Space Babies was a novelisation based on the 2024 television episode Space Babies. It was written by Alison Rumfitt and released by Target Books on 8 August 2024.
Publisher's summary[]
In space, something can hear you scream. And that something is coming.
On her first adventure in outer space, Ruby learns that the universe is bigger, more colourful, and crazier than she could ever have imagined. She also learns that even the Doctor can feel afraid – and that certain nightmares are all too real...
Chapter titles[]
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Deviations from televised story[]
- The novel is topped and tailed by a fairy story about a monster stalking a child and receiving an act of kindness.
- After the prologue, the action continues with Ruby's first sighting of prehistoric Earth, with her conversation with the Doctor on entering the TARDIS being presented later as a flashback.
- The Doctor is said to have had a chat with the Bogeyman after it is left in the airlock but decided it's better off away from the babies.
- The Doctor and Ruby discuss what will happen to the babies when they reach their new home and whether they'll start aging normally or not.
- The Doctor realises Ruby wants to see Carla after she talks about seeing her mother at Christmas.
Writing and publishing notes[]
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Audiobook[]
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 22 August 2024 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Clare Corbett.
Audiobook cover
External links[]
- Official Space Babies page at Penguin Books
