This is a really strong story that concerns the Doctor and Romana landing on a human colony where the inhabitants have been injected with this computer chip in their head that grants them to the 'Babble': a social network where users post trivial information about their day.

It's probably the story that so far (four audiobooks in) feels the most true to its era, despite social media having not been around in the 70s when those serials were aired. It's just so easy to imagine Tom Baker and Lalla Ward wandering around a wobbly set and encountering the robots of the story.

Babblesphere features some very smart and witty commentary on social media, and the dangers of becoming too addicted. How we can lose ourselves in it and become mindless entities wandering around in their own little bubbles, ignoring what is going on around them. It's such a topical issue in the modern age, and something that will undoubtedly continue to be talked about as we learn more about the effects of social media on everyday people.

Lalla Ward is such a great audiobook reader, and helps to really sell the story. I honestly wouldn't have been opposed to her narrating every story in this collection; I think she has a great voice for audiobooks.