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|publisher = Virgin Books | |||
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|release date = [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]] - [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] | |||
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The '''''New Adventures''''', often called the '''Virgin ''New Adventures''''' in fan parlance, were a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel series published by the eponymous imprint of [[Virgin Books]] in the aftermath of the TV series' cancellation, continuing the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] — hence the name. | |||
The | The first book, published in [[1991 (releases)|1991]], picked up the Doctor and [[Ace]] where the television story ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' had left off; later instalments introduced new [[companion]]s like [[Bernice Summerfield]], who became the range's main protagonist in [[1997 (releases)|1997]] when Virgin lost the licence for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction. As the New Adventures were geared for an older audience than the TV show, they included mature themes, strong language, violence, and [[Sexuality|sexual elements]]. | ||
Virgin Books launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures: the [[Virgin Decalogs|Decalogs]], a series of short story collections; and the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]], a novel range that told new stories with the first six Doctors. | |||
The New Adventures concluded with ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' in [[December (releases)|December]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]], but [[Big Finish Productions]] obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters and continued telling stories with Bernice Summerfield, [[Jason Kane]], and [[Irving Braxiatel]] in their own line of [[Bernice Summerfield (series)|audios, novels, and short stories]]. | |||
From [[1999 (releases)|1999]] onward, Big Finish adapted several novels for audio, either directly or altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield. In [[2007 (releases)|2007]], the New Adventures novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' was adapted into the television episodes ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' and ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]''. | |||
Although several authors initially attempted to separate the Virgin Books and BBC Books continuities, the separation was eventually relaxed, and references to New and Missing Adventures began to appear in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|Past Doctor Adventures]]. In [[DWM 482]], [[Steven Moffat]] said that he considered the New Adventures to be "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the [[BBC Wales]] television series. | |||
== Stories == | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
|'' | !# || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Published | ||
|- | |||
|1 | |||
|''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'' | |||
|[[John Peel]] | |||
|rowspan=60|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]] | |||
|[[Ace]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Timewyrm]], [[Gilgamesh]] | |||
|[[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]] | |||
|- | |||
|2 | |||
|''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' | |||
|[[Terrance Dicks]] | |||
|Ace, [[the War Chief]], Timewyrm, [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] | |||
|[[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|3 | |||
|''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'' | |||
|[[Nigel Robinson]] | |||
|Ace, [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], Timewyrm | |||
|[[17 October (releases)|17 October]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|4 | |||
|''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Cornell]] | |||
|Ace, Timewyrm, [[First Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Death (mythology)|Death]], [[the Hermit]], [[Adric]], [[Katarina]], [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Dalek]]s | |||
|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|5 | |||
|''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' | |||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |||
|Ace, [[Rassilon]] | |||
|[[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]] | |||
|- | |||
|6 | |||
|''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' | |||
|[[Andrew Cartmel]] | |||
|Ace, [[Justine Wheaton|Justine]], [[Vincent Wheaton|Vincent]] | |||
|[[16 April (releases)|16 April]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
|7 | |||
|''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'' | |||
|[[Andrew Hunt]] | |||
|rowspan=2|Ace | |||
|[[18 June (releases)|18 June]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
|8 | |||
|''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'' | |||
|[[Mark Gatiss]] | |||
|[[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
| 9 | |||
|''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' | |||
|Paul Cornell | |||
|Ace, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Paul Magrs (Love and War)|Paul Magrs]], Death | |||
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
| 10 | |||
|''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'' | |||
|[[Ben Aaronovitch]] | |||
|Benny, [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|Kadiatu]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]] | |||
|[[3 December (releases)|3 December]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
| 11 | |||
|''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'' | |||
