The BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures was a series of original paperback novels published by BBC Books from June 1997 to June 2005, taking over the literary Doctor Who franchise from the Virgin New Adventures line. The first BBC Book release was in fact Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film, a novelisation of the 1996 telefilm, but this is not considered part of the EDA series, which launched with a novel featuring all eight incarnations of the Doctor.
Initially, the novels were not linked to the previous Virgin New Adventures series of books (which had included one Eighth Doctor novel), but as the series progressed and more writers from the Virgin line came over to write for the EDA series, the barriers began to come down and numerous books contain characters and references to events in the Virgin series.
The EDA novels were marked by complex and lengthy story arcs, some lasting over many books, particularly a series of stories relating to a great Time War. A time war is also a major part of the backstory of the revived television series, but the production team have generally stated that their Time War is considered a separate (or possibly follow up) event to the one featured in the EDA novels.
After the launch of the EDA line, BBC Books launched two spin-off series of books, the BBC Past Doctor Adventures line, and the Short Trips short story collections.
Although the final EDA release was The Gallifrey Chronicles published in June 2005, the following September one final Eighth Doctor novel, Fear Itself, was published, but under the Past Doctor Adventures line, recognizing the coming of the Ninth Doctor to television.
The more than 70 novels published in the EDA makes it the longest-running series of novels of any incarnation of the Doctor to date.
In 2005 BBC Books retired both its EDA and PDA lines, preferring to focus its publishing efforts on novels based upon the revived TV series. Although there was speculation that the Eighth Doctor's adventures might continue in a revived PDA line of books, as of late 2009 this has not occurred. The literary adventures of the Eighth Doctor continued in the Short Trips short story anthologies published by Big Finish (many of which were written by veterans of the EDA and PDA ranges), until that series was also retired in the spring of 2009.
List of Eighth Doctor Adventures
| Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Published
|
| The Eight Doctors |
Terrance Dicks |
Sam Jones, First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Zoe Heriot, Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton, Fourth Doctor, Romana II, Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, Vislor Turlough, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor |
June 1997
|
| Vampire Science |
Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum |
Sam Jones |
July 1997
|
| The Bodysnatchers |
Mark Morris |
Sam |
August 1997
|
| Genocide |
Paul Leonard |
Sam, Jo Grant, UNIT (Sergeant Benton) |
September 1997
|
| War of the Daleks |
John Peel |
Sam |
October 1997
|
| Alien Bodies |
Lawrence Miles |
Sam |
November 1997
|
| Kursaal |
Peter Anghelides |
Sam |
January 1998
|
| Option Lock |
Justin Richards |
Sam |
February 1998
|
| Longest Day |
Michael Collier |
Sam |
March 1998
|
| Legacy of the Daleks |
John Peel |
Susan Foreman |
April 1998
|
| Dreamstone Moon |
Paul Leonard |
Sam |
May 1998
|
| Seeing I |
Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum |
Sam |
June 1998
|
| Placebo Effect |
Gary Russell |
Sam, Stacy Townsend, Ssard |
July 1998
|
| Vanderdeken's Children |
Christopher Bulis |
Sam |
August 1998
|
| The Scarlet Empress |
Paul Magrs |
Sam |
September 1998
|
| The Janus Conjunction |
Trevor Baxendale |
Sam |
October 1998
|
| Beltempest |
Jim Mortimore |
Sam |
November 1998
|
| The Face-Eater |
Simon Messingham |
Sam |
January 1999
|
| The Taint |
Michael Collier |
Sam, Fitz |
February 1999
|
| Demontage |
Justin Richards |
Sam, Fitz |
March 1999
