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The '''BBC New Series Adventures''' is a banner under which the novels published by [[BBC Books]] featuring the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]], [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[ | {{Infobox Merchandise | ||
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|publisher = BBC Books | |||
|publisher2 = Broadway Books | |||
|type = Book series | |||
|release date = [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] - present | |||
|trailer = The Thirteenth Doctor Novels Trailer Doctor Who | |||
|trailer2 = Missy, Rose, Clara, Bill & Sarah Jane! The Missy Chronicles & The Day She Saved The Doctor | |||
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The '''BBC New Series Adventures''' is a banner under which the novels published by [[BBC Books]] (and, from [[2013 (production)|2013]], [[Broadway Books]] in [[North America]]) featuring the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]], [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]], [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh]], [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]], [[Thirteenth Doctor|Thirteenth]] and [[Fifteenth Doctor]]s have been collected since [[2005 (releases)|2005]]. This line is the successor to BBC Books' earlier ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction lines, the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]. | |||
== Ninth Doctor == | == Publication history == | ||
Launched in mid-2005, the New Series Adventures introduced a new format for ''Doctor Who'' fiction | === Ninth Doctor === | ||
Launched in mid-[[2005 (releases)|2005]], the New Series Adventures introduced a new format for ''Doctor Who'' fiction — paperback-sized hardcovers with a smaller word count than the previous [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|EDA]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|PDA]] lines. For a few months, the "NSA" line coexisted with the EDA and PDA lines, until they were [[retire]]d at the end of 2005. | |||
With this series of books, BBC Books also established a release pattern it has continued ever since, releasing the books in batches of three at least twice a year. The books are considered standalone and | With this series of books, [[BBC Books]] also established a release pattern it has continued ever since, releasing the books in batches of three, initially at least twice a year. The books are considered standalone and thus may be read in any order (at least among a particular set of three). | ||
Unlike past fiction lines, there was some effort to tie the books more closely to television continuity. Notably the first-ever direct reference to a novel occurred in the episode | Unlike past fiction lines, there was some effort to tie the books more closely to television continuity. Notably, the first-ever direct reference to a novel occurred in the episode ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', in which [[Rose Tyler]] referenced a location she and the Doctor had visited in the novel ''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]''. Supporting characters [[Mickey Smith]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] also appeared in the novel ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]''. | ||
The novels tended to reflect changes in the cast. The first three books featured the [[Ninth Doctor]] travelling with Rose, while the second set feature Rose and [[Jack Harkness]] as | The novels tended to reflect changes in the cast. The first three books featured the [[Ninth Doctor]] travelling with Rose, while the second set feature Rose and [[Jack Harkness]] as [[companion]]s. | ||
This line of novels continued to be issued following [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s departure from the series until the end of | This line of novels continued to be issued following [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s departure from the series until the end of 2005, after which the series continued, featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] in [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. | ||
=== | A number of the books have been reprinted in paperback editions, including in [[North America]] by [[Broadway Books]]. The covers of these reprint editions omit the image of [[Billie Piper]]. | ||
On [[2 May (releases)|2 May]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]], ''[[Ninth Doctor Novels Volume 1]]'', a box set collecting readings of three of the Ninth Doctor novels was released. | |||
=== Tenth Doctor === | |||
With the coming of the [[Tenth Doctor]] era, [[BBC Books]] continued its New Series Adventures line in [[2006 (releases)|2006]], featuring the new [[incarnation]]. Again, the books were published more-or-less in connection with a particular cast line-up in the series, with the first six books featuring [[Rose Tyler]], after which [[Martha Jones]] was featured in twelve consecutive novels. [[Donna Noble]] was then featured in only four books, with most of the books released during her era actually featuring Martha. [[Wilfred Mott]] appears in the final novel featuring Donna, ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. | |||
Following the events of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', the books changed format somewhat. Beginning with ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'', published in late [[2008 (releases)|2008]], the books featured the Doctor travelling alone, with no ongoing [[companion]]s (in keeping with the format of the [[Series 4#2008-10 Specials|2008-2010 specials]]). Also published was ''[[The Story of Martha (anthology)|The Story of Martha]]'', a short story collection that returned Martha Jones to the NSA line for one book. This was the first NSA book to be a direct tie-in with a televised episode (it takes place during the events of ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''). All NSA novels issued during [[2009 (releases)|2009]] featured returning alien races and villains from the TV series. | |||
The final three Tenth Doctor novels were published in [[September (releases)|September]] 2009. | |||
Two new spin-off lines were introduced during the 2006-2009 period. ''[[Quick Reads]]'', an annual series of paperback novellas intended to promote literacy, was launched in 2006 with the novel ''[[I Am a Dalek (novel)|I Am a Dalek]]''. This spin-off line featured the return of long-time ''Doctor Who'' novelist and scriptwriter [[Terrance Dicks]] to the world of ''Doctor Who'' fiction. A total of five Tenth Doctor novellas were published in this line, with the last issued in [[March (releases)|March]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]; the line continued with the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. | |||
Also launched during this period, in conjunction with [[BBC Audiobooks]], was a series of original, made-for-audio stories performed by cast members of the series. The first of these, ''[[Pest Control (audio story)|Pest Control]]'', was issued in 2008. A total of seven Tenth Doctor stories were published until 2010. [[David Tennant]] performed most of these, with [[Catherine Tate]] reading two and [[Michelle Ryan]] performing one. Again, releases continued after the introduction of the Eleventh Doctor. | |||
All of the Tenth Doctor publications other than the ''Quick Reads'' were released as audiobooks. The first three were read by David Tennant. After that, other actors from the series replaced Tennant, who did not re-appear as narrator until the made-for-audio stories. The other actors include [[Freema Agyeman]], [[Georgia Moffett]], [[Anthony Head]] and [[Adjoa Andoh]]. Most of these audiobooks are abridged, but some of the later novels were released as unabridged audiobooks that are only available for download. | |||
As with the [[Ninth Doctor]], a number of Tenth Doctor novels have been reissued in paperback by BBC Books and [[Broadway Books]]. New editions of novels featuring Rose Tyler, however, omit the image of [[Billie Piper]] from the cover art. | |||
=== Eleventh Doctor === | |||
The New Series Adventures line continued with novels featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. The first set of three were released in [[April (releases)|April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]], with more novels released later in the year. | |||
