The BBC Past Doctor Adventures was a series of paperback novel releases by BBC Books, launched in 1997 in conjunction with its Eighth Doctor Adventures line. The line featured new adventures of the first seven Doctors, with the exception of four releases: Scream of the Shalka, which was a novelisation of a webcast story featuring the Alternative Ninth Doctor; The Infinity Doctors, featuring an unspecified Doctor; The Face of the Enemy, featuring the Master; and one of the last novels, Fear Itself, which was the only PDA featuring the Eighth Doctor, acknowledging the coming of the Ninth Doctor on television.
The series ended in late 2005 (along with the EDA line) when BBC Books decided to focus its publishing ventures on books related to the revived TV series. Although there was speculation regarding the PDA line resuming with novels featuring the Eighth Doctor and even the Ninth Doctor, as of 2013 the line has yet to resume in its original paperback format. From 2006 to March 2009 the baton of past Doctor adventures was carried by the Short Trips series of short-story collections published by Big Finish Productions (a company best known for its Doctor Who audio dramas). Featuring the first eight Doctors — and many writers from the PDA range — the series continued until the spring of 2009 when the BBC did not renew its license.
Original novels featuring past Doctors returned in 2012 with The Wheel of Ice by Stephen Baxter. Also announced is Harvest of Time (Third Doctor) by Alastair Reynolds, scheduled for release in 2013; a third book, a novelisation of the unfinished TV story Shada by Gareth Roberts, was published in March 2012.
List of Past Doctor Adventures
| # |
Title |
Author |
Doctor |
Companions |
Published
|
| 1 |
The Devil Goblins from Neptune |
Martin Day and Keith Topping |
3rd |
Liz Shaw, UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton) |
June 1997
|
| 2 |
The Murder Game |
Steve Lyons |
2nd |
Ben and Polly Wright |
July 1997
|
| 3 |
The Ultimate Treasure |
Christopher Bulis |
5th |
Peri |
August 1997
|
| 4 |
Business Unusual |
Gary Russell |
6th |
Mel |
September 1997
|
| 5 |
Illegal Alien |
Mike Tucker and Robert Perry |
7th |
Ace |
October 1997
|
| 6 |
The Roundheads |
Mark Gatiss |
2nd |
Ben, Polly Wright and Jamie |
November 1997
|
| 7 |
The Face of the Enemy |
David A. McIntee |
The Master |
Ian and Barbara |
January 1998
|
| 8 |
Eye of Heaven |
Jim Mortimore |
4th |
Leela |
February 1998
|
| 9 |
The Witch Hunters |
Steve Lyons |
1st |
Susan, Ian and Barbara |
March 1998
|
| 10 |
The Hollow Men |
Martin Day and Keith Topping |
7th |
Ace |
April 1998
|
| 11 |
Catastrophea |
Terrance Dicks |
3rd |
Jo Grant |
May 1998
|
| 12 |
Mission: Impractical |
David A. McIntee |
6th |
Frobisher |
June 1998
|
| 13 |
Zeta Major |
Simon Messingham |
5th |
Tegan and Nyssa |
July 1998
|
| 14 |
Dreams of Empire |
Justin Richards |
2nd |
Jamie and Victoria |
August 1998
|
| 15 |
Last Man Running |
Chris Boucher |
4th |
Leela |
September 1998
|
| 16 |
Matrix |
Mike Tucker and Robert Perry |
7th |
Ace |
October 1998
|
| 17 |
The Infinity Doctors |
Lance Parkin |
Unspecified Doctor |
None |
November 1998
|
| 18 |
Salvation |
Steve Lyons |
1st |
Steven and Dodo |
January 1999
|
| 19 |
The Wages of Sin |
David A. McIntee |
3rd |
Jo Grant and Liz Shaw |
February 1999
|
| 20 |
Deep Blue |
Mark Morris |
5th |
Tegan, Turlough and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton) |
March 1999
|
| 21 |
Players |
Terrance Dicks |
6th |
Peri |
April 1999
|
| 22 |
Millennium Shock |
Justin Richards |
4th |
Harry |
May 1999
|
| 23 |
Storm Harvest |
Mike Tucker and Robert Perry |
7th |
Ace |
June 1999
|
| 24 |
The Final Sanction |
Steve Lyons |
2nd |
Jamie and Zoe Heriot |
July 1999
|
| 25 |
City at World's End |
Christopher Bulis |
1st |
Ian, Barbara and Susan |
September 1999
|
| 26 |
Divided Loyalties |
Gary Russell |
5th |
Adric, Nyssa and Tegan |
October 1999
|
| 27 |
Corpse Marker |
Chris Boucher |
4th |
Leela |
November 1999
|
| 28 |
Last of the Gaderene |
Mark Gatiss |
3rd |
Jo Grant and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton) |
