Listen free for 30 days
-
Doctor Who: Bessie Come Home
- Beyond the Doctor, Book 2
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole
- Series: Beyond the Doctor, Book 2
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Radio/TV Programme
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Listen with a free trial
Buy Now for £17.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Doctor Who: London, 1965
- Beyond the Doctor, Book 3
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jamie Glover reads this Beyond the Doctor story featuring Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. It's Spring 1965, and at last two time travellers have returned home after many adventures with the Doctor. Yet the world has moved on in their absence, and settling back in proves harder than expected.
-
-
London 1965
- By Pietro on 07-02-22
-
Doctor Who: The K9 Audio Annual
- From the Worlds of Doctor Who
- By: BBC
- Narrated by: John Leeson, Bonnie Langford, Dan Starkey, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Seven colourful stories featuring K9 in the company of Sarah Jane, Brendan, Aunt Lavinia, the Doctor and Romana. Vintage stories from the K9 and Doctor Who Annuals of the 1980s, featuring the faithful robotic dog and Sarah Jane S Vintage stories from the K9 and Doctor Who Annuals of the 1980s, featuring the faithful robotic dog and Sarah Jane Smith.
-
Doctor Who: The Nightmare Realm
- 12th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Jonathan Morris
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Time: the present. Place: Smalltown, USA. A town like any other. A sleepy world of white picket fences, front porch gliders and freshly mown lawns, a Pontiac or Chevrolet in every driveway. But the streets are empty, with not a sound to be heard, and no one to hear it if there was. It's into this strange world of shifting sands that the TARDIS propels the Doctor and Nardole, who think they're in 1950s suburbia until an apparent nuclear attack takes them into far darker territory, with a series of terrifying consequences.
-
Doctor Who: The Nest Cottage Chronicles
- 4th Doctor Audio Originals
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Tom Baker, full cast, Richard Franklin, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tom Baker stars as the Fourth Doctor in 15 full-cast audio dramas written by Paul Magrs. Also included in this edition are a previously unheard interview with Tom Baker, outtakes from the original studio sessions, promotional trailers and a PDF booklet featuring sleeve notes by writer Paul Magrs.
-
-
Enjoyable listen
- By John P. Allum on 05-05-19
-
Doctor Who: The Planet of Dust & Other Stories
- Doctor Who Audio Annual
- By: BBC
- Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, John Leeson, Terry Molloy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this thrilling selection of weird and wonderful short stories, Jon Culshaw, John Leeson, Terry Molloy, Louise Jameson, Dan Starkey and Geoffrey Beevers read seven stories from the legendary Doctor Who Annual of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
-
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
- 2nd Doctor Novelisation
- By: Terrance Dicks
- Narrated by: David Troughton
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the TARDIS materialises inside a rocket, the Doctor and Jamie are alarmed by the presence of a hostile Servo-Robot. They discover that the rocket is drifting in the orbit of a giant space station - the Wheel in Space. Once inside the magnificent spaceship they are bewildered by its complexity and sheer size. The technicians and programmers are highly trained, but who are they working for?
-
Doctor Who: London, 1965
- Beyond the Doctor, Book 3
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jamie Glover reads this Beyond the Doctor story featuring Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. It's Spring 1965, and at last two time travellers have returned home after many adventures with the Doctor. Yet the world has moved on in their absence, and settling back in proves harder than expected.
-
-
London 1965
- By Pietro on 07-02-22
-
Doctor Who: The K9 Audio Annual
- From the Worlds of Doctor Who
- By: BBC
- Narrated by: John Leeson, Bonnie Langford, Dan Starkey, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Seven colourful stories featuring K9 in the company of Sarah Jane, Brendan, Aunt Lavinia, the Doctor and Romana. Vintage stories from the K9 and Doctor Who Annuals of the 1980s, featuring the faithful robotic dog and Sarah Jane S Vintage stories from the K9 and Doctor Who Annuals of the 1980s, featuring the faithful robotic dog and Sarah Jane Smith.
-
Doctor Who: The Nightmare Realm
- 12th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Jonathan Morris
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Time: the present. Place: Smalltown, USA. A town like any other. A sleepy world of white picket fences, front porch gliders and freshly mown lawns, a Pontiac or Chevrolet in every driveway. But the streets are empty, with not a sound to be heard, and no one to hear it if there was. It's into this strange world of shifting sands that the TARDIS propels the Doctor and Nardole, who think they're in 1950s suburbia until an apparent nuclear attack takes them into far darker territory, with a series of terrifying consequences.