The books had some design changes from past releases to incorporate the new [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]] introduced for the new era. The most noticeable change is that the books are taller than those published for the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s, now closer in height to the ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' novels. They also no longer included the [[Gallifreyan]] numerical symbols on the spines of the NSA books as seen during the [[Christopher Eccleston|Eccleston]] and [[David Tennant|Tennant]] eras. | |||
In [[October|October]] 2010, a special standalone New Series Adventures book was released, entitled ''[[The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)|The Coming of the Terraphiles]]'' and written by noted fantasy author [[Michael Moorcock]]. The series resumed in [[2011 (releases)|2011]], with the release of three books in April and another three in [[June (releases)|June]]. As well as this, a new concept of [[2 in 1 Books]] was put into action. The stories in these books were shorter than those in normal books but there were two of them per book, set at some point after [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5]], written by two different authors. They were published in the tête-bêche format. | |||
With [[2012 (releases)|2012]] the frequency of regular NSA releases was decreased, with the line focusing more on the standalone hardcover editions, which saw two additional releases, ''[[The Silent Stars Go By (novel)|The Silent Stars Go By]]'' in 2011 and ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'' in 2012. No "set of three" releases occurred in 2012; [[2013 (releases)|2013]] saw the release pattern change to a single batch of three per year. | |||
Continuing on from the Tenth Doctor era, [[BBC Audiobooks]], later [[AudioGO]], continued to release original-to-audio stories read by various cast members including [[Matt Smith]] and [[Arthur Darvill]]. The ''[[Decide Your Destiny]]'' series also continued, as did the ''[[Quick Reads]]'' novellas after a year's hiatus. | |||
Beginning in 2011, and for the first time since [[2005 (releases)|2005]], the NSA line found itself competing with [[BBC Books]] releases featuring past Doctors, beginning with the start of a reprint series featuring [[Target novelisation]]s, followed by the launch of a novelisation line with ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'' and the launch of a new series of standalone hardcover novels featuring past Doctors. | |||
The final trio of Eleventh Doctor novels published in 2013 marked a major change in how the books were marketed and formatted outside the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Broadway Books]] took over the [[North America]]n publishing of the books, which were now exclusively to be published in trade paperback editions, with the BBC Books hardcovers officially no longer circulated. Broadway also began republishing older NSAs from the Eleventh Doctor and earlier eras in new standard paperback editions. | |||
A final "Eleventh Doctor" NSA novel, ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'', featured the [[War Doctor]] rather than the incumbent, acting as the fourth in the "deluxe" range. | |||
=== Twelfth Doctor === | |||
The New Series Adventures line returned in [[2014 (releases)|2014]] with new novels featuring the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]]. As with the final [[Eleventh Doctor]] novels, [[UK]] editions were published in hardcover by [[BBC Books]], but in [[North America]], the novels were published in trade paperback editions only by [[Broadway Books]]. | |||
In late [[2013 (releases)|2013]], [[AudioGO]] went into administration, prompting the license for audiobooks to revert to [[Random House Audio]]. The publisher released readings of the first three Twelfth Doctor novels in [[2015 (releases)|2015]] before the imprint returned as [[BBC Audio]]. | |||
In | In 2015, ''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]'' featured [[Bernice Summerfield]], a character that was first introduced in the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' from [[Virgin Books]]. The novel also featured characters [[Peter Summerfield]], [[Ruth]], and [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], all of whom originated in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' series. | ||
[[2016 (releases)|2016]] saw only one standalone release in the main NSA series: ''[[In the Blood (novel)|In the Blood]]'', a [[Tenth Doctor]] novel featuring Donna Noble. However, two ''[[Choose the Future]]'' books featuring the Twelfth Doctor were also released. These were considered a follow on from the ''[[Decide Your Destiny]]'' range. | |||
The | The final set of Twelfth Doctor NSA novels were released in [[2017 (releases)|2017]], and featured [[Bill Potts]] as the [[companion]], with [[Nardole]] also featuring in the last novel. | ||
=== | === Thirteenth Doctor === | ||
In [[2018 (releases)|2018]], the New Series Adventures line continued with novels featuring the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her [[companion]]s [[Graham O'Brien]], [[Yasmin Khan]], and [[Ryan Sinclair]]. | |||
No new NSA novels were released in [[2019 (releases)|2019]], but [[2020 (releases)|2020]] saw the release of standalone novel, ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'', which featured the return of the Doctor's past companion, [[Ace]]. This novel was written by [[Sophie Aldred]], who played Ace in the last few seasons of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s original run. | |||
=== Fifteenth Doctor === | |||
In [[2024 (releases)|2024]] the NSA line returned with the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and new [[companion]] [[Ruby Sunday]]. | |||
== Novels == | |||
{| | {{Main|The Doctor Novels (series)}} | ||
|''' | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |||
!# | |||
!Title | |||
!Author | |||
!Doctor | |||
!Featuring | |||
!Published | |||
!Read by | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |||
|''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]'' | |||
|[[Justin Richards]] | |||
|rowspan=6|[[Ninth Doctor]] | |||
|[[Rose Tyler|Rose]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[19 May (releases)|19 May]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | |||
|[[Glen McCready]], <br>[[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
|- | |||
|2 | |||
|''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]'' | |||
|[[Stephen Cole]] | |||
|Rose, [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]] | |||
| rowspan="2" |[[David Thorpe]], <br>[[Camille Coduri]] | |||
|- | |||
|3 | |||
|''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'' | |||
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |||
|Rose | |||
|- | |||
|4 | |||
|''[[The Deviant Strain (novel)|The Deviant Strain]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|rowspan=3|Rose, [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[8 September (releases)|8 September]] 2005 | |||
|[[Stuart Milligan]] | |||
|- | |||
|5 | |||
|''[[Only Human (novel)|Only Human]]'' | |||
|[[Gareth Roberts]] | |||
|[[Anthony Head]] | |||
|- | |||
|6 | |||
|''[[The Stealers of Dreams (novel)|The Stealers of Dreams]]'' | |||
|[[Steve Lyons]] | |||
|Camille Coduri | |||
|- | |||
|7 | |||
|''[[The Stone Rose (novel)|The Stone Rose]]'' | |||
|Jacqueline Rayner | |||
|rowspan=30|[[Tenth Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=2|Rose, [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]], [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[13 April (releases)|13 April]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |||
| rowspan="3" |[[David Tennant]] | |||
|- | |||
|8 | |||
|''[[The Feast of the Drowned (novel)|The Feast of the Drowned]]'' | |||
|Stephen Cole | |||
|- | |||
|9 | |||
|''[[The Resurrection Casket (novel)|The Resurrection Casket]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|rowspan=4|Rose | |||
|- | |||
|10 | |||
|''[[The Nightmare of Black Island (novel)|The Nightmare of Black Island]]'' | |||
|[[Mike Tucker]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[21 September (releases)|21 September]] 2006 | |||
|[[Anthony Head]] | |||
|- | |||
|11 | |||
|''[[The Art of Destruction (novel)|The Art of Destruction]]'' | |||
|Stephen Cole | |||
|[[Don Warrington]] | |||
|- | |||
|12 | |||
