thinking. Only problem is, the human race doesn't necessarily share that faith. And with so much at stake, their leaders may have to call in some new partners to make sure we see the light.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#12

Doctor Who Short Trips

Seven Deadly Sins

2005

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. In these pages you will find tales of vice, exploring the dark places at the edge of the universe. The Doctor tries to stand against the tide, to bring even a chink of light, of hope, but what good is it when he cannot even save himself from the seven deadly sins?
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#13

Doctor Who Short Trips

A Day in the Life

2005

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. A Day in the Life features 16 stories whose total "running time" adds up to a single 24-hour period: a fictional "day in the life of the universe," made up of fragments from throughout time and space. Given the temperamental nature of the TARDIS and the round-the-clock events that go on every single day, it's no wonder that the Doctor often arrives at his destinations at differing times. As we leave one story and join the next, we switch location and era—but not the hands on the clock.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#14

Doctor Who Short Trips

Solar System

2005

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. There is a star like many others in the western spire of the Milky Way galaxy. Its planets orbit around it, with each one having its own environment and circumstances. The third planet is the most-densely populated, and over time, its inhabitants have reached out to the other worlds, where they find surprises, wonders, and danger. Welcome to the solar system.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#15

Doctor Who Short Trips

The History of Christmas

2005

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. Christmas is the busiest time of year for the mysterious Doctor, whether he's caught-up in the violence of ancient Rome, taking Leonardo da Vinci on a day-trip to the stars, or popping in on the very first Christmas on the moon. Spend Christmas with the Doctor. If you dare.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#18

Doctor Who Short Trips

Time Signature

2007

A city destroyed by time itself. A country torn apart by revolution. The Doctor doesn't just change the lives of those around him—his actions echo through history, as shown in these tales exploring the outer reaches of cause and effect.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#19

Doctor Who Short Trips

Dalek Empire

2007

Everybody knows Doctor Who's terrifying arch enemies, the metallic, murderous Daleks! Here they come again in a collection of scary yarns—luckily, the good Doctor in his many incarnations is on hand to guide us through the terrible events before, after, and during the Daleks' ruthless onslaught.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#21

Doctor Who Short Trips

Snapshots

2007

Throughout his adventures in time and space, the Doctor meets so many people and each one is affected in some way: the waiter who keeps a special table for the Time Lord's granddaughter, Susan; the American student who befriends lost Lucie Miller; the teenage girl who discovers that she may be something more than human. What is it like when that strange blue box appears in your life? What is it like when your eyes are opened to so much more? What is it like when everything changes?
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#22

Doctor Who Short Trips

The Ghosts of Christmas

2007

Christmas is often associated with special memories, but for some it brings shadows of things that should not have been. Things like unearthly visitors who open their eyes to new worlds and new experiences. Pantomime coats, robot dogs, and a big blue box parked beneath the Christmas tree. Some think these fleeting guests are apparitions, angels, or demons. But all know that Christmas will never be the same again. The Doctor and his companions travel to Christmas past, Christmas present, and those Christmases yet to come. They bring festive laughter and Yuletide joy, creeping dread and screaming horror, slipping in and out of time like the ghosts of Christmas.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#23

Doctor Who Short Trips

Defining Patterns

2007

When someone makes a decision, no matter how significant or seemingly irrelevant, they cause unknown effects throughout history. Perhaps other, unreachable, factors are at play too. Does the universe have a destiny? Everywhere he looks, the Doctor sees the same patterns—the same events, decisions, and actions cropping up again and again. Look at the bigger picture, however, and maybe—just maybe—you’ll see how the universe works. But, as the Doctor and his companions discover, are these patterns really there? Or do we, by the very nature of seeing them, define them? This new volume includes the winner of Big Finish’s short-story competition.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#24

