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The '''Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures''' were a series of novels that featured [[Bernice Summerfield]] and her "supporting cast". They were published by [[Virgin Books]] following the loss of the license that allowed them to publish an original series of novels, the [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] series, which could legally use characters and concepts derived from ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Though most featured Bernice herself, two, ''[[Deadfall]]'' and ''[[Dead Romance]]'', centred on other characters.
The series began in in May 1997 and ended in October 1999. [[Big Finish Productions]] would later obtain the license to these characters for their own line of  [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series|audios, novels and short fiction featuring Benny]] and her supporting cast. Several novels were adapted for audio by Big Finish alongside several ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures novel adaptations that were altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield.


The book series initially used the same cover designs as that for the later ''Doctor Who'' NA books, except with a newly commissioned New Adventures logo. A new cover design was introduced with ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]'', which removed the NA identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style.
[[File:NA001 genesys.jpg|thumb|right|The first NA, ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'', displaying the initial cover design.]]
The '''New Adventures published by [[Virgin Books]]''' were a series of original, full-length ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novels that continued the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] (and, initially, [[Ace]]) following on from the TV story, ''[[Survival]]''. As the books were geared for an older audience, they included more mature themes including language, violence and sexuality. One book in the "NA" series, ''[[Shakedown]]'' was unique as a novelization of the non-[[BBC]] spin-off production, ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'', but greatly expanded to include the Doctor.


Though not considered part of the main series, the short story collection ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'' includes the first Bernice Summerfield short story, ''[[The Judgement of Solomon]]'' by [[Lawrence Miles]]. Although past [[Virgin Decalogs]] had some direct connection to ''Doctor Who'', by the time ''Decalog 5'' was published Virgin no longer had the rights to publish stories featuring the Doctor; other than the sole Summerfield story, the rest of the stories have no evident connection to either the ''Doctor Who'' or Summerfield continuity.
The series concluded with the [[Eighth Doctor]] novel ''[[The Dying Days]]''. The series ended because, following the broadcast of the 1996 TV movie, [[BBC Books]] took over the license for publishing original Doctor Who fiction, although there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. One immediate change saw the book line change its branding, relegating the Doctor Who logo to the spine and rebranding the series as "The New Adventures". ''The Dying Days'' contained no references to ''Doctor Who'' on the cover at all.
 
After ''The Dying Days'' was published, the books continued with Bernice as the principal character in a new [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|series of novels]] which were officially dubbed "The New Adventures" (with a new NA logo introduced).
 
Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the NA 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.
 
Although the continuity of the NA line was initially ignored by the BBC Books lines, this was eventually relaxed and references to NA and MA adventures began to appear. As for the series' canonicity with televised Doctor Who, that is a question that falls into a grey area, especially given that one NA novel, ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', was later adapted as the television episodes ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' and ''[[The Family of Blood]]''.
 
