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Doctor Who Slipback 6th Doctor Novelisation Audio CD
Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk
Jon Glover reads this humorous novelisation of an outlandish adventure for the Sixth Doctor and Peri.
The TARDIS materialises aboard the Vipod Mor, a galactic survey ship captained by the repulsive Orlous Moston Slarn.
Things are not going well on board the spacecraft. A mysterious killer stalks the infrastructure, and a junior officer – whose body is four years older than his brain – commands its bridge. The craft’s computer seems to be developing its own distinctive personality, and Slarn threatens to vent his vindictive anger on his crew.
Soon the Doctor and Peri stumble upon a shocking secret, on which depends the fate of the entire Universe…
Reader Jon Glover played Shelligbourne Grant in the original BBC Radio 4 drama on which Eric Saward’s 1986 novelisation is based.
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis
Sound design by Oliver Denman
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens









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John
November 17th, 2025 - 8:49amVery much looking forward to it.
davidhhh
November 16th, 2025 - 1:20pmWe’re really dragging the bottom of the barrel, when they’re releasing an audiobook of a novelization of an audio play. I’d rather listen to the original play. (Actually, I’d rather not, since it wasn’t great.)
Master of M
November 19th, 2025 - 4:50pmI concur 100%
Daniel Seymour
November 20th, 2025 - 5:22amNot really, they are on a mission to release audiobooks of every Target book (and soon the NAs/MAs maybe). Slipback was a ligitimate Target novelisation, and despite what others say I really enjoyed it.
Harry
November 16th, 2025 - 12:09amRealised the other day we haven’t had any Target audiobook collections since The Third Earth Collection in January. Think closest is Tales from Beyond the Doctor out in April 2026. Hope they start doing them again soon.
Phil
November 17th, 2025 - 9:19pmThere is this scheduled for March 2026:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/481881/doctor-who-the-myths-and-legends-collection-by-munro-nigel-robinson-terrance-dicks-ian-briggs-rona/9781529989458
Gustave Lytton
November 15th, 2025 - 5:23pmI waited so long for his Dalek books…..
35 odd years….and they were such a letdown….
Why couldn’t the fool have stuck to his TV scripts….?
Attack of the Cybermen was excellent….
Missyrules
November 15th, 2025 - 6:09pmYes, the dalek books were so disappointing especially after the brilliant tom baker adaptations of pirate, city and shada
GA Lapie
November 15th, 2025 - 4:41pmGlad they’re finding a use for this image. Got an unaccountable fondness for ‘Slipback’, looking forward to it!
K-9stein
November 15th, 2025 - 2:52pmInterestingly, they’re using the unused book cover for ‘The Twin Dilemma’ for this one.
Gustave Lytton
November 15th, 2025 - 3:43pmThat’s what I thought……!
In some ways, a better cover than the one they used….
Missyrules
November 15th, 2025 - 3:57pmShame the book is terrible.
Gustave Lytton
November 15th, 2025 - 5:02pmOh now……!
I found it very funny and philosophical……
The Two books he did ruin were Resurrection and Revelation of the Daleks…..
Missyrules
November 15th, 2025 - 5:07pmI think the only he’s done I liked were visitation (no attempt at Douglas Adams humour) and attack of the cybermen, no perfect but I did like it. Everything else is awful especially resurrection