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Doctor Who: Counterstrike
- Author
- Una McCormack
- Narrator
- Clare Corbett
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 2 October 2025
- Run Time
- 1 hour 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Clare Corbett reads an exciting new adventure for the Doctor and Belinda.
Landing on an unnamed planet, the travellers find themselves besieged by a swarm of drones. They shelter in a cluster of hi-tech buildings, inside which lie living quarters and a control base.
The only thing missing is any sign of life. While the Doctor puzzles over a base without people, Belinda finds herself whisked off by teleport.
Meanwhile, three thousand light years away, project manager Hazzet is puzzled by unusual systems activity on the uninhabited Colony 5.
An automated probe was sent there months ago - so why are there now apparently two bases on the planet, each poised to attack the other?
With the Doctor in one base and Belinda in the other, a race against time begins to avoid mutually assured destruction…
Clare Corbett reads Una McCormack’s cautionary tale of systems error and the perils of automation.
Text © Una McCormack 2025
Cover design by Lee Johnson Cover portraits © BBC
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design: Oliver Denman. Project editor: John Ainsworth Executive producer: Michael Stevens
(P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Una McCormack
- Narrator
- Clare Corbett
- Duration
- 1 hour 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529964233
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Science fiction: time travel / time slip, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: space exploration, Performing arts genres: Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Synopsis
Clare Corbett reads an exciting new adventure for the Doctor and Belinda.Landing on an unnamed planet, the travellers find themselves besieged by a swarm of drones. They shelter in a cluster of hi-tech buildings, inside which lie living quarters and a control base. The only thing missing is any sign of life. While the Doctor puzzles over a base without people, Belinda finds herself whisked off by teleport. Meanwhile, three thousand light years away, project manager Hazzet is puzzled by unusual systems activity on the uninhabited Colony 5. An automated probe was sent there months ago - so why are there now apparently two bases on the planet, each poised to attack the other?With the Doctor in one base and Belinda in the other, a race against time begins to avoid mutually assured destruction…Clare Corbett reads Una McCormack’s cautionary tale of systems error and the perils of automation.Text © Una McCormack 2025Cover design by Lee Johnson Cover portraits © BBCReading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design: Oliver Denman. Project editor: John Ainsworth Executive producer: Michael Stevens(P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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