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{{Novels by Doctor}}
{{Novels by Doctor}}
The [[Sixth Doctor]] has featured in '''many novels''' since his debut in [[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'' in [[1984 (releases)|1984]].
The [[Sixth Doctor]] has featured in '''many novels''' since his debut in [[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'' in [[1984 (releases)|1984]].
== Target novelisations ==
In [[1974 (releases)|1974]], [[Target Books]] began a range of novel-length adaptations of ''Doctor Who'' television stories. This range continued until [[1994 (production)|1994]].
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
|-
|''[[The Two Doctors (novelisation)|The Two Doctors]]''
|[[Robert Holmes]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Sontaran]]s
|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]]
|-
|''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]''
|[[Eric Saward]]
|rowspan=2|Peri
|[[13 March (releases)|13 March]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]]
|-
|''[[Timelash (novelisation)|Timelash]]''
|[[Glen McCoy]]
|[[15 May (releases)|15 May]] 1986
|-
|''[[The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)|The Mark of the Rani]]''
|[[Pip and Jane Baker]]
|Peri, {{O'Mara}}, {{Ainley}}
|[[12 June (releases)|12 June]] 1986
|-
|''[[Slipback (novelisation)|Slipback]]''
|Eric Saward
|Peri
|[[14 August (releases)|14 August]] 1986
|-
|''[[Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)|Terror of the Vervoids]]''
|Pip and Jane Baker
|[[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[The Valeyard]]
|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]] [[1988 (releases)|1988]]
|-
|''[[The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)|The Mysterious Planet]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|Peri, The Valeyard, [[Sabalom Glitz]]
|[[21 April (releases)|21 April]] 1988
|-
|''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Vengeance on Varos]]''
|[[Philip Martin]]
|Peri, [[Sil]]
|[[16 June (releases)|16 June]] 1988
|-
|''[[The Ultimate Foe (novelisation)|The Ultimate Foe]]''
|Pip and Jane Baker
|Mel, The Valeyard, The Master, Sabalom Glitz
|[[15 September (releases)|15 September]] 1988
|-
|''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''
|Eric Saward
|Peri, [[Gustave Lytton|Lytton]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|[[20 April (releases)|20 April]] [[1989 (releases)|1989]]
|-
|''[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Mindwarp]]''
|Philip Martin
|Peri, The Valeyard, Sil
|[[15 June (releases)|15 June]] 1989
|}
== Target Missing Episodes ==
The [[Target Missing Episodes]] was a series of novels published by [[Target Books]] as a spin-off of their regular ''Doctor Who'' novelisations line.
They were novelisations of scripts written for [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 23]] but never produced due to the decision to proceed with ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' story arc instead.
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author|| Featuring || Released
|-
|''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|The Nightmare Fair]]''
|[[Graham Williams]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Celestial Toymaker]]
|[[18 May (releases)|18 May]] [[1989 (releases)|1989]]
|-
|''[[The Ultimate Evil (novel)|The Ultimate Evil]]''
|[[Wally K Daly]]
|Peri
|[[17 August (releases)|17 August]] 1989
|-
|''[[Mission to Magnus (novelisation)|Mission to Magnus]]''
|[[Philip Martin]]
|Peri, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Sil]]
|[[19 July (releases)|19 July]] [[1990 (releases)|1990]]
|}


