BBC New Series Adventures

The BBC New Series Adventures is a banner under which the novels published by BBC Books featuring the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors have been collected since 2005. This line is the successor to BBC Books' earlier Doctor Who fiction lines, the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures.

Ninth Doctor

Launched in mid-2005, the New Series Adventures introduced a new format for Doctor Who fiction - paperback-sized hardcovers with smaller word count than the previous EDA and PDA lines. For a few months the "NSA" line coexisted with the EDA and PDA lines until they were retired at the end of 2005.

With this series of books, BBC Books also established a release pattern it has continued ever since, releasing the books in batches of three at least twice a year. The books are considered standalone and, thus, may be read in any order (at least among a particular set of three).

Unlike past fiction lines, there was some effort to tie the books more closely to television continuity. Notably the first-ever direct reference to a novel occurred in the episode TV: Boom Town, in which Rose Tyler referenced a location she and the Doctor had visited in the novel PROSE: The Monsters Inside. Supporting characters Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler also appeared in PROSE: Winner Takes All.

The novels tended to reflect changes in the cast. The first three books featured the Ninth Doctor travelling with Rose, while the second set feature Rose and Jack Harkness as companions. The first three novels probably take place between TV: World War Three and The Empty Child, and the latter three between The Doctor Dances and Boom Town.

This line of novels continued to be issued following Christopher Eccleston's departure from the series until the end of 2005, after which the series continued, featuring the Tenth Doctor in 2006.

Novels

Title	Author	Audio book narrator	ISBN	Batch	Image
The Clockwise Man	Justin Richards	Glen McCready (CD) Nicholas Briggs (AudioGo)	ISBN 0-563-48628-7	1
The Monsters Inside	Stephen Cole	David Thorpe (CD) Camille Coduri (AudioGo)	ISBN 0-563-48629-5	1
Winner Takes All	Jacqueline Rayner	David Thorpe (CD) Camille Coduri (AudioGo)	ISBN 0-563-48627-9	1
The Deviant Strain	Justin Richards	Stuart Milligan	ISBN 0-563-48637-6	2
Only Human	Gareth Roberts	Anthony Head	ISBN 0-563-48639-2	2
The Stealers of Dreams	Steve Lyons	Camille Coduri	ISBN 0-563-48638-4	2

Cancelled novel

• Rain of Terror by Mike Tucker was originally listed in the second batch of three novels, but was replaced by The Stealers of Dreams without explanation. The story was later released in Alien Adventures, and instead featured the Eleventh Doctor.

Tenth Doctor

With the coming of the Tenth Doctor era, BBC Books continued its New Series Adventures line in 2006, featuring the new incarnation. Again, the books were published more-or-less in connection with a particular cast line-up in the series, with the first six books featuring Rose Tyler, after which Martha Jones was featured in twelve consecutive novels, the most of any companion to date. Donna Noble was then featured in only four books, with most of the books released during her era actually featuring Martha. Wilfred Mott appears in the final novel featuring Donna, PROSE: Beautiful Chaos.

Following the events of TV: Journey's End, the books changed format somewhat. Beginning with PROSE: The Eyeless, published in late 2008, the books featured the Doctor travelling alone, with no ongoing companions (in keeping with the format of the 2008-2010 specials). Also published was PROSE: The Story of Martha, a short story collection that returned Martha Jones to the NSA line for one book. This was the first NSA book to be a direct tie-in with a televised episode (it takes place during the events of TV: The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords). All NSA novels issued during 2009 featured returning alien races and villains from the TV series.

The final three Tenth Doctor novels were published in September 2009.

Two new spin-off lines were introduced during the 2006-2009 period. Quick Reads, an annual series of paperback novellas intended to promote literacy, was launched in 2006 with PROSE: I am a Dalek. This spin-off line featured the return of longtime Doctor Who novelist and scriptwriter Terrance Dicks to the world of Doctor Who fiction. A total of five Tenth Doctor novellas were published in this line, with the last issued in March 2010; the line continued with the Eleventh Doctor.

Also launched during this period, in conjunction with BBC Audio, was a series of original, made-for-audio stories performed by cast members of the series. The first of these, Pest Control, was issued in 2008, . A total of seven Tenth Doctor stories were published until 2010. David Tennant performed most of these, with Catherine Tate reading two and Michelle Ryan performing one. Again, the audios continued after the change of Doctor.

In 2009, the Tenth Doctor was featured in a year-long series of interconnected paperback novellas that formed a series called The Darksmith Legacy; the books tied in with online content. A series of "choose-your-own-adventure"-style novellas called Decide Your Destiny was also released.