== Doctor Who: The New Adventures ==


{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Title''' || '''Author''' || '''Featuring''' || '''Published'''
|''#'' || '''Title''' || '''Author''' || '''Doctor''' || '''Companions''' || '''Published'''
|-
| 1 || ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'' || [[John Peel]] || [[Seventh Doctor|7th]] || [[Ace]] || June 1991
|-
| 2 || ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || 7th || Ace || August 1991
|-
| 3 || ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || 7th || Ace || October 1991
|-
| 4 || ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Ace || December 1991
|-
| 5 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || 7th || Ace || February 1992
|-
| 6 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || 7th || Ace || April 1992
|-
| 7 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'' || [[Andrew Hunt]] || 7th || Ace || June 1992
|-
| 8 || ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || 7th || Ace || August 1992
|-
| 9 || ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Ace and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]|| October 1992
|-
| 10 || ''[[Transit]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || 7th || Bernice || December 1992
|-
| 11 || ''[[The Highest Science]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || 7th || Bernice || February 1993
|-
| 12 || ''[[The Pit]]'' || [[Neil Penswick]] || 7th || Bernice || March 1993
|-
| 13 || ''[[Deceit]]'' || [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || April 1993
|-
| 14 || ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] and [[Andy Lane]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || May 1993
|-
| 15 || ''[[White Darkness]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || June 1993
|-
| 16 || ''[[Shadowmind]]'' || [[Christopher Bulis]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || July 1993
|-
| 17 || ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || 7th, [[Muldwych]] || Ace and Bernice || August 1993
|-
| 18 || ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' || [[David Banks]] || 7th || none || September 1993
|-
| 19 || ''[[Blood Heat]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || October 1993
|-
| 20 || ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || November 1993
|-
| 21 || ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || December 1993
|-
| 22 || ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || January 1994
|-
| 23 || ''[[No Future]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || February 1994
|-
| 24 || ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || March 1994
|-
| 25 || ''[[Legacy]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || April 1994
|-
| 26 || ''[[Theatre of War]]'' || [[Justin Richards]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || May 1994
|-
| 27 || ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || June 1994
|-
| 28 || ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || July 1994
|-
| 29 || ''[[Strange England]]'' || [[Simon Messingham]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || August 1994
|-
| 30 || ''[[First Frontier]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || September 1994
|-
| 31 || ''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || October 1994
|-
| 32 || ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'' || [[Daniel O'Mahony]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || November 1994
|-
| 33 || ''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || December 1994
|-
| 34 || ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || January 1995
|-
| 35 || ''[[Set Piece]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || February 1995
|-
| 36 || ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || 7th || Bernice || March 1995
|-
| 37 || ''[[Sanctuary]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || 7th || Bernice || April 1995
|-
| 38 || ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Bernice || May 1995
|-
|-
| 39 || ''[[Original Sin]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || 7th || Bernice, [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]]|| June 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''||[[Paul Cornell]] || [[Wolsey]] || [[1 May (releases)|1 May]], [[1997]]
| 40 || ''[[Sky Pirates!]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || July 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]], [[1997]]
| 41 || ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || August 1995
|-
|-
|'' [[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]''||[[Matthew Jones]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Emile Mars-Smith]] || [[3 July (releases)|3 July]], [[1997]]
| 42 || ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' || [[Paul Leonard]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || September 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || none || [[21 August (releases)|21 August]], [[1997]]
| 43 || ''[[Head Games]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || October 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Down]]''||[[Lawrence Miles]] || [[!X]] || [[2 September (releases)|2 September]], [[1997]]
| 44 || ''[[The Also People]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || November 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Deadfall]]''||[[Gary Russell]] || [[Chris Cwej]] || [[2 October (releases)|2 October]], [[1997]]
| 45 || ''[[Shakedown]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || December 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Ghost Devices]]''||[[Simon Bucher-Jones]] || God, [[Clarence]] || [[3 November (releases)|3 November]], [[1997]]
| 46 || ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || January 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Mean Streets]]''||[[Terrance Dicks]] || [[Chris Cwej]] || [[1 December (releases)|1 December]], [[1997]]
| 47 || ''[[Warchild]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || February 1996
|-
|-
|'' [[Tempest (novel)|Tempest]]''||[[Christopher Bulis]] || none || [[2 January (releases)|2 January]], [[1998]]
| 48 || ''[[Sleepy]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || March 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]''||[[Kate Orman]] || none || [[3 February (releases)|3 February]], [[1998]]
| 49 || ''[[Death and Diplomacy]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || April 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Chris Cwej]], [[Roz Forrester]] || [[2 March (releases)|2 March]], [[1998]]
| 50 || ''[[Happy Endings]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || May 1996
|-
|-
|''[[The Medusa Effect]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 April (releases)|2 April]], [[1998]]
| 51 || ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' || [[Craig Hinton]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || June 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]''||[[Paul Leonard]] & [[Nick Walters]] || none || [[3 May (releases)|3 May]], [[1998]]
| 52 || ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' || [[Lawrence Miles]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || July 1996
|-
|-
|''[[The Sword of Forever]]''||[[Jim Mortimore]] || none || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]], [[1998]]
| 53 || ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || August 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]''||[[Martin Day]] & [[Len Beech]] || none || [[20 August (releases)|20 August]], [[1998]]
| 54 || ''[[The Death of Art]]'' || [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || September 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Beige Planet Mars]]''||[[Lance Parkin]] & [[Mark Clapham]] || none || [[15 October (releases)|15 October]], [[1998]]
| 55 || ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' || [[Russell T Davies]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || October 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Where Angels Fear]]''||[[Rebecca Levene]] & [[Simon Winstone]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 December (releases)|2 December]], [[1998]]
| 56 || ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || May 1997
|-
|-
|''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || [[Jason Kane]] || [[1 February (releases)|1 February]], [[1999]]
| 57 || ''[[Bad Therapy]]'' || [[Matthew Jones]] || 7th || Chris || December 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Dead Romance]]''||[[Lawrence Miles]] || [[Christine Summerfield]], [[Chris Cwej]] || [[1 March (releases)|1 March]], [[1999]]
| 58 || ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || 7th || Chris || January 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Tears of the Oracle]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]], [[1999]]
| 59 || ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Chris || February 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 August (releases)|2 August]], [[1999]]
| 60 || ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || 7th || Chris, Romana,  [[Leela]], Ace, [[K9 Mark I]] and [[K9 Mark II|Mark II]] || March 1997
|-
|-
|''[[The Joy Device]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || none || [[1 October (releases)|1 October]], [[1999]]
| 61 || ''[[The Dying Days]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || [[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || Bernice, [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[UNIT]] || April 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]''||[[Mark Clapham]] & <br />[[Jon de Burgh Miller]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Chris Cwej]],<br /> [[Clarence]], [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 December (releases)|2 December]], [[1999]]
|}
|}