|''[[The Price of Paradise (novel)|The Price of Paradise]]'' | |||
|[[Colin Brake]] | |||
|[[Shaun Dingwall]] | |||
|- | |||
|13 | |||
|''[[Sting of the Zygons (novel)|Sting of the Zygons]]'' | |||
|Stephen Cole | |||
|[[Martha Jones|Martha]], [[Zygon]]s | |||
|rowspan=3|[[19 April (releases)|19 April]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|[[Reggie Yates]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |14 | ||
|''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'' | |||
|Jacqueline Rayner | |||
|rowspan=11|Martha | |||
|[[Freema Agyeman]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |15 | ||
|''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]'' | |||
|[[Martin Day]] | |||
|[[Adjoa Andoh]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |16 | ||
|''[[Forever Autumn (novel)|Forever Autumn]]'' | |||
|[[Mark Morris]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[6 September (releases)|6 September]] 2007 | |||
|[[Will Thorp]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |17 | ||
|''[[Sick Building (novel)|Sick Building]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Magrs]] | |||
|Freema Agyeman | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |18 | ||
|''[[Wetworld (novel)|Wetworld]]'' | |||
|[[Mark Michalowski]] | |||
|rowspan=2|Will Thorp | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |19 | ||
|''[[Wishing Well (novel)|Wishing Well]]'' | |||
|[[Trevor Baxendale]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[26 December (releases)|26 December]] 2007 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |20 | ||
|''[[The Pirate Loop (novel)|The Pirate Loop]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |||
|[[Debbie Chazen]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |21 | ||
|''[[Peacemaker (novel)|Peacemaker]]'' | |||
|[[James Swallow]] | |||
|rowspan=2|Freema Agyeman | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |22 | ||
|''[[Martha in the Mirror (novel)|Martha in the Mirror]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|rowspan=3|[[10 April (releases)|10 April]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |23 | ||
|''[[Snowglobe 7 (novel)|Snowglobe 7]]'' | |||
|Mike Tucker | |||
|[[Georgia Moffett]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |24 | ||
|''[[The Many Hands (novel)|The Many Hands]]'' | |||
|[[Dale Smith]] | |||
| rowspan="2" |[[David Troughton]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |25 | ||
|''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]'' | |||
|Mark Morris | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Donna Noble|Donna]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[4 September (releases)|4 September]] 2008 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |26 | ||
|''[[The Doctor Trap (novel)|The Doctor Trap]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Messingham]] | |||
|[[Russell Tovey]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |27 | ||
|''[[Shining Darkness (novel)|Shining Darkness]]'' | |||
|Mark Michalowski | |||
|Debbie Chazen | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |28 | ||
|''[[The Story of Martha (anthology)|The Story of Martha]]'' | |||
|{{il|[[Dan Abnett]]|[[David Roden]]|[[Steve Lockley]]|[[Paul Lewis]]|[[Robert Shearman]]|[[Simon Jowett]]}} | |||
|Martha, {{Simm}} | |||
|rowspan=3|[[26 December (releases)|26 December]] 2008 | |||
|Freema Agyeman | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |29 | ||
|''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' | |||
|[[Gary Russell]] | |||
|Donna, [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]], [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] | |||
|[[Bernard Cribbins]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' [[ | |30 | ||
|''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'' | |||
|[[Lance Parkin]] | |||
| | |||
|Russell Tovey | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |31 | ||
|''[[Judgement of the Judoon (novel)|Judgement of the Judoon]]'' | |||
|Colin Brake | |||
|[[Judoon]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[16 April (releases)|16 April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|Nicholas Briggs | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |32 | ||
|''[[The Slitheen Excursion (novel)|The Slitheen Excursion]]'' | |||
|Simon Guerrier | |||
|Slitheen | |||
|Debbie Chazen | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |33 | ||
|''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'' | |||
|Trevor Baxendale | |||
|[[Dalek]]s | |||
|Nicholas Briggs | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |34 | ||
|''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426 (novel)|The Taking of Chelsea 426]]'' | |||
|[[David Llewellyn]] | |||
|[[Sontaran]]s, [[Rutan Host]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[3 September (releases)|3 September]] 2009 | |||
|[[Christopher Ryan]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |35 | ||
|''[[Autonomy (novel)|Autonomy]]'' | |||
|[[Daniel Blythe]] | |||
|[[Nestene Consciousness]], | |||
[[Auton]]s | |||
|Georgia Moffett | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |36 | ||
|''[[The Krillitane Storm (novel)|The Krillitane Storm]]'' | |||
|[[Christopher Cooper]] | |||
|[[Krillitane]] | |||
|Will Thorp | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |37 | ||
|''[[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|rowspan=15|[[Eleventh Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Amy Pond|Amy]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[22 April (releases)|22 April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|[[James Albrecht]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |38 | ||
|''[[Night of the Humans (novel)|Night of the Humans]]'' | |||
|David Llewellyn | |||
|[[Arthur Darvill]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |39 | ||
|''[[The Forgotten Army (novel)|The Forgotten Army]]'' | |||
|[[Brian Minchin]] | |||
|[[Olivia Colman]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |40 | ||
|''[[Nuclear Time (novel)|Nuclear Time]]'' | |||
|[[Oli Smith]] | |||
|rowspan=6|Amy, [[Rory Williams|Rory]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[8 July (releases)|8 July]] 2010 | |||
| rowspan="2" |Nicholas Briggs | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |41 | ||
|''[[The King's Dragon (novel)|The King's Dragon]]'' | |||
|[[Una McCormack]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |42 | ||
|''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'' | |||
|Gary Russell | |||
|Arthur Darvill | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |44 | ||
| | |''[[Dead of Winter (novel)|Dead of Winter]]'' | ||
|[[James Goss]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[28 April (releases)|28 April]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | |||
| rowspan="2" |[[Clare Corbett]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |45 | ||
|''[[The Way Through the Woods (novel)|The Way Through the Woods]]'' | |||
|Una McCormack | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |46 | ||
|''[[Hunter's Moon (novel)|Hunter's Moon]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Finch]] | |||
|Arthur Darvill | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |47 | ||
|''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'' | |||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |||
|Amy, Rory, [[Weeping Angel]]s | |||
|rowspan=3|[[23 June (releases)|23 June]] 2011 | |||
|Clare Corbett | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |48 | ||
|''[[Paradox Lost (novel)|Paradox Lost]]'' | |||
|[[George Mann]] | |||
|rowspan=2|Amy, Rory | |||
|Nicholas Briggs | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |49 | ||
|''[[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]'' | |||
|[[Naomi A. Alderman]] | |||
|[[Meera Syal]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |52 | ||
|''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|[[Cyberman|Cybermen]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[8 April (releases)|8 April]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |||
|[[David Warner]], <br>Nicholas Briggs | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |53 | ||
|''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]'' | |||
|Nicholas Briggs | |||
|Daleks | |||
|Nicholas Briggs | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |54 | ||
|''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'' | |||
