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* This is the first multiple-author release in the current [[BBC Books]] line. The short story format makes it the first release of its kind by BBC Books since it passed its [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series on to [[Big Finish Productions]]. The format of a short-story collection focusing on a companion or other character would be revisited in 2015 with the publication of the similarly formatted ''[[The Legends of Ashildr (anthology)|The Legends of Ashildr]]'' and again in 2016 with ''[[The Legends of River Song (anthology)|The Legends of River Song]]''. | * This is the first multiple-author release in the current [[BBC Books]] line. The short story format makes it the first release of its kind by BBC Books since it passed its [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series on to [[Big Finish Productions]]. The format of a short-story collection focusing on a companion or other character would be revisited in 2015 with the publication of the similarly formatted ''[[The Legends of Ashildr (anthology)|The Legends of Ashildr]]'' and again in 2016 with ''[[The Legends of River Song (anthology)|The Legends of River Song]]''. | ||
* The short story ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]'' provides the main narrative with the remaining four short stories weaved into it as being told by [[Martha Jones]] to people she meets during [[the Year That Never Was]]. In particular, each of these four stories is bookended on both sides by parts of ''The Story of Martha''. | * The short story ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]'' provides the main narrative with the remaining four short stories weaved into it as being told by [[Martha Jones]] to people she meets during [[the Year That Never Was]]. In particular, each of these four stories is bookended on both sides by parts of ''The Story of Martha''. | ||
* This is also the first time the current BBC Books line has published a story based upon a televised episode, although it is not a novelisation. However the final and first moments of [[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'' respectively are novelised. | * This is also the first time the current BBC Books line has published a story based upon a televised episode, although it is not a novelisation. However the final and first moments of [[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'' respectively are novelised. | ||
* This release marks the first time a former companion has returned to the covers of the ''New Series Adventures'' line after having been replaced by the a companion. In this case, Martha returns after having been replaced for several books by [[Donna Noble]]. | * This release marks the first time a former companion has returned to the covers of the ''New Series Adventures'' line after having been replaced by the a companion. In this case, Martha returns after having been replaced for several books by [[Donna Noble]]. | ||