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The '''New Adventures''' were a series of original, full-length novels published by [[Virgin Books]]. They continued the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] following on from the TV story, ''[[Survival]]''. As the books were geared for an older audience, they included mature themes, strong language, violence and [[Sexuality|sexual elements]]. One book in the series, ''[[Shakedown]]'', was unique, being a novelisation of the | The '''New Adventures''' were a series of original, full-length novels published by [[Virgin Books]]. They continued the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] following on from the TV story, ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. As the books were geared for an older audience, they included mature themes, strong language, violence and [[Sexuality|sexual elements]]. One book in the series, ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'', was unique, being a novelisation of the [[Reeltime Pictures]] production ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'', greatly expanded to include the Doctor. | ||
Following the broadcast of the [[1996 (releases)|1996]] [[Doctor Who (TV story)|TV movie]], [[BBC Books]] took over the license for publishing original ''Doctor Who'' fiction, but there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. As a result, the book line changed its branding, moving the ''Doctor Who'' logo off the front cover to the spine beginning with the publication of ''[[Bad Therapy (novel)|Bad Therapy]]''. | Following the broadcast of the [[1996 (releases)|1996]] [[Doctor Who (TV story)|TV movie]], [[BBC Books]] took over the license for publishing original ''Doctor Who'' fiction, but there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. As a result, the book line changed its branding, moving the ''Doctor Who'' logo off the front cover to the spine beginning with the publication of ''[[Bad Therapy (novel)|Bad Therapy]]''. | ||
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After ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', which featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]], the books continued with Bernice as the main character (with the exception of ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'' and ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'', both of which centred on other characters). The cover design changed again with ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)|Another Girl, Another Planet]]'', which removed the "New Adventures" identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style. The range concluded with ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' in [[December (releases)|December]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]. | After ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', which featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]], the books continued with Bernice as the main character (with the exception of ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'' and ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'', both of which centred on other characters). The cover design changed again with ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)|Another Girl, Another Planet]]'', which removed the "New Adventures" identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style. The range concluded with ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' in [[December (releases)|December]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]. | ||
Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures 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. | Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures 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. [[Big Finish Productions]] later obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters for their own line of [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series|audios, novels, and short stories]] featuring Summerfield and her supporting cast. | ||
From [[1999 (releases)|1999]] onward, Big Finish adapted several novels for audio by Big Finish, either directly or altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield. In [[2007 (releases)|2007]], the New Adventures novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' was adapted as the television episodes ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' and ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]''. | |||
Although the continuity of the Virgin books were initially ignored by the BBC Books lines, this was eventually relaxed and references to New and Missing Adventures began to appear. In [[DWM 482]], [[Steven Moffat]] described the New Adventures as "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the [[BBC Wales]] television series. | Although the continuity of the Virgin books were initially ignored by the BBC Books lines, this was eventually relaxed and references to New and Missing Adventures began to appear. In [[DWM 482]], [[Steven Moffat]] described the New Adventures as "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the [[BBC Wales]] television series. | ||
== | == The New Adventures == | ||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
!# || Title || Author || Main character || Featuring || Published | !# || Title || Author || Main character || Featuring || Published | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1 || ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'' || [[John Peel]] || [[Seventh Doctor | | 1 || ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'' || [[John Peel]] || [[Seventh Doctor]] || [[Ace]] || [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2 || ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || | | 2 || ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace || [[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1991 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 3 || ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || | | 3 || ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace || [[17 October (releases)|17 October]] 1991 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 4 || ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || | | 4 || ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace || [[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1991 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 5 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || | | 5 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace || [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 6 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || | | 6 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace || [[16 April (releases)|16 April]] 1992 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 7 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'' || [[Andrew Hunt]] || | | 7 || ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'' || [[Andrew Hunt]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace || [[18 June (releases)|18 June]] 1992 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 8 || ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || | | 8 || ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace || [[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 1992 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 9 || ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || | | 9 || ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, | ||
