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== Novels == | == Novels == | ||
=== Background === | |||
Since [[1973 (releases)|1973]], [[Target Books]] had been the sole publisher of novel-length ''Doctor Who'' fiction. Its line of [[Target novelisation]]s adapted every television episode in the "Classic" run of ''Doctor Who''; it also published several short-lived series based on ''Doctor Who'', including the ''[[Target Missing Episodes|Missing Episodes]]'', ''[[The Companions of Doctor Who|Companions of Doctor Who]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who Discovers (series)|Doctor Who Discovers]]''. In [[1986 (production)|1986]], during the lengthy gap between ''Doctor Who'' seasons [[season 22 (Doctor Who)|22]] and [[season 23 (Doctor Who)|23]], [[Virgin Books]] began its aquisition of Target, and this completed in late [[1987 (production)|1987]]. Two years later, television ''Doctor Who'' was cancelled. | |||
Whereas Virgin kept publishing novelisations of TV episodes under the Target imprint through [[1994 (releases)|1994]], in [[1991 (releases)|1991]] they began releasing original novels continuing the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. This monthly ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' series met success and spawned two spinoff series: the ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]]'', which depicted new adventures of earlier Doctors; and ''[[Virgin Decalogs|Decalog]]'', a series of short story anthologies. | |||
In [[1996 (production)|1996]], taking note of Virgin's success and expecting [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV Movie]] to attract new fans, the BBC chose not to renew Virgin's license to publish ''Doctor Who'' fiction. Instead, the rights reverted to [[BBC Books]]. Although Virgin would continue its ''New Adventures'' and ''Decalog'' series without the license by focusing on the series' original characters, the last Virgin ''Doctor Who'' novel, ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', was released in [[March (releases)|March]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]. While Virgin was concluding its series, BBC Books released a novelisation of the TV movie. | |||
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! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Published | |||
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|''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] || [[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || {{Roberts|c}} | |||
|[[16 May (releases)|16 May]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]] | |||
|} | |||
=== Initial run === | === Initial run === | ||
For its first five years of output, BBC Books continued the precedent set by | For its first five years of output, BBC Books continued the precedent set by Virgin's ''New Adventures'' and ''Missing Adventures'' lines by releasing two novels each month, one continuing an ongoing Eighth Doctor storyline and the other concerning a more standalone adventure of a previous Doctor. These are often divided by fans into [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|"Eighth Doctor Adventures"]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|"Past Doctor Adventures"]]. | ||
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! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Published | ! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Published | ||
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|''[[The Final Sanction (novel)|The Final Sanction]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || [[Second Doctor|2nd]] || [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |''[[The Final Sanction (novel)|The Final Sanction]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || [[Second Doctor|2nd]] || [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | ||
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|''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]''<br />[[Interference - Book One|Book One: ''Shock Tactic'']] ||rowspan=2|[[Lawrence Miles]] || rowspan=2|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]], [[Third Doctor|3rd]] || rowspan=2|[[Samantha Jones|Sam]], [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]],<br />[[Sarah Jane Smith]] | |''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]''<br />[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Book One: ''Shock Tactic'']] ||rowspan=2|[[Lawrence Miles]] || rowspan=2|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]], [[Third Doctor|3rd]] || rowspan=2|[[Samantha Jones|Sam]], [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]],<br />[[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
|rowspan=2|[[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 1999 | |rowspan=2|[[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 1999 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''Interference''<br />[[Interference - Book Two|Book Two: ''The Hour of the Geek'']] | |''Interference''<br />[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Book Two: ''The Hour of the Geek'']] | ||
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| ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]''||[[Paul Magrs]] and [[Jeremy Hoad]] || [[Eighth Doctor|8th]]|| [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]] | | ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]''||[[Paul Magrs]] and [[Jeremy Hoad]] || [[Eighth Doctor|8th]]|| [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]] | ||
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| ''[[Last of the Gaderene (novel)|Last of the Gaderene]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || [[Third Doctor|3rd]] || [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | | ''[[Last of the Gaderene (novel)|Last of the Gaderene]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || [[Third Doctor|3rd]] || [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | ||
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| ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]''||[[Paul Cornell]]||[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]]<br />[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[Romana III]] | | ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]''||[[Paul Cornell]]||[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]]<br />[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Romana III]] | ||
|rowspan=2|[[7 February (releases)|7 February]] 2000 | |rowspan=2|[[7 February (releases)|7 February]] 2000 | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[5 June (releases)|5 June]] 2000 | |rowspan=2|[[5 June (releases)|5 June]] 2000 | ||
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| ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'' || [[ | | ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || [[Second Doctor|2nd]], [[Fourth Doctor|4th]] || [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]], [[Romana I|Romana]] | ||
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|''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''||[[Peter Anghelides]] and [[Stephen Cole]] ||[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]], [[Romana III]] | |''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''||[[Peter Anghelides]] and [[Stephen Cole]] ||[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]], [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Romana III]] | ||
|rowspan=2|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 2000 | |rowspan=2|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 2000 | ||
