BBC Past Doctor Adventures

The BBC Past Doctor Adventures was a series of paperback novel releases by BBC Books, launched in 1997 in conjunction with its Eighth Doctor Adventures line. The line featured new adventures of the first seven Doctors, with the exception of three releases: Scream of the Shalka, which was a novelisation of a webcast story featuring the Alternative Ninth Doctor; The Infinity Doctors, featuring an unspecified Doctor; and The Face of the Enemy, featuring The Master.

One of the last novels, Fear Itself, was the only PDA featuring the Eighth Doctor, acknowledging the coming of the Ninth Doctor on television.

The series ended in late 2005 (along with the EDA line) when BBC Books decided to focus its publishing ventures on books related to the revived TV series. Although there was speculation regarding the PDA line resuming with novels featuring the Eighth Doctor and even Ninth Doctor, as of 2009 the line has yet to resume and there's been no indication BBC Books will do so in the near future. From 2006 to March 2009 the baton of past Doctor adventures was carried by the Short Trips series of short-story collections published by Big Finish (a company best known for its Doctor Who audio dramas). Featuring the first eight Doctors -- and many writers from the PDA range -- the series continued until the spring of 2009 when the BBC did not renew its licence. Whether this suggests BBC Books may be considering revisiting past Doctors again (with 10 incarnations to choose from as of January 2010) is unknown.

List of Past Doctor Adventures

Title	Author	Doctor	Companions	Published
The Devil Goblins from Neptune	Martin Day and Keith Topping	3rd	Liz Shaw, UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	June 1997
The Murder Game	Steve Lyons	2nd	Ben and Polly Wright	July 1997
The Ultimate Treasure	Christopher Bulis	5th	Peri	August 1997
Business Unusual	Gary Russell	6th	Mel	September 1997
Illegal Alien	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	October 1997
The Roundheads	Mark Gatiss	2nd	Ben, Polly and Jamie	November 1997
The Face of the Enemy	David A. McIntee	The Master	Ian and Barbara	January 1998
Eye of Heaven	Jim Mortimore	4th	Leela	February 1998
The Witch Hunters	Steve Lyons	1st	Susan, Ian and Barbara	March 1998
The Hollow Men	Martin Day and Keith Topping	7th	Ace	April 1998
Catastrophea	Terrance Dicks	3rd	Jo Grant	May 1998
Mission: Impractical	David A. McIntee	6th	Frobisher	June 1998
Zeta Major	Simon Messingham	5th	Tegan and Nyssa	July 1998
Dreams of Empire	Justin Richards	2nd	Jamie and Victoria	August 1998
Last Man Running	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	September 1998
Matrix	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	October 1998
The Infinity Doctors	Lance Parkin	Unspecified Doctor	None	November 1998
Salvation	Steve Lyons	1st	Steven and Dodo	January 1999
The Wages of Sin	David A. McIntee	3rd	Jo and Liz	February 1999
Deep Blue	Mark Morris	5th	Tegan, Turlough and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	March 1999
Players	Terrance Dicks	6th	Peri	April 1999
Millennium Shock	Justin Richards	4th	Harry	May 1999
Storm Harvest	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	June 1999
The Final Sanction	Steve Lyons	2nd	Jamie and Zoe	July 1999
City at World's End	Christopher Bulis	1st	Ian, Barbara and Susan	September 1999
Divided Loyalties	Gary Russell	5th	Adric, Nyssa and Tegan	October 1999
Corpse Marker	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	November 1999
Last of the Gaderene	Mark Gatiss	3rd	Jo and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	January 2000
Tomb of Valdemar	Simon Messingham	4th	Romana I	February 2000
Verdigris	Paul Magrs	3rd	Jo	April 2000
Grave Matter	Justin Richards	6th	Peri	May 2000
Heart of TARDIS	Dave Stone	2nd and 4th	Jamie, Victoria and Romana I	June 2000
Prime Time	Mike Tucker	7th	Ace	July 2000
Imperial Moon	Christopher Bulis	5th	Turlough and Kamelion	August 2000
Festival of Death	Jonathan Morris	4th	Romana II and K-9	September 2000
Independence Day	Peter Darvill-Evans	7th	Ace	October 2000
The King of Terror	Keith Topping	5th	Tegan and Turlough	November 2000
The Quantum Archangel	Craig Hinton	6th	Mel	January 2001
Bunker Soldiers	Martin Day	1st	Steven and Dodo	February 2001
Rags	Mick Lewis	3rd	Jo and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	March 2001
The Shadow in the Glass	Justin Richards and Stephen Cole	6th	Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart	April 2001
Asylum	Peter Darvill-Evans	4th	Nyssa	May 2001
Superior Beings	Nick Walters	5th	Peri	June 2001
Byzantium!	Keith Topping	1st	Ian, Barbara and Vicki	July 2001
Bullet Time	David A. McIntee	7th	Sarah Jane Smith	August 2001
Psi-ence Fiction	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	September 2001
Dying in the Sun	Jon de Burgh Miller	2nd	Ben and Polly	October 2001
Instruments of Darkness	Gary Russell	6th	Mel and Evelyn Smythe	November 2001
Relative Dementias	Mark Michalowski	7th	Ace	January 2002
Drift	Simon A. Forward	4th	Leela	February 2002
Palace of the Red Sun	Christopher Bulis	6th	Peri	March 2002
Amorality Tale	David Bishop	3rd	Sarah Jane	April 2002
Warmonger	Terrance Dicks	5th	Peri	May 2002
Ten Little Aliens	Stephen Cole	1st	Ben and Polly	June 2002
Combat Rock	Mick Lewis	2nd	Jamie and Victoria	July 2002
The Suns of Caresh	Paul Saint	3rd	Jo	August 2002
Heritage	Dale Smith	7th	Ace	October 2002
Fear of the Dark	Trevor Baxendale	5th	Tegan and Nyssa	December 2002
Blue Box	Kate Orman	6th	Peri	March 2003
Loving the Alien	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	May 2003
The Colony of Lies	Colin Brake	2nd	Jamie and Zoe	July 2003
Wolfsbane	Jacqueline Rayner	4th and 8th	Harry and Sarah	September 2003
Deadly Reunion	Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts	3rd	Jo and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	November 2003
Scream of the Shalka	Paul Cornell	Alternative Ninth Doctor	Alison, The Master	February 2004
Empire of Death	David Bishop	5th	Nyssa	March 2004
The Eleventh Tiger	David A. McIntee	1st	Ian, Barbara and Vicki	May 2004
Synthespians™	Craig Hinton	6th	Peri	July 2004
The Algebra of Ice	Lloyd Rose	7th	Ace, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart	September 2004
The Indestructible Man	Simon Messingham	2nd	Jamie and Zoe	November 2004
Match of the Day	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	February 2005
Island of Death	Barry Letts	3rd	Sarah, Brigadier	July 2005
Spiral Scratch	Gary Russell	6th	Mel	August 2005
Fear Itself	Nick Wallace	8th	Fitz and Anji	September 2005
World Game	Terrance Dicks	2nd	Lady Serena	October 2005
The Time Travellers	Simon Guerrier	1st	Ian, Barbara and Susan	November 2005
Atom Bomb Blues	Andrew Cartmel	7th	Ace	December 2005

See also

• Campaign by Jim Mortimore, a First Doctor novel commissioned for, but rejected by the PDA line, but later self-published by the author to raise funds for charity.

External Links

• The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - BBC Books - Past Doctor Adventures