This category contains Doctor Who audio readings and audiobooks — which, as the name suggests, are usually readings of previously-published books. That used to be exclusively the case, but not any more — in recent years there have been increasing numbers of “non-book” readings, which outwardly have all the trappings of an audiobook (a single performer “reading” the story), but weren’t actually adapted from books. (Note: full-cast audio dramas are not listed here — you’ll find them in the audio drama category instead) The very first Doctor Who audiobook was a cassette-only reading of the State of Decay novelisation in 1981, which remained a one-off for several years. Sporadic releases in the 1990s followed, but the real boost came after the launch of the revived Doctor Who series in 2005. Readings of the tie-in new series novels began to be released in 2006 — then, the following year BBC Audio began regularly releasing classic series Target novelisation readings on CD. | |
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|  | Audio readings of the BBC’s popular range of new series Doctor Who novels. |
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|  | Original audio readings from BBC Audio featuring the adventures of the Ninth to Fifteenth Doctors. |
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|  | Audio readings of the “New Target” range of new series novelisations. |
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|  | Since 2018, BBC Audio have produced a regular series of original audio readings featuring classic Doctors. |
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|  | BBC Audio currently release a monthly series of unabridged audiobook readings of classic Doctor Who TV novelisations published by Target Books in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. |
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|  | A new series of original audio readings covering the adventures of Doctor Who companions after their time with the Doctor. |
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|  | In the last several years, BBC Audio have sporadically produced audiobook readings of assorted original Doctor Who novels, most of which were books published by BBC Books between the late 90s and the present day. |
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|  | Readings of short stories originally featured in World Distributors’ fondly-remembered Doctor Who annuals of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. |
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|  | Series of talking books featuring original adventures for the classic series Doctors as “read” by one of their companions. |
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|  | A series of narrated audio stories from Big Finish, featuring original adventures for the new series Doctors. |
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|  | A series of 11 original audio readings (one for each Doctor), released in 2013 to commemorate Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary. |
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|  | A handful of Doctor Who short story readings released on audio. |
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|  | A mixture of full-cast audio dramas and audiobooks based on the popular Doctor Who spin-off TV series. |
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|  | A series of audio readings based on the Doctor Who spin-off TV show which starred Elisabeth Sladen as The Doctor’s former companion Sarah Jane Smith. |
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|  | A trio of audio readings based on Doctor Who’s short-lived young-adult TV spin-off Class. |
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|  | Audio readings of the novel series featuring Colonel Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart — the character better known of course as the Brigadier. |
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|  | Audio readings of the series of novels featuring Erimem, companion of the Fifth Doctor from Big Finish’s audio dramas. |
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|  | Audio readings of the Doctor Who spin-off novellas, featuring a pair of time-travelling “fixers”. |
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|  | A short series of audio readings by David Banks, narrating the fictional history of the Cybermen. |
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|  | An assortment of audiobook readings of Doctor Who cast and crew’s biographies. |
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|  | Audiobooks which don't belong in any of the above ranges. |
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|  | Audio readings usually involving a single actor reading a previously-published book, although in recent years there are “non-book” readings too. |
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|  | Full-cast audio drama, featuring multiple cast members and usually written specially for the audio medium. |
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|  | Interviews with actors and writers, documentaries about Doctor Who, alternative DVD audio commentaries and more. |
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|  | A wide selection of music or sound effects CDs, cassettes, LPs and singles either taken directly from the series, or inspired by it. |
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|  | Audio recordings of Doctor Who TV episodes. |
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