== Virgin Missing Adventures ==
== Virgin Missing Adventures ==
In [[1994 (production)|1994]], Virgin Books began a series of novels featuring past Doctors, called the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]]. Five of these featured the Sixth Doctor and his [[companion]]s.
In [[1994 (production)|1994]], Virgin Books began a series of novels featuring past Doctors, called the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]]. Five of these featured the Sixth Doctor and his [[companion]]s.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!Title || Author || Featuring || Published
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
|-
|-
|''[[State of Change (novel)|State of Change]]'' || [[Christopher Bulis]] || [[Peri Brown|Peri]], {{O'Mara}} || [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1994
|''[[State of Change (novel)|State of Change]]''
|[[Christopher Bulis]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], {{O'Mara}}
|[[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1994
|-
|-
|''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || [[Grant Markham|Grant]] || [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1995
|''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]''
|[[Steve Lyons]]
|[[Grant Markham|Grant]]
|[[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'' || [[Craig Hinton]] || [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] || [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 1995
|''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]''
|[[Craig Hinton]]
|[[Melanie Bush|Mel]]
|[[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || [[Grant Markham|Grant]], [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] || [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] 1996
|''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]''
|Steve Lyons
|Grant, [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]
|[[20 June (releases)|20 June]] 1996
|-
|''[[Burning Heart (novel)|Burning Heart]]''
|[[Dave Stone]]
|Peri
|[[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
|}
 
== BBC Books ==
After taking the license for [[Doctor Who]] novels from Virgin Books in [[1996 (production)|1996]], [[BBC Books]] began to publish a series of Doctor Who novels. Ten of these focused exclusively on the Sixth Doctor, and two featured him alongside other incarnations.
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
|-
|''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|[[First Doctor]], [[Second Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Eighth Doctor]], [[The Valeyard]]
|[[2 June (releases)|2 June]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
|-
|''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]''
|[[Gary Russell]]
|[[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]]
|[[1 September (releases)|1 September]] 1997
|-
|''[[Mission: Impractical (novel)|Mission: Impractical]]''
|[[David A. McIntee]]
|[[Frobisher]], [[Sabalom Glitz|Glitz]], [[Dibber]]
|[[8 June (releases)|8 June]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|-
|''[[Players (novel)|Players]]''
|Terrance Dicks
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], Second Doctor, [[Winston Churchill]], [[Player|The Players]]
|[[6 April (releases)|6 April]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|-
|''[[Grave Matter (novel)|Grave Matter]]''
|[[Justin Richards]]
|Peri
|[[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|-
|''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Angel]]''
|[[Craig Hinton]]
|Mel, {{Ainley}}, [[First Rani]], [[Second Drax]], [[First Monk]]
|[[8 January (releases)|8 January]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|-
|''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]''
|Justin Richards & [[Stephen Cole]]
|The Brig
|[[2 April (releases)|2 April]] 2001
|-
|''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|Instruments of Darkness]]''
|Gary Russell
|Mel, [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]]
|[[5 November (releases)|5 November]] 2001
|-
|''[[Palace of the Red Sun (novel)|Palace of the Red Sun]]''
|[[Christopher Bulis]]
|rowspan=2|Peri
|[[4 March (releases)|4 March]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|''[[Blue Box (novel)|Blue Box]]''
|[[Kate Orman]]
|[[3 March (releases)|3 March]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]''
|Craig Hinton
|Peri, [[Nestene Consciousness|Netsenes]]
|[[19 July (releases)|19 July]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|''[[Spiral Scratch (novel)|Spiral Scratch]]''
|Gary Russell
|Mel
|[[4 August (releases)|4 August]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|}
 
== Telos novellas ==
{{main|Telos Doctor Who novella}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
|-
|''[[Shell Shock (novel)|Shell Shock]]''
|[[Simon A. Forward]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|[[19 May (releases)|19 May]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|}
 
== BBC Books novelisations ==
{{main|BBC Books novelisation}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
|-
|''[[Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''
|[[Eric Saward]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Dalek]]s, [[Davros]]
|[[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|}
 
== Dr Men ==
{{main|Dr. Men (series)}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
|-
|-
|''[[Burning Heart (novel)|Burning Heart]]'' || [[Dave Stone (writer)|Dave Stone]] || [[Peri Brown|Peri]] || [[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
|''[[Dr. Sixth (novel)|Dr. Sixth]]''
|[[Adam Hargreaves]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], {{O'Mara}}
|[[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|}
|}
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Latest revision as of 20:08, 22 April 2024

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The Sixth Doctor has featured in many novels since his debut in TV: The Caves of Androzani in 1984.

