BBC New Series Adventures

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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 Clockwise Man cover.jpg
The Monsters Inside Stephen Cole David Thorpe (CD)
Camille Coduri (AudioGo)
ISBN 0-563-48629-5 1 The Monsters Inside cover.jpg
Winner Takes All Jacqueline Rayner David Thorpe (CD)
Camille Coduri (AudioGo)
ISBN 0-563-48627-9 1 Winnertakesall cover.jpg
The Deviant Strain Justin Richards Stuart Milligan ISBN 0-563-48637-6 2 Deviantstrain cover.jpg
Only Human Gareth Roberts Anthony Head ISBN 0-563-48639-2 2 Onlyhuman.jpg
The Stealers of Dreams Steve Lyons Camille Coduri ISBN 0-563-48638-4 2 Stealersofdreams cover.jpg

Cancelled novel

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

Decide Your Destiny

Title Author ISBN Image
The Spaceship Graveyard Colin Brake ISBN 978-1-4059-0376-9 DYD 1 The Spaceship Graveyard.jpg
Alien Arena Richard Dungworth ISBN 978-1-4059-0352-3 Destiny 2.jpg
The Time Crocodile Colin Brake ISBN 978-1-4059-0350-9 Destiny 3.jpg
The Corinthian Project Davey Moore ISBN 978-1-4059-0345-5 Destiny 4.jpg
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 DYD 6 War of the Robots.jpg
Dark Planet Davey Moore ISBN 978-1-4059-0379-0 DYD 7 Dark Planet.jpg
The Haunted Wagon Train Colin Brake ISBN 978-1-4059-0380-6 DYD 8 The Haunted Wagon Train.jpg
Lost Luggage Colin Brake ISBN 978-1-4059-0401-8 DYD 9 Lost Luggage.jpg
Second Skin Richard Dungworth ISBN 978-1-4059-0402-5 DYD 10 Second Skin.jpg
The Dragon King Trevor Baxendale ISBN 978-1-4059-0402-5 DYD 11 Dragon King.jpg
The Horror of Howling Hill Jonathan Green ISBN 978-1-4059-0404-9 DYD 12 The Horror of Howling Hill.jpg

The Darksmith Legacy

Title Author ISBN Image
The Dust of Ages Justin Richards ISBN 978-1-4059-0513-8 DL1DustofAges.jpg
The Graves of Mordane Colin Brake ISBN 978-1-4059-0514-5 DS2GravesofMordane.jpg
The Colour of Darkness Richard Dungworth ISBN 978-1-4059-0514-2 DL3ColourofDarkness.jpg
The Depths of Despair Justin Richards ISBN 978-1-4059-0516-9 DWDL4 Depths of Despair.jpg
The Vampire of Paris Stephen Cole ISBN 9781 40590 5176 DWDL5 Vampire of Paris.jpg
The Game of Death Trevor Baxendale ISBN 978-1-4059-0518-3 DWDL6 Game of Death.jpg
The Planet of Oblivion Justin Richards ISBN 978-1-4059-0519-0 DWDL7 Planet of Oblivion.jpg
The Pictures of Emptiness Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 1-4059-0520-4 The Pictures of Emptiness.jpg
The Art of War Mike Tucker ISBN 978-1-4059-0521-3 The art of war.jpg
The End of Time Justin Richards ISBN 978-1-4059-0522-0 DLWP10a.jpg

