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.

This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Shada

Easily my favourite Destiny of the Doctor story so far. It's really well-narrated, Lalla Ward captures Tom Baker's mannerisms perfectly. The main premise is essentially Dot and Bubble, but done better. The cameo at the end by the 11th Doctor is quite funny and the Chumbleys being the Doctor's favourite enemy is such a Doctor-y thing.

Next Story: Wave of Destruction

I also quite enjoyed this adventure, it was a lot more exciting and the opening of the story where we get the description of the setting is actually really, really fun. I like how much the story focuses in Romana, the Doctor's companion and fellow Time Lord, as she gives us a great pov into this planet and its people.

The story is a very obvious jab at social media and Twitter. And since this story came out things have clearly gotten worse just like in the events here. The setting also features Romana and the Doctor in a Summer Wars style virtual reality at one point, I would love to see that animated or as a comic or something.

I also think the inclusion of 11 in this story, like the last adventure, felt shoehorned in with how he was utilized. But overall I enjoyed this quite a bit. Probably my favorite of the four adventures so far.

Okay, so... I can't say much about this story - There's a lot going on, but it was very slow and boring.

I don't know whether it was the writing or Lalla's voice acting, but I can just picture Tom Baker running about and taking charge. It says something when your voice is so distinct that it's easy to write and portray it. I think this is the first audio I've heard with Lalla Ward and she's great - Romana gets her chance to be the Doctor and a more independent companion, rather than a screaming girl, and I hope this follows through with future stories - and the relationship between Romana and the Doctor is great, always bantering and messing about, and it's hilarious when they realise that neither of them have brought their sonic with them.

Okay, the problem I have with it is the ideas it brings. The Twitter parody is nice, but there's a mess of the way it's presented and I have difficulty following it, so much that I don't really know who the villain is.

I don't know what the setting is meant to be - There's so much going on just filling up the space that it just becomes confusing and they could've cut so much down and let it be one half an hour story. This shouldn't be an hour long, this should be a Short Trips entry. I can't say much more than that in a review. Aurelius exists as a side character, but that's it. It's odd because people really enjoy this story, but there's just too much happening in one story so none of them reach their full potential and it's just boring.

I was left kinda bored