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With the revival of the television series, BBC Books ended the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor Adventures line]] to print the Ninth Doctor Adventures.
With the revival of the television series, BBC Books ended the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor Adventures line]] to print the Ninth Doctor Adventures.


The are the only spin-off books to have had content referenced from them in the series as in the episode [[Boom Town]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] makes a reference to her and [[the Doctor]]'s trip to the [[Justicia system]]. This took place in [[The Monsters Inside]]. The first three novels also contain Bad Wolf references in common with the 2005 television series, and Winner Takes All also features the recurring characters [[Mickey Smith]] and [[Jackie Tyler]].
These are the only spin-off books to have had content referenced from them in the series as in the episode [[Boom Town]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] makes a reference to her and [[the Doctor]]'s trip to the [[Justicia system]]. This took place in [[The Monsters Inside]]. The first three novels also contain Bad Wolf references in common with the 2005 television series, and Winner Takes All also features the recurring characters [[Mickey Smith]] and [[Jackie Tyler]].


The first three novels probably take place between ''[[World War Three]]'' and ''[[The Empty Child]]'', and the latter three (which feature [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]]) between ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'' and Boom Town. They can be read in any order.  
The first three novels probably take place between ''[[World War Three]]'' and ''[[The Empty Child]]'', and the latter three (which feature [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]]) between ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'' and Boom Town. They can be read in any order.  

Revision as of 12:19, 19 January 2010

The BBC New Series Adventures is a banner under which the series of novels published by BBC Books featuring the Ninth , Tenth and Eleventh Doctors are collected.

Ninth Doctor

These novels are a series published by BBC Books and are stories featuring the Ninth Doctor. With the revival of the television series, BBC Books ended the Eighth Doctor Adventures line to print the Ninth Doctor Adventures.

These are the only spin-off books to have had content referenced from them in the series as in the episode Boom Town, Rose makes a reference to her and the Doctor's trip to the Justicia system. This took place in The Monsters Inside. The first three novels also contain Bad Wolf references in common with the 2005 television series, and Winner Takes All also features the recurring characters Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler.

The first three novels probably take place between World War Three and The Empty Child, and the latter three (which feature Captain Jack) between The Doctor Dances and Boom Town. They can be read in any order.

This line of novels continued to be issued following Christopher Eccleston's departure from the series until the end of 2005, after which the series continued, featuring the Tenth Doctor in 2006.

List of novels featuring the Ninth Doctor

Title Author ISBN
The Clockwise Man Justin Richards ISBN 0-563-48628-7 The Clockwise Man cover.jpg
The Monsters Inside Stephen Cole ISBN 0-563-48629-5 The Monsters Inside cover.jpg
Winner Takes All Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 0-563-48627-9 Winnertakesall cover.jpg
The Deviant Strain Justin Richards ISBN 0-563-48637-6 Deviantstrain cover.jpg
Only Human Gareth Roberts ISBN 0-563-48639-2 Onlyhuman.jpg
The Stealers of Dreams Steve Lyons ISBN 0-563-48638-4 Stealersofdreams cover.jpg
  • Rain of Terror by Mike Tucker was originally listed in the second batch of three novels, but was replaced by The Stealers of Dreams a few days later without explanation.

Notes

Behind the chapter numbers in the books are symbols similar to the "Gallifreyan writing" seen in the series. The same symbols appear on the spines, and are referred to as Gallifreyan numbers by fans. The recurring patterns in the symbols suggest that Time Lords count in base seven, although a reucrring error means that the symbol for 13 is accidentally replaced by the symbol for 11 every time it should appear.

Tenth Doctor

These novels are a series of published by BBC Books and are stories featuring the Tenth Doctor. Following the success of the six novels published in 2006 featuring the Doctor and Rose, followed by more books published in 2007 and 2008 featuring Martha Jones as companion. Martha continued to appear in prose adventures until well after her departure from the series. Her successor, Donna Noble, first appeared in Pest Control, a made-for-audio adventure published by BBC Audio as part of the Tenth Doctor Adventures line; the first printed novels featuring her were released in the Autumn of 2008, however she only appeared in a few of the books before a series of novels featuring the Doctor travelling solo began with The Eyeless and continued into September 2009. So far all releases announced for 2009 also follow the theme of featuring classic monsters and villains from the TV series, including Daleks, Sontarans (twice), and the Nestene Consciousness.

The line also includes an ongoing series of shorter novellas under the banner "Quick Reads". Launched in 2006, this is a BBC initiative to promote literacy, and the second release in the series, Made of Steel, marked the "revived franchise" debut of longtime Doctor Who novelist and scriptwriter Terrance Dicks. A series of made-for-audio stories, read by actors David Tennant and Catherine Tate, have also been released under the TDA banner. So far, the audio books have continued to feature Donna Noble, despite her no longer being featured in the print novels.

All of the Tenth Doctor adventures (except for the Quick Reads series) have been released as abridged audio books. The first three were read by David Tennant. After that, other popular actors replaced Tennant, who did not reappear as narrator until the made-for-audio stories. The other actors include Freema Agyeman, Georgia Moffat, Anthony Head and Adjoa Andoh.

The Tenth Doctor also appears in The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, a release in the BBC The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations line. Although the cover art matches the format of the NSA line, the book, published by Penguin Character Books, is not considered part of the New Series Adventures.

