BBC Past Doctor Adventures

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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 four 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; The Face of the Enemy, featuring the Master; and one of the last novels, Fear Itself, which 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 the Ninth Doctor, as of 2013 the line has yet to resume in its original paperback format. 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 Productions (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 license.

Original novels featuring past Doctors returned in 2012 with The Wheel of Ice by Stephen Baxter. Also announced is Harvest of Time (Third Doctor) by Alastair Reynolds, scheduled for release in 2013; a third book, a novelisation of the unfinished TV story Shada by Gareth Roberts, was published in March 2012.

List of Past Doctor Adventures

#	Title	Author	Doctor	Companions	Published
1	The Devil Goblins from Neptune	Martin Day and Keith Topping	3rd	Liz Shaw, UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	June 1997
2	The Murder Game	Steve Lyons	2nd	Ben and Polly Wright	July 1997
3	The Ultimate Treasure	Christopher Bulis	5th	Peri	August 1997
4	Business Unusual	Gary Russell	6th	Mel	September 1997
5	Illegal Alien	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	October 1997
6	The Roundheads	Mark Gatiss	2nd	Ben, Polly Wright and Jamie	November 1997
7	The Face of the Enemy	David A. McIntee	The Master	Ian and Barbara	January 1998
8	Eye of Heaven	Jim Mortimore	4th	Leela	February 1998
9	The Witch Hunters	Steve Lyons	1st	Susan, Ian and Barbara	March 1998
10	The Hollow Men	Martin Day and Keith Topping	7th	Ace	April 1998
11	Catastrophea	Terrance Dicks	3rd	Jo Grant	May 1998
12	Mission: Impractical	David A. McIntee	6th	Frobisher	June 1998
13	Zeta Major	Simon Messingham	5th	Tegan and Nyssa	July 1998
14	Dreams of Empire	Justin Richards	2nd	Jamie and Victoria	August 1998
15	Last Man Running	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	September 1998
16	Matrix	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	October 1998
17	The Infinity Doctors	Lance Parkin	Unspecified Doctor	None	November 1998
18	Salvation	Steve Lyons	1st	Steven and Dodo	January 1999
19	The Wages of Sin	David A. McIntee	3rd	Jo Grant and Liz Shaw	February 1999
20	Deep Blue	Mark Morris	5th	Tegan, Turlough and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	March 1999
21	Players	Terrance Dicks	6th	Peri	April 1999
22	Millennium Shock	Justin Richards	4th	Harry	May 1999
23	Storm Harvest	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	June 1999
24	The Final Sanction	Steve Lyons	2nd	Jamie and Zoe Heriot	July 1999
25	City at World's End	Christopher Bulis	1st	Ian, Barbara and Susan	September 1999
26	Divided Loyalties	Gary Russell	5th	Adric, Nyssa and Tegan	October 1999
27	Corpse Marker	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	November 1999
28	Last of the Gaderene	Mark Gatiss	3rd	Jo Grant and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	January 2000
29	Tomb of Valdemar	Simon Messingham	4th	Romana I	February 2000
30	Verdigris	Paul Magrs	3rd	Jo Grant	April 2000
31	Grave Matter	Justin Richards	6th	Peri	May 2000
32	Heart of TARDIS	Dave Stone	2nd and 4th	Jamie, Victoria and Romana I	June 2000
33	Prime Time	Mike Tucker	7th	Ace	July 2000
34	Imperial Moon	Christopher Bulis	5th	Turlough and Kamelion	August 2000
35	Festival of Death	Jonathan Morris	4th	Romana II and K9	September 2000
36	Independence Day	Peter Darvill-Evans	7th	Ace	October 2000
37	The King of Terror	Keith Topping	5th	Tegan and Turlough	November 2000
38	The Quantum Archangel	Craig Hinton	6th	Mel	January 2001
39	Bunker Soldiers	Martin Day	1st	Steven and Dodo	February 2001
40	Rags	Mick Lewis	3rd	Jo Grant and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton)	March 2001
41	The Shadow in the Glass	Justin Richards and Stephen Cole	6th	[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]	April 2001
42	Asylum	Peter Darvill-Evans	4th	Nyssa	May 2001
43	Superior Beings	Nick Walters	5th	Peri	June 2001
44	Byzantium!	Keith Topping	1st	Ian, Barbara and Vicki	July 2001
45	Bullet Time	David A. McIntee	7th	Sarah Jane Smith	August 2001
46	Psi-ence Fiction	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	September 2001
47	Dying in the Sun	Jon de Burgh Miller	2nd	Ben and Polly Wright	October 2001
48	Instruments of Darkness	Gary Russell	6th	Mel and Evelyn Smythe	November 2001
49	Relative Dementias	Mark Michalowski	7th	Ace	January 2002
50	Drift	Simon A. Forward	4th	Leela	February 2002
51	Palace of the Red Sun	Christopher Bulis	6th	Peri	March 2002
52	Amorality Tale	David Bishop	3rd	Sarah Jane Smith	April 2002
53	Warmonger	Terrance Dicks	5th	Peri	May 2002
54	Ten Little Aliens	Stephen Cole	1st	Ben and Polly Wright	June 2002
55	Combat Rock	Mick Lewis	2nd	Jamie and Victoria	July 2002
56	The Suns of Caresh	Paul Saint	3rd	Jo Grant	August 2002
57	Heritage	Dale Smith	7th	Ace	October 2002
58	Fear of the Dark	Trevor Baxendale	5th	Tegan and Nyssa	December 2002
59	Blue Box	Kate Orman	6th	Peri	March 2003
60	Loving the Alien	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	May 2003
61	The Colony of Lies	Colin Brake	2nd	Jamie and Zoe Heriot	July 2003
62	Wolfsbane	Jacqueline Rayner	4th and 8th	Harry and Sarah	September 2003
63	Deadly Reunion	Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts	3rd	Jo Grant 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
64	Empire of Death	David Bishop	5th	Nyssa	March 2004
65	The Eleventh Tiger	David A. McIntee	1st	Ian, Barbara and Vicki	May 2004
66	Synthespians™	Craig Hinton	6th	Peri	July 2004
67	The Algebra of Ice	Lloyd Rose	7th	Ace, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart	September 2004
68	The Indestructible Man	Simon Messingham	2nd	Jamie and Zoe Heriot	November 2004
69	Match of the Day	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	February 2005
70	Island of Death	Barry Letts	3rd	Sarah, Brigadier	July 2005
71	Spiral Scratch	Gary Russell	6th	Mel	August 2005
72	Fear Itself	Nick Wallace	8th	Fitz and Anji	September 2005
73	World Game	Terrance Dicks	2nd	Lady Serena	October 2005
74	The Time Travellers	Simon Guerrier	1st	Ian, Barbara and Susan	November 2005
75	Atom Bomb Blues	Andrew Cartmel	7th	Ace	December 2005
76	The Wheel of Ice	Stephen Baxter	2nd	Jamie and Zoe Heriot	August 2012

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