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Origin Stories (anthology)

️Fri Feb 21 2025

Origin Stories was an anthology of short stories released in 2022. Each story featured the early life of one of the Doctor's companions.

The book was re-issued in 2023, which included an additional story featuring the Tenth Doctor and Donna.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

With stories about Ace and Jo Grant written by the actors themselves - Sophie Aldred and Katy Manning!*

We all change, when you think about it. We're all different people all through our lives...

Amy Pond looks for her Raggedy Man, Jo Grant remembers her childhood, the Master hunts the past... a young girl discovers a love for explosives.

Eleven incredible stories from the world of Doctor Who - the early lives of friends and foes that have never been told before.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Read by
1	Chemistry	Sophie Aldred	Ace, Thirteenth Doctor	Sophie Aldred
2	My Daddy Fights Monsters	Dave Rudden	Kate, Fiona	Katy Manning
3	The Myriapod Mutiny	Emma Norry	Yaz, Ryan, Second Doctor	Ayesha Antoine
4	The Last of the Dals	Temi Oh	Davros	Sophie Aldred
5	Murmuration	Mark Griffiths	Sarah, Fourth Doctor
6	The Big Sleep	Dave Rudden	Vastra, Jenny	Katy Manning
7	Doctor Jones	Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé	Martha, Ninth Doctor, Francine	Sophie Aldred
8	The Girl Who Tore Through the Universe	Nikita Gill	Amy, Rory, Tabetha, Augustus
9	Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest	Jasbinder Bilan	Clara, Eleventh Doctor, Ellie	Katy Manning
10	Velvet Hugs	Katy Manning	Jo, Cliff, the Brig, Iris Wildthyme
11	Déjà Donna	Sarah Daniels	Tenth Doctor, Donna
12 (originally 11)	Tempered	Dave Rudden	The Master, Missy	Ayesha Antoine

Cover Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original cover.
Re-issue cover.
Original audiobook cover.
Re-issue audiobook cover.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This anthology was announced on 5 August 2022.^[1]
Story titles were revealed in Doctor Who Magazine 582.
Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest was first published in illustrated form in Doctor Who The Official 60th Anniversary Annual 2023 as a preview for Origin Stories.
An audiobook of this anthology was released on 29 September 2022 complete and unabridged with the stories narrated by Sophie Aldred, Katy Manning, and Ayesha Antoine.^[2]
On 23 November 2022, Chemistry was posted in its entirety on the official Doctor Who website.
On 27 July 2023, an new paperback version was published with a twelfth story entitled Déjà Donna.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Origin Stories page at Penguin Books
Chemistry at DoctorWho.TV

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e

BBC New Series Adventures anthologies

Tenth Doctor era (2009)

The Doctor
Who Stories

The Hero Factor • Stamp of Approval • No Fun at the Fair • The Final Darkness • Taking Mickey • A Dog's Life • Mission to Galacton • Going Off the Rails • Needle Point • Best Friends • Birth of a Legend • The Secret of the Stones • Blind Terror • Disappearing Act • Speech Day

Eleventh Doctor era (2013-2014)

Summer Falls and Other Stories	About the Authors • Summer Falls: Introduction • Summer Falls • The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery • Devil in the Smoke

11 Doctors, 11 Stories	A Big Hand for the Doctor • The Nameless City • The Spear of Destiny • The Roots of Evil • Tip of the Tongue • Something Borrowed • The Ripple Effect • Spore • The Beast of Babylon • The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage • Nothing O'Clock

Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand	Tales of Trenzalore • Let it Snow • An Apple a Day... • Strangers in the Outland • The Dreaming

The Shakespeare Notebooks	Notes on a Play • Exits and Entrances • The True Tragedie of Macbeth • Cymbeline • Diary Extract • The Dream • A Prologue • The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet • The Tempest – A Work in Progress • Exit, by Another Means • The Winter's Tale • Antony and Cleopatra • Troilus and Cressida • Pericles • Coriolanus • Master Faustus • The Sonnets • As You Like It • Double Falsehood • Hamlet • Timon of Athens • Hamlet's Soliloquy • Academic Notes • Ye Unearthly Childe • Appendix - The Last Will

Twelfth Doctor era (2014-2018)

12 Doctors, 12 Stories	Lights Out

Time Trips	The Death Pit • Into the Nowhere • Keeping up with the Joneses • Salt of the Earth • A Handful of Stardust • The Bog Warrior • The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller • The Anti-Hero • A Long Way Down

The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who	Sunset Over Venus • The Lost Generation • The Room with All the Doors • The Hungry Night • All the Empty Towers • Rewriting History • Silver Mosquitoes • In Search of Lost Time • Natural Regression • Potential Energy • The Arboreals • The Piper • The Girl Who Stole the Stars • The Mercy Seats • The Constant Doctor