|[[Tommy Donbavand]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | |||
|[[Frances Barber]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |56 | ||
|''[[The Blood Cell (novel)|The Blood Cell]]'' | |||
|James Goss | |||
|rowspan=9|[[Twelfth Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[11 September (releases)|11 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |||
|[[Colin McFarlane]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |57 | ||
|''[[Silhouette (novel)|Silhouette]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|Clara, [[Paternoster Gang]] | |||
|[[Dan Starkey]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |58 | ||
|''[[The Crawling Terror (novel)|The Crawling Terror]]'' | |||
|Mike Tucker | |||
|rowspan=2|Clara | |||
|[[Neve McIntosh]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |59 | ||
| | |''[[Royal Blood (novel)|Royal Blood]]'' | ||
|Una McCormack | |||
|rowspan=3|[[10 September (releases)|10 September]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |||
|[[David Warner]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |60 | ||
|''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]'' | |||
|Gary Russell | |||
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] | |||
|[[Lisa Bowerman]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |61 | ||
|''[[Deep Time (novel)|Deep Time]]'' | |||
|Trevor Baxendale | |||
|Clara | |||
|Dan Starkey | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |63 | ||
|''[[The Shining Man (novel)|The Shining Man]]'' | |||
|[[Cavan Scott]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Bill Potts|Bill]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[20 April (releases)|20 April]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | |||
| rowspan="3" |N/A | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |64 | ||
|''[[Diamond Dogs (novel)|Diamond Dogs]]'' | |||
|Mike Tucker | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |65 | ||
|''[[Plague City (novel)|Plague City]]'' | |||
|Jonathan Morris | |||
|Bill, [[Nardole]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |66 | ||
|''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]'' | |||
|[[Juno Dawson]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Thirteenth Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]] | |||
|[[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |||
|[[Clare Corbett]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |67 | ||
|''[[Molten Heart (novel)|Molten Heart]]'' | |||
|Una McCormack | |||
|[[8 November (releases)|8 November]] 2018 | |||
|Dan Starkey | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |68 | ||
|''[[Combat Magicks (novel)|Combat Magicks]]'' | |||
|Steve Cole | |||
|[[22 November (releases)|22 November]] 2018 | |||
|[[Mandip Gill]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |71 | ||
|''[[Ruby Red (novel)|Ruby Red]]'' | |||
|[[Georgia Cook]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Fifteenth Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Ruby Sunday]] | |||
|[[13 June (releases)|13 June]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |||
|[[Millie Gibson]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |72 | ||
|''[[Caged (novel)|Caged]]'' | |||
|[[Una McCormack]] | |||
|[[27 June (releases)|27 June]] 2024 | |||
|[[Bonnie Langford]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | === Specials === | ||
Special releases were released individually, and featured longer novels aimed at older readers. They were primarily released in hardcover format and retailed at a higher price. Their cover art did not use the same format as the standard releases, and they occasionally featured Doctors other than the incumbent at the time of publishing. | |||
{| | |||
| | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |||
!# | |||
!Title | |||
!Author | |||
!Doctor | |||
!Featuring | |||
!Published | |||
!Read by | |||
|- | |||
|S1 (43) | |||
|''[[The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)|The Coming of the Terraphiles]]'' | |||
|[[Michael Moorcock]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Eleventh Doctor]] | |||
|[[Amy Pond|Amy]] | |||
|[[14 October (releases)|14 October]] 2010 | |||
|[[Clive Mantle]] | |||
|- | |||
|S2 (50) | |||
|''[[The Silent Stars Go By (novel)|The Silent Stars Go By]]'' | |||
|[[Dan Abnett]] | |||
|Amy, [[Rory Williams|Rory]], [[Ice Warrior]]s | |||
|[[29 September (releases)|29 September]] 2011 | |||
|[[Michael Maloney]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |S3 (51) | ||
|''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'' | |||
|[[J. T. Colgan]] | |||
| | |||
|[[5 July (releases)|5 July]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|[[Neve McIntosh]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |S4 (55) | ||
|''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'' | |||
|[[George Mann]] | |||
|[[War Doctor]] | |||
|[[Dalek]]s, [[Time Lord]]s | |||
|[[31 July (releases)|31 July]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |||
|[[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |S5 (62) | ||
|''[[In the Blood (novel)|In the Blood]]'' | |||
|[[Jenny Colgan]] | |||
|[[Tenth Doctor]] | |||
|[[Donna Noble|Donna]], [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]], [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] | |||
|[[12 May (releases)|12 May]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
|N/A | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |S6 (69) | ||
|''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'' | |||
|[[Sophie Aldred]], [[Mike Tucker]], [[Steve Cole]] | |||
|[[Thirteenth Doctor]] | |||
|[[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Ace]] | |||
|[[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | |||
|[[Sophie Aldred]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |S7 (70) | ||
|''[[The Ruby's Curse (novel)|The Ruby's Curse]]'' | |||
|[[Alex Kingston]], [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |||
|rowspan="2"|None | |||
|[[River Song]], [[Melody Malone]], [[Cleopatra]] | |||
|[[20 May (releases)|20 May]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] | |||
|[[Alex Kingston]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|S8 (73) | |||
|''[[Death in the Stars (novel)|Death in the Stars]]'' | |||
|[[Bonnie Langford]], [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |||
|[[Melanie Bush]], [[Sabalom Glitz]] | |||
|[[22 August (releases)|22 August]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |||
|[[Bonnie Langford]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | == Audiobooks == | ||
{{Main|The Doctor Tales (series)}} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
!# | |||
!Title | |||
|''' | !Author | ||
!Doctor | |||
!Featuring | |||
!Published | |||
!Read by | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |||
|''[[Pest Control (audio story)|Pest Control]]'' | |||
|[[Peter Anghelides]] | |||
|rowspan=7|[[Tenth Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Donna Noble|Donna]] | |||
|[[8 May (releases)|8 May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] | |||
|[[David Tennant]] | |||
|- | |||
|2 | |||
|''[[The Forever Trap (audio story)|The Forever Trap]]'' | |||
|[[Dan Abnett]] | |||
|[[9 October (releases)|9 October]] 2008 | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Catherine Tate]] | |||
|- | |||
|3 | |||
|''[[The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)|The Nemonite Invasion]]'' | |||
|[[David Roden]] | |||
|[[12 February (releases)|12 February]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|- | |||
|4 | |||
|''[[The Rising Night (audio story)|The Rising Night]]'' | |||
|[[Scott Handcock]] | |||
|rowspan=4| | |||
|[[2 July (releases)|2 July]] 2009 | |||
|[[Michelle Ryan]] | |||
|- | |||
|5 | |||
|''[[The Day of the Troll (audio story)|The Day of the Troll]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Messingham]] | |||
|[[8 October (releases)|8 October]] 2009 | |||
|rowspan=3|David Tennant | |||
|- | |||
|6 | |||
|''[[The Last Voyage (audio story)|The Last Voyage]]'' | |||
|Dan Abnett | |||
|[[7 January (releases)|7 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|- | |||
|7 | |||
|''[[Dead Air (audio story)|Dead Air]]'' | |||
|[[James Goss]] | |||
|[[4 March (releases)|4 March]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|8 | |||
|''[[The Ring of Steel (audio story)|The Ring of Steel]]'' | |||