January 2000
|
| 29 |
Tomb of Valdemar |
Simon Messingham |
4th |
Romana I |
February 2000
|
| 30 |
Verdigris |
Paul Magrs |
3rd |
Jo Grant |
April 2000
|
| 31 |
Grave Matter |
Justin Richards |
6th |
Peri |
May 2000
|
| 32 |
Heart of TARDIS |
Dave Stone |
2nd and 4th |
Jamie, Victoria and Romana I |
June 2000
|
| 33 |
Prime Time |
Mike Tucker |
7th |
Ace |
July 2000
|
| 34 |
Imperial Moon |
Christopher Bulis |
5th |
Turlough and Kamelion |
August 2000
|
| 35 |
Festival of Death |
Jonathan Morris |
4th |
Romana II and K9 |
September 2000
|
| 36 |
Independence Day |
Peter Darvill-Evans |
7th |
Ace |
October 2000
|
| 37 |
The King of Terror |
Keith Topping |
5th |
Tegan and Turlough |
November 2000
|
| 38 |
The Quantum Archangel |
Craig Hinton |
6th |
Mel |
January 2001
|
| 39 |
Bunker Soldiers |
Martin Day |
1st |
Steven and Dodo |
February 2001
|
| 40 |
Rags |
Mick Lewis |
3rd |
Jo Grant and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton) |
March 2001
|
| 41 |
The Shadow in the Glass |
Justin Richards and Stephen Cole |
6th |
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart |
April 2001
|
| 42 |
Asylum |
Peter Darvill-Evans |
4th |
Nyssa |
May 2001
|
| 43 |
Superior Beings |
Nick Walters |
5th |
Peri |
June 2001
|
| 44 |
Byzantium! |
Keith Topping |
1st |
Ian, Barbara and Vicki |
July 2001
|
| 45 |
Bullet Time |
David A. McIntee |
7th |
Sarah Jane Smith |
August 2001
|
| 46 |
Psi-ence Fiction |
Chris Boucher |
4th |
Leela |
September 2001
|
| 47 |
Dying in the Sun |
Jon de Burgh Miller |
2nd |
Ben and Polly Wright |
October 2001
|
| 48 |
Instruments of Darkness |
Gary Russell |
6th |
Mel and Evelyn Smythe |
November 2001
|
| 49 |
Relative Dementias |
Mark Michalowski |
7th |
Ace |
January 2002
|
| 50 |
Drift |
Simon A. Forward |
4th |
Leela |
February 2002
|
| 51 |
Palace of the Red Sun |
Christopher Bulis |
6th |
Peri |
March 2002
|
| 52 |
Amorality Tale |
David Bishop |
3rd |
Sarah Jane Smith |
April 2002
|
| 53 |
Warmonger |
Terrance Dicks |
5th |
Peri |
May 2002
|
| 54 |
Ten Little Aliens |
Stephen Cole |
1st |
Ben and Polly Wright |
June 2002
|
| 55 |
Combat Rock |
Mick Lewis |
2nd |
Jamie and Victoria |
July 2002
|
| 56 |
The Suns of Caresh |
Paul Saint |
3rd |
Jo Grant |
August 2002
|
| 57 |
Heritage |
Dale Smith |
7th |
Ace |
October 2002
|
| 58 |
Fear of the Dark |
Trevor Baxendale |
5th |
Tegan and Nyssa |
December 2002
|
| 59 |
Blue Box |
Kate Orman |
6th |
Peri |
March 2003
|
| 60 |
Loving the Alien |
Mike Tucker and Robert Perry |
7th |
Ace |
May 2003
|
| 61 |
The Colony of Lies |
Colin Brake |
2nd |
Jamie and Zoe Heriot |
July 2003
|
| 62 |
Wolfsbane |
Jacqueline Rayner |
4th and 8th |
Harry and Sarah |
September 2003
|
| 63 |
Deadly Reunion |
Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts |
3rd |
Jo Grant and UNIT (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton) |
November 2003
|
|
Scream of the Shalka |
Paul Cornell |
Alternative Ninth Doctor |
Alison, The Master |
February 2004
|
| 64 |
Empire of Death |
David Bishop |
5th |
Nyssa |
March 2004
|
| 65 |
The Eleventh Tiger |
David A. McIntee |
1st |
Ian, Barbara and Vicki |
May 2004
|
| 66 |
Synthespians™ |
Craig Hinton |
6th |
Peri |
July 2004
|
| 67 |
The Algebra of Ice |
Lloyd Rose |
7th |
Ace, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart |
September 2004
|
| 68 |
The Indestructible Man |
Simon Messingham |
2nd |
Jamie and Zoe Heriot |
November 2004
|
| 69 |
Match of the Day |
Chris Boucher |
4th |
Leela |
February 2005
|
| 70 |
Island of Death |
Barry Letts |
3rd |
Sarah, Brigadier |
July 2005
|
| 71 |
Spiral Scratch |
Gary Russell |
6th |
Mel |
August 2005
|
| 72 |
Fear Itself |
Nick Wallace |
8th |
Fitz and Anji |
September 2005
|
| 73 |
World Game |
Terrance Dicks |
2nd |
Lady Serena |
October 2005
|
| 74 |
The Time Travellers |
Simon Guerrier |
1st |
Ian, Barbara and Susan |
November 2005
|
| 75 |
Atom Bomb Blues |
Andrew Cartmel |
7th |
Ace |
December 2005
|
| 76 |
The Wheel of Ice |
Stephen Baxter |
2nd |
Jamie and Zoe Heriot |
August 2012
|
See also
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