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| Listed below are [[story arc]]s that have featured in the [[DWU]]. They are presented in order of story, season or series production, which then lists the story arc present throughout those stories, season or series.
| | '''"Story arc"''' is the term that refers to a common thread in a series of stories, forming an overall "arc" throughout them. This can be a central subject that holds the stories together, such as [[Season 16]] of ''Doctor Who''. It featured a central theme throughout the season: the hunt for the [[Key to Time]]. Each story in this season had a common, on-going thread in it with each story continuing the story arc. |
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| == ''Doctor Who'' ==
| | Throughout the novels published by [[Virgin Publishing]] and [[BBC Books]], each of the main ranges featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Eighth Doctor]] (respectively) had ongoing story arcs. During the [[Virgin New Adventures]]' first four novels, a common thread of a being known as the [[Timewyrm]] flowed throughout the first four novels. This story arc was also created as a marketing vehicle to lure new readers into the series.{{fact}} The second series of novels, which purported to also be a story arc, was only very tenuously linked by its title, ''Cat's Cradle'' and the presence of a silver cat. This was far more a marketing ploy than a defined story arc. |
| === Doctor Who television stories ===
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| ==== ''Classic series'' ====
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| * [[Season 8]] - [[The Master]]
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| * [[Season 12]] - [[Nerva Beacon]]
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| * [[Season 16]] - The [[Key to Time]]
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| * [[Season 18]] - Journey in [[E-Space]]/[[Entropy]]
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| * [[Season 18]]/[[Season 19]] - The Return of [[the Master]]/ New Beginnings
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| * [[Season 20]] - [[Black Guardian|The Black Guardian]]
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| * [[Season 23]] - [[The Trial of a Time Lord]]
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| ==== ''New series'' ====
| | Throughout the Virgin New Adventures there were several story arcs that grouped several novels around ideas that flowed through sets of novels. The novels ''[[Blood Heat]]'', ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'', ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' and ''[[No Future]]'' had a common idea and a central character revealed only in the final novel of the story arc as the individual responsible for events throughout the arc. |
| * [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] - The [[Bad Wolf meme]]
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| * [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]] - The [[Torchwood Institute]]
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| * [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] - [[Harold Saxon]] ("You Are Not Alone")
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| * [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] - The [[Medusa Cascade]], disappearing [[Migrant Bee|bees]], [[stolen planets|lost worlds]], the return of [[Rose Tyler]]
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| * [[2009 Specials]] - [[Tenth Doctor]]'s [[regeneration]] ("He will knock four times")
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| * [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] - [[Cracks in Time]], [[Pandorica|the Pandorica]], [[the Silence]]
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| * [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] - The Silence, [[Kovarian]], [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s death, [[Amy Pond|Amy]]'s [[pregnancy]], [[River Song]]'s identity
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| * [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] - [[The Question]], [[Clara Oswald|The Impossible Girl]], [[Trenzalore]]
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| * [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|Series 8]] - {{Gomez|n=Missy}}, the [[Nethersphere]]
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| === Virgin New Adventures ===
| | When ''Doctor Who'' was revived for television by [[BBC Wales]], [[Russell T Davies]], the show's executive producer and head writer, introduced the first story arc for the new series of ''Doctor Who'', known now as the Bad Wolf arc. It was the defined story arc which appeared throughout the [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|first series]] of the BBC Wales ''Doctor Who''. |
| * ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'', ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'', ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'', ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' — [[Timewyrm]]
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| * ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'', ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'', ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'' — [[Cat's Cradle]] arc
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| * ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'', ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'', ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' and ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'' — [[Alternate universe]] arc
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| * ''[[Sleepy (novel)|Sleepy]]'', ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', ''[[The Death of Art (novel)|The Death of Art]]'', ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'' and ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'' — [[Psychic power|Psi powers]] arc
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| === BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ===
| | The story arc has become a common feature of the new televised ''Doctor Who,'' with each series revealing its own unique story arc carried throughout each series. |
| * ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'', ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'', ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' - Time Lords' future war with [[The Enemy]]
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| * ''[[Longest Day (novel)|Longest Day]]'', ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]'', ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'' - Looking for [[Sam Jones|Sam]]
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| * ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'', ''[[The Burning (novel)|The Burning]]'', ''[[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]'', ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'', ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'', ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'', ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'' - Lost memory and second exile in Earth.