-
Doctor Who: The Nest Cottage Chronicles
- 4th Doctor Audio Originals
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Tom Baker, full cast, Richard Franklin, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tom Baker stars as the Fourth Doctor in 15 full-cast audio dramas written by Paul Magrs. Also included in this edition are a previously unheard interview with Tom Baker, outtakes from the original studio sessions, promotional trailers and a PDF booklet featuring sleeve notes by writer Paul Magrs.
-
-
Enjoyable listen
- By John P. Allum on 05-05-19
-
Doctor Who: The Planet of Dust & Other Stories
- Doctor Who Audio Annual
- By: BBC
- Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, John Leeson, Terry Molloy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this thrilling selection of weird and wonderful short stories, Jon Culshaw, John Leeson, Terry Molloy, Louise Jameson, Dan Starkey and Geoffrey Beevers read seven stories from the legendary Doctor Who Annual of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
-
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
- 2nd Doctor Novelisation
- By: Terrance Dicks
- Narrated by: David Troughton
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the TARDIS materialises inside a rocket, the Doctor and Jamie are alarmed by the presence of a hostile Servo-Robot. They discover that the rocket is drifting in the orbit of a giant space station - the Wheel in Space. Once inside the magnificent spaceship they are bewildered by its complexity and sheer size. The technicians and programmers are highly trained, but who are they working for?
-
Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll
- 4th Doctor Novelisation
- By: Terrance Dicks
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The huge, octopus-like Kroll lives deep in the swamps of the humid, steamy planet Delta Three. To the native swamp-warriors, Kroll is an angry mythical god. To the money-grabbing alien technicians, it is a threat to their profit-making scheme. When the Doctor and Romana arrive, in search of another segment of the Key to Time, they have to face the suspicion of the lagoon dwellers, the stupidity of the technicians and, finally, the power of Kroll itself.
-
Doctor Who: Meglos
- 4th Doctor Novelisation
- By: Terrance Dicks
- Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, John Leeson
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the planet Tigella, the Savants and the Deons are irrevocably opposed on one crucial issue: the Dodecahedron, mysterious source of all their power. To the Savants, it's a miracle of science to be studied and used to benefit all. To the Deons, it's a god, and not to be tampered with. When the power source begins to fluctuate, the whole planet is threatened. Zastor, Tigella's leader, welcomes the Doctor and invites him to arbitrate; yet the Time Lord may not be all he seems.
-
Doctor Who and the Face of Evil
- 4th Doctor Novelisation
- By: Terrance Dicks
- Narrated by: Louise Jameson
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The TARDIS lands in a primeval forest, and the Doctor meets Leela, a warrior banished from her tribe. He learns that an ongoing war between the Sevateem and the Tesh was instigated by Xoanon, the god they both worship. In reality, an all-powerful computer, Xoanon, is possessed by a desperate madness directly related to the Doctor - one which only the Time Lord can rectify! In order to do battle with Xoanon, the Doctor must escape, not only from the savage practices of the Sevateem but also from the mind-controlling impulses of the Tesh.
-
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
- 7th Doctor Novelisation
- By: Pip Baker, Jane Baker
- Narrated by: Bonnie Langford
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Assailed by violent bolts of energy, the TARDIS is blasted off-course and forced to land on the barren planet of Lakertya. The turbulence triggers the Doctor's sixth regeneration - but that is the least of his worries. Why has the Rani, that ruthless renegade Time Lady, brought the Doctor to Lakertya? What are the hideous Tetrap guards? Who are the 11 geniuses she has imprisoned in her stronghold, and what is the vital significance of Strange Matter? Aided by the faithful Mel, the Doctor must do all he can to stop the Rani's diabolical scheme before it affects the whole of creation.
-
Doctor Who: The Second Master Collection
- 3rd, 5th & 7th Doctor Novelisations
- By: Terrance Dicks, Terence Dudley, Rona Munro
- Narrated by: Mark Strickson, Richard Franklin, Lisa Bowerman, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Five exciting novelisations of classic TV stories in which the Doctor and his companions encounter a colourful assortment of aliens.