All of the Tenth Doctor novels (except for the Quick Reads and Darksmith Legacy series) have been released as audio books. The first three were read by David Tennant. After that, other actors from the series replaced Tennant, who did not reappear as narrator until the made-for-audio stories. The other actors include Freema Agyeman, Georgia Moffett, Anthony Head and Adjoa Andoh. Most of these audio books are abridged, but some of the most recent novels have been released as unabridged audio books that are only available for download.

The Tenth Doctor also appeared in The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, a release in the BBC The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations line. Although the cover art matches the format of the NSA line, the book, published by Penguin Character Books, is not considered part of the New Series Adventures.

Novels

Title	Author	Audio book narrator	ISBN	Image
The Stone Rose	Jacqueline Rayner	David Tennant	ISBN 0-563-48643-0
The Feast of the Drowned	Stephen Cole	David Tennant	ISBN 0-563-48644-9
The Resurrection Casket	Justin Richards	David Tennant	ISBN 0-563-48642-2
The Nightmare of Black Island	Mike Tucker	Anthony Head	ISBN 0-563-48650-3
The Art of Destruction	Stephen Cole	Don Warrington	ISBN 0-563-48651-1
The Price of Paradise	Colin Brake	Shaun Dingwall	ISBN 0-563-48652-X
Sting of the Zygons	Stephen Cole	Reggie Yates	ISBN 1-84607-225-5
The Last Dodo	Jacqueline Rayner	Freema Agyeman	ISBN 1-84607-224-3
Wooden Heart	Martin Day	Adjoa Andoh	ISBN 1-84607-226-3
Forever Autumn	Mark Morris	Will Thorp	ISBN 1-84607-270-0
Sick Building	Paul Magrs	Will Thorp	ISBN 1-84607-269-7
Wetworld	Mark Michalowski	Freema Agyeman	ISBN 1-84607-271-9
Wishing Well	Trevor Baxendale	Debbie Chazen	ISBN 1-84607-348-0
The Pirate Loop	Simon Guerrier	Freema Agyeman	ISBN 1-84607-347-2
Peacemaker	James Swallow	Will Thorp	ISBN 1-84607-349-9
Martha in the Mirror	Justin Richards	Freema Agyeman	ISBN 978-1-84607-349-6
Snowglobe 7	Mike Tucker	Georgia Moffett	ISBN 978-1-84607-421-9
The Many Hands	Dale Smith	David Troughton	ISBN 978-1-84607-422-6
Ghosts of India	Mark Morris	David Troughton	ISBN 978-1-84607-559-9
The Doctor Trap	Simon Messingham	Russell Tovey	ISBN 978-1-84607-558-2
Shining Darkness	Mark Michalowski	Debbie Chazen	ISBN 978-1-84607-557-5
The Story of Martha	Dan Abnett, David Roden, Steve Lockley Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman, Simon Jowett	Freema Agyeman	ISBN 978-1-84607-561-2
Beautiful Chaos	Gary Russell	Bernard Cribbins	ISBN 978-1-84607-563-6
The Eyeless	Lance Parkin	Russell Tovey	ISBN 978-1-84607-562-9
Judgement of the Judoon	Colin Brake	Nicholas Briggs	ISBN 978-1-84607-639-8
The Slitheen Excursion	Simon Guerrier	Debbie Chazen	ISBN 978-1-84607-640-4
Prisoner of the Daleks	Trevor Baxendale	Nicholas Briggs	ISBN 978-1-84607-641-1
The Taking of Chelsea 426	David Llewellyn	Christopher Ryan	ISBN 978-1-84607-758-6
Autonomy	Daniel Blythe	Georgia Moffett	ISBN 978-1-84607-759-3
The Krillitane Storm	Christopher Cooper	Will Thorp	ISBN 978-1-84607-761-6

Decide Your Destiny

Title	Author	ISBN	Image
The Spaceship Graveyard	Colin Brake	ISBN 978-1-4059-0376-9
Alien Arena	Richard Dungworth	ISBN 978-1-4059-0352-3
The Time Crocodile	Colin Brake	ISBN 978-1-4059-0350-9
The Corinthian Project	Davey Moore	ISBN 978-1-4059-0345-5
The Crystal Snare	Richard Dungworth	ISBN 978-1-4059-0381-3	File:DYD 5 The Crystal Snare.jpg
War of the Robots	Trevor Baxendale	ISBN 978-1-4059-0382-0
Dark Planet	Davey Moore	ISBN 978-1-4059-0379-0
The Haunted Wagon Train	Colin Brake	ISBN 978-1-4059-0380-6
Lost Luggage	Colin Brake	ISBN 978-1-4059-0401-8
Second Skin	Richard Dungworth	ISBN 978-1-4059-0402-5
The Dragon King	Trevor Baxendale	ISBN 978-1-4059-0402-5
The Horror of Howling Hill	Jonathan Green	ISBN 978-1-4059-0404-9