Heroes and Monsters Collection	The Stranger • The Hero Factor • Mission to Galacton • Stamp of Approval • The Final Darkness • No Fun at the Fair • Taking Mickey • Needlepoint • A Dog's Life • The Secret of the Stones • The Planet That Wept • Disappearing Act • Once Upon a Time • Best Friends • Most Beautiful Music • Secret of Arkatron • Blind Terror • Amy's Escapade • Rory's Adventure • The Fifty-year Delay • Birth of a Legend • Lorna's Escape • Going Off the Rails • Normality • When the Wolves Came • Buyer's Remorse

Time Lord Fairy Tales	The Garden of Statues • Frozen Beauty • Cinderella and the Magic Box • The Twins in the Wood • The Three Little Sontarans • Jak and the Wormhole • Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday • Little Rose Riding Hood • The Gingerbread Trap • The Scruffy Piper • Helana and the Beast • Andiba and the Four Slitheen • The Grief Collector • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sirgwain and the Green Knight • The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes

The Legends of Ashildr	The Arabian Knightmare • The Fortunate Isles • The Triple Knife • The Ghosts of Branscombe Wood

The Legends of River Song	Picnic at Asgard • Suspicious Minds • A Gamble with Time • Death in New Venice • River of Time

The American Adventures	All That Glitters • Off the Trail • Ghosts of New York • Taking the Plunge • Spectator Sport • Base of Operations

Twelve Doctors of Christmas	All I Want for Christmas • A Comedy of Terrors • The Christmas Inversion • Three Wise Men • Sontar's Little Helpers • Fairy Tale of New New York • The Grotto • Ghost of Christmas Past • The Red Bicycle • Loose Wire • The Gift • The Persistence of Memory

Myths & Legends	The Mondas Touch • The Terrible Manussa • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • Jorus and the Voganauts • The Vardon Horse • Defiance of the New Bloods • The Kingdom of the Blind • The Labyrinthine Web • The Angels of Vengeance • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • The Multi-Faceted War • The Enigma of Sisterhood • Pandoric's Box

Tales of Terror	Murder in the Dark • Something at the Door • The Monster in the Woods • Toil and Trouble • Mark of the Medusa • Trick or Treat • The Living Image • Organism 96 • The Patchwork Pierrot • Blood Will Out • The Mist of Sorrow • Baby Sleepy Face

The Missy Chronicles	Dismemberment • Lords and Masters • Teddy Sparkles Must Die! • The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone • Girl Power! • Alit in Underland

The Day She Saved the Doctor	Sarah Jane and the Temple of Eyes • Rose and the Snow Window • Clara and the Maze of Cui Palta • Bill and the Three Jackets

The Triple Knife and Other Doctor Who Stories	The Triple Knife • Picnic at Asgard • Into the Nowhere • All The Empty Towers • A Long Way Down

Thirteenth Doctor era (2018-2022)

Twelve Angels Weeping	Halfway Into the Dark • Grey Matter • Red Planet • Celestial Intervention — A Gallifreyan Noir • Ghost in the Machine • Student Bodies • A Soldier's Education • The Red-Eyed League • The Heist • The King in Glass • The Third Wise Man • The Rhino of Twenty-Three Strand Street • Anything You Can Do

Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories	Time Lapse

The Target Storybook	Gatecrashers • Journey Out of Terror • Save Yourself • The Clean Air Act • Punting • The Dark River • Interstitial Insecurity • The Slyther of Shoreditch • We Can't Stop What's Coming • Decoy • Grounded • The Turning of the Tide • Citation Needed • Pain Management • Letters from the Front

Star Tales	Chasing the Dawn • That's All Right, Mama • Einstein and the Doctor • Who-Dini? • The Pythagoras Problem • Mission of the KaaDok

The Wintertime Paradox	He's Behind You • Father of the Daleks • Inflicting Christmas • For the Girl Who Has Everything • Visiting Hours • We Will Feed You to the Trees • Christmas with the Plasmavores • A Girl Called Doubt • A Perfect Christmas • Missing Habitas Frond • A Day to Yourselves • The Paradox Moon • Canaries

I Am The Master	Anger Management • The Dead Travel Fast • Missy's Magical Mystery Mission • A Master of Disguise • The Night Harvest • The Master and Margarita

Adventures in Lockdown	A Message from the Doctor • Things She Thought While Falling • The Terror of the Umpty Ums • Doctor Who and the Time War • Revenge of the Nestene • Rory's Story • One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes • The Simple Things • The Tourist • Press Play • The Shadow Passes • Shadow of a Doubt • The Shadow in the Mirror • Fellow Traveller • Listen • The Secret of Novice Hame

Origin Stories	Chemistry • My Daddy Fights Monsters • The Myriapod Mutiny • The Last of the Dals • Murmuration • The Big Sleep • Doctor Jones • The Girl Who Tore Through the Universe • Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest • Velvet Hugs • Tempered

Fourteenth Doctor era (2023)

Origin Stories	Déjà Donna

Ten Days of Christmas	Under Control • Saviour • Not a Creature Was Stirring • Life in Oils • The Christmas Blessing • The Eternal Present • Gifts from Afar • The Big Store • Dark Waters • Into Control

Fifteenth Doctor era (2024-present)

Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories	Fleeting Faces • The Dalmatian Terrain

The Adventures Before	The Boy and the Dalek • The Roots of Evil • Little Did She Know • The Four Faces of Immortality • Becky's Impossible Day • Smiley's Mirror Exhibit • The Fall of Apalapucia • The Morning of the Day of the Doctor

v • e

Spin-offs and connected series

Licensed by the BBC

K9 and Company • Torchwood • The Sarah Jane Adventures • Class • Tales of the TARDIS • Doctor Doctor

PROSE

Doctor Who tie-in websites

Target Books	The Companions of Doctor Who

BBC Books	The Legends of Ashildr • The Legends of River Song • The Missy Chronicles • I Am The Master

Panini Comics	The Paternoster Gang Investigates

AUDIO

Silver Fist/ Who Dares	The ArcHive Tapes

Big Finish	Big Finish Doctor Who audio spin-offs

BBC Audio	Beyond the Doctor • Redacted

COMIC

Marvel UK

DWM backup comic stories • The Cybermen

HOMEVID

BBV Productions

P.R.O.B.E.

Licensed from copyright holders

Metal Mutt
Productions

HOMEVID

Reeltime Pictures	Wartime • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Downtime • Mindgame Saga • Dæmos Rising • The White Witch of Devil's End • Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

BBV Productions	Auton Trilogy • Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough • P.R.O.B.E. Case Files

AUDIO

BBV Productions (Audio Adventures in Time & Space)	The Time Travellers • Adventures in a Pocket Universe • Zygon • Krynoids • Sontarans • The I • The Rani • Wirrn • The Faction Paradox Protocols • Rutans • The Quality of Mercy • P.R.O.B.E. (Audiobooks • New Companions • Short Stories) • Erimem: The Audio Adventures • The Brigadier Adventures • Dionus's War • Cyberon • The Makers

Magic Bullet Productions	Kaldor City • The True History of Faction Paradox

BBC Radio 4	Imaginary Boys

Bafflegab Productions	Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective

Storytel	Mystery Lady

Radio Static	The Minister of Chance

AUK Studios	Children of the Circus

The Adventures of K9

Virgin Books

The New Adventures (1997-99) • Decalogs (1997)

Mad Norwegian
Press

Faction Paradox (2002-06, 13)

Allison & Busby

Modern Love • To the Devil — a Diva!

Random Static

Faction Paradox (2008)

Telos Publishing

Time Hunter

Novelisations

Olive Hawthorne and the Dæmons of Devil's End • Dæmos Rising • Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor • Mindgame • Wartime

Big Finish

Iris Wildthyme (2005) • Bernice Summerfield

New Worlds

Wildthyme on Top • The Coming of the Queen • Project: Valhalla

Obverse Books

Iris Wildthyme (2009-present) • Faction Paradox (2013-present) • The City of the Saved • Welcome Home, Bernard Socks • Paradise Towers

Obverse Quarterly	Señor 105 & the Elements of Danger • The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars • The Obverse Book of Detectives: The Unwoken Princess • Zenith Lives!: The Albino's Shadow

Obverse Sextet	The Mystic Menagerie of Iris Wildthyme • The Rise & Fall of Señor 105 • The Immortal Seaton Begg • Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production • Closing the Casebook • Vanishing Tales of the City

Simon and
Schuster

The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict

Headline Review

666 Charing Cross Road

The Berkley
Publishing Group

The Story of Fester Cat

Candy Jar Books

Lethbridge-Stewart • Travers & Wells • The Lucy Wilson Mysteries • UNIT • Counter Measures • The Analysis Bureau

Thebes Publishing

Erimem

Meteoric Books

The Essential Book of K9 • Megabytes

Arcbeatle Press

P.R.O.B.E. • Cwej: The Series • Cyberon • The Minister of Chance • SIGNET • Small Miracles • Auteur • Coloth • Dionus

Snowbooks Ltd

Iris Wildthyme (2011-13) • Resurrection Engines: Talented Witches • Fellowship of Ink

Lethe Press

Wilde Stories 2016: Imaginary Boys

Salt Publishing

Twelve Stories

Harper Collins

The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy • The Tale of Toxic Positivity

Self-published

The Bloodletters • Christmassy Tales • Mrs Danby and Company • Pandora Delbane • Hunky Dory • Silver Jubilee: Imaginary Boys • Wringing-Off

Mango

The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuth and Private Eye Stories: Dodie Golightly and the Ghost of Cock Lane

Ce Acatl

Golden Age

Trinitite Team

The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass

Titan Books

Titan Sherlock
Holmes books

The Albino's Treasure • The Will of the Dead • The Spirit Box • The Vanishing Man • The Spider's Web • Mrs Hudson at the Christmas Hotel

Oak Tree Books &
Chinbeard Books

Children of the Circus

Odd Tales Productions

Kingdom Cryptiqqa

The Cheshire House

The Interstellar Sleuth • The Castaways of Ishiok • Disparate Minds • Zadellin

Overmorrow Publishing

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