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| === Big Finish Adventures ===
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| * ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'', ''[[Scherzo (audio story)|Scherzo]]'', ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]'', ''[[The Natural History of Fear (audio story)|The Natural History of Fear]]'', ''[[The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)|The Twilight Kingdom]]'', ''[[Faith Stealer (audio story)|Faith Stealer]]'', ''[[The Last (audio story)|The Last]]'', ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]'', ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'' - [[Divergent Universe]] arc
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| * ''[[Patient Zero (audio story)|Patient Zero]]'', ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)|Blue Forgotten Planet]]'', ''[[Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)|Mission of the Viyrans]]'', ''[[Urban Myths (audio story)|Urban Myths]]'', ''[[Urgent Calls (audio story)|Urgent Calls]]'', ''[[I.D. (audio story)|I.D.]]'', ''[[The Wishing Beast (audio story)|The Wishing Beast]]'', ''[[The Vanity Box (audio story)|The Vanity Box]]'' - Virus Strain arc
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| === The New Eighth Doctor Adventures ===
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| * ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Human Resources (audio story)|Human Resources]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Cosmos (audio story)|Grand Theft Cosmos]]'', ''[[Worldwide Web (audio story)|Worldwide Web]]'' — [[Headhunter]] saga
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| * ''[[Situation Vacant (audio story)|Situation Vacant]]'', ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]'', ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'', ''[[The Resurrection of Mars (audio story)|The Resurrection of Mars]]'', ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'', ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'' - The revenge of [[the Monk]].
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| === ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic strips ===
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| * ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]'', ''[[Polly the Glot (comic story)|Polly the Glot]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time Lord (comic story)|Once Upon a Time Lord]]'' - Task for [[Voyager]]
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| * ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'', ''[[Fire and Brimstone (comic story)|Fire and Brimstone]]'', ''[[The Final Chapter (comic story)|The Final Chapter]]'', ''[[Wormwood (comic story)|Wormwood]]'' - Fight against [[Threshold]]
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| * ''[[The Fallen]]'', ''[[The Road to Hell]]'', ''[[The Company of Thieves]]'', ''[[The Glorious Dead]]'' - Fight for [[The Glory]].
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| == Bernice Summerfield ==
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| === Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures ===
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| * ''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]'', ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)|The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'', ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'', ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet (novel)|Return to the Fractured Planet]]'', ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' - [[Dellah]]an gods arc
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| === Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series ===
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| == Torchwood ==
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| === Torchwood television stories ===
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| * [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Series 2]] — The resurrection of [[Owen Harper]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]'s past, [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]]
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| * [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3]] — [[Child]]ren being controlled by [[the 456]]
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| * [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]] — [[Miracle Day]]
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| == Trilogies ==
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| Similar to the "Story Arcs" but consisting of 3 stories, some in books, some in episodes and others in "Audio stories".
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| === In books ===
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| * ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'', ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'', ''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|Instruments of Darkness]]'' — [[C19]] trilogy
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| === In audio play ===
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| * ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'', ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'', ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'': Cybermen trilogy.
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| * ''[[The Judgement of Isskar (audio story)|The Judgement of Isskar]]'', ''[[The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)|The Destroyer of Delights]]'', ''[[The Chaos Pool (audio story)|The Chaos Pool]]'': The Key 2 Time trilogy
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| * ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'', ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'', ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'': The Forge
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| * ''[[City of Spires (audio story)|City of Spires]]'', ''[[The Wreck of the Titan (audio story)|The Wreck of the Titan]]'', ''[[Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)|Legend of the Cybermen]]'': The [[Land of Fiction]]
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| * ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'', ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'', ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'': The Black TARDIS
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| * The Burning Prince, The Acheron Pulse, The Shadow Heart
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| === In TV series ===
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| * ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'': The [[Face of Boe]]
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| * ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'': The [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War|Dalek Civil War]] trilogy
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"Story arc" is the term that refers to a common thread in a series of stories, forming an overall "arc" throughout them. This can be a central subject that holds the stories together, such as Season 16 of Doctor Who. It featured a central theme throughout the season: the hunt for the Key to Time. Each story in this season had a common, on-going thread in it with each story continuing the story arc.
Throughout the novels published by Virgin Publishing and BBC Books, each of the main ranges featuring the Seventh Doctor and Eighth Doctor (respectively) had ongoing story arcs. During the Virgin New Adventures' first four novels, a common thread of a being known as the Timewyrm flowed throughout the first four novels. This story arc was also created as a marketing vehicle to lure new readers into the series.[source needed] The second series of novels, which purported to also be a story arc, was only very tenuously linked by its title, Cat's Cradle and the presence of a silver cat. This was far more a marketing ploy than a defined story arc.
Throughout the Virgin New Adventures there were several story arcs that grouped several novels around ideas that flowed through sets of novels. The novels Blood Heat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum and No Future had a common idea and a central character revealed only in the final novel of the story arc as the individual responsible for events throughout the arc.
When Doctor Who was revived for television by BBC Wales, Russell T Davies, the show's executive producer and head writer, introduced the first story arc for the new series of Doctor Who, known now as the Bad Wolf arc. It was the defined story arc which appeared throughout the first series of the BBC Wales Doctor Who.
The story arc has become a common feature of the new televised Doctor Who, with each series revealing its own unique story arc carried throughout each series.