|[[Gareth Roberts]] | |||
|Benny, [[Chelonian]]s | |||
|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]] | |||
|- | |||
| 12 | |||
|''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'' | |||
|[[Neil Penswick]] | |||
| rowspan="1" |Benny | |||
|[[18 March (releases)|18 March]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
| 13 | |||
|''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'' | |||
|[[Peter Darvill-Evans]] | |||
|rowspan=5|Ace, Benny | |||
|[[15 April (releases)|15 April]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
| 14 | |||
|''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'' | |||
|[[Jim Mortimore]], [[Andy Lane]] | |||
|[[20 May (releases)|20 May]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
| 15 | |||
|''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'' | |||
|[[David A. McIntee]] | |||
|[[17 June (releases)|17 June]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
| 16 | |||
|''[[Shadowmind (novel)|Shadowmind]]'' | |||
|[[Christopher Bulis]] | |||
|[[15 July (releases)|15 July]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
| 17 | |||
|''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'' | |||
|[[Nigel Robinson]] | |||
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
| 18 | |||
|''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' | |||
|[[David Banks]] | |||
|[[Cyberman|Cybermen]], [[Cyber-Controller]] | |||
|[[16 September (releases)|16 September]] 1993 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 19 | ||
|''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'' | |||
|[[Jim Mortimore]] | |||
|Ace, Benny, [[Silurian]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s | |||
|[[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1993 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 20 | ||
|''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'' | |||
|[[Daniel Blythe]] | |||
|rowspan=3|Ace, Benny | |||
|[[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1993 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 21 | ||
|''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'' | |||
|[[Kate Orman]] | |||
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1993 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 22 | ||
|''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' | |||
|[[Steve Lyons]] | |||
|[[20 January (releases)|20 January]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 23 | ||
|''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'' | |||
|Paul Cornell | |||
|Ace, Benny, [[the Monk]], [[Vardan]]s | |||
|[[17 February (releases)|17 February]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 24 | ||
|''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'' | |||
|Gareth Roberts | |||
|rowspan=4|Ace, Benny | |||
|[[17 March (releases)|17 March]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 25 | ||
|''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' | |||
|[[Gary Russell]] | |||
|[[21 April (releases)|21 April]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 26 | ||
|''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'' | |||
|[[Justin Richards]] | |||
|[[19 May (releases)|19 May]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 27 | ||
|''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' | |||
|Andy Lane | |||
|[[16 June (releases)|16 June]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 28 | ||
|''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' | |||
|Terrance Dicks | |||
|Ace, Benny, [[Great Vampire]]s | |||
|[[21 July (releases)|21 July]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 29 | ||
|''[[Strange England (novel)|Strange England]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Messingham]] | |||
|Ace, Benny | |||
|[[18 August (releases)|18 August]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 30 | ||
|''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'' | |||
|David A. McIntee | |||
|Ace, Benny, [[The Master (First Frontier)|the Master]] | |||
|[[15 September (releases)|15 September]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 31 | ||
|''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]'' | |||
|Mark Gatiss | |||
|rowspan=4|Ace, Benny | |||
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 32 | ||
|''[[Falls the Shadow (novel)|Falls the Shadow]]'' | |||
|[[Daniel O'Mahony]] | |||
|[[17 November (releases)|17 November]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 33 | ||
|''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' | |||
|Jim Mortimore | |||
|[[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1994 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 34 | ||
|''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' | |||
|Andrew Cartmel | |||
|[[19 January (releases)|19 January]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 35 | ||
|''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'' | |||
|Kate Orman | |||
| Ace, Benny, Death | |||
|[[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 36 | ||
|''[[Infinite Requiem (novel)|Infinite Requiem]]'' | |||
|Daniel Blythe | |||
|rowspan=3|Benny | |||
|[[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 37 | ||
|''[[Sanctuary (novel)|Sanctuary]]'' | |||
|David A. McIntee | |||
|[[20 April (releases)|20 April]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 38 | ||
|''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' | |||
|Paul Cornell | |||
|[[18 May (releases)|18 May]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 39 | ||
|''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'' | |||
|Andy Lane | |||
|rowspan=1|Benny, [[Chris Cwej|Chris]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Tobias Vaughn]] | |||