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| ''[[Superior Beings (novel)|Superior Beings]]'' || [[Nick Walters]] || [[Fifth Doctor|5th]] || [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | | ''[[Superior Beings (novel)|Superior Beings]]'' || [[Nick Walters]] || [[Fifth Doctor|5th]] || [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
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|''[[The Slow Empire (novel)|The Slow Empire]]''||[[ | |''[[The Slow Empire (novel)|The Slow Empire]]''||[[Dave Stone]] ||[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Anji Kapoor]] | ||
|rowspan=2|[[2 July (releases)|2 July]] 2001 | |rowspan=2|[[2 July (releases)|2 July]] 2001 | ||
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|''[[To the Slaughter (novel)|To the Slaughter]]''||[[Stephen Cole]] ||[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], Trix||[[7 February (releases)|7 February]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | |''[[To the Slaughter (novel)|To the Slaughter]]''||[[Stephen Cole]] ||[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], Trix||[[7 February (releases)|7 February]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
The series took a break from March to June 2005 while [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] was airing; in May, the first three of the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] featuring [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] were released. Following this, the monthly series returned without the alternating Eighth Doctor novel pattern, as the Eighth Doctor was now a "past Doctor". The series concluded with BBC Books' first December release. | The series took a break from March to June 2005 while [[series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 1]] was airing; in May, the first three of the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] featuring [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] were released. Following this, the monthly series returned without the alternating Eighth Doctor novel pattern, as the Eighth Doctor was now a "past Doctor". The series concluded with BBC Books' first December release. | ||
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! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Published | ! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Published | ||
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|''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]'' | |''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]'' | ||
|[[Gary Russell]] | |[[Gary Russell]] | ||
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[ | |[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] | ||
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|''[[Deep Time (novel)|Deep Time]]'' | |''[[Deep Time (novel)|Deep Time]]'' | ||
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{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Prose fiction overviews]] | [[Category:Prose fiction overviews]] |
Latest revision as of 18:57, 25 April 2024
- You may be looking for BBC Books novelisation.
Beginning after the acquisition of the rights from Virgin Books in 1996, BBC Books published a number of original Doctor Who novels.
Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]
Background[[edit] | [edit source]]
Since 1973, Target Books had been the sole publisher of novel-length Doctor Who fiction. Its line of Target novelisations adapted every television episode in the "Classic" run of Doctor Who; it also published several short-lived series based on Doctor Who, including the Missing Episodes, Companions of Doctor Who, and Doctor Who Discovers. In 1986, during the lengthy gap between Doctor Who seasons 22 and 23, Virgin Books began its aquisition of Target, and this completed in late 1987. Two years later, television Doctor Who was cancelled.
Whereas Virgin kept publishing novelisations of TV episodes under the Target imprint through 1994, in 1991 they began releasing original novels continuing the adventures of the Seventh Doctor and Ace. This monthly Virgin New Adventures series met success and spawned two spinoff series: the Missing Adventures, which depicted new adventures of earlier Doctors; and Decalog, a series of short story anthologies.
In 1996, taking note of Virgin's success and expecting the TV Movie to attract new fans, the BBC chose not to renew Virgin's license to publish Doctor Who fiction. Instead, the rights reverted to BBC Books. Although Virgin would continue its New Adventures and Decalog series without the license by focusing on the series' original characters, the last Virgin Doctor Who novel, Lungbarrow, was released in March 1997. While Virgin was concluding its series, BBC Books released a novelisation of the TV movie.
Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring | Published |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Novel of the Film | Gary Russell | 8th | The Bruce Master | 16 May 1997 |
Initial run[[edit] | [edit source]]
For its first five years of output, BBC Books continued the precedent set by Virgin's New Adventures and Missing Adventures lines by releasing two novels each month, one continuing an ongoing Eighth Doctor storyline and the other concerning a more standalone adventure of a previous Doctor. These are often divided by fans into "Eighth Doctor Adventures" and "Past Doctor Adventures".
Halving the output[[edit] | [edit source]]
Beginning in September 2002, instead of releasing two novels each month, BBC Books began publishing one a month. The books alternated between releases in the ongoing Eighth Doctor storyline and standalone stories about past Doctors, with the notable exception of Scream of the Shalka, which featured a Ninth Doctor and was published between an Eighth Doctor novel and a Fifth Doctor novel.
The series took a break from March to June 2005 while series 1 was airing; in May, the first three of the BBC New Series Adventures featuring Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler were released. Following this, the monthly series returned without the alternating Eighth Doctor novel pattern, as the Eighth Doctor was now a "past Doctor". The series concluded with BBC Books' first December release.
Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring | Published |
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The Gallifrey Chronicles | Lance Parkin | 8th | Fitz, Trix | 2 June 2005 |
Island of Death | Barry Letts | 3rd | Sarah | 7 July 2005 |
Spiral Scratch | Gary Russell | 6th | Mel | 4 August 2005 |
Fear Itself | Nick Wallace | 8th | Fitz, Anji | 8 September 2005 |
World Game | Terrance Dicks | 2nd | Serena | 6 October 2005 |
The Time Travellers | Simon Guerrier | 1st | Susan, Barbara, Ian | 10 November 2005 |
Atom Bomb Blues | Andrew Cartmel | 7th | Ace | 25 December 2005 |
The new series[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: BBC New Series Adventures
Missing content from BBC Books#Return to past Doctors.
With the return of Doctor Who to television in 2005, BBC Books began a new format for releases. These new books were oriented toward a younger audience and published in sets of three, a pattern that BBC Books would later reuse for the Torchwood novels. The series eventually settled into a spring-fall-winter release schedule of nine books a year.
The novel release schedule took a six-month break during the showrunner transition from Russell T Davies to Steven Moffat.