List of novels featuring the Tenth Doctor

Title Author ISBN Image
The Stone Rose Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 0-563-48643-0 TheStoneRose.jpg
The Feast of the Drowned Stephen Cole ISBN 0-563-48644-9 FeastoftheDrowned.jpg
The Resurrection Casket Justin Richards ISBN 0-563-48642-2 TheResurrectionCasket.jpg
The Nightmare of Black Island Mike Tucker ISBN 0-563-48650-3 NighmareofBlackIsland.jpg
The Art of Destruction Stephen Cole ISBN 0-563-48651-1 ArtofDestruction.jpg
The Price of Paradise Colin Brake ISBN 0-563-48652-X PriceofParadise.jpg
Sting of the Zygons Stephen Cole ISBN 1-84607-225-5 Sting of the Zygons.jpg
The Last Dodo Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 1-84607-224-3 The Last Dodo.jpg
Wooden Heart Martin Day ISBN 1-84607-226-3 Wooden Heart.jpg
Forever Autumn Mark Morris ISBN 1-84607-270-0 Forever Autumn.jpg
Sick Building Paul Magrs ISBN 1-84607-269-7 Sick Building.jpg
Wetworld Mark Michalowski ISBN 1-84607-271-9 Wetworld.jpg
Wishing Well Trevor Baxendale ISBN 1-84607-348-0 Wishing Well.jpg
The Pirate Loop Simon Guerrier ISBN 1-84607-347-2 The Pirate Loop.jpg
Peacemaker James Swallow ISBN 1-84607-349-9 Peacemaker.jpg
Martha in the Mirror Justin Richards ISBN 978-1-8460-7349-6 Martha in the Mirror.jpg
Snowglobe 7 Mike Tucker ISBN 978-1-846-07421-9 Snowglobe 7.jpg
The Many Hands Dale Smith ISBN 978-1-846-07422-6 The Many Hands.jpg
Ghosts of India Mark Morris ISBN 978-1846075599 Ghosts-of-india.jpg
The Doctor Trap Simon Messingham ISBN 978-1846075582 Doctor-trap.jpg
Shining Darkness Mark Michalowski ISBN 978-1846075575 File:Shining-darkenss.jpg
Beautiful Chaos Gary Russell ISBN 978-1846075636 Beautiful chaos.jpg
The Eyeless Lance Parkin ISBN 978-1846075629 File:The Eyless.jpg
The Story of Martha Dan Abnett, David Roden, Steve Lockley
Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman, Simon Jowett
ISBN 978-1846075612 Story of Martha.JPG
Judgement of the Judoon Colin Brake ISBN 978-1846076398 Judgement of judoon.jpg
The Slitheen Excursion Simon Guerrier ISBN 978-1846076404 Slitheen excursion.jpg
Prisoner of the Daleks Trevor Baxendale ISBN 978-1846076411 Prisoner of the Daleks.jpg
The Taking of Chelsea 426 David Llewellyn ISBN 978-1846077586 File:Chelsea 426.jpg
The Krillitane Storm Christopher Cooper ISBN 978-1846077616 File:Krillitaine Storm.jpg
Autonomy Daniel Blythe ISBN 978-1846077593 File:Autonomy.jpg


Quick Reads

Title Author ISBN Image
I am a Dalek Gareth Roberts ISBN 0-563-48648-1 IAmaDalek.jpg
Made of Steel Terrance Dicks ISBN 978-1-846-07204-8 Made of Steel.jpg
Revenge of the Judoon Terrance Dicks ISBN 1-84607-372-3 Revenge judoon.jpg
The Sontaran Games Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 1-84607-643-9
Sontaran Games.jpg

Audio books

Title Author Narrator ISBN Image
Pest Control Peter Anghelides David Tennant ISBN 978-1-405-67819-3 PestControl.jpg
The Forever Trap Dan Abnett Catherine Tate ISBN 978-1-408-40678-6 ForeverTrap.jpg
The Nemonite Invasion David Roden Catherine Tate ISBN 978-1-408-40679-3
Nemonitecover.jpg
The Rising Night Scott Handcock Michelle Ryan ISBN 978-1408409381 RisingNight.jpg
The Day of the Troll Simon Messingham David Tennant ISBN 978-1408409398 The Day of the Troll.JPG
The Last Voyage Dan Abnett David Tennant ISBN 978-1-408-40940-2 The Last Voyage.jpg

Future releases

These are all the announced future releases:

Quick Reads

Title Author ISBN Image
Code of the Krillitanes
sched. March 2010
Justin Richards ISBN TBA Books-codekrillitains.jpg

Audio books

All upcoming audio books listed below will feature the Eleventh Doctor

Title Author Narrator ISBN Image
The Hounds of Artemis James Goss Unknown ISBN 978-1-408-42746-X ]
The Runaway Train Oli Smith Unknown ISBN 978-1-408-42747-8

Eleventh Doctor novels

The first original novels featuring the Eleventh Doctor are scheduled for release in April 2010, with the next three released in July that year.

Title Author ISBN Image
Apollo 13 Justin Richards 978-1-84607-200-X
Night of the Humans David Llewellyn 978-1-84607-969-1
The Forgotten Army Brian Minchin 978-1-84607-987-X
Adorable Illusion Gary Russell
Nuclear Time Oli Smith
The King's Dragon Una McCormack

Notes

  • Behind the chapter numbers in the books are symbols similar to the "Gallifreyan writing" seen in the series. The same symbols appear on the spines, and are Gallifreyan numbers. The recurring patterns in the symbols suggest that Time Lords count in base seven. However, the numerals for 11 and 13 are the same, suggesting an error. It is not known as yet whether the upcoming Eleventh Doctor novels, which will be subject to a cover redesign in order to incorporate the new series logo, will retain this numbering feature.

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