[[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]|| [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 1992 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 10 || ''[[Transit]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || | | 10 || ''[[Transit]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice || [[3 December (releases)|3 December]] 1992 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 11 || ''[[The Highest Science]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || | | 11 || ''[[The Highest Science]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice || [[18 February (releases)|18 February]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 12 || ''[[The Pit]]'' || [[Neil Penswick]] || | | 12 || ''[[The Pit]]'' || [[Neil Penswick]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice || [[18 March (releases)|18 March]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 13 || ''[[Deceit]]'' || [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] || | | 13 || ''[[Deceit]]'' || [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 14 || ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] and [[Andy Lane]] || | | 14 || ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] and [[Andy Lane]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 15 || ''[[White Darkness]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || | | 15 || ''[[White Darkness]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[17 June (releases)|17 June]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 16 || ''[[Shadowmind]]'' || [[Christopher Bulis]] || | | 16 || ''[[Shadowmind]]'' || [[Christopher Bulis]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[15 July (releases)|15 July]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 17 || ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || | | 17 || ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'' || [[Nigel Robinson]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[19 August (releases)|19 August]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 18 || ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' || [[David Banks]] || | | 18 || ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' || [[David Banks]] || Seventh Doctor || none || [[16 September (releases)|16 September]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 19 || ''[[Blood Heat]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || | | 19 || ''[[Blood Heat]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 20 || ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || | | 20 || ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 21 || ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || | | 21 || ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 22 || ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || | | 22 || ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 23 || ''[[No Future]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || | | 23 || ''[[No Future]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[17 February (releases)|17 February]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 24 || ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || | | 24 || ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[17 March (releases)|17 March]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 25 || ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] || | | 25 || ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[21 April (releases)|21 April]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 26 || ''[[Theatre of War]]'' || [[Justin Richards]] || | | 26 || ''[[Theatre of War]]'' || [[Justin Richards]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 27 || ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || | | 27 || ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[16 June (releases)|16 June]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 28 || ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || | | 28 || ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[21 July (releases)|21 July]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 29 || ''[[Strange England]]'' || [[Simon Messingham]] || | | 29 || ''[[Strange England]]'' || [[Simon Messingham]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 30 || ''[[First Frontier]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || | | 30 || ''[[First Frontier]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 31 || ''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || | | 31 || ''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]'' || [[Mark Gatiss]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 32 || ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'' || [[Daniel O'Mahony]] || | | 32 || ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'' || [[Daniel O'Mahony]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 33 || ''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || | | 33 || ''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1994 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 34 || ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || | | 34 || ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 35 || ''[[Set Piece]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || | | 35 || ''[[Set Piece]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || Seventh Doctor || Ace, Bernice || [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 36 || ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || | | 36 || ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' || [[Daniel Blythe]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice || [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 37 || ''[[Sanctuary]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || | | 37 || ''[[Sanctuary]]'' || [[David A. McIntee]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice || [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 38 || ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || | | 38 || ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice || [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 39 || ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || | | 39 || ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'' || [[Andy Lane]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, [[Chris Cwej|Chris]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]]|| [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 40 || ''[[Sky Pirates!]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || | | 40 || ''[[Sky Pirates!]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 41 || ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || | | 41 || ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' || [[Gareth Roberts]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[17 August (releases)|17 August]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 42 || ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' || [[Paul Leonard]] || | | 42 || ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' || [[Paul Leonard]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[21 September (releases)|21 September]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 43 || ''[[Head Games]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || | | 43 || ''[[Head Games]]'' || [[Steve Lyons]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 44 || ''[[The Also People]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || | | 44 || ''[[The Also People]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 45 || ''[[Shakedown]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || | | 45 || ''[[Shakedown]]'' || [[Terrance Dicks]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 46 || ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || | | 46 || ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 47 || ''[[Warchild]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || | | 47 || ''[[Warchild (novel)|Warchild]]'' || [[Andrew Cartmel]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 48 || ''[[Sleepy]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || | | 48 || ''[[Sleepy (novel)|Sleepy]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 49 || ''[[Death and Diplomacy]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || | | 49 || ''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 50 || ''[[Happy Endings]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || | | 50 || ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[16 May (releases)|16 May]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 51 || ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' || [[Craig Hinton]] || | | 51 || ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' || [[Craig Hinton]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris, Roz || [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 52 || ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' || [[Lawrence Miles]] || | | 52 || ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' || [[Lawrence Miles]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris, Roz || [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 53 || ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || | | 53 || ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || Seventh Doctor || Bernice, Chris, Roz || [[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 54 || ''[[The Death of Art]]'' || [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] || | | 54 || ''[[The Death of Art]]'' || [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris, Roz || [[19 September (releases)|19 September]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 55 || ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' || [[Russell T Davies]] || | | 55 || ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' || [[Russell T Davies]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris, Roz || [[24 October (releases)|24 October]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 56 || ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Kate Orman]] || | | 56 || ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' || [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Kate Orman]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris, Roz || [[May]] 1997 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 57 || ''[[Bad Therapy]]'' || [[Matthew Jones]] || | | 57 || ''[[Bad Therapy]]'' || [[Matthew Jones]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris || [[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1996 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 58 || ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || | | 58 || ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' || [[Jim Mortimore]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris || [[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 59 || ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || | | 59 || ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' || [[Kate Orman]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris || [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] 1997 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 60 || ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || | | 60 || ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' || [[Marc Platt]] || Seventh Doctor || Chris, [[Romana II]], [[Leela]], Ace, [[K9]] Marks [[K9 Mark I|I]] and [[K9 Mark II|II]] || [[20 March (releases)|20 March]] 1997 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 61 || ''[[The Dying Days]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || [[Eighth Doctor | | 61 || ''[[The Dying Days]]'' || [[Lance Parkin]] || [[Eighth Doctor]] || Bernice, [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] || [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1997 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 62 || ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || [[Bernice Summerfield]] || [[Wolsey]] || [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] 1997 | | 62 || ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' || [[Paul Cornell]] || [[Bernice Summerfield]] || [[Wolsey]] || [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] 1997 | ||
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| 63 || ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' || [[Justin Richards]] || Bernice Summerfield || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1997 | | 63 || ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' || [[Justin Richards]] || Bernice Summerfield || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1997 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 64 || '' [[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]'' || [[Matthew Jones]] || [[Jason Kane]], [[Emile Mars-Smith]] || [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 1997 | | 64 || '' [[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]'' || [[Matthew Jones]] || Bernice Summerfield || [[Jason Kane]], [[Emile Mars-Smith]] || [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 1997 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 65 || ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || Bernice Summerfield || none || [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] 1997 | | 65 || ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'' || [[Dave Stone]] || Bernice Summerfield || none || [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] 1997 | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 22 June 2017
The New Adventures were a series of original, full-length novels published by Virgin Books. They continued the adventures of the Seventh Doctor following on from the TV story, Survival. As the books were geared for an older audience, they included mature themes, strong language, violence and sexual elements. One book in the series, Shakedown, was unique, being a novelisation of the Reeltime Pictures production Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, greatly expanded to include the Doctor.
Following the broadcast of the 1996 TV movie, BBC Books took over the license for publishing original Doctor Who fiction, but there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. As a result, the book line changed its branding, moving the Doctor Who logo off the front cover to the spine beginning with the publication of Bad Therapy.
After The Dying Days, which featured the Eighth Doctor and Bernice Summerfield, the books continued with Bernice as the main character (with the exception of Deadfall and Dead Romance, both of which centred on other characters). The cover design changed again with Another Girl, Another Planet, which removed the "New Adventures" identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style. The range concluded with Twilight of the Gods in December 1999.
Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures line: the Decalogs, a series of five short story collections, and the Missing Adventures, chronicling the adventures of the first six Doctors. Big Finish Productions later obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters for their own line of audios, novels, and short stories featuring Summerfield and her supporting cast.
From 1999 onward, Big Finish adapted several novels for audio by Big Finish, either directly or altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield. In 2007, the New Adventures novel Human Nature was adapted as the television episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood.
Although the continuity of the Virgin books were initially ignored by the BBC Books lines, this was eventually relaxed and references to New and Missing Adventures began to appear. In DWM 482, Steven Moffat described the New Adventures as "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the BBC Wales television series.
The 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), 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 before reuniting with him in Deceit. During the intervening three years, she changed considerably. Ace left a second time, permanently, in Set Piece. Ace's character development and departure were contradicted by later media.
- 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 - Cybermen and the Cyber-Controller
- Blood Heat - Silurians and Sea Devils
- No Future - The Monk and the Vardans
- Blood Harvest - Great Vampires
- First Frontier - The Master
- Toy Soldiers - Ogrons (cameo only)
- Head Games - Valeyard (illusion only)
- Shakedown - Sontarans and the Rutan Host
- GodEngine - Daleks (cameo only)
- The Dying Days -Ice Warriors
Adaptations
- Birthright and Just War were adapted without the Doctor into two of Big Finish Productions' first Bernice Summerfield audios.
- An adaptation of Human Nature appeared in Series 3 of BBC Wales' Doctor Who.
- Love and War was directly adapted by Big Finish into an audio drama in 2012. This was followed by adaptations of The Highest Science, Damaged Goods, Theatre of War, All-Consuming Fire and Original Sin.
Major links to the Virgin Missing Adventures
- A story strand which 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 Sontarans in the same month.
- The Missing Adventure Cold Fusion featured both the Fifth Doctor and his companions with the Seventh Doctor and Roz and Chris Cwej from the New Adventures.
Production notes
- So Vile a Sin was the final book to be published featuring the Doctor, but it was published out of narrative sequence due to delays preventing its completion. The death of a major character in that book was meant to be a surprise, but because of the production delay this was no longer possible, and the novel was adapted accordingly: its prologue began with the funeral for the character, and the event was made an intrinsic part of the narrative, rather than a shock conclusion.
