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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.

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 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 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 Image
The Clockwise Man Justin Richards Nicholas Briggs ISBN 0-563-48628-7  
The Monsters Inside Stephen Cole Camille Coduri ISBN 0-563-48629-5  
Winner Takes All Jacqueline Rayner Camille Coduri ISBN 0-563-48627-9  
The Deviant Strain Justin Richards Stuart Milligan ISBN 0-563-48637-6  
Only Human Gareth Roberts Anthony Head ISBN 0-563-48639-2  
The Stealers of Dreams Steve Lyons Camille Coduri ISBN 0-563-48638-4  

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. 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 twelve 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. 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 QR: 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, 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, 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  
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 File:Shining-darkenss.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  
Beautiful Chaos Gary Russell Bernard Cribbins ISBN 978-1-84607-563-6  
The Eyeless Lance Parkin Russell Tovey ISBN 978-1-84607-562-9 File:The Eyless.jpg
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  

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 and Amy Pond. 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 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.

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.

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 TBA ISBN 978-1-84990-456-8
 

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  

Audiobooks

Title Author Narrator ISBN Image
The Ring of Steel Stephen Cole Arthur Darvill ISBN 978-1-4084-2761-3 File:34092 1463348074399 1554413376 1132859 4557396 n.jpg
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 File:17 Darkstar Academy.jpg
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  

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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