-
-
Excellent
- By Daddy Bear on 01-10-21
-
Doctor Who: Time Wake & Other Stories
- Doctor Who Audio Annual
- By: BBC Audio
- Narrated by: Colin Baker, Anneke Wills, Louise Jameson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fabulous tales from the vintage pages of Doctor Who Annual, brought to life by a host of Doctor Who voices. Dan Starkey, Geoffrey Beevers, Anneke Wills, Jon Culshaw, Louise Jameson and Colin Baker are our guides through these weird and wacky stories.
-
Doctor Who: Twelfth Doctor Tales
- Twelfth Doctor Audio Originals
- By: George Mann, Cavan Scott, James Goss, and others
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins, David Schofield, Jemma Redgrave, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jemma Redgrave, Clare Higgins, Nicola Bryant and Dan Starkey are among the readers of this exclusive collection of nine original audio adventures. Join the Twelfth Doctor, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi, as he meets friends and enemies new and old on these journeys in time and space.
-
-
Perfection!
- By Susan Clark on 18-04-22
-
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
- By: Nigel Robinson
- Narrated by: Anneke Wills
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Anneke Wills reads an exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Second Doctor. When the TARDIS lands on a deserted volcanic island, the Doctor and his companions find themselves kidnapped by primitive sea-people. Taken into the bowels of the Earth, they discover they are in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Offered as sacrifices to the fish-goddess, Amdo, the Doctor and his companions are rescued from the jaws of death by the famous scientist Zaroff.
-
Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse
- River Song Novel
- By: Alex Kingston
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally - her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: Is fiction changing into fact - or is fact changing into fiction?
-
-
River Song/Melody Malone fantastic
- By Laura from Edinburgh on 27-05-21
-
Doctor Who: The Space Travel Collection
- 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Doctor Novelisations
- By: Nigel Robinson, Terrance Dicks
- Narrated by: William Russell, Terry Molloy, Jon Culshaw, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Five classic novelisations of TV stories involving space travel and adventure.
-
Doctor Who: The TV Episodes Collection
- 1st Doctor TV Soundtracks
- By: Peter R. Newman, Dennis Spooner, Glyn Jones, and others
- Narrated by: William Hartnell, William Russell, Maureen O'Brien, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Six classic Doctor Who TV soundtrack adventures starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor.
-
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
- 5th Doctor Novelisation
- By: Terrance Dicks
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the Doctor returns to Gallifrey, he learns that his bio data extract has been stolen from the Time Lords' master computer, known as the Matrix. The extract is a detailed description of the Doctor's molecular structure which, in the wrong hands, could be exploited with disastrous effect. The Gallifreyan High Council believe that anti-matter will be infiltrated into the universe as a result of the theft. To avoid this, they decide the Doctor must die. But an old enemy is waiting in the wings.
Summary
Stephanie Cole reads a brand-new story featuring the Doctor's trusty car, Bessie.
It's been many years since a certain yellow Edwardian roadster was a key member of personnel at UNIT. As the Doctor's personal transport, Bessie was on the spot for many of his Earthbound adventures. Those were the glory days, when Bessie stood side by side with the Doctor, the Brigadier, Captain Yates and a parade of plucky young assistants.
Yet Bessie's remarkable life began decades earlier, at the dawn of a new century, and it has continued beyond the UNIT years. Indomitably she lives to tell the tale, and is only too keen to do so. Thankfully her new owner, kind Mr Foreman, has time enough to listen to her story.
But a serpent lurks in the shadows of the scrapyard. Someone else would like to acquire Bessie - seemingly at any price. After all, she holds a great deal of information about the Doctor....
Stephanie Cole brings Bessie to life in this intriguing and heartwarming tale from Paul Magrs (The Nest Cottage Adventures, The Winged Coven, The Thing from the Sea).
Reading produced by Chatterbox Audio.
Sound design by David Roocroft.
Executive producer: Michael Stevens.
Critic reviews
"Bessie Come Home is a fantastic addition to the extended universe of Doctor Who, and you can't listen to it without it growing a broad, broad, satisfied smile on your face." (Tony Fyler, Mass Movement)
What listeners say about Doctor Who: Bessie Come Home
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Michael Behr
- 08-08-21
Beautiful
Wonderfully heartbreaking tale about one of the Doctors most overlooked friends. Truly not a tale to be missed.