[[fr:Virgin Bernice Summerfield 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 (novel)|Love and War]]''), [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] (debuting in ''[[Original Sin]]'') and [[Wolsey]] the [[cat]] (who debuted in ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'').
* Ace was written out in ''Love and War'' and left the Doctor for three years (in terms of Ace's timestream) before reuniting with him in ''[[Deceit]]''. During that time she changed considerably and turned into what some fans refer to as "Space Bitch Ace". Ace left a second time, permanently, in ''[[Set Piece]]''. Ace's character development and departure were contradicted by later media, which also contradicted each other.
* 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'' - [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] and the [[Cyber-Controller]]
** ''Blood Heat'' - [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s
** ''No Future'' - [[The Monk]] and the [[Vardan]]s
** ''Blood Harvest'' - [[Great Vampire]]s
** ''First Frontier'' - [[The Master]]
** ''Toy Soldiers'' - [[Ogron]]s (cameo only)
** ''Head Games'' - [[Valeyard]] (illusion only)
** ''Shakedown'' - [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan Host]]
** ''GodEngine'' - [[Dalek]]s (cameo only)
** ''The Dying Days'' -[[Ice Warrior]]s
 
=== Adaptations ===
* ''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]'' and ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'' were adapted, without the Doctor, the rights to which character they did not have permission to use at the time, as the first [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series|Bernice Summerfield productions]] from [[Big Finish Productions]].
* An adaptation of ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' appeared in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] of ''Doctor Who''.
* ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' was adapted by Big Finish for [[Love and War (audio story)|an audio drama]] in 2012; this time, the company had full rights to include the Doctor.
 
=== Major Links to the Virgin Missing Adventures ===
* A story strand 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 [[Sontaran]]s in the same month.
* The Missing Adventure ''[[Cold Fusion]]'' featured both the [[Fifth Doctor]] and his companions with the Seventh Doctor and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] and [[Chris Cwej]] from the New Adventures.
 
=== Production Notes ===
* ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' was published out of sequence with the other books because of the delays. In story terms, however, it took place between ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' and ''[[Bad Therapy]]''. The death of a major character in that book was meant to be a surprise, but because of the production delay, that was spoiled, and the prologue started off with the funeral for that character. The delayed publication rendered it the final Doctor Who New Adventures novel to be issued.
 
== See also ==
* [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]]
* [[Time Lord (role playing book)]]
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/guides/merchandise/books/virgin-na/ The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - Virgin Books - The New Adventures]
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The first NA, Timewyrm: Genesys, displaying the initial cover design.

The New Adventures published by Virgin Books were a series of original, full-length Doctor Who novels that continued the adventures of the Seventh Doctor (and, initially, Ace) following on from the TV story, Survival. As the books were geared for an older audience, they included more mature themes including language, violence and sexuality. One book in the "NA" series, Shakedown was unique as a novelization of the non-BBC spin-off production, Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, but greatly expanded to include the Doctor.

The series concluded with the Eighth Doctor novel The Dying Days. The series ended because, following the broadcast of the 1996 TV movie, BBC Books took over the license for publishing original Doctor Who fiction, although there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. One immediate change saw the book line change its branding, relegating the Doctor Who logo to the spine and rebranding the series as "The New Adventures". The Dying Days contained no references to Doctor Who on the cover at all.

After The Dying Days was published, the books continued with Bernice as the principal character in a new series of novels which were officially dubbed "The New Adventures" (with a new NA logo introduced).

Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the NA line: the Decalogs, a series of five short story collections, and the Missing Adventures, chronicling the adventures of the first six Doctors.

Although the continuity of the NA line was initially ignored by the BBC Books lines, this was eventually relaxed and references to NA and MA adventures began to appear. As for the series' canonicity with televised Doctor Who, that is a question that falls into a grey area, especially given that one NA novel, Human Nature, was later adapted as the television episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood.

