Doctor Who: First Doctor

'Farewell, Great Macedon': The TARDIS materialises in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, in the year 323 BC. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan meet Alexander the Great - but their excitement is tempered by the realization that these are the final days of Alexander's life. As the travellers become embroiled in the tragic events, the inevitability of history unfolds around them. But can they - and should they - change it?

Shortlisted for Best Audiobook: Science Fiction & Fantasy at the Speakies British Audio Awards 2025. Maureen O’Brien reads this thrilling adventure for the First Doctor, Steven and Vicki as they once again face the Daleks. On a radioactive moon on the outskirts of the Fourth Sector, the...

Maureen O’Brien narrates the BBC TV soundtrack of this two-part adventure starring William Hartnell as the Doctor. “There's always Koquillion. He could keep me here forever...” Landing on the planet Dido in the 25th Century, the Doctor, Ian (William Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill)...

Five gripping novelisations of TV adventures set in perilous periods of Earth history. In The Reign of Terror, by Ian Marter, the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara find themselves in 18th Century Paris, in the midst of the terrifying French Revolution. In The Smugglers, by Terrance Dicks...