The Telos Doctor Who novellas were a series of shorter Doctor Who adventures published by Telos Publishing between 2001 and 2004. The series was licensed by the BBC, even though BBC Books was at the time also publishing two lines of Doctor Who fiction: the Eighth Doctor Adventures and the Past Doctor Adventures.
Each novella was published in two formats: standard hardback and deluxe hardback. The BBC's licence specifically allowed only hardback releases, although following further negotiations two of the novellas were reprinted in trade paperback (as opposed to the standard paperback format used by BBC Books). Deluxe editions were also published, were often autographed by the author and/or an actor from the TV series; the deluxe edition of Nightdreamers was signed by the author, the illustrator, and actress Katy Manning, who wrote the foreword and whose character Jo Grant appears in the book.
Blum and Orman's novella Fallen Gods won the prestigious Aurealis Award for best Australian science fiction book.
Characters from the novella The Cabinet of Light were spun off into the Time Hunter series of novellas by Telos.
Each of the eight incarnations of the Doctor (as of 2004) were featured in at least one release, with two releases - The Cabinet of Light and The Dalek Factor - featuring an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor.
The series was discontinued in 2004 as BBC Books prepared to launch a new series of books tying in with the series revival. In 2006, BBC Books launched Quick Reads, a new series of novella-length adventures.
| Title | Author | Doctor | Companion(s) | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time and Relative | Kim Newman | 1st | Susan | 23 November 2001 |
| Citadel of Dreams | Dave Stone | 7th | Ace | 28 March 2002 |
| Nightdreamers | Tom Arden | 3rd | Jo | 15 May 2002 |
| Ghost Ship | Keith Topping | 4th | none | 22 August 2002 |
| Foreign Devils | Andrew Cartmel | 2nd | Jamie, Zoe | 23 November 2002 |
| Rip Tide | Louise Cooper | 8th | none | 31 January 2003 |
| Wonderland | Mark Chadbourn | 2nd | Ben, Polly | 24 April 2003 |
| Shell Shock | Simon A. Forward | 6th | Peri | 19 May 2003 |
| The Cabinet of Light | Daniel O'Mahony | Unspecified Doctor | none | 10 July 2003 |
| Fallen Gods | Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman | 8th | none | 25 September 2003 |
| Frayed | Tara Samms (pseudonym for Stephen Cole) | 1st | Susan | 20 November 2003 |
| The Eye of the Tyger | Paul McAuley | 8th | none | 20 November 2003 |
| Companion Piece | Robert Perry and Mike Tucker | 7th | Cat | 18 December 2003 |
| Blood and Hope | Iain McLaughlin | 5th | Peri, Erimem | 19 February 2004 |
| The Dalek Factor | Simon Clark | Unspecified Doctor | none | 18 March 2004 |