Ncuti Gatwa is about to blast into space and time with his first full series of Doctor Who — and a new series of spin-off novels and Audible audiobooks is in the works, too!
The Fifteenth Doctor Era will officially begin in May with two-part premiere ‘Space Babies’ and ‘The Devil’s Chord’, but The Doctor and Ruby Sunday’s adventures will be occurring off-screen, too.
The BBC has now announced that three new 15th Doctor novels — Doctor Who: Ruby Red, Doctor Who: Caged and Doctor Who: Eden Rebellion — will be released throughout this year.
Doctor Who: Ruby Red, which is penned by Georgia Cook and released in hardcover on June 13, will revolve around The Doctor and his companion Ruby answering a distress call from medieval Russia.
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The duo arrives to help alien girl Ranavere, who has been trapped in the middle of a conflict between Estonia and Novgorod.
It’s up to The Doctor and Ruby to help Ranavere escape the deadly conflict and uncover the secrets lurking under the frozen Lake Peipus.
Millie Gibson narrates the Audible audiobook version of Doctor Who: Ruby Red, which is available now to pre-order. You can either choose a one-time purchase of £27.99 or get the title for free with a 30-day trial of Audible.
Audible offers one audiobook per month with a £7.99 subscription, which renews automatically each month unless you cancel it.
Next up is Doctor Who: Caged – penned by Una McCormack and also released in print on June 27 – which is about what happens when aliens are abducted by other aliens.
The Doctor and Ruby are off to investigate the appearance of strange meteors in the sky – leading to two important questions: Why are there strange robots gathering in the woods, and what does Cavia have to do with it all?
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The audiobook version of Doctor Who: Caged is also available to pre-order on Audible, either for the one-time fee of £27.99 or for free as part of a monthly subscription trial. It releases on the same day as the hardcover edition.
The third novel, Doctor Who: Eden Rebellion, comes from writer Abi Falase and will be launching in print a bit later in the year, on November 14.
In this novel, The Doctor and Ruby turn up to find the ancient peace in Gardens of Kubuntu on the planet of Yewa has been unexpectedly shattered.
The fever of war incites the people of Yewa and their rivals on Bia, with Ruby getting swept up into a rebellious movement.
The Doctor discovers that there may be dark forces behind this interplanetary rivalry – in fact, the real enemy may be hiding in plain sight.
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The third audiobook, Doctor Who: Eden Rebellion, is available for £27.99 as a one-time purchase or for free as part of a monthly trial like the other two books. The audiobook releases on November 14, 2024, just like the hardcover edition.
All three 15th Doctor novels will be priced at £13.79 for the hardcover editions and are available to order now via Amazon.
Doctor Who will return for its 14th series on May 11 at midnight, airing on BBC One in the UK and Disney+ elsewhere. Classic episodes of Doctor Who are available on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
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