Doctor Who Short Trips

The Quality of Leadership

2008

24th volume of the Short Trips short story anthology published by Big Finish. King Loran of Zalezna is dead, the victim of an attempted coup. However, with the help of the Eighth Doctor, Loran’s son and heir, Mihal, is able to stop the rebels and claim the throne. Now Mihal faces the prospect of ruling before he’s ready. By way of helping Mihal prepare for his new role, the Doctor tells him of the many leaders he’s met over the course of his lives… Join the Doctor as he regales Prince Mihal with stories from throughout time and space. There are tales of the Roman Empire, from Emperor Theodoric to rebels Spartacus and Calpurnia to Rome’s enemy Queen Boudica. There’s King Arthur and Plato as they’ve never been seen before, Martin Luther and King Henry VIII in the midst of rewriting Europe’s religious landscape and an unexpected side of William Wallace. The Doctor also travels to such exotic worlds as Rishik and Mitidiki, and arrives at a deceptively mundane department store. Leadership comes in many forms. Some are unexpected, some are less pleasant than you’d think and some aren’t quite what history would later paint them to be.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#25

Doctor Who Short Trips

Transmissions

2008

An anthology of brand new Doctor Who short stories. If you lost the ability to communicate, what would your life be like? Messages, and the media we use to convey them, surround us every minute of every day. Some are meant for us alone, while others are intended to reach the widest possible audience. Some transmissions are intercepted by unintended recipients and never reach their destination. Others get corrupted along the way. The Doctor knows how important it is to be understood. Whether he is striving to cure a disease that turns words into gibberish, responding to an SOS from the end of time, or unravelling secret messages encoded into the genetic sequences that make up life itself, this is one Time Lord who always knows how to make himself heard. Listen up. Get the message. Keep this frequency clear.
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#26

Doctor Who Short Trips

How the Doctor Changed My Life

2008

The schoolboy whose twin brother vanished in the night. A woman whose house teems with alien refugees. The dad who dies every evening... All through space and time live people, ordinary people, whose lives have been turned upside down. People who’ve lost jobs and loved ones, or seen their homes destroyed, or found themselves on whole other planets. They’ve nothing in common with one another except that their lives can never be the same. Because they’re people who’ve met the Doctor. Featuring 25 original stories from 25 brand-new authors – the winners of a competition to seek out bold new writing talent!
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#27

Doctor Who Short Trips

Christmas Around the World

2008

An anthology of brand new Doctor Who short stories for Christmas. Christmas is a time for festivities, family and fun. It’s also a time for action, adventures... and aliens. Spend Christmas with the Doctor as he joins the celebrations around the globe, from the pagan past to the distant future, taking in the frozen waters of the Arctic, the rainforests of Papua New Guinea and even a trip to the planet Gloricious. Christmas is an interesting time of year when the Doctor’s about. In fact, it’s out of this world. With a foreword by Paul Cornell who has written several episodes of the new Doctor Who TV series. Featuring twenty new Doctor Who stories featuring the first eight Doctors and their companions
Doctor Who Short Trips book cover
#28

Doctor Who Short Trips

Indefinable Magic

2009

An anthology of brand new Doctor Who short stories that weave a spell over the wonder that is Doctor Who. A plot to kidnap Elvis Presley... A woman whose horoscopes prove rather too accurate... A devastating army of mythical beasts that conquers Britain... The Doctor and his travelling companions live magical lives – but their lives are tainted by terror. Delve into bizarre, wondrous or simply horrifying worlds with the Doctor and his friends as they land on a world where everyone can fly, help a good friend trapped four centuries in the past, and face aliens that simply want to bring peace to humanity.
Doctor Who book cover
#29

