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The '''New Adventures''' were a series of original, full-length novels published by [[Virgin Books]]. They continued the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] | The '''New Adventures''' were a series of original, full-length novels published by [[Virgin Books]]. They continued the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] after the TV story ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. As the books were geared for an older audience, they included mature themes, strong language, violence, and [[Sexuality|sexual elements]]. | ||
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, | 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, so after ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', the New Adventures continued with Bernice as the main character. The range concluded with ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' in [[December (releases)|December]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]. | ||
Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures line: the [[Virgin Decalogs|Decalogs]], a series of five short story collections, and the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]], chronicling the adventures of the first six Doctors. [[Big Finish Productions]] later obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters for their own line of [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series|audios, novels, and short stories]] featuring Summerfield and her supporting cast. | Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures line: the [[Virgin Decalogs|Decalogs]], a series of five short story collections, and the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]], chronicling the adventures of the first six Doctors. [[Big Finish Productions]] later obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters for their own line of [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series|audios, novels, and short stories]] featuring Summerfield and her supporting cast. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== Continuity === | === Continuity === | ||
* The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: [[Bernice Summerfield]] (debuting in '' | * The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: [[Bernice Summerfield]] (debuting in ''Love and War''), [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] (debuting in ''Original Sin'') and [[Wolsey]] the [[cat]] (debuting in ''Human Nature''). | ||
* Ace was written out in ''Love and War'' and left the Doctor before reuniting with him in '' | * 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, a few of the comics and audios take place specifically in the New Adventures continuity. These feature the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, and the older version of Ace. | * Apart from the novels, a few of the comics and audios take place specifically in the New Adventures continuity. These feature the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, and the older version of Ace. | ||
* '' | * ''Eternity Weeps'' portrays the death (some years in the future, from the viewpoint of readers when the book first came out) of the [[Third Doctor]]'s companion, [[Liz Shaw]]. | ||
* Several novels of the New Adventures featured old foes from the TV series, including: | * Several novels of the New Adventures featured old foes from the TV series, including: | ||
** ''Timewyrm: Exodus'' - The [[War Chief]] | ** ''Timewyrm: Exodus'' - The [[War Chief]] | ||
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** ''Shakedown'' - [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan Host]] | ** ''Shakedown'' - [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan Host]] | ||
** ''GodEngine'' - [[Dalek]]s (cameo only) | ** ''GodEngine'' - [[Dalek]]s (cameo only) | ||
** ''The Dying Days'' -[[Ice Warrior]]s | ** ''The Dying Days'' - [[Ice Warrior]]s | ||
** ''Dead Romance'' - [[Dalek]]s (cameo only) | |||
=== Adaptations === | === Adaptations === | ||
* ''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]'' | * 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]]' [[Big Finish 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 ''[[Dragon's Wrath (audio story)|Dragon's 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 (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'' in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] of [[BBC Wales]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
* ''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]]'' and ''[[Original Sin (audio story)|Original Sin]]''. | |||
=== Major links to the | === Major links to the Missing Adventures === | ||
* A story strand which originated in '' | * A story strand which originated in ''Blood Harvest'' continued into the first Missing Adventure ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'' in an effort to get readers to buy both books. | ||
* '' | * ''Shakedown'' and ''[[Lords of the Storm (novel)|Lords of the Storm]]'' both featured the [[Sontaran]]s in the same month. | ||
* The Missing Adventure ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'' featured both the [[Fifth Doctor]] and | * The Missing Adventure ''[[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. | ||
=== Production notes === | === Production notes === | ||
* '' | * ''So Vile a Sin'' was the final book 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, moving the ''Doctor Who'' logo off the front cover to the spine beginning with the publication of ''Bad Therapy''. | |||
* 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 == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 7 July 2017
The New Adventures were a series of original, full-length novels published by Virgin Books. They continued the adventures of the Seventh Doctor after the TV story Survival. As the books were geared for an older audience, they included mature themes, strong language, violence, and sexual elements.
Following the broadcast of the 1996 TV movie, BBC Books took over the license for publishing original Doctor Who fiction, so after The Dying Days, the New Adventures continued with Bernice as the main character. The range concluded with Twilight of the Gods in December 1999.
Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures line: the Decalogs, a series of five short story collections, and the Missing Adventures, chronicling the adventures of the first six Doctors. Big Finish Productions later obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters for their own line of audios, novels, and short stories featuring Summerfield and her supporting cast.
From 1999 onward, Big Finish adapted several novels for audio by Big Finish, either directly or altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield. In 2007, the New Adventures novel Human Nature was adapted as the television episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood.
Although the continuity of the Virgin books were initially ignored by the BBC Books lines, this was eventually relaxed and references to New and Missing Adventures began to appear. In DWM 482, Steven Moffat described the New Adventures as "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the BBC Wales television series.
The New Adventures
Notes
Continuity
- The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: Bernice Summerfield (debuting in Love and War), Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej (debuting in Original Sin) and Wolsey the cat (debuting in Human Nature).
- 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, a few of the comics and audios take place specifically in the New Adventures continuity. These feature the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, and the older version of Ace.
- Eternity Weeps portrays the death (some years in the future, from the viewpoint of readers when the book first came out) of the Third Doctor's companion, Liz Shaw.
- 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
- Blood Harvest - Great Vampires
- First Frontier - The Master
- Toy Soldiers - Ogrons (cameo only)
- Head Games - Valeyard (illusion only)
- Shakedown - Sontarans and the Rutan Host
- GodEngine - Daleks (cameo only)
- The Dying Days - Ice Warriors
- Dead Romance - Daleks (cameo only)
Adaptations
- 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 Dragon's 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 and Original Sin.
Major links to the Missing Adventures
- A story strand which originated in Blood Harvest continued into the first Missing Adventure 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 Adventure Cold Fusion featured both the Fifth Doctor and the Seventh Doctor alongside Roz, Chris Cwej, and the Fifth Doctor's companions.
Production notes
- So Vile a Sin was the final book 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, moving the Doctor Who logo off the front cover to the spine beginning with the publication of Bad Therapy.
- 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.