|[[Stephen Cole]] | |||
|rowspan=14|[[Eleventh Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=5|[[Amy Pond|Amy]] | |||
|[[5 August (releases)|5 August]] 2010 | |||
|[[Arthur Darvill]] | |||
|- | |||
|9 | |||
|''[[The Runaway Train (audio story)|The Runaway Train]]'' | |||
|[[Oli Smith]] | |||
|[[6 October (releases)|6 October]] 2010 | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Matt Smith]] | |||
|- | |||
|10 | |||
|''[[The Jade Pyramid (audio story)|The Jade Pyramid]]'' | |||
|[[Martin Day]] | |||
|[[10 February (releases)|10 February]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | |||
|- | |||
|11 | |||
|''[[The Hounds of Artemis (audio story)|The Hounds of Artemis]]'' | |||
|James Goss | |||
|[[5 May (releases)|5 May]] 2011 | |||
|Matt Smith, [[Clare Corbett]] | |||
|- | |||
|12 | |||
|''[[The Gemini Contagion (audio story)|The Gemini Contagion]]'' | |||
|[[Jason Arnopp]] | |||
|[[14 March (releases)|14 March]] 2011 | |||
|[[Meera Syal]] | |||
|- | |||
|13 | |||
|''[[The Eye of the Jungle (audio story)|The Eye of the Jungle]]'' | |||
|[[Darren Jones]] | |||
|rowspan=9|Amy, [[Rory Williams|Rory]] | |||
|[[7 July (releases)|7 July]] 2011 | |||
|[[David Troughton]] | |||
|- | |||
|14 | |||
|''[[Blackout (audio story)|Blackout]]'' | |||
|Oli Smith | |||
|[[9 September (releases)|9 September]] 2011 | |||
|[[Stuart Milligan]] | |||
|- | |||
|15 | |||
|''[[The Art of Death (audio story)|The Art of Death]]'' | |||
|James Goss | |||
|[[5 January (releases)|5 January]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|[[Raquel Cassidy]] | |||
|- | |||
|16 | |||
|''[[Darkstar Academy (audio story)|Darkstar Academy]]'' | |||
|[[Mark Morris]] | |||
|[[8 March (releases)|8 March]] 2012 | |||
|[[Alexander Armstrong]] | |||
|- | |||
|17 | |||
|''[[Day of the Cockroach (audio story)|Day of the Cockroach]]'' | |||
|[[Steve Lyons]] | |||
|[[3 May (releases)|3 May]] 2012 | |||
|Arthur Darvill | |||
|- | |||
|18 | |||
|''[[The Nu-Humans (audio story)|The Nu-Humans]]'' | |||
|[[Cavan Scott]], [[Mark Wright]] | |||
|[[5 July (releases)|5 July]] 2012 | |||
|rowspan=2|Raquel Cassidy | |||
|- | |||
|19 | |||
|''[[The Empty House (audio story)|The Empty House]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |||
|[[6 September (releases)|6 September]] 2012 | |||
|- | |||
|20 | |||
|''[[Sleepers in the Dust (audio story)|Sleepers in the Dust]]'' | |||
|Darren Jones | |||
|[[1 November (releases)|1 November]] 2012 | |||
|Arthur Darvill | |||
|- | |||
|21 | |||
|''[[Snake Bite (audio story)|Snake Bite]]'' | |||
|Scott Handcock | |||
|[[6 December (releases)|6 December]] 2012 | |||
|[[Frances Barber]] | |||
|- | |||
|22 | |||
|''[[The Gods of Winter (audio story)|The Gods of Winter]]'' | |||
|James Goss | |||
|rowspan=10|[[Twelfth Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | |||
|[[20 August (releases)|20 August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |||
|[[Clare Higgins]] | |||
|- | |||
|23 | |||
|''[[The House of Winter (audio story)|The House of Winter]]'' | |||
|[[George Mann]] | |||
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 2015 | |||
|[[David Schofield]] | |||
|- | |||
|24 | |||
|''[[The Sins of Winter (audio story)|The Sins of Winter]]'' | |||
|James Goss | |||
|[[3 December (releases)|3 December]] 2015 | |||
|[[Robin Soans]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |25 | ||
|''[[The Memory of Winter (audio story)|The Memory of Winter]]'' | |||
|George Mann | |||
|[[7 April (releases)|7 April]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
|[[Jemma Redgrave]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |26 | ||
|''[[The Lost Angel (audio story)|The Lost Angel]]'' | |||
|George Mann, Cavan Scott | |||
|[[Alex Yow|Alex]], [[Brandon Yow|Brandon]], [[Weeping Angel]] | |||
|[[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | |||
|[[Kerry Shale]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |27 | ||
|''[[The Lost Planet (audio story)|The Lost Planet]]'' | |||
|George Mann | |||
|rowspan=2|Alex, Brandon | |||
|[[2 March (releases)|2 March]] 2017 | |||
|[[Nicola Bryant]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |28 | ||
|''[[The Lost Magic (audio story)|The Lost Magic]]'' | |||
|Cavan Scott | |||
|[[4 May (releases)|4 May]] 2017 | |||
|[[Dan Starkey]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |29 | ||
|''[[The Lost Flame (audio story)|The Lost Flame]]'' | |||
|George Mann, Cavan Scott | |||
|Alex, Brandon, [[Ohila]] | |||
|[[6 July (releases)|6 July]] 2017 | |||
|Clare Higgins | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |30 | ||
|''[[Death Among the Stars (audio story)|Death Among the Stars]]'' | |||
|Steve Lyons | |||
|rowspan=2| | |||
|[[7 September (releases)|7 September]] 2017 | |||
|Nicola Bryant | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |31 | ||
|''[[Rhythm of Destruction (audio story)|Rhythm of Destruction]]'' | |||
|Darren Jones | |||
|[[2 November (releases)|2 November]] 2017 | |||
|Dan Starkey | |||
|} | |} | ||
== | == Tie-ins == | ||
Beginning in 2012, BBC Books has released a number of books and anthologies featuring elements from the new series that do not fit into the standard format of novels featuring the current Doctor. | |||
=== E-Books === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
!# | |||
!Title | |||
!Author | |||
!Featuring | |||
!Published | |||
!Read by | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |||
|''[[The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery (novel)|The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery]]'' | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Justin Richards]] | |||
|[[River Song]] | |||
|[[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|[[Alex Kingston]] | |||
|- | |||
|2 | |||
|''[[Devil in the Smoke (novel)|Devil in the Smoke]]'' | |||
|[[Paternoster Gang]] | |||
|[[18 December (releases)|18 December]] 2012 | |||
|[[Dan Starkey]] | |||
|- | |||
|3 | |||
|''[[Summer Falls (novel)|Summer Falls]]'' | |||
|[[James Goss]] | |||
|[[Eleventh Doctor]] | |||
|[[4 April (releases)|4 April]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |||
|[[Clare Corbett]] | |||
|} | |||
=== Novels === | === Novels === | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
!# | |||
!Title | |||
!Author | |||
!Featuring | |||
!Published | |||
!Read by | |||
|- | |||
|4 | |||
|''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'' | |||
|[[George Mann]] | |||
|[[War Doctor]], [[Dalek]]s, [[Time Lord]]s | |||
|[[31 July (releases)|31 July]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |||
|[[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
|} | |||
=== Anthologies === | |||
==== BBC Books ==== | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! Title || Featuring || Published | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Summer Falls and Other Stories]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[22 October (releases)|22 October]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |''[[Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand]]'' | ||
|[[Eleventh Doctor]] | |||
|[[27 February (releases)|27 February]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |''[[The Shakespeare Notebooks (anthology)|The Shakespeare Notebooks]]'' | ||
|[[William Shakespeare]] | |||
|[[12 June (releases)|12 June]] 2014 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |''[[The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who (anthology)|The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Time Trips]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[3 March (releases)|3 March]] 2015 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |''[[The Legends of Ashildr (anthology)|The Legends of Ashildr]]'' | ||
|[[Ashildr]] | |||
|[[10 December (releases)|10 December]] 2015 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Legends of River Song (anthology)|The Legends of River Song]]'' | ||
|[[River Song]] | |||
|[[11 February (releases)|11 February]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Myths & Legends (anthology)|Myths & Legends]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[29 June (releases)|29 June]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Missy Chronicles]]'' | ||
|[[Missy]] | |||
