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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 [[BBC Torchwood novels|''Torchwood'' novels]]. The series eventually settled into a spring-fall-winter release schedule of nine books a year.
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 [[BBC Torchwood novels|''Torchwood'' novels]]. The series eventually settled into a spring-fall-winter release schedule of nine books a year.
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Beginning after the acquisition of the rights from Virgin Books in 1996, BBC Books published a number of original Doctor Who novels.

Novels

Initial run

For its first five years of output, BBC Books continued the precedent set by Virgin Books's New Adventures and Missing Adventures lines by releasing two novels a 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".

Title Author Doctor Featuring Published
The Eight Doctors Terrance Dicks 8th Samantha Jones 2 June 1997
The Devil Goblins from Neptune Martin Day and Keith Topping 3rd Liz
Vampire Science Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum 8th Sam 7 July 1997
The Murder Game Steve Lyons 2nd Ben, Polly
The Bodysnatchers Mark Morris 8th Sam 18 August 1997
The Ultimate Treasure Christopher Bulis 5th Peri
Genocide Paul Leonard 8th Sam, Jo Grant, Benton 1 September 1997
Business Unusual Gary Russell 6th Mel
War of the Daleks John Peel 8th Sam 6 October 1997
Illegal Alien Mike Tucker and Robert Perry 7th Ace
Alien Bodies Lawrence Miles 8th Sam 24 November 1997
The Roundheads Mark Gatiss 2nd Ben, Polly, Jamie
Kursaal Peter Anghelides 8th Sam 8 January 1998
The Face of the Enemy David A. McIntee The Master Barbara, Ian
Option Lock Justin Richards 8th Sam 2 February 1998
Eye of Heaven Jim Mortimore 4th Leela
Longest Day Michael Collier 8th Sam 2 March 1998
The Witch Hunters Steve Lyons 1st Susan, Barbara, Ian
Legacy of the Daleks John Peel 8th Susan Foreman 6 April 1998
The Hollow Men Martin Day and Keith Topping 7th Ace
Dreamstone Moon Paul Leonard 8th Sam 5 May 1998
Catastrophea Terrance Dicks 3rd Jo
Seeing I Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum 8th Sam 8 June 1998
Mission: Impractical David A. McIntee 6th Frobisher
Placebo Effect Gary Russell 8th Sam, Stacy, Ssard 6 July 1998
Zeta Major Simon Messingham 5th Nyssa, Tegan
Vanderdeken's Children Christopher Bulis 8th Sam 3 August 1998
Dreams of Empire Justin Richards 2nd Jamie, Victoria
The Scarlet Empress Paul Magrs 8th Sam, Iris Wildthyme 7 September 1998
Last Man Running Chris Boucher 4th Leela
The Janus Conjunction Trevor Baxendale 8th Sam 5 October 1998
Matrix Mike Tucker and Robert Perry 7th Ace
Beltempest Jim Mortimore 8th Sam 16 November 1998
The Infinity Doctors Lance Parkin The Doctor Larna
The Face-Eater Simon Messingham 8th Sam 4 January 1999
Salvation Steve Lyons 1st Steven, Dodo
The Taint Michael Collier 8th Sam, Fitz 1 February 1999
The Wages of Sin David A. McIntee 3rd Jo, Liz
Demontage Justin Richards 8th Sam, Fitz 1 March 1999
Deep Blue Mark Morris 5th Tegan, Turlough
Revolution Man Paul Leonard 8th Sam, Fitz 6 April 1999
Players Terrance Dicks 6th Peri
Dominion Nick Walters 8th Sam, Fitz 10 May 1999
Millennium Shock Justin Richards 4th none
Unnatural History Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum 8th Sam, Fitz 7 June 1999
Storm Harvest Mike Tucker and Robert Perry 7th Ace
Autumn Mist David A. McIntee 8th Sam, Fitz 5 July 1999
The Final Sanction Steve Lyons 2nd Jamie, Zoe
Interference
Book One: Shock Tactic
Lawrence Miles 8th, 3rd Sam, Fitz, Compassion,
Sarah Jane Smith
2 August 1999
Interference
Book Two: The Hour of the Geek
The Blue Angel Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad 8th Fitz, Compassion 6 September 1999
City at World's End Christopher Bulis 1st Susan, Barbara, Ian
The Taking of
Planet 5
Simon Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham 8th Fitz, Compassion 4 October 1999
Divided Loyalties Gary Russell 5th Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Frontier Worlds Peter Anghelides 8th Fitz, Compassion 29 November 1999
Corpse Marker Chris Boucher 4th Leela
Parallel 59 Stephen Cole and Natalie Dallaire 8th Fitz, Compassion 4 January 2000
Last of the Gaderene Mark Gatiss 3rd Jo
The Shadows of Avalon Paul Cornell 8th Fitz, Compassion
the Brigadier, Romana III
7 February 2000
Tomb of Valdemar Simon Messingham 4th Romana
The Fall of Yquatine Nick Walters 8th Fitz, Compassion 6 March 2000
Coldheart Trevor Baxendale 8th Fitz , Compassion 3 April 2000
Verdigris Paul Magrs 3rd Jo
The Space Age Steve Lyons 8th Fitz, Compassion 1 May 2000
Grave Matter Justin Richards 6th Peri
The Banquo Legacy Andy Lane and Justin Richards 8th Fitz, Compassion 5 June 2000
Heart of TARDIS Dave Stone 2nd, 4th Jamie, Victoria, Romana
The Ancestor Cell Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole 8th Fitz, Compassion, Romana III 3 July 2000
Prime Time Mike Tucker 7th Ace
The Burning Justin Richards 8th none 7 August 2000
Imperial Moon Christopher Bulis 5th Turlough, Kamelion
Casualties of War Steve Emmerson 8th none 4 September 2000
Festival of Death Jonathan Morris 4th Romana, K9
The Turing Test Paul Leonard 8th Alan Turing 2 October 2000
Independence Day Peter Darvill-Evans 7th Ace
Endgame Terrance Dicks 8th none 6 November 2000
The King of Terror Keith Topping 5th Tegan, Turlough
Father Time Lance Parkin 8th Miranda 8 January 2001
The Quantum Archangel Craig Hinton 6th Mel
Escape Velocity Colin Brake 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 5 February 2001
Bunker Soldiers Martin Day 1st Steven, Dodo
EarthWorld Jacqueline Rayner 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 5 March 2001
Rags Mick Lewis 3rd Jo
Vanishing Point Stephen Cole 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 2 April 2001
The Shadow in the Glass Justin Richards and Stephen Cole 6th none
Eater of Wasps Trevor Baxendale 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 7 May 2001
Asylum Peter Darvill-Evans 4th Nyssa
The Year of Intelligent Tigers Kate Orman 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 4 June 2001
Superior Beings Nick Walters 5th Peri
The Slow Empire Dave Stone 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 2 July 2001
Byzantium! Keith Topping 1st Barbara, Ian, Vicki
Dark Progeny Steve Emmerson 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 6 August 2001
Bullet Time David A. McIntee 7th none
The City of the Dead Lloyd Rose 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 3 September 2001
Psi-ence Fiction Chris Boucher 4th Leela
Grimm Reality Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 1 October 2001
Dying in the Sun Jon de Burgh Miller 2nd Ben, Polly
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street Lawrence Miles 8th Scarlette, Fitz, Anji Kapoor 5 November 2001
Instruments of Darkness Gary Russell 6th Mel
Mad Dogs and Englishmen Paul Magrs 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 7 January 2002
Relative Dementias Mark Michalowski 7th Ace
Hope Mark Clapham 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 4 February 2002
Drift Simon A. Forward 4th Leela
Anachrophobia Jonathan Morris 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 4 March 2002
Palace of the Red Sun Christopher Bulis 6th Peri
Trading Futures Lance Parkin 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 8 April 2002
Amorality Tale David Bishop 3rd Sarah
The Book of the Still Paul Ebbs 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 6 May 2002
Warmonger Terrance Dicks 5th Peri
The Crooked World Steve Lyons 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 3 June 2002
Ten Little Aliens Stephen Cole 1st Ben, Polly
History 101 Mags L. Halliday 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 1 July 2002
Combat Rock Mick Lewis 2nd Jamie, Victoria
Camera Obscura Lloyd Rose 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 5 August 2002
The Suns of Caresh Paul Saint 3rd Jo