Doctor Who: The New Adventures

# Title Author Doctor Companions Published
1 Timewyrm: Genesys John Peel 7th Ace June 1991
2 Timewyrm: Exodus Terrance Dicks 7th Ace August 1991
3 Timewyrm: Apocalypse Nigel Robinson 7th Ace October 1991
4 Timewyrm: Revelation Paul Cornell 7th Ace December 1991
5 Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible Marc Platt 7th Ace February 1992
6 Cat's Cradle: Warhead Andrew Cartmel 7th Ace April 1992
7 Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark Andrew Hunt 7th Ace June 1992
8 Nightshade Mark Gatiss 7th Ace August 1992
9 Love and War Paul Cornell 7th Ace and Bernice October 1992
10 Transit Ben Aaronovitch 7th Bernice December 1992
11 The Highest Science Gareth Roberts 7th Bernice February 1993
12 The Pit Neil Penswick 7th Bernice March 1993
13 Deceit Peter Darvill-Evans 7th Ace and Bernice April 1993
14 Lucifer Rising Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane 7th Ace and Bernice May 1993
15 White Darkness David A. McIntee 7th Ace and Bernice June 1993
16 Shadowmind Christopher Bulis 7th Ace and Bernice July 1993
17 Birthright Nigel Robinson 7th, Muldwych Ace and Bernice August 1993
18 Iceberg David Banks 7th none September 1993
19 Blood Heat Jim Mortimore 7th Ace and Bernice October 1993
20 The Dimension Riders Daniel Blythe 7th Ace and Bernice November 1993
21 The Left-Handed Hummingbird Kate Orman 7th Ace and Bernice December 1993
22 Conundrum Steve Lyons 7th Ace and Bernice January 1994
23 No Future Paul Cornell 7th Ace and Bernice February 1994
24 Tragedy Day Gareth Roberts 7th Ace and Bernice March 1994
25 Legacy Gary Russell 7th Ace and Bernice April 1994
26 Theatre of War Justin Richards 7th Ace and Bernice May 1994
27 All-Consuming Fire Andy Lane 7th Ace and Bernice June 1994
28 Blood Harvest Terrance Dicks 7th Ace and Bernice July 1994
29 Strange England Simon Messingham 7th Ace and Bernice August 1994
30 First Frontier David A. McIntee 7th Ace and Bernice September 1994
31 St Anthony's Fire Mark Gatiss 7th Ace and Bernice October 1994
32 Falls the Shadow Daniel O'Mahony 7th Ace and Bernice November 1994
33 Parasite Jim Mortimore 7th Ace and Bernice December 1994
34 Warlock Andrew Cartmel 7th Ace and Bernice January 1995
35 Set Piece Kate Orman 7th Ace and Bernice February 1995
36 Infinite Requiem Daniel Blythe 7th Bernice March 1995
37 Sanctuary David A. McIntee 7th Bernice April 1995
38 Human Nature Paul Cornell 7th Bernice May 1995
39 Original Sin Andy Lane 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz June 1995
40 Sky Pirates! Dave Stone 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz July 1995
41 Zamper Gareth Roberts 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz August 1995
42 Toy Soldiers Paul Leonard 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz September 1995
43 Head Games Steve Lyons 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz October 1995
44 The Also People Ben Aaronovitch 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz November 1995
45 Shakedown Terrance Dicks 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz December 1995
46 Just War Lance Parkin 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz January 1996
47 Warchild Andrew Cartmel 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz February 1996
48 Sleepy Kate Orman 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz March 1996
49 Death and Diplomacy Dave Stone 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz April 1996
50 Happy Endings Paul Cornell 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz May 1996
51 GodEngine Craig Hinton 7th Chris and Roz June 1996
52 Christmas on a Rational Planet Lawrence Miles 7th Chris and Roz July 1996
53 Return of the Living Dad Kate Orman 7th Bernice, Chris and Roz August 1996
54 The Death of Art Simon Bucher-Jones 7th Chris and Roz September 1996
55 Damaged Goods Russell T Davies 7th Chris and Roz October 1996
56 So Vile a Sin Ben Aaronovitch and Kate Orman 7th Chris and Roz May 1997
57 Bad Therapy Matthew Jones 7th Chris December 1996
58 Eternity Weeps Jim Mortimore 7th Chris January 1997
59 The Room With No Doors Kate Orman 7th Chris February 1997
60 Lungbarrow Marc Platt 7th Chris, Romana, Leela, Ace, K9 Mark I and Mark II March 1997
61 The Dying Days Lance Parkin 8th Bernice, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and UNIT April 1997

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 (who debuted in Human Nature).
  • Ace was written out in Love and War and left the Doctor for three years (in terms of Ace's timestream) before reuniting with him in Deceit. During that time she changed considerably and turned into what some fans refer to as "Space Bitch Ace". Ace left a second time, permanently, in Set Piece. Ace's character development and departure were contradicted by later media, which also contradicted each other.
  • 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:

Adaptations

Major Links to the Virgin Missing Adventures

Production Notes

  • So Vile a Sin was published out of sequence with the other books because of the delays. In story terms, however, it took place between Damaged Goods and Bad Therapy. The death of a major character in that book was meant to be a surprise, but because of the production delay, that was spoiled, and the prologue started off with the funeral for that character. The delayed publication rendered it the final Doctor Who New Adventures novel to be issued.

See also

External links

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