AudioGO Ltd was a primarily digital audio publisher which purchasedBBC Audiobooks inJuly2010, thereby inheriting allDoctor Who,Torchwood andSJA audio material previously released under the BBC's own audio labels. They retained the brand identity "BBC Audio" as an imprint.

They were thus the publishers of theTom Baker audio range that began withHornets' Nest, readings ofTarget Books novelisations,TV soundtracks ofmissing episodes, some original audio dramas (based uponDoctor Who,Torchwood andThe Sarah Jane Adventures), andDoctor Who audio archive material (like the series ofDoctor Who at the BBC releases) and documentaries.

After AudioGO's demise in 2013,Doctor Who audiobooks were again released by BBC Audio.

History[[edit] |[edit source]]

Previously, the branding BBC Radio Collection was used for release of radio dramas based upon the series:Exploration Earth,Slipback,The Paradise of Death andThe Ghosts of N-Space. Also released under the banner — although technically inaccurately as they were never intended for radio — were edited TV soundtracks taken initially from episodes that had been deleted by the BBC but for which audio tracks survived (i.e.The Macra Terror andThe Evil of the Daleks). The BBC Radio Collection also reissued the audio adaptation ofGenesis of the Daleks. Beginning in 2004 the "BBC Radio Collection" branding was dropped, and releases for more recent stories have occurred, even those available on DVD, the most recent to date being an audio version of the 1984 storyWarriors of the Deep.

Significant landmark releases included 2008's audio storyPest Control, which launched a series of originalDoctor Who stories that continued through 2017, and the audio storyHornets' Nest, a five-part 2009 release that saw the return ofTom Baker to the role of theFourth Doctor.

Administration and closing[[edit] |[edit source]]

AudioGO entered administration after significant cashflow issues were discovered inOctober2013. The company suspended operations and effectively ceased trading, affecting many of the expected 50th anniversary releases.^[1]

InJanuary2014, the front page of AudioGO's website was replaced by a notice that trading from the website had ceased. Customers were advised to download their purchased libraries from the site before it became entirely unavailable on1 February2014.

SinceNovember2014,BBC Physical Audio have releasedDoctor Who audiobooks.

Subsequent availability of AudioGO material[[edit] |[edit source]]

Rights to AudioGO's BBC-licenced content (includingDoctor Who) for the UK and the rest of the world excluding North America, Australia and New Zealand, were transferred toRandom House in December 2013.^[2]

AudioGO's US titles were acquired by independent audiobook publisherBlackstone Audio, a company which had previously been acquired by AudioGO in January 2013 but sold back to its former owners in October of that year when AudioGo entered administration. Blackstone distributed the titles through its arms BlackstoneLibrary.com (for libraries) and Downpour.com (for consumers.)^[3]

Rights to 5000 of AudioGO's non-BBC titles were sold to Amazon-owned audiobook vendorAudible.^[4]

TheDestiny of the Doctor series can be acquired throughBig Finish Productions' website, either individually or as abox set collecting all the stories.

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

• Official website (Archived 10 March 2012 on the Wayback Machine)

Footnotes[[edit] |[edit source]]