|[[15 June (releases)|15 June]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 40 | ||
|''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'' | |||
|[[Dave Stone]] | |||
|rowspan=1|Benny, Chris, Roz | |||
|[[20 July (releases)|20 July]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 41 | ||
|''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' | |||
|Gareth Roberts | |||
|Benny, Chris, Roz, Chelonians | |||
|[[17 August (releases)|17 August]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 42 | ||
|''[[Toy Soldiers (novel)|Toy Soldiers]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Leonard]] | |||
|Benny, Chris, Roz, [[Ogron]]s | |||
|[[21 September (releases)|21 September]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 43 | ||
|''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'' | |||
|Steve Lyons | |||
|rowspan=2|Benny, Chris, Roz | |||
|[[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 44 | ||
|''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'' | |||
|Ben Aaronovitch | |||
|[[16 November (releases)|16 November]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 45 | ||
|''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' | |||
|Terrance Dicks | |||
|Benny, Chris, Roz, [[Sontaran]]s, [[Rutan]]s | |||
|[[7 December (releases)|7 December]] 1995 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 46 | ||
|''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' | |||
|[[Lance Parkin]] | |||
|rowspan=3|Benny, Chris, Roz | |||
|[[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 47 | ||
|''[[Warchild (novel)|Warchild]]'' | |||
|Andrew Cartmel | |||
|[[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 48 | ||
|''[[SLEEPY (novel)|SLEEPY]]'' | |||
|Kate Orman | |||
|[[21 March (releases)|21 March]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 49 | ||
|''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]'' | |||
|Dave Stone | |||
|Benny, Chris, Roz, [[Jason Kane|Jason]] | |||
|[[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 50 | ||
|''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'' | |||
|Paul Cornell | |||
|Benny, Chris, Roz, Jason | |||
|[[16 May (releases)|16 May]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 51 | ||
|''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' | |||
|[[Craig Hinton]] | |||
|Chris, Roz, [[Dalek]]s | |||
|[[20 June (releases)|20 June]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 52 | ||
|''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' | |||
|[[Lawrence Miles]] | |||
|Chris, Roz | |||
|[[18 July (releases)|18 July]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 53 | ||
|''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'' | |||
|Kate Orman | |||
|Benny, Chris, Roz, Jason | |||
|[[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 54 | ||
|''[[The Death of Art (novel)|The Death of Art]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]] | |||
|rowspan=3|Chris, Roz | |||
|[[19 September (releases)|19 September]] 1996 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 55 | ||
|''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'' | |||
|[[Russell T Davies]] | |||
|[[24 October (releases)|24 October]] 1996 | |||
|- | |||
| 56 | |||
|''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'' | |||
|Ben Aaronovitch, Kate Orman | |||
|[[May]] 1997 | |||
|- | |||
| 57 | |||
|''[[Bad Therapy (novel)|Bad Therapy]]'' | |||
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matthew Jones]] | |||
|Chris, [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |||
|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1996 | |||
|- | |||
| 58 | |||
|''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'' | |||
|Jim Mortimore | |||
|Benny, Chris, Jason | |||
|[[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]] | |||
|- | |||
| 59 | |||
|''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|The Room With No Doors]]'' | |||
|Kate Orman | |||
|Chris | |||
|[[20 February (releases)|20 February]] 1997 | |||
|- | |||
| 60 | |||
|''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' | |||
|Marc Platt | |||
|Chris, [[Romana II]], [[Leela]], Ace, [[K9 Mark I]], [[K9 Mark II]] | |||
|[[20 March (releases)|20 March]] 1997 | |||
|- | |||
| 61 | |||
|''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' | |||
|[[Lance Parkin]] | |||
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] | |||
|Benny, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[UNIT]], [[Ice Warrior]]s | |||
|[[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1997 | |||
|} | |||
''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' was the final New Adventures novel to feature [[the Doctor]], although ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'' was released out-of-order and published last. ''The Dying Days'' reintroduced [[Bernice Summerfield]] and the settings that would predominate the later New Adventures; its afterword specified that the following novels belonged to a series of "''new'' New Adventures", although they were published under the same imprint, logo, and name. | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Main character || Featuring || Published | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 1 | ||
|''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Cornell]] | |||
|rowspan=5|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | |||
|[[Wolsey]], [[Grel]] | |||
|[[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 2 | ||
|''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' | |||
|[[Justin Richards]] | |||
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]] | |||
|[[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1997 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 3 | ||
|'' [[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]'' | |||