Halving the output

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.

Title Author Doctor Featuring Published
Time Zero Justin Richards 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor, Trix 2 September 2002
Heritage Dale Smith 7th Ace 7 October 2002
The Infinity Race Simon Messingham 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 4 November 2002
Fear of the Dark Trevor Baxendale 5th Nyssa, Tegan 6 January 2003
The Domino Effect David Bishop 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 3 February 2003
Blue Box Kate Orman 6th Peri 3 March 2003
Reckless Engineering Nick Walters 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor 7 April 2003
Loving the Alien Mike Tucker and Robert Perry 7th Ace 5 May 2003
The Last Resort Paul Leonard 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor, Trix 2 June 2003
The Colony of Lies Colin Brake 2nd Jamie, Zoe 7 July
Timeless Stephen Cole 8th Fitz, Anji Kapoor, Trix 4 August 2003
Wolfsbane Jacqueline Rayner 4th, 8th Sarah, Harry 1 September 2003
Emotional Chemistry Simon A. Forward 8th Fitz, Trix 6 October 2003
Deadly Reunion Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts 3rd Jo 3 November 2003
Sometime Never... Justin Richards 8th Fitz, Trix, Miranda 5 January 2004
Scream of the Shalka Paul Cornell 9th Alison, The Master 2 February 2004
Empire of Death David Bishop 5th Nyssa 1 March 2004
Halflife Mark Michalowski 8th Fitz, Trix 5 April 2004
The Eleventh Tiger David A. McIntee 1st Barbara, Ian, Vicki 3 May 2004
The Tomorrow Windows Jonathan Morris 8th Fitz, Trix 7 June 2004
Synthespians™ Craig Hinton 6th Peri 19 July 2004
The Sleep of Reason Martin Day 8th Fitz, Trix 2 August 2004
The Algebra of Ice Lloyd Rose 7th Ace 6 September 2004
The Deadstone Memorial Trevor Baxendale 8th Fitz, Trix 4 October 2004
The Indestructible Man Simon Messingham 2nd Jamie, Zoe 1 November 2004
Match of the Day Chris Boucher 4th Leela 3 January 2005
To the Slaughter Stephen Cole 8th Fitz, Trix 7 February 2005