Target novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1974, Target Books began a range of novel-length adaptations of Doctor Who television stories. This range continued until 1994.

Title Author Featuring Published
The Two Doctors Robert Holmes Peri, Second Doctor, Jamie, Sontarans 5 December 1985
The Twin Dilemma Eric Saward Peri 13 March 1986
Timelash Glen McCoy 15 May 1986
The Mark of the Rani Pip and Jane Baker Peri, the Rani, the Tremas Master 12 June 1986
Slipback Eric Saward Peri 14 August 1986
Terror of the Vervoids Pip and Jane Baker Mel, The Valeyard 18 February 1988
The Mysterious Planet Terrance Dicks Peri, The Valeyard, Sabalom Glitz 21 April 1988
Vengeance on Varos Philip Martin Peri, Sil 16 June 1988
The Ultimate Foe Pip and Jane Baker Mel, The Valeyard, The Master, Sabalom Glitz 15 September 1988
Attack of the Cybermen Eric Saward Peri, Lytton, Cybermen 20 April 1989
Mindwarp Philip Martin Peri, The Valeyard, Sil 15 June 1989

Target Missing Episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Target Missing Episodes was a series of novels published by Target Books as a spin-off of their regular Doctor Who novelisations line.

They were novelisations of scripts written for season 23 but never produced due to the decision to proceed with The Trial of a Time Lord story arc instead.

Title Author Featuring Released
The Nightmare Fair Graham Williams Peri, Celestial Toymaker 18 May 1989
The Ultimate Evil Wally K Daly Peri 17 August 1989
Mission to Magnus Philip Martin Peri, Ice Warriors, Sil 19 July 1990

Virgin Missing Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1994, Virgin Books began a series of novels featuring past Doctors, called the Missing Adventures. Five of these featured the Sixth Doctor and his companions.

Title Author Featuring Published
State of Change Christopher Bulis Peri, the Rani 1 December 1994
Time of Your Life Steve Lyons Grant 16 March 1995
Millennial Rites Craig Hinton Mel 19 October 1995
Killing Ground Steve Lyons Grant, Cybermen 20 June 1996
Burning Heart Dave Stone Peri 16 January 1997

BBC Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

After taking the license for Doctor Who novels from Virgin Books in 1996, BBC Books began to publish a series of Doctor Who novels. Ten of these focused exclusively on the Sixth Doctor, and two featured him alongside other incarnations.

Title Author Featuring Published
The Eight Doctors Terrance Dicks First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, The Valeyard 2 June 1997
Business Unusual Gary Russell Mel, The Brig 1 September 1997
Mission: Impractical David A. McIntee Frobisher, Glitz, Dibber 8 June 1998
Players Terrance Dicks Peri, Second Doctor, Winston Churchill, The Players 6 April 1999
Grave Matter Justin Richards Peri 1 May 2000
The Quantum Angel Craig Hinton Mel, the Tremas Master, First Rani, Second Drax, First Monk 8 January 2001
The Shadow in the Glass Justin Richards & Stephen Cole The Brig 2 April 2001
Instruments of Darkness Gary Russell Mel, Evelyn 5 November 2001
Palace of the Red Sun Christopher Bulis Peri 4 March 2002
Blue Box Kate Orman 3 March 2003
Synthespians™ Craig Hinton Peri, Netsenes 19 July 2004
Spiral Scratch Gary Russell Mel 4 August 2005

Telos novellas[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Telos Doctor Who novella
Title Author Featuring Published
Shell Shock Simon A. Forward Peri 19 May 2003

BBC Books novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: BBC Books novelisation
Title Author Featuring Published
Revelation of the Daleks Eric Saward Peri, Daleks, Davros 14 November 2019

Dr Men[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Dr. Men (series)
Title Author Featuring Published
Dr. Sixth Adam Hargreaves Peri, the Rani 6 February 2018
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