This is a list of Doctor Who audiobooks. The first Doctor Whoaudiobook, consisting of readings by Gabriel Woolf of the novelisations of The Three Doctors, Carnival of Monsters, and Terror of the Zygons, was produced by the RNIB in 1978 and was available only to the registered blind through the RNIB and libraries. The first audiobook available to the general public was a Tom Baker reading of the State of Decay novelisation, released in 1981. From 1995 to 1997, recordings of the novelisations of seven Doctor Who serials and three sets of original short stories were released by the BBCon cassette. Each of the novelisations was read by the actor who had portrayed the Doctor in the respective serial. The short stories were read by various actors associated with the series. All of these recordings were re-released in the Tales from the TARDIS MP3-CD collections in 2004. In 2005 publishing began of two new sets of audiobooks. The first consisted of novelisations of serials from the "Classic" Doctor Who era, the second series consists of original novels from the New Series Adventures line. Starting in 2007, the RNIB produced unabridged versions of selected Ninth and Tenth Doctor audiobooks as well as selected Classic Series novelisations.
Audiobooks produced by the RNIB for use of blind and partially sighted people
Pickwick
The first commercial Doctor Who audiobook was published by Pickwick Records.
BBC
Audiobooks published by companies associated with the BBC An Unearthly Child was set to receive a new novelisation exclusive to audio, read by William Russell, written Nigel Robinson and released by BBC Physical Audio on CD. The audiobook was originally scheduled to be released November 2013, but the release was cancelled due to AudioGo's bankruptcy. Rights issues are currently preventing its release.
Readings of novelisations published by Pearson Education. All were issued on mp3-CDs with a paperback of the novelisation.
Original novels
In addition to novelisation readings, there have been many readings of Doctor Who novels. Unless otherwise noted, these are all from the New Series Adventures range and are unabridged.
Royal National Institute of Blind People
BBC
Penguin Audio
Unabridged readings of novellas published for the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who. Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctor novellas were added in subsequent reissues.
HarperAudio
Original audiobooks
In addition to readings of published novels, there have also been a number of original audiobooks not published in print.
Short stories
All readings are unabridged.
Non-fiction
Readings of non-fiction books about the making of Doctor Who, characters from the show, and biographies and memoirs of actors and crew who had a major role in Doctor Who. Unabridged unless otherwise stated.
Spinoffs
''Torchwood''
Torchwood audiobooks began with abridged readings of published novels, but then switched to exclusive stories not published in print.