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
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

Main article: BBC New Series Adventures
This section's awfully stubby.

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.

Title Author Doctor Featuring Published
The Clockwise Man Justin Richards 9th Rose 19 May 2005
The Monsters Inside Stephen Cole
Winner Takes All Jacqueline Rayner
The Deviant Strain Justin Richards 9th Rose, Jack 8 September 2005
Only Human Gareth Roberts
The Stealers of Dreams Steve Lyons
The Stone Rose Jacqueline Rayner 10th Rose, Mickey, Jackie 13 April 2006
The Feast of the Drowned Stephen Cole
The Resurrection Casket Justin Richards Rose
The Nightmare of Black Island Mike Tucker 10th 21 September 2006
The Art of Destruction Stephen Cole
The Price of Paradise Colin Brake
Sting of the Zygons Stephen Cole 10th Martha 19 April 2007
The Last Dodo Jacqueline Rayner
Wooden Heart Martin Day
Forever Autumn Mark Morris 10th Martha 6 September 2007
Sick Building Paul Magrs
Wetworld Mark Michalowski
Wishing Well Trevor Baxendale 10th Martha 26 December 2007
The Pirate Loop Simon Guerrier
Peacemaker James Swallow
Martha in the Mirror Justin Richards 10th Martha 10 April 2008
Snowglobe 7 Mike Tucker
The Many Hands Dale Smith
Ghosts of India Mark Morris 10th Donna 4 September 2008
The Doctor Trap Simon Messingham 10th
Shining Darkness Mark Michalowski 10th
The Story of Martha Various none Martha, the Saxon Master 26 December 2008
Beautiful Chaos Gary Russell 10th Donna, Wilf, Sylvia
The Eyeless Lance Parkin none
Judgement of the Judoon Colin Brake 10th Judoon 16 April 2009
The Slitheen Excursion Simon Guerrier Slitheen
Prisoner of the Daleks Trevor Baxendale Daleks
The Taking of Chelsea 426 David Llewellyn 10th Sontaran, Rutan Host 3 September 2009
Autonomy Daniel Blythe Autons, Nestene Consciousness
The Krillitane Storm Christopher Cooper Krillitane

The novel release schedule took a six-month break during the showrunner transition from Russell T Davies to Steven Moffat.

Title Author Doctor Featuring Published
Apollo 23 Justin Richards 11th Amy 22 April 2010
Night of the Humans David Llewellyn
The Forgotten Army Brian Minchin
Nuclear Time Oli Smith 11th Amy, Rory 8 July 2010
The King's Dragon Una McCormack
The Glamour Chase Gary Russell
The Coming of the Terraphiles Michael Moorcock 11th Amy 14 October 2010
Dead of Winter James Goss 11th Amy, Rory 28 April 2011
The Way Through the Woods Una McCormack
Hunter's Moon Paul Finch
Touched by an Angel Jonathan Morris 11th Amy, Rory, Weeping Angels 23 June 2011
Paradox Lost George Mann Amy, Rory
Borrowed Time Naomi A. Alderman
The Silent Stars Go By Dan Abnett 11th Amy, Rory, Ice Warriors 29 September 2011
Dark Horizons J. T. Colgan 11th 5 July 2012
Plague of the Cybermen Justin Richards 11th Cybermen 8 April 2013
The Dalek Generation Nicholas Briggs Daleks
Shroud of Sorrow Tommy Donbavand Clara
The Blood Cell James Goss 12th Clara 11 September 2014
Silhouette Justin Richards Clara, Paternoster Gang
The Crawling Terror Mike Tucker Clara
Royal Blood Una McCormack 12th Clara 10 September 2015
Big Bang Generation Gary Russell Benny, Peter, Ruth, Jack
Deep Time Trevor Baxendale Clara
The Shining Man Cavan Scott 12th Bill 20 April 2017
Diamond Dogs Mike Tucker Bill
Plague City Jonathan Morris Bill, Nardole