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'''Virgin Books''', or '''Virgin Publishing''', was the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises which published licensed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction and non-fiction during the early-to-mid | '''Virgin Books''', or '''Virgin Publishing''', was the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises which published licensed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction and non-fiction during the early-to-mid 1990s. Under the Doctor Who Books imprint, Virgin published the ''Doctor Who'' [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] (1991-99) and [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]] (1994-97) novels, as well as the [[Virgin Decalogs]] (1994-97) anthologies and [[Licence Denied]], a collected anthology of fan writing edited by [[Paul Cornell]]. | ||
After the [[ | After the [[BBC]] withdrew Virgin's licence, the New Adventures continued with [[Bernice Summerfield]] as the primary character to continue publishing stories that take place in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] but do not feature [[the Doctor]]. | ||
Virgin were famous for opening their doors to submissions from new writers, often from fandom: Cornell, [[Gary Russell]], [[Lawrence Miles]], [[Kate Orman]], [[Dave Stone]] and others all started at the company. In 2013, Russell said: "With hindsight of course, you go, 'It's because [new writers]'re bloody cheap, and they couldn't afford big posh writers to keep doing Doctor Who books because they had to do them on a shoestring'. But nevertheless, that ability to open up that market to unknown writers was phenomenal".<ref>[http://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interviews/7587-interview-gary-russell-doctor-who-part-1 Interview: Gary Russell | DOCTOR WHO (dead link)]</ref> | |||
With the show's return in 2005, Virgin published an unofficial reference book ''[[Who's Next: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who]]''. | |||
== | In 2007, a decade after they stopped publishing official ''Doctor Who'' material, [[Random House]] gained majority shareholding, effectively ending Virgin's life as an independent publishing company. Like [[BBC Books]], it now exists as an imprint in the Ebury Publishing division. Due to them now sharing a publishing company, since 2014 a handful of Virgin novels have reemerged as BBC Books reprints. | ||
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== Illustrations == | |||
Other than the [[Virgin New Adventures covers|cover]] [[Virgin Missing Adventures covers|art]], Virgin Books usually contained no illustrations. Internal illustrations ''were'' included in: | |||
{| {{Prettytable}} | |||
!Series | |||
!Novel | |||
!# of illustrations | |||
!Illustrator | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="6"|[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |||
|''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'' | |||
|8 | |||
|[[Lee Brimmicombe-Wood]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'' | |||
|5 | |||
|[[Tim Keable]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' | |||
|8 | |||
|[[Mike Nicholson]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'' | |||
|4 | |||
|[[Roger Langridge]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[SLEEPY (novel)|SLEEPY]]'' | |||
|2 | |||
|[[Jason Towers]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'' | |||
|2 | |||
|[[Tony Masero]] | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="3"|[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | |||
|''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'' | |||
|2 | |||
|[[Mike Nicholson]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The English Way of Death (novel)|The English Way of Death]]'' | |||
|4 | |||
|[[Phil Bevan]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Plotters (novel)|The Plotters]]'' | |||
|2 | |||
|[[Paul Vyse]] | |||
|} | |||
== Rereleases == | |||
=== BBCi ebooks (2002-2006) === | |||
Starting in [[2002 (releases)|2002]],<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2006339.stm Dr Who book goes online]</ref> eight Virgin books novels were rereleased as free ebooks on the [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]] with new cover art and new illustrations.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090227074519/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/index.shtml Doctor Who Ebooks (archived)]</ref> | |||
{| {{Prettytable}} | |||
!Series | |||
!Novel | |||
!# of illustrations | |||
!Illustrator | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="4"|[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |||
|''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'' | |||
|11 + cover | |||
|rowspan="3"|[[Daryl Joyce]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' | |||
|17 + cover | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' | |||
|17 + cover | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' | |||
|15 + cover | |||
|[[Allan Bednar]] | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="4"|[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | |||
|''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'' | |||
|9 + cover | |||
|[[Mike Nicholson]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'' | |||
|7 + cover | |||
|rowspan="2"|[[Daryl Joyce]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Well-Mannered War (novel)|The Well-Mannered War]]'' | |||
|6 + cover | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'' | |||
|11 + cover | |||
|[[Peter McKinstry]] | |||
|} | |||
=== ''The Monster Collection'' (2014) === | |||
{{main|The Monster Collection (series)}} | |||
{| {{Prettytable}} | |||
!Series | |||
!Novel | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="2"|[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | |||
|''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'' | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'' | |||
|- | |||
|[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |||
|''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' | |||
|} | |||
=== ''The History Collection'' (2015) === | |||
{{main|The History Collection}} | |||
{| {{Prettytable}} | |||
!Series | |||
!Novel | |||
|- | |||
|[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | |||
|''[[The English Way of Death (novel)|The English Way of Death]]'' | |||
|- | |||
|[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |||
|''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' | |||
|} | |||
[[ | == Logos == | ||
[[File:Virgin diamond logo.jpg|thumb|right|Virgin's version of the "[[Doctor Who logo|diamond logo]]"]] | |||
The [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] and other ''Doctor Who'' tie-in books and merchandise focusing on the [[Seventh Doctor]] era generally used the [[Doctor Who logo|Seventh Doctor's logo]] as seen on television. Virgin also created an exclusive version of the classic "diamond logo" for use on the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]] and other material focusing on the eras of then-past Doctors. However, the Virgin logo itself was rarely, if ever, used on any ''Doctor Who'' output. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/guide.html Virgin Worlds - Writer's Guide] | * [http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/guide.html Virgin Worlds - Writer's Guide] | ||
* [http://www.virginbooks.com/ Virgin Books website] | * [http://www.virginbooks.com/ Virgin Books website] | ||
* [ | * [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/publishers/ebury/virgin-books/ Virgin Books at the Penguin Random House UK website] | ||
[[ | |||
[[Category: | == Footnotes == | ||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Virgin Books| ]] | |||
[[Category:Penguin Random House imprints]] |