Power of 3

The Power of 3 is a podcast that loves audio Doctor Who. Whether it's the BBC Radio productions, Big Finish, or BBC Audiobooks, we adore them all. Today, we're delighted to be joined by the marvellous Mr Michael Stevens, who talks us through the rest of this year's output from BBC Audiobooks, and we bring you some fun clips too. Plus, we learn about some non-sci-fi releases... And we've got a lovely exclusive about a Virgin Missing Adventure coming out as an audiobook, and who its reader is!

If you've got issue 635 of Doctor Who Magazine in physical form, then you'll have received a copy of At Childhood's End in the packaging. This new Target edition, under The Companions of Doctor Who banner, is an edited down version of Sophie Aldred's 2020 novel featuring Ace's encounter with the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan. We are delighted to be joined by Sophie herself, who discusses her work on audiobooks plus this novel itself, and the man who came up with the idea for the original book, Steve Cole (who also helped edit it down for the Target edition!).

In the 1980s, the Cyberleader played by David Banks, became Doctor Who's equivalent of Darth Vader (c) David Steel. Today, after seeing the 80s Cyberactors in Derby last month, Dave and Kenny are joined by Craig Brawley, to discuss a quartet of tales featuring the men from Mondas/terrors from Telos (whichever you prefer). But which story surprised them? Which perplexed them? And which one was... excellent?

BBC Audiobooks has just released its final original adventure of the year for download and CD. And the man who has written it is no stranger to Doctor Who fandom, as it's David J Howe, best known for his work in DWM and in writing essential Doctor Who reference works such as The Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and the Handbook series. We speak to David about his first official Doctor Who fiction in 30 years, featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe, and also hear from BBC Audiobooks executive producer Michael Stevens.

We're S... H... O... P... P... I... N... G... We're shopping! So sang Pet Shop Boys on their song Shopping, and today, we joined the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly as they end up in a department store. We look at the original outline for the story that would later become The Faceless Ones, as we bring you readings of the plot outlines from David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke's early draft. With huge thanks to Richard Bignell. Order your copy of Nothing at the End of the Lane issue four, which contains the story outline, at: https://www.endofthelane.co.uk/