The Darksmith Legacy

Title	Author	ISBN	Image
The Dust of Ages	Justin Richards	ISBN 978-1-4059-0513-8
The Graves of Mordane	Colin Brake	ISBN 978-1-4059-0514-5
The Colour of Darkness	Richard Dungworth	ISBN 978-1-4059-0514-2
The Depths of Despair	Justin Richards	ISBN 978-1-4059-0516-9
The Vampire of Paris	Stephen Cole	ISBN 9781 40590 5176
The Game of Death	Trevor Baxendale	ISBN 978-1-4059-0518-3
The Planet of Oblivion	Justin Richards	ISBN 978-1-4059-0519-0
The Pictures of Emptiness	Jacqueline Rayner	ISBN 1-4059-0520-4
The Art of War	Mike Tucker	ISBN 978-1-4059-0521-3
The End of Time	Justin Richards	ISBN 978-1-4059-0522-0

Quick Reads

Title	Author	ISBN	Image
I Am a Dalek	Gareth Roberts	ISBN 0-563-48648-1
Made of Steel	Terrance Dicks	ISBN 978-1-84607-204-8
Revenge of the Judoon	Terrance Dicks	ISBN 1-84607-372-3
The Sontaran Games	Jacqueline Rayner	ISBN 1-84607-643-9
Code of the Krillitanes	Justin Richards	ISBN 978-1-84607-928-3

Audiobooks

Title	Author	Narrator	ISBN	Image
Pest Control	Peter Anghelides	David Tennant	ISBN 978-1-4056-7819-3
The Forever Trap	Dan Abnett	Catherine Tate	ISBN 978-1-4084-0678-6
The Nemonite Invasion	David Roden	Catherine Tate	ISBN 978-1-4084-0679-3
The Rising Night	Scott Handcock	Michelle Ryan	ISBN 978-1-4084-0938-1
The Day of the Troll	Simon Messingham	David Tennant	ISBN 978-1-4084-0939-8
The Last Voyage	Dan Abnett	David Tennant	ISBN 978-1-408-40940-2
Dead Air	James Goss	David Tennant	ISBN 978-1-4084-2680-7

Eleventh Doctor

The New Series Adventures line continued into 2010 with novels featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams. The first set of three were released in April 2010, with more novels released later in the year.

The books had some design changes from past releases to incorporate the new Doctor Who logo introduced for the new era. The most noticeable change is that the books are taller than those published for the Ninth and Tenth Doctors (closer in height to the Torchwood novels). They also no longer include the Gallifreyan numerical symbols on the spines of the NSA books during the Eccleston and Tennant eras.

In October 2010 a special, standalone New Series Adventures release occurred with The Coming of the Terraphiles by noted fantasy author Michael Moorcock. The series resumed in 2011, with the release of three books in April and another three in June. As well as this, a new concept of 2 in 1 books was put into action. The stories in these books were shorter than those in normal books but there were two of them per book, set at some point after Series 5, written by two different authors. They are published in the tête-bêche format.

With 2012 the frequency of regular NSA releases was decreased, with the line focusing more on the standalone hardcover editions, which saw two additional releases, The Silent Stars Go By in 2011 and Dark Horizons in 2012. No "set of three" releases occurred in 2012; the next releases, scheduled for the spring of 2013, will see the format of the novels change to paperback-only releases.

Continuing on from the Tenth Doctor era, BBC Audio/AudioGO have continued to release original-to-audio stories read by various cast members including Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill. The Decide Your Destiny series also continued, as did the Quick Reads novellas after a year's hiatus.

Beginning in 2011, and for the first time since 2005, the NSA line has found itself competing with BBC Books releases featuring past Doctors, beginning with the start of a reprint series featuring Target novelisations, followed by the 2012 publication of the novelisation of Shada and the launch of a new series of standalone hardcover novels featuring past Doctors.

