Short Trips: Zodiac | ||
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Publisher: | publisher::Big Finish Productions | |
Editor: | Jacqueline Rayner | |
Release details | ||
Release number: | 1 | |
Release date: | 6 March 2002 | |
ISBN 1-84435-006-1 | ||
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Short Trips: Zodiac, a short story collection released in 2002, was the first release of Doctor Who fiction by Big Finish Productions, which previously had only produced audio dramas based upon the series. It is a continuation of a concept first introduced by Virgin Books with its Virgin Decalogs series, and then carried on by BBC Books with its three volumes of Short Trips collections.
The Short Trips books are published in hardcover; Zodiac, therefore, is the first officially licensed Doctor Who fiction book (not counting annuals) to be released in a hardcover edition since the novelisation of The Smugglers in the late 1980s.
Publisher's summary[]
Take a TARDIS trip through the constellations, as the Doctor travels to twelve thrilling tales inspired by the mystical zodiac.
Telepathic fish, miniature lions and twin planets are the least of his problems, as the Doctor — all eight of him — faces the Capricorn Killer, endures a mindswap with the Machiavellian Master, and dances with Death herself.
And that's not the half of it — as the two K9s can attest.
This collection features twelve exclusive short stories from well-known names in Doctor Who fiction — including acclaimed novelist and Booker nominee Paul Magrs, alongside Simon A. Forward, Mark Michalowski, Paul Leonard and Joseph Lidster — as well as fresh new voices.
Individual stories[]
Title | Author | Featuring |
The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull | Mark Michalowski | First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Growing Higher | Paul Leonard | Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner |
Twin Piques | Tony Keetch | Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon |
Still Lives | Ian Potter | Third Doctor, Liz Shaw, The Brigadier |
Constant Companion | Simon A. Forward | Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Zoe Heriot |
Virgin Lands | Sarah Groenewegen | Seventh Doctor, Ace, Bernice Summerfield |
The Switching | Simon Guerrier | Third Doctor, Jo Grant |
Jealous, Possessive | Paul Magrs | K9 Mark I, K9 Mark II |
Five Card Draw | Todd Green | Fifth Doctor, Peri |
I Was a Monster!!! | Joseph Lidster | Fourth Doctor, Romana |
The Invertebrates of Doom | Andrew Collins | Seventh Doctor, Mel |
The Stabber | Alison Lawson | Sixth Doctor, Peri |