Quick Reads

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

Audiobooks

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

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 Apollo 23.jpg
Night of the Humans David Llewellyn Arthur Darvill ISBN 978-1-84607-969-1 Image Night of the Humans.jpg
The Forgotten Army Brian Minchin Olivia Colman ISBN 978-1-84607-987-X The Forgotten Army.jpg
Nuclear Time Oli Smith Nicholas Briggs ISBN 978-1-84607-989-4 Nuclear.jpg
The King's Dragon Una McCormack Nicholas Briggs ISBN 978-1-84607-990-0 KingsDragon.jpg
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 The Coming of the Terraphiles.jpg
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 45 - The Way Through The Woods.jpg
Hunter's Moon Paul Finch Arthur Darvill ISBN 978-1-84990-236-6 44 - Hunter's Moon.jpg
Touched by an Angel Jonathan Morris Clare Corbett ISBN 978-1-84990-234-2
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Paradox Lost George Mann Nicholas Briggs ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
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Borrowed Time Naomi A. Alderman Meera Syal ISBN 978-1-84990-233-5
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The Silent Stars Go By Dan Abnett Michael Maloney ISBN 978-1-84990-243-4
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Dark Horizons J. T. Colgan Neve McIntosh ISBN 978-1-84990-456-8
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Plague of the Cybermen Justin Richards David Warner ISBN 978-1-84990-574-9
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The Dalek Generation Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs ISBN 978-1-84990-575-6
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Shroud of Sorrow Tommy Donbavand Frances Barber ISBN 978-1-84990-576-3
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2 in 1 Books

Title Author Image
Death Riders Justin Richards Death Riders.JPG
Heart of Stone Trevor Baxendale Heart of Stone.JPG
System Wipe Oli Smith System Wipe.JPG
The Good, the Bad and the Alien Colin Brake The Good, the Bad and the Alien.JPG
Alien Adventures Mike Tucker, Richard Dinnick 3 Alien Adventures.jpg
Sightseeing in Space David Bailey, Steve Lyons 4 Sightseeing In Space.jpg
Monstrous Missions Gary Russell, Jonathan Green 5 Monstrous Missions.jpg
Step Back in Time Richard Dungworth, Jacqueline Rayner 6 Step Back In Time.jpg

Decide Your Destiny

Title Author ISBN Image
The Coldest War Colin Brake ISBN 978-1-4059-0686-9 The Coldest War.jpg
Claws of the Macra Trevor Baxendale ISBN 978-1-4059-0685-2 Destiny 14.png
Judoon Monsoon Oli Smith ISBN 978-1-4059-0697-5 Judoon Monsoon.png
Empire of the Wolf Neil Corry ISBN 978-1-4059-0715-6 Empire of the Wolf.png

Quick Reads

Title Author ISBN Image
Magic of the Angels[1] Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 978-1-84990-286-1
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The Silurian Gift Mike Tucker ISBN 978-1-84990-558-9
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Audiobooks

Title Author Narrator ISBN Image
The Ring of Steel Stephen Cole Arthur Darvill ISBN 978-1-4084-2761-3 Ring of Steel.jpg
The Runaway Train Oli Smith Matt Smith ISBN 978-1-408-42747-8
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The Jade Pyramid Martin Day Matt Smith ISBN 978-1-4084-2749-1
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The Hounds of Artemis James Goss Matt Smith
Clare Corbett
ISBN 978-1-4084-2746-0
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The Gemini Contagion Jason Arnopp Meera Syal ISBN 978-1-4084-6816-6 51a5nI5cLZL. SL500 AA300 .jpg
The Eye of the Jungle Darren Jones David Troughton ISBN 978-1-4084-6815-9 The Eye of the Jungle.jpg
Blackout Oli Smith Stuart Milligan ISBN 978-1-4084-6878-4 15 Blackout.jpg
The Art of Death James Goss Raquel Cassidy ISBN 978-1-4084-6881-4 16 The Art of Death.jpg
Darkstar Academy Mark Morris Alexander Armstrong ISBN 978-1-4084-6879-1 Darkstar Academy.jpg
Day of the Cockroach Steve Lyons Arthur Darvill ISBN 978-1-4084-6880-7 Day of the Cockroach.jpg
The Nu-Humans Cavan Scott and Mark Wright Raquel Cassidy ISBN 978-1-4458-6762-5 The Nu Humans.jpg
The Empty House Simon Guerrier Raquel Cassidy ISBN 978-1-4084-6882-1 The Empty House.jpg
Sleepers in the Dust Darren Jones Arthur Darvill ISBN 978-1-4458-9173-6 Sleepersdust.jpg
Snake Bite Scott Handcock Frances Barber ISBN 978-1-4084-6836-4 Snake Bite.jpg

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.

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