More original books and audio are on the way to Doctor Who fans in 2025. The titles include new audio adventures for the Doctor and Belinda
The 2025 calendar continues to add new Doctor Who books and audios. These include vinyl releases for the soundtracks of The Daleks in Colour and The Tenth Planet. There are also the first original audiobook adventures for the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda and the return of the Seventh Doctor and Ace. There’s also a new edition of the Doctor Who Encyclopedia, and confirmation of the next Icons book. Finally, there’s a hardback edition of Dalek by Rob Shearman. Presumably, to coincide with Shearman’s new hardback novelisations of The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee.
The Daleks in Colour Vinyl LP, 28th February 2025
As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of iconic series Doctor Who, one of the show’s most renowned tales underwent an out of this world update as it received an artistic colourisation.
Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, The Daleks were introduced to audiences and soon became one of the Doctor’s most formidable and enduring foes. The story follows the very first crew of the TARDIS as they land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor (William Hartnell) leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy, the mutant Daleks.
These seven original 25 minute episodes have been colourised and weaved together into a 75 minute blockbuster. With brand new sound, a brand-new soundtrack – created by Mark Ayres utilising elements of Tristram Cary’s original music with newly recorded score – The Daleks has been updated, whilst ensuring the original classic story remains as thrilling as it was when it began in 1963.
You can pre-order The Daleks in Colour from Silva Screen Records here.
The Tenth Planet Vinyl LP, 12th April 2025
Demon Records present, exclusively for Record Store Day 2025, one of the most celebrated Doctor Who stories ever, now for the first time on double vinyl. A stunning designed monochrome outer cover, featuring silver foil detail on the Cyberman, houses two illustrated inner sleeves with Radio Times-style billings for each episode. The 12” discs – one white, one silver – are on 140g vinyl.
This narrated BBC soundtrack adventure, first broadcast in 1966, features the debut appearance of the deadly Cybermen and the first ever regeneration of the Doctor, played by William Hartnell. Doctor Who lore would never be the same again!
The Tenth Planet will be available at local record shops on Record Store Day.
Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box by Kalynn Bayron, 12th June 2025
Meanwhile the cover and title are out for the third book in the Icons series.
The best stories should never be unwritten…
When a strange signal echoes through time to the heart of the TARDIS, the Doctor follows it to the home of Shirley Jackson.
But the strangeness deepens when they find a sinister figure sowing chaos and discord with the use of a glowing box – encouraging a crowd to murderous deeds.
Catapulted back to Shirley Jackson’s own era by the TARDIS, the Doctor (with the help of the time-struck author) must discover the origins of the box, and the terrible power that it wields . . .
You can find pre-order links for Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box at the official Penguin page
What Still Remains by Adam Christopher, 7th August 2025
A brand new adventure for the Seventh Doctor and Ace, as played on TV by Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. There are no plot details for What Still Remains yet. Adam Christopher previously wrote The Dream Nexus for Big Finish, featuring the Sixth Doctor, Mel and Hebe. He’s also written novels for Star Wars, Elementary, and Stranger Things.
You can find pre-order links for What Still Remains at the official Penguin Books page.
Counterstrike by Una McCormack, 2nd October 2025
A brand new adventure featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda. The first of two audiobooks in October featuring the new Doctor and companion team introduced in this year’s season. There are no plot details yet, but Una McCormack has written six previous Doctor Who books. These include Fifteenth Doctor novel Caged as well as over a dozen audio dramas.
You can find pre-order links for Counterstrike at the official Penguin Books page
Firefall by Beth Axford, 2nd October 2025
A brand new adventure featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda. October also sees the release of audiobook Firefall. Again, there’s no official description yet. It’s the first full length story from Beth Axford. She’s previously contributed short story Becky’s Impossible Day to The Adventures Before, as well as compiling The Doctor Who Quiz Book.
You can find pre-order links for Firefall at the official Penguin Books page
Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia by Gary Russell, 29th October 2025
There will also be a new update of Gary Russell’s Encyclopedia, following previous editions in 2007 and 2011. Originally described as “The definitive A-Z packed with never seen before photos, concept drawings and special effects artwork this is a must for every fan of the new series Doctor Who … this encylopedia is the perfect companion for anyone wishing to know more about the Doctor, the Tardis, his friends and enemies and the worlds through which he travels,” the new volume is sure to include details up to and including the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda.
You can find pre-order links for the Encyclopedia at the official Penguin Books page
Dalek by Rob Shearman (Hardcover), 30th October 2025
The entire Dalek race, wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen!
The Doctor and Rose arrive in an underground vault in Utah in the near future. The vault is filled with alien artefacts. Its billionaire owner, Henry van Statten, even has possession of a living alien creature, a mechanical monster in chains that he has named a Metaltron.
Seeking to help the Metaltron, the Doctor is appalled to find it is in fact a Dalek – one that has survived the horrors of the Time War, just as he has. And as the Dalek breaks loose, the Doctor is brought back to the brutality and desperation of his darkest hours spent fighting the creatures of Skaro…this time with the Earth as their battlefield.
Previously released in paperback, a new hardback edition coincides with Rob Shearman’s new hardback novelisations of his Big Finish audio plays The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee.
You can find pre-order links for Dalek at the official Penguin Books page
Icons 5, 30th October 2025
There will also be a fifth entry in the Icons strand of novels. In line with the series format the book will feature the Doctor meeting a historical figure from the world of the arts. We don’t know which Doctor and which writer, artist, or musician will feature. Even the writer is still unannounced. But we do know Icons 5 will be here on the 30th of October.
You can find pre-order links for Icons 5 at the official Penguin Books page