|[[22 February (releases)|22 February]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Triple Knife and Other Doctor Who Stories]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[19 July (releases)|19 July]] 2018 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |''[[The Target Storybook (anthology)|The Target Storybook]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[24 October (releases)|24 October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Star Tales (anthology)|Star Tales]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 2019 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Wintertime Paradox (anthology)|The Wintertime Paradox]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |''[[I Am The Master: Legends of the Renegade Time Lord]]'' | ||
|[[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|The "UNIT era" Master]], [[Decayed Master|the Decayed Master,]] [[Tremas Master|the "Tremas" Master]], [[Saxon Master|the "Saxon" Master]], Missy, [[Spy Master|the "Spy" Master]] | |||
| rowspan="2" |[[5 November (releases)|5 November]] 2020 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Adventures in Lockdown]]'' | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Origin Stories (anthology)|Origin Stories]] | |||
| | |||
|[[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
==== BBC Children's Books ==== | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Title || Featuring || Published | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Doctor Who Stories]]'' | ||
|[[Tenth Doctor]] | |||
|[[3 September (releases)|3 September]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Heroes and Monsters Collection]]'' | ||
|[[War Doctor]], [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Twelfth Doctor]] | |||
|[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' [[ | |''[[Time Lord Fairy Tales (anthology)|Time Lord Fairy Tales]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 2015 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The | |''[[The American Adventures (anthology)|The American Adventures]]'' | ||
|[[Twelfth Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan="2"|[[6 October (releases)|6 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Twelve Doctors of Christmas (anthology)|Twelve Doctors of Christmas]]'' | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Tales of Terror (anthology)|Tales of Terror]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[7 September (releases)|7 September]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Day She Saved the Doctor: Four Stories from the TARDIS]]'' | ||
| | |||
|[[8 March (releases)|8 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Twelve Angels Weeping (anthology)|Twelve Angels Weeping]]'' | ||
|[[Weeping Angel]]s | |||
|[[11 October (releases)|11 October]] 2018 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Ten Days of Christmas (anthology)|Ten Days of Christmas]]'' | |||
|[[Tenth Doctor]] | |||
|[[12 October (releases)|12 October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Adventures Before (anthology)|The Adventures Before]]'' | |||
| | |||
|[[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2024]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
==== | == 2 in 1 Books == | ||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | !# | ||
!Title || Author | |||
!Doctor|| Featuring || Published | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | | rowspan="2" |1 | ||
|''[[Death Riders (novel)|Death Riders]]'' | |||
|[[Justin Richards]] | |||
| rowspan="16" |[[Eleventh Doctor]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[3 February (releases)|3 February]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Heart of Stone (novel)|Heart of Stone]]'' | ||
|[[Trevor Baxendale]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | | rowspan="2" |2 | ||
| | |''[[System Wipe (novel)|System Wipe]]'' | ||
|[[Oli Smith]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Good, the Bad and the Alien (novel)|The Good, the Bad and the Alien]]'' | |||
|[[Colin Brake]] | |||
|'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | | rowspan="3" |3 | ||
| colspan="2" |''[[Alien Adventures (anthology)|Alien Adventures]]'' | |||
| rowspan="3" |Amy, Rory | |||
|rowspan=3|[[1 September (releases)|1 September]] 2011 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Underwater War (novel)|Underwater War]]'' | ||
|[[Richard Dinnick]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''[[Rain of Terror (novel)|Rain of Terror]]'' | ||
|[[Mike Tucker]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | rowspan="3" |4 | ||
| colspan="2" |''[[Sightseeing in Space (anthology)|Sightseeing in Space]]'' | |||
| rowspan="3" |Amy, Rory | |||
|rowspan=3|[[25 October (releases)|25 October]] 2011 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Web in Space! (novel)|Web in Space!]]'' | ||
|[[David Bailey]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Terminal of Despair (novel)|Terminal of Despair]]'' | ||
|[[Steve Lyons]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | | rowspan="3" |5 | ||
| colspan="2" |''[[Monstrous Missions (anthology)|Monstrous Missions]]'' | |||
| | |||
|rowspan=6|[[27 March (releases)|27 March]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Terrible Lizards (novel)|Terrible Lizards]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Green]] | |||
|Amy, Rory | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Horror of the Space Snakes (novel)|Horror of the Space Snakes]]'' | ||
|[[Gary Russell]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | rowspan="3" |6 | ||
| colspan="2" |''[[Step Back in Time (anthology)|Step Back in Time]]'' | |||
| rowspan="3" |Amy, Rory | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Extra Time (novel)|Extra Time]]'' | ||
|[[Richard Dungworth]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Water Thief (novel)|The Water Thief]]'' | ||
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |||
|} | |||
== Past Doctors New Novels == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Title | |||
!Author | |||
!Doctor | |||
!Featuring | |||
!Published | |||
!Read by | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' [[The | |''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'' | ||
|[[Stephen Baxter]] | |||
|[[Second Doctor]] | |||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |||
|[[16 August (releases)|16 August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|[[David Troughton]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' [[ | |''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]'' | ||
|[[Alastair Reynolds]] | |||
|[[Third Doctor]] | |||
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]], {{Delgado|c}} | |||
|[[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |||
|[[Geoffrey Beevers]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' [[ | |''[[The Drosten's Curse (novel)|The Drosten's Curse]]'' | ||
|[[A. L. Kennedy]] | |||
|[[Fourth Doctor]] | |||
| | |||
|[[16 July (releases)|16 July]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |||
|[[Clare Corbett]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' [[ | |''[[In the Blood (novel)|In the Blood]]'' | ||
|[[Jenny Colgan]] | |||
|[[Tenth Doctor]] | |||
|[[Donna Noble|Donna]], [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]], [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] | |||
|[[12 May (releases)|12 May]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
|N/A | |||
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==== | == Other "New Series" ranges == | ||
* | * [[Quick Reads]] | ||
* [[The Darksmith Legacy]] | |||
* [[Decide Your Destiny]] | |||
* [[Puffin eshort]]s | |||
* [[Puffin Classics crossovers]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/guides/merchandise/books/newseries/ Doctor Who Online - Merchandise Guide - BBC New Series Books] | * [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/guides/merchandise/books/newseries/ Doctor Who Online - Merchandise Guide - BBC New Series Books] | ||
* http://www.timelash.com/tardis/ A database of | * http://www.timelash.com/tardis/ A database of Doctor Who books, DVDs and Audios | ||
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The BBC New Series Adventures is a banner under which the novels published by BBC Books (and, from 2013, Broadway Books in North America) featuring the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth Doctors have been collected since 2005. This line is the successor to BBC Books' earlier Doctor Who fiction lines, the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures.
Publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]
Ninth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Launched in mid-2005, the New Series Adventures introduced a new format for Doctor Who fiction — paperback-sized hardcovers with a smaller word count than the previous EDA and PDA lines. For a few months, the "NSA" line coexisted with the EDA and PDA lines, until they were retired at the end of 2005.
With this series of books, BBC Books also established a release pattern it has continued ever since, releasing the books in batches of three, initially at least twice a year. The books are considered standalone and thus may be read in any order (at least among a particular set of three).
Unlike past fiction lines, there was some effort to tie the books more closely to television continuity. Notably, the first-ever direct reference to a novel occurred in the episode Boom Town, in which Rose Tyler referenced a location she and the Doctor had visited in the novel The Monsters Inside. Supporting characters Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler also appeared in the novel Winner Takes All.
The novels tended to reflect changes in the cast. The first three books featured the Ninth Doctor travelling with Rose, while the second set feature Rose and Jack Harkness as companions.
This line of novels continued to be issued following Christopher Eccleston's departure from the series until the end of 2005, after which the series continued, featuring the Tenth Doctor in 2006.
A number of the books have been reprinted in paperback editions, including in North America by Broadway Books. The covers of these reprint editions omit the image of Billie Piper.
On 2 May 2019, Ninth Doctor Novels Volume 1, a box set collecting readings of three of the Ninth Doctor novels was released.
Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
With the coming of the Tenth Doctor era, BBC Books continued its New Series Adventures line in 2006, featuring the new incarnation. Again, the books were published more-or-less in connection with a particular cast line-up in the series, with the first six books featuring Rose Tyler, after which Martha Jones was featured in twelve consecutive novels. Donna Noble was then featured in only four books, with most of the books released during her era actually featuring Martha. Wilfred Mott appears in the final novel featuring Donna, Beautiful Chaos.
Following the events of Journey's End, the books changed format somewhat. Beginning with The Eyeless, published in late 2008, the books featured the Doctor travelling alone, with no ongoing companions (in keeping with the format of the 2008-2010 specials). Also published was The Story of Martha, a short story collection that returned Martha Jones to the NSA line for one book. This was the first NSA book to be a direct tie-in with a televised episode (it takes place during the events of The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords). All NSA novels issued during 2009 featured returning alien races and villains from the TV series.
The final three Tenth Doctor novels were published in September 2009.
Two new spin-off lines were introduced during the 2006-2009 period. Quick Reads, an annual series of paperback novellas intended to promote literacy, was launched in 2006 with the novel I Am a Dalek. This spin-off line featured the return of long-time Doctor Who novelist and scriptwriter Terrance Dicks to the world of Doctor Who fiction. A total of five Tenth Doctor novellas were published in this line, with the last issued in March 2010; the line continued with the Eleventh Doctor.
Also launched during this period, in conjunction with BBC Audiobooks, was a series of original, made-for-audio stories performed by cast members of the series. The first of these, Pest Control, was issued in 2008. A total of seven Tenth Doctor stories were published until 2010. David Tennant performed most of these, with Catherine Tate reading two and Michelle Ryan performing one. Again, releases continued after the introduction of the Eleventh Doctor.
All of the Tenth Doctor publications other than the Quick Reads were released as audiobooks. The first three were read by David Tennant. After that, other actors from the series replaced Tennant, who did not re-appear as narrator until the made-for-audio stories. The other actors include Freema Agyeman, Georgia Moffett, Anthony Head and Adjoa Andoh. Most of these audiobooks are abridged, but some of the later novels were released as unabridged audiobooks that are only available for download.
As with the Ninth Doctor, a number of Tenth Doctor novels have been reissued in paperback by BBC Books and Broadway Books. New editions of novels featuring Rose Tyler, however, omit the image of Billie Piper from the cover art.
Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The New Series Adventures line continued with novels featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams. The first set of three were released in April 2010, with more novels released later in the year.
The books had some design changes from past releases to incorporate the new Doctor Who logo introduced for the new era. The most noticeable change is that the books are taller than those published for the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, now closer in height to the Torchwood novels. They also no longer included the Gallifreyan numerical symbols on the spines of the NSA books as seen during the Eccleston and Tennant eras.
In October 2010, a special standalone New Series Adventures book was released, entitled The Coming of the Terraphiles and written by noted fantasy author Michael Moorcock. The series resumed in 2011, with the release of three books in April and another three in June. As well as this, a new concept of 2 in 1 Books was put into action. The stories in these books were shorter than those in normal books but there were two of them per book, set at some point after Series 5, written by two different authors. They were published in the tête-bêche format.
With 2012 the frequency of regular NSA releases was decreased, with the line focusing more on the standalone hardcover editions, which saw two additional releases, The Silent Stars Go By in 2011 and Dark Horizons in 2012. No "set of three" releases occurred in 2012; 2013 saw the release pattern change to a single batch of three per year.
Continuing on from the Tenth Doctor era, BBC Audiobooks, later AudioGO, continued to release original-to-audio stories read by various cast members including Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill. The Decide Your Destiny series also continued, as did the Quick Reads novellas after a year's hiatus.
Beginning in 2011, and for the first time since 2005, the NSA line found itself competing with BBC Books releases featuring past Doctors, beginning with the start of a reprint series featuring Target novelisations, followed by the launch of a novelisation line with Shada and the launch of a new series of standalone hardcover novels featuring past Doctors.
The final trio of Eleventh Doctor novels published in 2013 marked a major change in how the books were marketed and formatted outside the United Kingdom. Broadway Books took over the North American publishing of the books, which were now exclusively to be published in trade paperback editions, with the BBC Books hardcovers officially no longer circulated. Broadway also began republishing older NSAs from the Eleventh Doctor and earlier eras in new standard paperback editions.
A final "Eleventh Doctor" NSA novel, Engines of War, featured the War Doctor rather than the incumbent, acting as the fourth in the "deluxe" range.
Twelfth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The New Series Adventures line returned in 2014 with new novels featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald. As with the final Eleventh Doctor novels, UK editions were published in hardcover by BBC Books, but in North America, the novels were published in trade paperback editions only by Broadway Books.
In late 2013, AudioGO went into administration, prompting the license for audiobooks to revert to Random House Audio. The publisher released readings of the first three Twelfth Doctor novels in 2015 before the imprint returned as BBC Audio.
In 2015, Big Bang Generation featured Bernice Summerfield, a character that was first introduced in the Virgin New Adventures from Virgin Books. The novel also featured characters Peter Summerfield, Ruth, and Jack, all of whom originated in Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield series.
2016 saw only one standalone release in the main NSA series: In the Blood, a Tenth Doctor novel featuring Donna Noble. However, two Choose the Future books featuring the Twelfth Doctor were also released. These were considered a follow on from the Decide Your Destiny range.
The final set of Twelfth Doctor NSA novels were released in 2017, and featured Bill Potts as the companion, with Nardole also featuring in the last novel.
Thirteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2018, the New Series Adventures line continued with novels featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions Graham O'Brien, Yasmin Khan, and Ryan Sinclair.
No new NSA novels were released in 2019, but 2020 saw the release of standalone novel, At Childhood's End, which featured the return of the Doctor's past companion, Ace. This novel was written by Sophie Aldred, who played Ace in the last few seasons of Doctor Who's original run.
Fifteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2024 the NSA line returned with the Fifteenth Doctor and new companion Ruby Sunday.
Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Doctor Novels (series)
Specials[[edit] | [edit source]]
Special releases were released individually, and featured longer novels aimed at older readers. They were primarily released in hardcover format and retailed at a higher price. Their cover art did not use the same format as the standard releases, and they occasionally featured Doctors other than the incumbent at the time of publishing.
# | Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring | Published | Read by |
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S1 (43) | The Coming of the Terraphiles | Michael Moorcock | Eleventh Doctor | Amy | 14 October 2010 | Clive Mantle |
S2 (50) | The Silent Stars Go By | Dan Abnett | Amy, Rory, Ice Warriors | 29 September 2011 | Michael Maloney | |
S3 (51) | Dark Horizons | J. T. Colgan | 5 July 2012 | Neve McIntosh | ||
S4 (55) | Engines of War | George Mann | War Doctor | Daleks, Time Lords | 31 July 2014 | Nicholas Briggs |
S5 (62) | In the Blood | Jenny Colgan | Tenth Doctor | Donna, Wilf, Sylvia | 12 May 2016 | N/A |
S6 (69) | At Childhood's End | Sophie Aldred, Mike Tucker, Steve Cole | Thirteenth Doctor | Ryan, Yaz, Graham, Ace | 6 February 2020 | Sophie Aldred |
S7 (70) | The Ruby's Curse | Alex Kingston, Jacqueline Rayner | None | River Song, Melody Malone, Cleopatra | 20 May 2021 | Alex Kingston |
S8 (73) | Death in the Stars | Bonnie Langford, Jacqueline Rayner | Melanie Bush, Sabalom Glitz | 22 August 2024 | Bonnie Langford |
Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Doctor Tales (series)
Tie-ins[[edit] | [edit source]]
Beginning in 2012, BBC Books has released a number of books and anthologies featuring elements from the new series that do not fit into the standard format of novels featuring the current Doctor.
E-Books[[edit] | [edit source]]
# | Title | Author | Featuring | Published | Read by |
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1 | The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery | Justin Richards | River Song | 4 October 2012 | Alex Kingston |
2 | Devil in the Smoke | Paternoster Gang | 18 December 2012 | Dan Starkey | |
3 | Summer Falls | James Goss | Eleventh Doctor | 4 April 2013 | Clare Corbett |
Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]
# | Title | Author | Featuring | Published | Read by |
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4 | Engines of War | George Mann | War Doctor, Daleks, Time Lords | 31 July 2014 | Nicholas Briggs |
Anthologies[[edit] | [edit source]]
BBC Books[[edit] | [edit source]]
BBC Children's Books[[edit] | [edit source]]
2 in 1 Books[[edit] | [edit source]]
# | Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring | Published |
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1 | Death Riders | Justin Richards | Eleventh Doctor | Amy, Rory | 3 February 2011 |
Heart of Stone | Trevor Baxendale | ||||
2 | System Wipe | Oli Smith | 18 February 2011 | ||
The Good, the Bad and the Alien | Colin Brake | ||||
3 | Alien Adventures | Amy, Rory | 1 September 2011 | ||
Underwater War | Richard Dinnick | ||||
Rain of Terror | Mike Tucker | ||||
4 | Sightseeing in Space | Amy, Rory | 25 October 2011 | ||
Web in Space! | David Bailey | ||||
Terminal of Despair | Steve Lyons | ||||
5 | Monstrous Missions | 27 March 2012 | |||
Terrible Lizards | Jonathan Green | Amy, Rory | |||
Horror of the Space Snakes | Gary Russell | ||||
6 | Step Back in Time | Amy, Rory | |||
Extra Time | Richard Dungworth | ||||
The Water Thief | Jacqueline Rayner |
Past Doctors New Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]
Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring | Published | Read by |
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The Wheel of Ice | Stephen Baxter | Second Doctor | Jamie, Zoe | 16 August 2012 | David Troughton |
Harvest of Time | Alastair Reynolds | Third Doctor | Jo, The Brig, Yates, Benton, The Master | 4 June 2013 | Geoffrey Beevers |
The Drosten's Curse | A. L. Kennedy | Fourth Doctor | 16 July 2015 | Clare Corbett | |
In the Blood | Jenny Colgan | Tenth Doctor | Donna, Wilf, Sylvia | 12 May 2016 | N/A |
Other "New Series" ranges[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Doctor Who Online - Merchandise Guide - BBC New Series Books
- http://www.timelash.com/tardis/ A database of Doctor Who books, DVDs and Audios
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