|
| Revolution Man |
Paul Leonard |
Sam, Fitz |
April 1999
|
| Dominion |
Nick Walters |
Sam, Fitz |
May 1999
|
| Unnatural History |
Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum |
Sam, Fitz |
June 1999
|
| Autumn Mist |
David A. McIntee |
Sam, Fitz |
July 1999
|
| Interference: Book One (Shock Tactic) |
Lawrence Miles |
Sam, Fitz, Compassion; Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith |
August 1999
|
| Interference: Book Two (The Hour of the Geek) |
Lawrence Miles |
Sam, Fitz, Compassion; Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith |
August 1999
|
| The Blue Angel |
Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad |
Fitz, Compassion |
September 1999
|
| The Taking of Planet 5 |
Simon Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham |
Fitz, Compassion |
October 1999
|
| Frontier Worlds |
Peter Anghelides |
Fitz, Compassion |
November 1999
|
| Parallel 59 |
Stephen Cole and Natalie Dallaire |
Fitz, Compassion |
January 2000
|
| The Shadows of Avalon |
Paul Cornell |
Fitz, Compassion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Romana III |
February 2000
|
| The Fall of Yquatine |
Nick Walters |
Fitz, Compassion |
March 2000
|
| Coldheart |
Trevor Baxendale |
Fitz, Compassion |
April 2000
|
| The Space Age |
Steve Lyons |
Fitz, Compassion |
May 2000
|
| The Banquo Legacy |
Andy Lane and Justin Richards |
Fitz, Compassion |
June 2000
|
| The Ancestor Cell |
Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole |
Fitz, Compassion, Romana III |
July 2000
|
| The Burning |
Justin Richards |
none |
August 2000
|
| Casualties of War |
Steve Emmerson |
none |
September 2000
|
| The Turing Test |
Paul Leonard |
none |
October 2000
|
| Endgame |
Terrance Dicks |
none |
November 2000
|
| Father Time |
Lance Parkin |
Miranda Dawkins |
January 2001
|
| Escape Velocity |
Colin Brake |
Fitz, Anji Kapoor |
February 2001
|
| EarthWorld |
Jacqueline Rayner |
Fitz, Anji |
March 2001
|
| Vanishing Point |
Stephen Cole |
Fitz, Anji |
April 2001
|
| Eater of Wasps |
Trevor Baxendale |
Fitz, Anji |
May 2001
|
| The Year of Intelligent Tigers |
Kate Orman |
Fitz, Anji |
June 2001
|
| The Slow Empire |
Dave Stone |
Fitz, Anji |
July 2001
|
| Dark Progeny |
Steve Emmerson |
Fitz, Anji |
August 2001
|
| The City of the Dead |
Lloyd Rose |
Fitz, Anji |
September 2001
|
| Grimm Reality |
Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale |
Fitz, Anji |
October 2001
|
| The Adventuress of Henrietta Street |
Lawrence Miles |
Fitz, Anji |
November 2001
|
| Mad Dogs and Englishmen |
Paul Magrs |
Fitz, Anji |
January 2002
|
| Hope |
Mark Clapham |
Fitz, Anji |
February 2002
|
| Anachrophobia |
Jonathan Morris |
Fitz, Anji |
March 2002
|
| Trading Futures |
Lance Parkin |
Fitz, Anji |
April 2002
|
| The Book of the Still |
Paul Ebbs |
Fitz, Anji |
May 2002
|
| The Crooked World |
Steve Lyons |
Fitz, Anji |
June 2002
|
| History 101 |
Mags L. Halliday |
Fitz, Anji |
July 2002
|
| Camera Obscura |
Lloyd Rose |
Fitz, Anji |
August 2002
|
| Time Zero |
Justin Richards |
Fitz, Anji, Trix |
September 2002
|
| The Infinity Race |
Simon Messingham |
Fitz, Anji |
November 2002
|
| The Domino Effect |
David Bishop |
Fitz, Anji, |
February 2003
|
| Reckless Engineering |
Nick Walters |
Fitz, Anji, Trix |
April 2003
|
| The Last Resort |
Paul Leonard |
Fitz, Anji, Trix |
June 2003
|
| Timeless |
Stephen Cole |
Fitz, Anji, Trix |
August 2003
|
| Emotional Chemistry |
Simon A. Forward |
Fitz, Trix |
October 2003
|
| Sometime Never... |
Justin Richards |
Fitz, Trix, Miranda |
January 2004
|
| Halflife |
Mark Michalowski |
Fitz, Trix |
April 2004
|
| The Tomorrow Windows |
Jonathan Morris |
Fitz, Trix |
June 2004
|
| The Sleep of Reason |
Martin Day |
Fitz, Trix |
August 2004
|
| The Deadstone Memorial |
Trevor Baxendale |
Fitz, Trix |
October 2004
|
| To the Slaughter |
Stephen Cole |
Fitz, Trix |
January 2005
|
| The Gallifrey Chronicles |
Lance Parkin |
Fitz, Trix |
June 2005
|
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