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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 licence 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.
[[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.
The series began in [[May (releases)|May]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]] and ended in [[October (releases)|October]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]. [[Big Finish Productions]] would later obtain the licence 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.
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.


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.
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. [[Steven Moffat]] described the New Adventures books as "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the [[BBC Wales]] television series which started airing years after the final NA book was published. ([[DWM 482]])
 
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 (TV story)|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]] || [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || 7th || Ace || [[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1991
|-
| 3 || ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || 7th || Ace || [[17 October (releases)|17 October]] 1991
|-
| 4 || ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Ace || [[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1991
|-
| 5 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || 7th || Ace || [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || 7th || Ace || [[16 April (releases)|16 April]] 1992
|-
| 7 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'' || [[Andrew Hunt]] || 7th || Ace || [[18 June (releases)|18 June]] 1992
|-
| 8 || ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || 7th || Ace || [[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 1992
|-
| 9 || ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Ace and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]|| [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 1992
|-
| 10 || ''[[Transit]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || 7th || Bernice || [[3 December (releases)|3 December]] 1992
|-
| 11 || ''[[The Highest Science]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || 7th || Bernice || [[18 February (releases)|18 February]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|-
| 12 || ''[[The Pit]]'' || [[Neil Penswick]] || 7th || Bernice || [[18 March (releases)|18 March]] 1993
|-
| 13 || ''[[Deceit]]'' || [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] 1993
|-
| 14 || ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] and [[Andy Lane]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] 1993
|-
| 15 || ''[[White Darkness]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[17 June (releases)|17 June]] 1993
|-
| 16 || ''[[Shadowmind]]'' || [[Christopher Bulis]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[15 July (releases)|15 July]] 1993
|-
| 17 || ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[19 August (releases)|19 August]] 1993
|-
| 18 || ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' || [[David Banks]] || 7th || none || [[16 September (releases)|16 September]] 1993
|-
| 19 || ''[[Blood Heat]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1993
|-
| 20 || ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1993
|-
| 21 || ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1993
|-
| 22 || ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
|-
| 23 || ''[[No Future]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[17 February (releases)|17 February]] 1994
|-
| 24 || ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[17 March (releases)|17 March]] 1994
|-
| 25 || ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[21 April (releases)|21 April]] 1994
|-
| 26 || ''[[Theatre of War]]'' || [[Justin Richards]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] 1994
|-
| 27 || ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[16 June (releases)|16 June]] 1994
|-
| 28 || ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[21 July (releases)|21 July]] 1994
|-
| 29 || ''[[Strange England]]'' || [[Simon Messingham]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] 1994
|-
|-
| 30 || ''[[First Frontier]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] 1994
|-
|-
|''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''||[[Paul Cornell]] || [[Wolsey]] || [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[1997]]
| 31 || ''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 1994
|-
|-
|''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] [[1997]]
| 32 || ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'' || [[Daniel O'Mahony]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] 1994
|-
|-
|'' [[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]''||[[Matthew Jones]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Emile Mars-Smith]] || [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] [[1997]]
| 33 || ''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1994
|-
|-
|''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || none || [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] [[1997]]
| 34 || ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|-
|-
|''[[Down]]''||[[Lawrence Miles]] || [[!X]] || [[2 September (releases)|2 September]] [[1997]]
| 35 || ''[[Set Piece]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Ace and Bernice || [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Deadfall]]''||[[Gary Russell]] || [[Chris Cwej]] || [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] [[1997]]
| 36 || ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || 7th || Bernice || [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Ghost Devices]]''||[[Simon Bucher-Jones]] || God, [[Clarence]] || [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] [[1997]]
| 37 || ''[[Sanctuary]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || 7th || Bernice || [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Mean Streets]]''||[[Terrance Dicks]] || [[Chris Cwej]] || [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] [[1997]]
| 38 || ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Bernice || [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] 1995
|-
|-
|'' [[Tempest (novel)|Tempest]]''||[[Christopher Bulis]] || none || [[2 January (releases)|2 January]] [[1998]]
| 39 || ''[[Original Sin]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || 7th || Bernice, [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]]|| [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]''||[[Kate Orman]] || none || [[3 February (releases)|3 February]] [[1998]]
| 40 || ''[[Sky Pirates!]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Chris Cwej]], [[Roz Forrester]] || [[2 March (releases)|2 March]] [[1998]]
| 41 || ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[17 August (releases)|17 August]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[The Medusa Effect]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] [[1998]]
| 42 || ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' || [[Paul Leonard]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[21 September (releases)|21 September]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]''||[[Paul Leonard]] & [[Nick Walters]] || none || [[3 May (releases)|3 May]] [[1998]]
| 43 || ''[[Head Games]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[The Sword of Forever]]''||[[Jim Mortimore]] || none || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] [[1998]]
| 44 || ''[[The Also People]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]''||[[Martin Day]] & [[Len Beech]] || none || [[20 August (releases)|20 August]] [[1998]]
| 45 || ''[[Shakedown]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] 1995
|-
|-
|''[[Beige Planet Mars]]''||[[Lance Parkin]] & [[Mark Clapham]] || none || [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[1998]]
| 46 || ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
|-
|-
|''[[Where Angels Fear]]''||[[Rebecca Levene]] & [[Simon Winstone]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[1998]]
| 47 || ''[[Warchild]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1996
|-
|-
|''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || [[Jason Kane]] || [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1999]]
| 48 || ''[[Sleepy]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Dead Romance]]''||[[Lawrence Miles]] || [[Christine Summerfield]], [[Chris Cwej]] || [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] [[1999]]
| 49 || ''[[Death and Diplomacy]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Tears of the Oracle]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] [[1999]]
| 50 || ''[[Happy Endings]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[16 May (releases)|16 May]] 1996
|-
|-
|''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] [[1999]]
| 51 || ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' || [[Craig Hinton]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] 1996
|-
|-
|''[[The Joy Device]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || none || [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[1999]]
| 52 || ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' || [[Lawrence Miles]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] 1996
|-
| 53 || ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Bernice, Chris and Roz || [[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1996
|-
| 54 || ''[[The Death of Art]]'' || [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || [[19 September (releases)|19 September]] 1996
|-
| 55 || ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' || [[Russell T Davies]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || [[24 October (releases)|24 October]] 1996
|-
| 56 || ''[[Bad Therapy]]'' || [[Matthew Jones]] || 7th || Chris || [[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1996
|-
| 57 || ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || 7th || Chris || [[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
|-
| 58 || ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Chris || [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] 1997
|-
| 59 || ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || 7th || Chris, [[Romana II]],  [[Leela]], Ace, [[K9 Mark I]] and [[K9 Mark II|Mark II]] || [[20 March (releases)|20 March]] 1997
|-
| 60 || ''[[The Dying Days]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || [[Eighth Doctor|8th]] || Bernice, [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[UNIT]] || [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1997
|-
| 61 || ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Kate Orman]] || 7th || Chris and Roz || [[May]] 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]]
|}
|}


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== 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. 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.
* ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'' has been adapted by Big Finish for [[The Highest Science (audio story)|another audio drama]] for release in late 2014.
 
=== 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.


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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. Steven Moffat described the New Adventures books as "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the BBC Wales television series which started airing years after the final NA book was published. (DWM 482)

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

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