Doctor Who

Re:Collections. The Best of Short Trips

2009

This bumper collection, subtitled "The Best of Short Trips", contains 28 stories, one from each of the previous 28 volumes. Contents: \* 'I Was A Monster!!!' by Joseph Lidster \* Apocrypha Bipedium by Ian Potter \* Face-Painter by Tara Samms \* The Glass Princess by Justin Richards \* Ruins of Heaven by Marc Platt \* The Thief of Sherwood by Jonathan Morris \* The Age of Ambition by Andy Campbell \* The Dead Man's Story by Andy Frankham-Allen \* Flashpoint by Matt Grady \* Thinking Warrior by Huw Wilkins \* All Our Christmasses by Steve Lyons \* Suitors, Inc by Paul Magrs \* How You Get There by Simon Guerrier \* Venus by Stuart Manning \* The Lampblack Wars by Matthew Sweet \* Life After Queth by Matt Kimpton \* Checkpoint by Stel Pavlou \* The Avant Guardian by Eddie Robson \* Museum Peace by James Swallow \* Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna by Sean Williams \* The Glarn Strategy by Brian Dooley \* Dear Great Uncle Peter by Neil Corry \* Losing the Audience by Mat Coward \* The Spindle of Necessity by Allyn Gibson \* Lonely by Richard Wright \* Lares Domestici by Anna Bratton \* Lost and Founded by Andrew Pidoux \* The Fall of the Druids by David N Smith Chosen by: David Bailey, John Binns, Nicholas Briggs, XannaEve Chown, Paul Cornell, Neil Corry, Keith R A DeCandido, Ian Farrington, Simon Guerrier, Joseph Lidster, Jacqueline Rayner, Gary Russell, Richard Salter, Steven Savile, Cavan Scott and Mark Wright.

Authors

David Bailey
Author · 13 books

David Bailey is a British editor and author whose published output to date comprises a combination of short stories, audio dramas and magazine articles. Both before and since being professionally published, Bailey contributed to a number of Doctor Who fanzines in writing and editorial capacities, including Matrix, Silver Carrier and Cottage Under Siege. As an editor, he worked for the British magazine publisher Titan from 1997 to 2000 during which time he edited their Simpsons and Xena, Warrior Princess titles among others. His first professionally published writing was a number of articles for the magazine Cult Times, starting in 1996. Since that time he has contributed articles to a wide range of factual publications, including consumer guides and television listing magazines. Subsequently, he co-authored a number of guidebooks to television series such as Friends and Frasier. These were produced by Virgin Publishing. The body of David Bailey's fiction writing, both audio and prose, has been produced for Big Finish Productions' range of Doctor Who and Doctor Who derived materials. In 2011, he decided to start writing under the pen name of David Bryher as his real name meant that he was hard to find on Google.

Nicholas Briggs
Nicholas Briggs
Author · 71 books

Nicholas Briggs is a British actor and writer, predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs. Some of Briggs' earliest Doctor Who-related work was as host of The Myth Makers, a series of made-for-video documentaries produced in the 1980s and 1990s by Reeltime Pictures in which Briggs interviews many of the actors and writers involved in the series. When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with War Time, the first unofficial Doctor Who spin-off, and Myth Runner, a parody of Blade Runner showcasing bloopers from the Myth Makers series built around a loose storyline featuring Briggs as a down on his luck private detective in the near future. He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, In Memory Alone opposite former Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. He also wrote and appeared in a non-Stranger BBV production called The Airzone Solution (1993) and directed a documentary film, Stranger than Fiction (1994). Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from Gary Russell as executive producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio range. Briggs co-wrote a Doctor Who book called The Dalek Survival Guide. Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game"; however, this was not used in the final episode because it was too similar to the voice of the Nestene Consciousness. He also provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series. On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rick Yates.

Simon Guerrier
Simon Guerrier
Author · 58 books

Simon Guerrier is a British science fiction author and dramatist, closely associated with the fictional universe of Doctor Who and its spinoffs. Although he has written three Doctor Who novels, for the BBC Books range, his work has mostly been for Big Finish Productions' audio drama and book ranges. Guerrier's earliest published fiction appeared in Zodiac, the first of Big Finish's Short Trips range of Doctor Who short story anthologies. To date, his work has appeared in the majority of the Short Trips collections. He has also edited three volumes in the series, The History of Christmas, Time Signature and How The Doctor Changed My Life. The second of these takes as its starting-point Guerrier's short story An Overture Too Early in The Muses. The third anthology featured stories entirely by previously unpublished writers. After contributing two stories to the anthology Life During Wartime in Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield range of books and audio dramas, Guerrier was invited to edit the subsequent year's short story collection, A Life Worth Living, and the novella collection Parallel Lives. After contributing two audio dramas to the series, Guerrier became the producer of the Bernice Summerfield range of plays and books, a post he held between January 2006 and June 2007. His other Doctor Who work includes the audio dramas, The Settling and The Judgement of Isskar, in Big Finish's Doctor Who audio range, three Companion Chronicles and a contribution to the UNIT spinoff series. He has also written a play in Big Finish's Sapphire and Steel range. Guerrier's work is characterised by character-driven humour and by an interest in unifying the continuity of the various Big Finish ranges through multiple references and reappearances of characters. As editor he has been a strong promoter of the work of various script writers from the Seventh Doctor era of the Doctor Who television series

Richard Salter
Richard Salter
Author · 2 books

Richard Salter has been writing for over 25 years, so you would imagine he’d be a lot better at it by now. His latest release is a collaboration with Steven Savile on a brand new thriller for the Ogmios Directive! Shining Ones features members of the team introduced in Savile's Silver on a new mission in South America. His debut novel, The Patchwork House, is a haunted house tale with a time travel twist! He is the editor of a Doctor Who anthology and the mosaic novel, World’s Collider, and co-editor of the charity anthology Fantasy For Good, which features some huge names in fantasy fiction and is raising money for The Colon Cancer Alliance. His short fiction appears in various anthologies including Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction, Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix the Anthology, Horror for Good and This is How You Die (Machine of Death 2). By day he works as a glorified project manager for a telecoms software vendor, and he lives with his wife and two young sons in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. Find out more at http://www.richardsalter.com

Cavan Scott
Cavan Scott
Author · 91 books

is a freelance comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars, as well as comics and novels for Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, and Penguins of Madagascar. Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.

Joseph Lidster
Joseph Lidster
Author · 26 books

Joseph Lidster is an English television writer best known for his work on the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. His debut work was the audio play The Rapture for Big Finish Productions in 2002. Numerous further audio plays and prose short stories followed for Big Finish, for their Doctor Who line, spin-offs and other series (Sapphire & Steel and The Tomorrow People). In 2005, he started working for the BBC, writing tie-in material for the new Doctor Who television series. He made his television writing debut in 2008 on the second series of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood and subsequently wrote three two-part stories for The Sarah Jane Adventures. He has written the two-part story "Rebel Magic" for the new CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens. Lidster wrote the content for the tie-in websites relating to the fictional world of the television series, Sherlock. Alongside co-producer James Goss, he has produced Big Finish Productions' dramatic reading range of Dark Shadows audio dramas since 2011. In 2012, he won the 'Audience Favourite Writer' award for his first play Nice Sally in the Off Cut Theatre Festival.

Gary Russell
Author · 44 books
Gary Russell is one of the script editing team for Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, and the author of many novels and reference books in the Doctor Who range. A former editor of Doctor Who Magazine, he also was the producer of Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions for eight years. He was also an actor and is best known for his role as Dick in the 1978 television series of 'The Famous Five'. He lives in Cardiff.
Jacqueline Rayner
Jacqueline Rayner
Author · 51 books

Jacqueline Rayner is a best selling British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell's Virgin New Adventure novel Oh No It Isn't! for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish. (The novel featured the character of Bernice Summerfield and was part of a spin-off series from Doctor Who.) She went on to do five of the six Bernice Summerfield audio adaptations and further work for Big Finish before going to work for BBC Books on their Doctor Who lines. Her first novels came in 2001, with the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel EarthWorld for BBC Books and the Bernice Summerfield novel The Squire's Crystal for Big Finish. Rayner has written several other Doctor Who spin-offs and was also for a period the executive producer for the BBC on the Big Finish range of Doctor Who audio dramas. She has also contributed to the audio range as a writer. In all, her Doctor Who and related work (Bernice Summerfield stories), consists of five novels, a number of short stories and four original audio plays. Rayner has edited several anthologies of Doctor Who short stories, mainly for Big Finish, and done work for Doctor Who Magazine. Beyond Doctor Who, her work includes the children's television tie-in book Horses Like Blaze. With the start of the new television series of Doctor Who in 2005 and a shift in the BBC's Doctor Who related book output, Rayner has become, along with Justin Richards and Stephen Cole, one of the regular authors of the BBC's New Series Adventures. She has also abridged several of the books to be made into audiobooks. She was also a member of Doctor Who Magazine's original Time Team.

548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2025 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved