Doctor Who: Origin Stories

By: Doctor Who

Narrated by: Sophie Aldred, Katy Manning, Ayesha Antoine

Brought to you by Puffin.

*With stories about Ace and Jo Grant written by the actors themselves - Sophie Aldred and Katy Manning!*

We all change, when you think about it. We're all different people all through our lives . . .

Amy Pond looks for her Raggedy Man, Jo Grant remembers her childhood, the Master hunts the past . . . a young girl discovers a love for explosives.

Eleven incredible stories from the world of Doctor Who - the early lives of friends and foes that have never been told before. The characters and their writers include:

Ace by Sophie Aldred
Sarah-Jane Smith by Mark Griffiths
The Master, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and Madame Vastra by Dave Rudden
Ryan Sinclair and Yaz Khan by Emma Norry
Clara Oswald by Jasbinder Bilan
Amy Pond by Nikita Gill
Davros by Temi Oh
Martha Jones by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Jo Grant by Katy Manning

© 2022 Doctor Who (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Wonderful Origins!

Awesomely fun! I loved hearing about incidents in everyone's lives that the show didn't go into. My favorites were Sarah Jane Smith and Amy Pond. The end of Ace's threw me for a loop.

I was only disappointed in two of the stories - the final two. Jo's origin story didn't have much of a story attached to it, more like an introduction. It was interesting, but there wasn't a climax and the whole thing was pretty glossed over. The Master's was interesting but a bit hard to follow and it wasn't an origin story. It mentioned them as a kid, but went into even less detail than the show did. We get a mention of Missy's "origin", but again, it was just a mention and then no cohesive story. I wish both of these had had more to them. They were interesting but lacking.

Fantastic

This is an untapped wellspring of whovian fan service. Hope to see this type of story telling expanded on. Not just companion narratives but antagonist perspectives in this collection and that's why I've rated it to the max.

Fun backstories

It was very fun to imagine some of the action that occurs off-camera, pre-show, to some of my favorite supporting characters in the Doctor Who universe!

Thank you narrators for telling us these stories.

Thank you author and fellow Whovians for this book and outstanding work. Thank you!

love the back stories!!

what a fun listen to the backstories of first contact wirh the doctor and having the old characters back again!! i love the Doctor and all the regenerations!! the companions really flesh out the stories!!