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matthew Jones]] | |||
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Emile Mars-Smith|Emile]] | |||
|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 1997 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 4 | ||
|''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'' | |||
|[[Dave Stone]] | |||
|Braxiatel | |||
|[[21 August (releases)|21 August]] 1997 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 5 | ||
|''[[Down (novel)|Down]]'' | |||
|[[Lawrence Miles]] | |||
|[[God (The Also People)|God]] | |||
|[[2 September (releases)|2 September]] 1997 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 6 | ||
|''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'' | |||
|[[Gary Russell]] | |||
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]] | |||
|Benny, Chris, Braxiatel, Emile | |||
|[[2 October (releases)|2 October]] 1997 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 7 | ||
|''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]] | |||
|rowspan=11|Benny | |||
|[[Clarence]] | |||
|[[3 November (releases)|3 November]] 1997 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 8 | ||
|''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]'' | |||
|[[Terrance Dicks]] | |||
|Chris | |||
|[[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1997 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 9 | ||
|''[[Tempest (novel)|Tempest]]'' | |||
|[[Christopher Bulis]] | |||
| | |||
|[[2 January (releases)|2 January]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 10 | ||
|''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'' | |||
|[[Kate Orman]] | |||
|Clarence, God | |||
|[[3 February (releases)|3 February]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 11 | ||
|''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]'' | |||
|Dave Stone | |||
|Jason, Chris, [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] | |||
|[[2 March (releases)|2 March]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 12 | ||
|''[[The Medusa Effect (novel)|The Medusa Effect]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|Braxiatel | |||
|[[2 April (releases)|2 April]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 13 | ||
|''[[Dry Pilgrimage (novel)|Dry Pilgrimage]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Leonard]], [[Nick Walters]] | |||
| | |||
|[[3 May (releases)|3 May]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 14 | ||
|''[[The Sword of Forever (novel)|The Sword of Forever]]'' | |||
|[[Jim Mortimore]] | |||
| | |||
|[[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 15 | ||
|''[[Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)|Another Girl, Another Planet]]'' | |||
|[[Martin Day]], [[Len Beech]] | |||
|Jason, [[Saldaamir]] | |||
| [[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 16 | ||
|''[[Beige Planet Mars (novel)|Beige Planet Mars]]'' | |||
|[[Lance Parkin]], [[Mark Clapham]] | |||
| | |||
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 17 | ||
|''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]'' | |||
|[[Rebecca Levene]], [[Simon Winstone]] | |||
|Braxiatel, Emile, Clarence, God | |||
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1998 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 18 | ||
|''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)|The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'' | |||
|Dave Stone | |||
|[[Stratum Seven Agent]] | |||
|Benny, Jason, Emile, [[Mira (Ship of Fools)|Mira]] | |||
|[[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 19 | ||
|''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'' | |||
|Lawrence Miles | |||
|[[Christine Summerfield|Christine]] | |||
|Chris | |||
|[[1 March (releases)|1 March]] 1999 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 20 | ||
|''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|Benny | |||
|Jason, Braxiatel, Clarence, God | |||
|[[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1999 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 21 | ||
|''[[Return to the Fractured Planet (novel)|Return to the Fractured Planet]]'' | |||
|Dave Stone | |||
|[[Stratum Seven Agent]] | |||
|Benny, Chris, Braxiatel, Mira | |||
|[[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 1999 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 22 | ||
|''[[The Joy Device (novel)|The Joy Device]]'' | |||
|Justin Richards | |||
|rowspan=2|Benny | |||
|Jason, Chris, Braxiatel, Clarence, God | |||
|[[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 1999 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 23 | ||
|''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' | |||
|Mark Clapham, [[Jon de Burgh Miller]] | |||
|Jason, Chris, Braxiatel, Emile, Clarence | |||
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1999 | |||
|} | |||
=== Unproduced stories === | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
! Title || Author || Main character || Featuring | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Bizarre Love Triangle (novel)|Bizarre Love Triangle]]'' | |||
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matthew Jones]] | |||
|[[Emile Mars-Smith]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Spectacular Afterlife of Bernice Summerfield (novel)|The Spectacular Afterlife of Bernice Summerfield]]'' | |||
|[[Lawrence Miles]] | |||
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | |||
| | |||
|} | |} | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== Continuity === | === Continuity === | ||
