Stories Audio Book Short Trips (Audio) Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Five Dimensional Man 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 3 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Written by Kate Orman Narrated by David Troughton Runtime 19 minutes Time Travel Past, Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Robots Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, USA Synopsis A fifties housewife gets more than she bargained for when she offers to help a strange girl who appears in her kitchen. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Second Doctor Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Heriot Ferdinand Stirling Betty Brown Show All Characters (5) How to listen to The Five Dimensional Man: Big Finish Audio Short Trips Volume 3 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 28 June 2025 New· · 179 words Review by bethhigdon This was cute. A 1950s housewife who moonlights as a science fiction author for pulp magazines gets caught up in one of the Doctor's adventures when Zoe suddenly materializes inside her living room. It's a very simple story, despite the set up. A mad scientist from the future wants to mutate humanity into insects and has a robot army. There's a plot MacGuffin that can stop him, and Betty the housewife/sci-fi writer is recruited to help out because she can sneak past the robots who wouldn't have her on file in their memory banks yet. No, what makes this story stand out is the change of view character. Rather than the Doctor or one of the companions, we're seeing the adventure from the view point of one of the normal people who get caught up in these things. Who has a life changing experience and then just moves on with their normal lives. It's refreshing, and absolutely what the Short Trip range is for. Giving us a look at the wider universe of the series as a whole. bethhigdon View profile Like Liked 0 16 November 2024 · 19 words Review by Rock_Angel 2 Such a cool episode omg Kate orman does it again love how it feels like a twilight zone ep Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 2 18 March 2025 · 35 words Review by Azurillkirby I like the idea of this story on paper, but I'm not sure if it works in execution. It feels hollow and incomplete, and it doesn't benefit from the short story format. C. Maybe B. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating56 members 3.03 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 112 Favourited 3 Reviewed 3 Saved 2 Skipped 3 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote