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| Author | John Binns |
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| Series | Doctor Who book: Big Finish Short Trips |
Release number | 3 |
| Publisher | Big Finish Productions |
Publication date | June 2003 |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 1-84435-008-8 |
| Preceded by | Short Trips: Companions |
| Followed by | Short Trips: The Muses |
Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors is a Big Finish original anthology edited by John Binns and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . The theme of the collection is horror stories.
| Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring |
| The Exiles | Lance Parkin | 1st | Susan |
| Mire and Clay | Gareth Wigmore | 1st | Ian, Barbara, Susan |
| Ash | Trevor Baxendale | 1st | Susan, Steven |
| Face-Painter | "Tara Samms" | 2nd | Jamie, Victoria |
| Losing Track of Time | Juliet E. McKenna | 3rd | Jo |
| The Discourse of Flies | Jeremy Daw | 3rd | Sarah |
| The Fear | Alex Leithes | 4th | K-9 |
| Mauritz | Jonathan Morris | 4th | Adric |
| The Comet's Tail | John Binns | 5th | None |
| Long Term | Andrew Campbell | 5th | Nyssa |
| Soul Mate | David Bailey | 5th | Nyssa, Tegan |
| Whiskey and Water | Marc Platt | 6th | None |
| The Death of Me | Robert Shearman | 6th | None |
| This Is My Life | William Keith | 7th | None |
| Gazing Void | Huw Wilkins | 8th | None |
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