Novels

Title	Author	Audio book narrator	ISBN	Image
Apollo 23	Justin Richards	James Albecht	ISBN 978-1-84607-200-X
Night of the Humans	David Llewellyn	Arthur Darvill	ISBN 978-1-84607-969-1
The Forgotten Army	Brian Minchin	Olivia Colman	ISBN 978-1-84607-987-X
Nuclear Time	Oli Smith	Nicholas Briggs	ISBN 978-1-84607-989-4
The King's Dragon	Una McCormack	Nicholas Briggs	ISBN 978-1-84607-990-0
The Glamour Chase	Gary Russell	Arthur Darvill	ISBN 978-1-84607-988-7	File:Glamour.jpg
The Coming of the Terraphiles	Michael Moorcock	Clive Mantle	ISBN 978-1-84607-983-2
Dead of Winter	James Goss	Clare Corbett	ISBN 978-1-84990-238-0	File:46 - Dead of Winter.jpg
The Way Through the Woods	Una McCormack	Clare Corbett	ISBN 978-1-84990-237-3
Hunter's Moon	Paul Finch	Arthur Darvill	ISBN 978-1-84990-236-6
Touched by an Angel	Jonathan Morris	Clare Corbett	ISBN 978-1-84990-234-2
Paradox Lost	George Mann	Nicholas Briggs	ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
Borrowed Time	Naomi A. Alderman	Meera Syal	ISBN 978-1-84990-233-5
The Silent Stars Go By	Dan Abnett	Michael Maloney	ISBN 978-1-84990-243-4
Dark Horizons	J. T. Colgan	Neve McIntosh	ISBN 978-1-84990-456-8
Plague of the Cybermen	Justin Richards	David Warner	ISBN 978-1-84990-574-9
The Dalek Generation	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	ISBN 978-1-84990-575-6	File:The Dalek Generation.jpg
Shroud of Sorrow	Tommy Donbavand	tba	ISBN 978-1-84990-576-3	File:Shrowd of Sorrow.jpg

2 in 1 Books

Title	Author	Image
Death Riders	Justin Richards
Heart of Stone	Trevor Baxendale
System Wipe	Oli Smith
The Good, the Bad and the Alien	Colin Brake
Alien Adventures	Mike Tucker, Richard Dinnick
Sightseeing in Space	David Bailey, Steve Lyons
Monstrous Missions	Gary Russell, Jonathan Green
Step Back in Time	Richard Dungworth, Jacqueline Rayner

Decide Your Destiny

Title	Author	ISBN	Image
The Coldest War	Colin Brake	ISBN 978-1-4059-0686-9
Claws of the Macra	Trevor Baxendale	ISBN 978-1-4059-0685-2
Judoon Monsoon	Oli Smith	ISBN 978-1-4059-0697-5
Empire of the Wolf	Neil Corry	ISBN 978-1-4059-0715-6

Quick Reads

Title	Author	ISBN	Image
Magic of the Angels	Jacqueline Rayner	ISBN 978-1-84990-286-1
The Silurian Gift	Mike Tucker	ISBN 978-1-84990-558-9	File:Silurian gift.png

Audiobooks

Title	Author	Narrator	ISBN	Image
The Ring of Steel	Stephen Cole	Arthur Darvill	ISBN 978-1-4084-2761-3
The Runaway Train	Oli Smith	Matt Smith	ISBN 978-1-408-42747-8
The Jade Pyramid	Martin Day	Matt Smith	ISBN 978-1-4084-2749-1
The Hounds of Artemis	James Goss	Matt Smith Clare Corbett	ISBN 978-1-4084-2746-0
The Gemini Contagion	Jason Arnopp	Meera Syal	ISBN 978-1-4084-6816-6
The Eye of the Jungle	Darren Jones	David Troughton	ISBN 978-1-4084-6815-9
Blackout	Oli Smith	Stuart Milligan	ISBN 978-1-4084-6878-4
The Art of Death	James Goss	Raquel Cassidy	ISBN 978-1-4084-6881-4
Darkstar Academy	Mark Morris	Alexander Armstrong	ISBN 978-1-4084-6879-1
Day of the Cockroach	Steve Lyons	Arthur Darvill	ISBN 978-1-4084-6880-7
The Nu-Humans	Cavan Scott and Mark Wright	Raquel Cassidy	ISBN 978-1-4458-6762-5
The Empty House	Simon Guerrier	Raquel Cassidy	ISBN 978-1-4084-6882-1
Sleepers in the Dust	Darren Jones	Arthur Darvill	ISBN 978-1-4458-9173-6
Snake Bite	Scott Handcock	Frances Barber	ISBN 978-1-4084-6836-4

Notes

• Although announced for retail release in October 2010, The Runaway Train was released as a special promotion with copies of The Daily Telegraph on 24 April 2010.

External links

• Doctor Who Online - Merchandise Guide - BBC New Series Books
• http://www.timelash.com/tardis/ A database of Doctor Who books, DVDs and Audios