BBC New Series Adventures

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The BBC New Series Adventures is a banner under which the series of 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' prior Doctor Who fiction lines, the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures.

Behind the chapter numbers in the books are symbols similar to the "Gallifreyan writing" seen in the series. The same symbols appear on the spines, and are referred to as Gallifreyan numbers by fans. The recurring patterns in the symbols suggest that Time Lords count in base seven, although a recurring error means that the symbol for 13 is accidentally replaced by the symbol for 11 every time it should appear. This system is not continuing beyond the Tenth Doctor novels.

To date, all NSA releases have utilized photographs of the lead actors as part of the cover design, returning to a practice last used by Target Books during the Peter Davison era.

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 of 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 into television continuity, most notably the first-ever direct reference to a novel occurring in the episode DW: Boom Town, in which Rose Tyler referenced a location she and the Doctor had visited in the novel NSA: The Monsters Inside. Supporting characters Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler also appeared in NSA: 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 of three feature Rose and Jack Harkness as companions. The first three novels probably take place between DW: World War Three and The Empty Child, and the latter three (which feature Captain Jack) 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 ISBN Image
The Clockwise Man Justin Richards ISBN 0-563-48628-7 The Clockwise Man cover.jpg
The Monsters Inside Stephen Cole ISBN 0-563-48629-5 The Monsters Inside cover.jpg
Winner Takes All Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 0-563-48627-9 Winnertakesall cover.jpg
The Deviant Strain Justin Richards ISBN 0-563-48637-6 Deviantstrain cover.jpg
Only Human Gareth Roberts ISBN 0-563-48639-2 Onlyhuman.jpg
The Stealers of Dreams Steve Lyons ISBN 0-563-48638-4 Stealersofdreams cover.jpg

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. As of 2010 this novel remains unreleased.

Tenth Doctor

With the coming of the Tenth Doctor era, BBC Books continued its New Series Adventures line in 2006 featuring the new incarnation. Once 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 12 consecutive novels, the most of any companion to date. Donna Noble was then featured in only four books. Wilfred Mott appears in the final novel featuring Donna, NSA: Beautiful Chaos.

Following the events of DW: Journey's End, the books changed format somewhat, and beginning with NSA: The Eyeless, published in late 2008, the books featured the Doctor travelling alone, with no ongoing companions. Also published was NSA: The Story of Martha, a short story collection that returned Martha Jones to the NSA line for one book, and was the first NSA book to be a direct tie-in with a televised episode (it takes place during the events of DW: 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 NSA: 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 have been published in this line, with the last scheduled to be issued in March 2010.

Also launched during this period, in conjunction with BBC Audio, were 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, and a total of seven Tenth Doctor stories were published in this form into 2010. David Tennant has performed most of these, with Catherine Tate and Michelle Ryan also performing some.

All of the Tenth Doctor novels (except for the Quick Reads 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, however 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 978-1-8460-7349-6 Martha in the Mirror.jpg
Snowglobe 7 Mike Tucker Georgia Moffett ISBN 978-1-846-07421-9 Snowglobe 7.jpg
The Many Hands Dale Smith David Troughton ISBN 978-1-846-07422-6 The Many Hands.jpg
Ghosts of India Mark Morris David Troughton ISBN 978-1846075599 Ghosts-of-india.jpg
The Doctor Trap Simon Messingham Russell Tovey ISBN 978-1846075582 Doctor-trap.jpg
Shining Darkness Mark Michalowski Debbie Chazen ISBN 978-1846075575 File:Shining-darkenss.jpg
Beautiful Chaos Gary Russell Bernard Cribbins ISBN 978-1846075636 Beautiful chaos.jpg
The Eyeless Lance Parkin Russell Tovey ISBN 978-1846075629 File:The Eyless.jpg
The Story of Martha Dan Abnett, David Roden, Steve Lockley
Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman, Simon Jowett
Freema Agyeman ISBN 978-1846075612 Story of Martha.JPG
Judgement of the Judoon Colin Brake Nicholas Briggs ISBN 978-1846076398 Judgement of judoon.jpg
The Slitheen Excursion Simon Guerrier Debbie Chazen ISBN 978-1846076404 Slitheen excursion.jpg
Prisoner of the Daleks Trevor Baxendale Nicholas Briggs ISBN 978-1846076411 Prisoner of the Daleks.jpg
The Taking of Chelsea 426 David Llewellyn Christopher Ryan ISBN 978-1846077586 File:Chelsea 426.jpg
The Krillitane Storm Christopher Cooper Will Thorp ISBN 978-1846077616 File:Krillitaine Storm.jpg
Autonomy Daniel Blythe Georgia Moffett ISBN 978-1846077593 File:Autonomy.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 978-1-846-07204-8 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 Sontaran Games.jpg
Code of the Krillitanes Justin Richards ISBN 978-1-846-07928-3 Books-codekrillitains.jpg

Audio Books

Title Author Narrator ISBN Image
Pest Control Peter Anghelides David Tennant ISBN 978-1-405-67819-3 PestControl.jpg
The Forever Trap Dan Abnett Catherine Tate ISBN 978-1-408-40678-6 ForeverTrap.jpg
The Nemonite Invasion David Roden Catherine Tate ISBN 978-1-408-40679-3
Nemonitecover.jpg
The Rising Night Scott Handcock Michelle Ryan ISBN 978-1408409381 RisingNight.jpg
The Day of the Troll Simon Messingham David Tennant ISBN 978-1408409398 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 978-1408426807 Dead Air.jpg

Eleventh Doctor

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

The books had some design changes from past releases to incorporate the new Doctor Who logo that has been 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 that had appeared on the spine of the NSA books during the Eccleston and Tennant eras.

Three audio-exclusive stories have also been announced for release as of March 2010. Also as of March 2010 it has not been announced whether the Quick Reads line will continue; as the 2010 release is a Tenth Doctor story, the earliest an Eleventh Doctor Quick Reads is expected to appear is in 2011.

Novels

Title Author Audio book narrator ISBN Image
Apollo 23 Justin Richards James Albecht 978-1-84607-200-X Apollo 23.jpg
Night of the Humans David Llewellyn Arthur Darvill 978-1-84607-969-1 Image Night of the Humans.jpg
The Forgotten Army Brian Minchin Olivia Colman 978-1-84607-987-X The Forgotten Army.jpg
The Glamour Chase Gary Russell TBC Announced July 2010 File:Glamour.jpg
Nuclear Time Oli Smith TBC 978-1-846-07989-4 Nuclear.jpg
The King's Dragon Una McCormack TBC 978-1-846-07990-0 KingsDragon.jpg

Audio Books

Title Author Narrator ISBN Image
The Hounds of Artemis James Goss Matt Smith
Karen Gillan
ISBN 978-1-408-42746-0
Announced April 2011
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The Runaway Train Oli Smith Matt Smith ISBN 978-1-408-42747-8
October 2010
Runaway.jpg
The Ring of Steel Stephen Cole Arthur Darvill ISBN 978-1-408-4084-6751-0 File:34092 1463348074399 1554413376 1132859 4557396 n.jpg
The Jade Pyramid[1] Martin Day Matt Smith ISBN 978-1408427491
announced January 2011
Jade.jpg
The Gemini Contagion Jason Arnopp TBC ISBN 978-1-408-46816-6

Notes

  • Although announced for retail release in February 2011, The Runaway Train was released as a special promotion with copies of The Daily Telegraph on 24 April 2010.

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