Doctor Who: Time Trips (Nick Harkaway) Books in Order
Part ofNick Harkaway Books in OrderFind Nick Harkaway’s Doctor Who: Time Trips story in order, with a quick summary, range background, and help placing it in the wider series.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
8 books
The Death Pit
by Joanne M Harris
2013
A *Doctor Who* short story featuring the Fourth Doctor. In this creepy tale, the Doctor encounters a strange and deadly golf hotel where something lurks beneath the sand. Part of the *Time Trips* collection.
A Handful of Stardust
by Joanne M Harris
2014
A *Doctor Who* short story featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. They visit a library planet where the greatest mathematicians are dying under mysterious circumstances. Part of the *Time Trips* collection.
Into the Nowhere
by Joanne M Harris
2014
A *Doctor Who* short story featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Clara. They land on an unknown planet where the Doctor must face a mystery in the dark. Part of the *Time Trips* anthology.
Keeping Up with the Joneses
by Joanne M Harris
2014
A *Doctor Who* short story featuring the Tenth Doctor. The Doctor finds himself in a bed-and-breakfast run by a suspicious couple with a very strange secret. Part of the *Time Trips* collection.
Salt of the Earth
by Joanne M Harris
2014
A *Doctor Who* adventure featuring the Third Doctor and Jo Grant. They travel to Australia in the near future and encounter strange salt statues on a remote island. Part of the *Time Trips* collection.
The Anti-Hero
by Joanne M Harris
2014
A *Doctor Who* adventure featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe. They arrive in ancient Alexandria and face a villain who knows their future. Part of the *Time Trips* anthology.
The Bog Warrior
by Joanne M Harris
2014
Cecelia Ahern's own contribution to the *Doctor Who* universe. The Tenth Doctor lands in the Kingdom of Cashel and gets involved in a bizarre masked ball with a missing prince. A whimsical tale from the *Time Trips* series.
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller
by Joanne M Harris
2014
A *Doctor Who* short story featuring the Third Doctor. The Doctor finds himself trapped in a surreal town where time behaves strangely and nothing is quite what it seems. Part of the *Time Trips* collection.
Series background & context
Nick Harkaway’s corner of Doctor Who: Time Trips comes from a smart little publishing experiment. The Time Trips books were short digital adventures, each written by a different guest author and each paired with a different Doctor. So this is less a long, tightly linked series than a shared range of standalone stories, built to let readers drop in for one brisk trip through time and space.
That makes it easy to enter. You do not need a huge map of Doctor Who continuity to enjoy these books. Each one gives you a Doctor, a setting, a threat, and just enough weirdness to feel like a real episode on the page. Read the range in release order if you want the full project, or simply start with the author or Doctor that sounds fun.
Short, strange, and made to move.
Harkaway’s own entry is Keeping Up with the Joneses, which uses the Tenth Doctor. That pairing makes sense straight away. This Doctor is quick, talkative, funny, and always half a step from catastrophe, which suits Harkaway’s taste for speed and reality slipping sideways. The story begins when the TARDIS is damaged by a temporal mine and a Welsh bed-and-breakfast owner named Christina thinks the Doctor has somehow landed inside her business.
From there, the setting stops obeying ordinary rules. A whole town seems to be folded into the TARDIS, a violent unnatural storm is building, and the Doctor has to solve a problem that is part ship failure, part cosmic threat, and part social improvisation. Good Doctor Who often starts with something local and cozy, then reveals that the walls of the world have quietly bent. That is exactly the pleasure here.
That balance is the appeal of the range as a whole. These stories are short enough to read in one sitting, but they still aim for the familiar mix of wit, danger, and sudden emotion. Harkaway brings a mischievous edge to the format. The dialogue snaps, the premise keeps widening, and the stakes feel big without turning into homework.
The mood stays nimble.
If you like self-contained Doctor Who adventures, this is a good place to spend an afternoon. Harkaway’s contribution gives you the Tenth Doctor in a compact, high-risk mystery, while the wider Time Trips project shows how flexible the series can be when different writers are invited into the TARDIS. It works both as a quick detour for established fans and as a low-commitment way to try book-form Doctor Who.
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