The BBC Short Trips books were a series of short story anthologies published by BBC Books based on the television series Doctor Who, following a pattern established by Virgin Publishing's Decalog collections. Three volumes were published between March 1998 and March 2000, before the BBC decided to stop publishing the books. The Short Trips name was later adopted for hardback collections published by Big Finish Productions and licensed from the BBC.
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The books
Short Trips
The first volume of stories published was Short Trips (BBC Books, 1998), edited by Stephen Cole. It contained the following stories:
| Title | Author | Doctor/Companion |
| Model Train Set | Jonathan Blum | Eighth Doctor |
| Old Flames | Paul Magrs | Fourth Doctor, Sarah |
| War Crimes | Simon Bucher-Jones | Second Doctor, Jamie & Zoe |
| The Last Days | Evan Pritchard (Rebecca Levene) | First Doctor, Susan, Ian & Barbara |
| Stop the Pigeon | Mike Tucker and Robert Perry | Seventh Doctor, Ace |
| Freedom | Steve Lyons | Third Doctor, Jo, UNIT |
| Glass | Tara Samms | Fourth Doctor, Romana II |
| Mondas Passing | Paul Grice | Ben & Polly |
| There are Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden | Sam Lester | First Doctor, Dodo |
| Mother's Little Helper | Matthew Jones | Second Doctor |
| The Parliament of Rats | Daniel O'Mahony | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa |
| Rights | Paul Grice | Fourth Doctor, Sarah |
| Wish You Were Here | Guy Clapperton | Sixth Doctor |
| Ace of Hearts | Mike Tucker and Robert Perry | Seventh Doctor |
| The People's Temple | Paul Leonard | Eighth Doctor, Sam |
More Short Trips
The next volume was More Short Trips (BBC Books, 1999), again edited by Stephen Cole. It contained the stories:
| Title | Author | Doctor/Companion |
| Totem | Tara Samms (Stephen Cole) | Eighth Doctor |
| Scientific Adviser | Ian Atkins | Second Doctor |
| Missing, Part One: Business as Usual | Gary Russell | Mel |
| Moon Graffiti | Dave Stone | Sixth Doctor, Peri |
| One Bad Apple | Simon A. Forward | Fourth Doctor, Leela |
| 64 Carlysle Street | Gary Russell | First Doctor, Steven, Dodo |
| The Eternity Contract | Steve Lyons | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa |
| The Sow in Rut | Mike Tucker and Robert Perry | Sarah and K-9 |
| Special Weapons | Paul Leonard | Seventh Doctor, Mel |
| Honest Living | Jason Loborik | Third Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier |
| Dead Time | Andrew Miller | Eighth Doctor, Sam |
| Romans Cutaway | David A. McIntee | First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Vicki |
| Return of the Spiders | Gareth Roberts | Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K-9 |
| Hot Ice | Christopher Bulis | Fifth Doctor, Peri |
| uPVC | Paul Farnsworth | Second & Seventh Doctors, Jamie, Zoe, Ace |
| Good Companions | Peter Anghelides | (a Future Doctor) |
| Missing, Part Two: Message in a Bottle | Mike Tucker and Robert Perry | Mel |
| Femme Fatale | Paul Magrs | Eighth Doctor, Sam |
Short Trips and Sidesteps
The final Short Trips collection was called Short Trips and Sidesteps (BBC Books, 2000), and was joint edited by Jacqueline Rayner and Stephen Cole. It was intended to show a variety of stories of Doctors and companions that had not necessarily existed in the prime continuity of Doctor Who. Several of the stories were written under pseudonyms, including Tara Samms (Steve Cole), David Agnew and Norman Ashby.[citation needed] Lawrence Miles wrote two pieces for the collection, one under his own name and one under a pseudonym. It contained the following stories:
| Title | Author | Doctor/Companion |
| The Longest Story in the World | Paul Magrs | First Doctor, Susan |
| A Town Called Eternity (2 Parts) | Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham | Fifth Doctor, Peri |
| Special Occasions 1: The Not So Sinister Sponge | Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman | Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K-9 |
| Nothing at the End of the Lane (3 Parts) | Daniel O'Mahony | First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Susan |
| Countdown to TV Action | Gary Russell | Third Doctor |
| The Queen of Eros | Trevor Baxendale | Eighth Doctor, Sam |
| The Android Maker of Calderon IV | Miche Doherty | Fourth Doctor, Sarah |
| Revenants | Peter Anghelides | Future Doctor |
| Please Shut the Gate | Stephen Lock | Second Doctor, Jamie, Zoe |
| Turnabout is Fair Play | Graeme Burk | Sixth Doctor, Peri |
| Special Occasions 2: Do You Love Anyone Enough? | Norman Ashby | Fourth Doctor, Romana II |
| The House on Oldark Moor | Justin Richards | "Dr. Who" from the Dalek films |
| Gone Too Soon | Christopher M. Wadley | Sixth Doctor |
| Reunion | Jason Loborik | Second Doctor |
| Planet of the Bunnoids | Harriet Green | First Doctor, Steven, Vicki |
| Monsters | Tara Samms | Seventh Doctor, Ace |
| Special Occasions 3: Better Take Care | Steve Burford | Fourth Doctor, Romana II |
| Face Value | Steve Lyons | Sixth Doctor, Crystal, Jason & Zog |
| Storm in a Tikka | Mike Tucker and Robert Perry | Seventh Doctor, Ace, K-9 |
| Special Occasions 4: Playing with Toys | David Agnew | Fourth Doctor, Romana II |
| Vrs | Lawrence Miles | (None) |
Following the publication of this book, the BBC announced that they were no longer going to produce volumes of short stories, due to the cost and amount of work involved in producing them.
Audio books
In 1998, the original Short Trips book was also released on a double cassette as an audio book, featuring five stories from the book (Freedom, Model Train Set, Glass, Stop the Pigeon and Old Flames) read by Sophie Aldred and Nicholas Courtney. An additional story (Degrees of Truth by David A. McIntee, featuring the Third Doctor and the Brigadier) was also on the release. Model Train Set was also released on CD as a BBC AudioCard.[1]
Two further audio book short story collections were released later that year: Earth and Beyond, read by Paul McGann, featuring Dead Time from More Short Trips, The Peoples' Temple from Short Trips and original story Bounty; and Out of the Darkness, read by Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant, featuring Moon Graffiti from More Short Trips, Wish You Were Here from Short Trips and original story Vigil. Earth and Beyond was released on double cassette, whilst Out of the Darkness was released on CD.
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References
- ^ Blum, Jonathan (1998). Doctor Who: Short Trips - Model Train Set. BBC.
External links
- Short Trips at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- More Short Trips at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Short Trips and Side Steps at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
Reviews
- Short Trips reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- More Short Trips reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Short Trips and Side Steps reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Short Trips reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
- More Short Trips reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
- Short Trips and Side Steps reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
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