* The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: [[Bernice Summerfield]] (debuting in ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''), [[ | * The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: [[Bernice Summerfield]] (debuting in ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''), [[Wolsey]] the [[cat]] (debuting in ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''), and [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] (debuting in ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]''). | ||
* Ace was written out in ''Love and War'' and left the Doctor | * Ace was written out in ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' and left the Doctor before reuniting with him in ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]''. During the intervening three years, she changed considerably. Ace left a second time, permanently, in ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]''. Ace's character development and departure were contradicted by later media. | ||
* Apart from the novels, | * Apart from the novels, some ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comics take place specifically in the New Adventures continuity. These feature the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, and the older version of Ace; their places in the New Adventures timeline were described in the 1993 article "[[Interweaving with the New Adventures]]". | ||
* ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' portrays the death ( | * ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'' portrays the future death of [[Liz Shaw]]. | ||
* Several novels of the New Adventures featured old foes from the TV series, including: | * The novels ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'', ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'', ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'', ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', and ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' were adapted from rejected episodes for either the Sixth or Seventh Doctor. | ||
** ''Timewyrm: Exodus'' | * Several novels of the New Adventures featured old foes from [[Doctor Who|the TV series]], including: | ||
** ''Iceberg'' | ** ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' – The [[War Chief]] | ||
** ''Blood Heat'' | ** ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' – [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and the [[Cyber-Controller]] | ||
** ''No Future'' | ** ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'' – [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s | ||
** ''Blood Harvest'' | ** ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'' – [[The Monk]] and the [[Vardan]]s | ||
** ''First Frontier'' | ** ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' - [[Ice Warrior]]s | ||
** ''Toy Soldiers'' | ** ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' – [[Great Vampire]]s | ||
** ''Head Games'' | ** ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'' – [[The Master]] | ||
** ''Shakedown'' | ** [[Original Sin (novel)|''Original Sin'']] - [[Tobias Vaughn]] | ||
** ''GodEngine'' | ** ''[[Toy Soldiers (novel)|Toy Soldiers]]'' – [[Ogron]]s (cameo only) | ||
** ''The Dying Days'' | ** ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'' – [[Valeyard]] (illusion only) | ||
** ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' – [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan Host]] | |||
** ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' – [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Dalek]]s (cameo only) | |||
** ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' – [[Ice Warrior]]s | |||
** ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'' – [[Dalek]]s (cameo only) | |||
* The New Adventures were majorly linked to Virgin's [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]] and [[Virgin Decalogs|Decalog]] lines. | |||
** A story strand which originated in ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' continued into the first Missing Adventures novel ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'' in an effort to get readers to buy both books. | |||
** ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' and ''[[Lords of the Storm (novel)|Lords of the Storm]]'' both featured the [[Sontaran]]s in the same month. | |||
** The Missing Adventures novel ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'' featured both the [[Fifth Doctor]] and the Seventh Doctor alongside [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej]], and the Fifth Doctor's companions. | |||
** ''[[Decalog 4: Re:Generations]]'' tells stories about the family of Roz Forrester, introduced in a New Adventures novel. The short story collection ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'' includes the first Bernice Summerfield short story, ''[[The Judgement of Solomon (short story)|The Judgement of Solomon]]'' by [[Lawrence Miles]]. | |||
=== Adaptations === | === Adaptations === | ||
* ''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]'' | * The novel ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' was itself an adaptation of the [[Reeltime Pictures]] production ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'', greatly expanded to include the Doctor. | ||
* In [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' series, six New Adventures were adapted into audio: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', ''[[Beyond the Sun (audio story)|Beyond the Sun]]'', ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]'', ''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]'', ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'', and ''[[Dragons' Wrath (audio story)|Dragons' Wrath]]''. ''Birthright'' and ''Just War'' were modified to remove ''Doctor Who'' elements to which Big Finish did not yet have the rights. | |||
* ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' was adapted by Big Finish into [[Love and War (audio story)|an audio drama]] in | * The novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' was adapted into the two-part story ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]/[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'' in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]] of [[BBC Wales]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
* ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' was directly adapted by Big Finish into [[Love and War (audio story)|an audio drama]] in [[2012 (releases)|2012]]. This was followed by ''[[The Highest Science (audio story)|The Highest Science]]'', ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'', ''[[Theatre of War (audio story)|Theatre of War]]'', ''[[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Original Sin (audio story)|Original Sin]]'', ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', and ''[[Goth Opera (audio story)|Goth Opera]]''. | |||
=== Production notes === | === Production notes === | ||
* ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' was the final | * While no novel in particular served as an anniversary special, the 30th anniversary logo was included on the back cover of ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'', ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'', ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'', ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'', and ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''. | ||
** The logo was absent on ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'' and ''[[Shadowmind (novel)|Shadowmind]]'' despite being published between ''Lucifer Rising'' and ''Birthright''. | |||
* ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'' was the final New Adventures novel to be published featuring the Doctor, but it was published out of narrative sequence due to delays preventing its completion. The death of a major character in that book was meant to be a surprise, but because of the production delay this was no longer possible, and the novel was adapted accordingly: its prologue began with the funeral for the character, and the event was made an intrinsic part of the narrative, rather than a shock conclusion. | |||
* Following the broadcast of the [[1996 (releases)|1996]] [[Doctor Who (TV story)|TV movie]], [[BBC Books]] took over the license for publishing original ''Doctor Who'' fiction, but there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. As a result, the book line changed its branding, the ''Doctor Who'' logo on the front cover and spine removed beginning with the publication of ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]''. | |||
* The cover design changed again with ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)|Another Girl, Another Planet]]'', which removed the "New Adventures" identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/guides/merchandise/books/virgin-na/ The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - Virgin Books - The New Adventures] | * [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/guides/merchandise/books/virgin-na/ The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - Virgin Books - The New Adventures] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 3 November 2024
The New Adventures, often called the Virgin New Adventures in fan parlance, were a Doctor Who novel series published by the eponymous imprint of Virgin Books in the aftermath of the TV series' cancellation, continuing the adventures of the Seventh Doctor — hence the name.
The first book, published in 1991, picked up the Doctor and Ace where the television story Survival had left off; later instalments introduced new companions like Bernice Summerfield, who became the range's main protagonist in 1997 when Virgin lost the licence for Doctor Who fiction. As the New Adventures were geared for an older audience than the TV show, they included mature themes, strong language, violence, and sexual elements.
Virgin Books launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures: the Decalogs, a series of short story collections; and the Missing Adventures, a novel range that told new stories with the first six Doctors.
The New Adventures concluded with Twilight of the Gods in December 1999, but Big Finish Productions obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters and continued telling stories with Bernice Summerfield, Jason Kane, and Irving Braxiatel in their own line of audios, novels, and short stories.
From 1999 onward, Big Finish adapted several novels for audio, either directly or altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield. In 2007, the New Adventures novel Human Nature was adapted into the television episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood.
Although several authors initially attempted to separate the Virgin Books and BBC Books continuities, the separation was eventually relaxed, and references to New and Missing Adventures began to appear in the Eighth Doctor and Past Doctor Adventures. In DWM 482, Steven Moffat said that he considered the New Adventures to be "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the BBC Wales television series.
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Dying Days was the final New Adventures novel to feature the Doctor, although So Vile a Sin was released out-of-order and published last. The Dying Days reintroduced Bernice Summerfield and the settings that would predominate the later New Adventures; its afterword specified that the following novels belonged to a series of "new New Adventures", although they were published under the same imprint, logo, and name.
Unproduced stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Title | Author | Main character | Featuring |
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Bizarre Love Triangle | Matthew Jones | Emile Mars-Smith | |
The Spectacular Afterlife of Bernice Summerfield | Lawrence Miles | Benny |
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: Bernice Summerfield (debuting in Love and War), Wolsey the cat (debuting in Human Nature), and Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej (debuting in Original Sin).
- Ace was written out in Love and War and left the Doctor before reuniting with him in Deceit. During the intervening three years, she changed considerably. Ace left a second time, permanently, in Set Piece. Ace's character development and departure were contradicted by later media.
- Apart from the novels, some Doctor Who Magazine comics take place specifically in the New Adventures continuity. These feature the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, and the older version of Ace; their places in the New Adventures timeline were described in the 1993 article "Interweaving with the New Adventures".
- Eternity Weeps portrays the future death of Liz Shaw.
- The novels Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible, Transit, The Pit, Iceberg, and Lungbarrow were adapted from rejected episodes for either the Sixth or Seventh Doctor.
- Several novels of the New Adventures featured old foes from the TV series, including:
- Timewyrm: Exodus – The War Chief
- Iceberg – Cybermen and the Cyber-Controller
- Blood Heat – Silurians and Sea Devils
- No Future – The Monk and the Vardans
- Legacy - Ice Warriors
- Blood Harvest – Great Vampires
- First Frontier – The Master
- Original Sin - Tobias Vaughn
- Toy Soldiers – Ogrons (cameo only)
- Head Games – Valeyard (illusion only)
- Shakedown – Sontarans and the Rutan Host
- GodEngine – Ice Warriors and Daleks (cameo only)
- The Dying Days – Ice Warriors
- Dead Romance – Daleks (cameo only)
- The New Adventures were majorly linked to Virgin's Missing Adventures and Decalog lines.
- A story strand which originated in Blood Harvest continued into the first Missing Adventures novel Goth Opera in an effort to get readers to buy both books.
- Shakedown and Lords of the Storm both featured the Sontarans in the same month.
- The Missing Adventures novel Cold Fusion featured both the Fifth Doctor and the Seventh Doctor alongside Roz, Chris Cwej, and the Fifth Doctor's companions.
- Decalog 4: Re:Generations tells stories about the family of Roz Forrester, introduced in a New Adventures novel. The short story collection Decalog 5: Wonders includes the first Bernice Summerfield short story, The Judgement of Solomon by Lawrence Miles.
Adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The novel Shakedown was itself an adaptation of the Reeltime Pictures production Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, greatly expanded to include the Doctor.
- In Big Finish Productions' Bernice Summerfield series, six New Adventures were adapted into audio: Oh No It Isn't!, Beyond the Sun, Walking to Babylon, Birthright, Just War, and Dragons' Wrath. Birthright and Just War were modified to remove Doctor Who elements to which Big Finish did not yet have the rights.
- The novel Human Nature was adapted into the two-part story Human Nature/The Family of Blood in Series 3 of BBC Wales' Doctor Who.
- Love and War was directly adapted by Big Finish into an audio drama in 2012. This was followed by The Highest Science, Damaged Goods, Theatre of War, All-Consuming Fire, Original Sin, Cold Fusion, and Goth Opera.
Production notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- While no novel in particular served as an anniversary special, the 30th anniversary logo was included on the back cover of Lucifer Rising, Birthright, Iceberg, Blood Heat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum, and No Future.
- The logo was absent on White Darkness and Shadowmind despite being published between Lucifer Rising and Birthright.
- So Vile a Sin was the final New Adventures novel to be published featuring the Doctor, but it was published out of narrative sequence due to delays preventing its completion. The death of a major character in that book was meant to be a surprise, but because of the production delay this was no longer possible, and the novel was adapted accordingly: its prologue began with the funeral for the character, and the event was made an intrinsic part of the narrative, rather than a shock conclusion.
- Following the broadcast of the 1996 TV movie, BBC Books took over the license for publishing original Doctor Who fiction, but there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. As a result, the book line changed its branding, the Doctor Who logo on the front cover and spine removed beginning with the publication of Eternity Weeps.
- The cover design changed again with Another Girl, Another Planet, which removed the "New Adventures" identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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