  We calculate partition functions for lens spaces L_{p,q} up to p=8 and for
genus 1 and 2 handlebodies H_1, H_2 in the Turaev-Viro framework. These can be
interpreted as transition amplitudes in 3D quantum gravity. In the case of lens
spaces L_{p,q} these are vacuum-to-vacuum amplitudes $\O -> \O$, whereas for
the 1- and 2-handlebodies H_1, H_2 they represent genuinely topological
transition amplitudes $\O -> T^2$ and $\O -> T^2 # T^2$, respectively.
