Doctor Who: Slipback
- Author Eric Saward
- Narrator Jon Glover
- Publisher BBC Audio
- Publish Date 2 April 2026
- Run Time 4 hours and 52 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Film, television, radio genres: Science fiction, fantasy and horror, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: time travel.
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What to expect
Jon Glover reads this novelisation of an outlandish adventure for the Sixth Doctor and Peri.
The TARDIS materialises aboard the Vipod Mor, a galactic survey ship captained by the repulsive Orlous Moston Slarn.
Things are not going well on board the spacecraft. A mysterious killer stalks the infrastructure, and a junior officer - whose body is four years older than his brain - commands its bridge. The craft's computer seems to be developing its own distinctive personality, and Slarn threatens to vent his vindictive anger on his crew.
Soon the Doctor and Peri stumble on a shocking secret, upon which depends the fate of the entire Universe...
Reader Jon Glover played Shelligbourne Grant in the original BBC Radio 4 drama on which Eric Saward's 1986 novelisation is based.
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis
Sound design by Oliver Denman
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens
© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
| Author | Eric Saward |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Jon Glover |
| Duration | 4 hours and 52 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781529975185 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | BBC Audio |
| Genre | Film, television, radio genres: Science fiction, fantasy and horror, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: time travel |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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