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The New Adventures were a series of original, full-length novels published by Virgin Books. The first novel, published in 1991, continued the adventures of the Seventh Doctor and Ace after the TV story Survival; later novels introduced new companions like Bernice Summerfield, who became the range's main protagonist in 1997 when BBC Books took over the license for publishing original Doctor Who fiction. As the New Adventures were geared for an older audience than the TV show, they included mature themes, strong language, violence, and sexual elements.

Virgin launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures line: the Decalogs, a series of five short story collections, and the Missing Adventures, chronicling the adventures of the first six Doctors.

The New Adventures concluded with Twilight of the Gods in December 1999, but Big Finish Productions obtained the licence for the later New Adventures characters and continued telling stories with Bernice Summerfield, Jason Kane, and Irving Braxiatel in their own line of audios, novels, and short stories.

From 1999 onward, Big Finish adapted several novels for audio by Big Finish, either directly or altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield. In 2007, the New Adventures novel Human Nature was adapted into as the television episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood.

Although several authors initially attempted to separate the Virgin Books and BBC Books continuities, the separation was eventually relaxed, and references to New and Missing Adventures began to appear in the Eighth Doctor and Past Doctor Adventures. In DWM 482, Steven Moffat described the New Adventures as "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the BBC Wales television series.

The New Adventures

# Title Author Main character Featuring Published
1 Timewyrm: Genesys John Peel Seventh Doctor Ace 20 June 1991
2 Timewyrm: Exodus Terrance Dicks Seventh Doctor Ace 15 August 1991
3 Timewyrm: Apocalypse Nigel Robinson Seventh Doctor Ace 17 October 1991
4 Timewyrm: Revelation Paul Cornell Seventh Doctor Ace 5 December 1991
5 Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible Marc Platt Seventh Doctor Ace 20 February 1992
6 Cat's Cradle: Warhead Andrew Cartmel Seventh Doctor Ace 16 April 1992
7 Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark Andrew Hunt Seventh Doctor Ace 18 June 1992
8 Nightshade Mark Gatiss Seventh Doctor Ace 20 August 1992
9 Love and War Paul Cornell Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 15 October 1992
10 Transit Ben Aaronovitch Seventh Doctor Bernice 3 December 1992
11 The Highest Science Gareth Roberts Seventh Doctor Bernice 18 February 1993
12 The Pit Neil Penswick Seventh Doctor Bernice 18 March 1993
13 Deceit Peter Darvill-Evans Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 15 April 1993
14 Lucifer Rising Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 20 May 1993
15 White Darkness David A. McIntee Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 17 June 1993
16 Shadowmind Christopher Bulis Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 15 July 1993
17 Birthright Nigel Robinson Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 19 August 1993
18 Iceberg David Banks Seventh Doctor none 16 September 1993
19 Blood Heat Jim Mortimore Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 21 October 1993
20 The Dimension Riders Daniel Blythe Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 18 November 1993
21 The Left-Handed Hummingbird Kate Orman Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 2 December 1993
22 Conundrum Steve Lyons Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 20 January 1994
23 No Future Paul Cornell Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 17 February 1994
24 Tragedy Day Gareth Roberts Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 17 March 1994
25 Legacy Gary Russell Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 21 April 1994
26 Theatre of War Justin Richards Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 19 May 1994
27 All-Consuming Fire Andy Lane Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 16 June 1994
28 Blood Harvest Terrance Dicks Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 21 July 1994
29 Strange England Simon Messingham Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 18 August 1994
30 First Frontier David A. McIntee Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 15 September 1994
31 St Anthony's Fire Mark Gatiss Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 20 October 1994
32 Falls the Shadow Daniel O'Mahony Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 17 November 1994
33 Parasite Jim Mortimore Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 1 December 1994
34 Warlock Andrew Cartmel Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 19 January 1995
35 Set Piece Kate Orman Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice 16 February 1995
36 Infinite Requiem Daniel Blythe Seventh Doctor Bernice 16 March 1995
37 Sanctuary David A. McIntee Seventh Doctor Bernice 20 April 1995
38 Human Nature Paul Cornell Seventh Doctor Bernice 18 May 1995
39 Original Sin Andy Lane Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 15 June 1995
40 Sky Pirates! Dave Stone Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 20 July 1995
41 Zamper Gareth Roberts Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 17 August 1995
42 Toy Soldiers Paul Leonard Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 21 September 1995
43 Head Games Steve Lyons Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 19 October 1995
44 The Also People Ben Aaronovitch Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 16 November 1995
45 Shakedown Terrance Dicks Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 7 December 1995
46 Just War Lance Parkin Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 18 January 1996
47 Warchild Andrew Cartmel Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 16 February 1996
48 Sleepy Kate Orman Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 16 March 1996
49 Death and Diplomacy Dave Stone Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 18 April 1996
50 Happy Endings Paul Cornell Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 16 May 1996
51 GodEngine Craig Hinton Seventh Doctor Chris, Roz 20 June 1996
52 Christmas on a Rational Planet Lawrence Miles Seventh Doctor Chris, Roz 18 July 1996
53 Return of the Living Dad Kate Orman Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz 15 August 1996
54 The Death of Art Simon Bucher-Jones Seventh Doctor Chris, Roz 19 September 1996
55 Damaged Goods Russell T Davies Seventh Doctor Chris, Roz 24 October 1996
56 So Vile a Sin Ben Aaronovitch and Kate Orman Seventh Doctor Chris, Roz May 1997
57 Bad Therapy Matthew Jones Seventh Doctor Chris 5 December 1996
58 Eternity Weeps Jim Mortimore Seventh Doctor Chris 16 January 1997
59 The Room With No Doors Kate Orman Seventh Doctor Chris 20 February 1997
60 Lungbarrow Marc Platt Seventh Doctor Chris, Romana II, Leela, Ace, K9 Marks I and II 20 March 1997
61 The Dying Days Lance Parkin Bernice Summerfield Eighth Doctor, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart 18 April 1997
62 Oh No It Isn't! Paul Cornell Bernice Summerfield Wolsey 1 May 1997
63 Dragons' Wrath Justin Richards Bernice Summerfield Irving Braxiatel 2 June 1997
64 Beyond the Sun Matthew Jones Bernice Summerfield Jason Kane, Emile Mars-Smith 3 July 1997
65 Ship of Fools Dave Stone Bernice Summerfield none 21 August 1997
66 Down Lawrence Miles Bernice Summerfield !X 2 September 1997
67 Deadfall Gary Russell Jason Kane Emile Mars-Smith, Chris Cwej 2 October 1997
68 Ghost Devices Simon Bucher-Jones Bernice Summerfield God, Clarence 3 November 1997
69 Mean Streets Terrance Dicks Bernice Summerfield Chris Cwej 1 December 1997
70 Tempest Christopher Bulis Bernice Summerfield none 2 January 1998
71 Walking to Babylon Kate Orman Bernice Summerfield none 3 February 1998
72 Oblivion Dave Stone Bernice Summerfield Jason Kane, Chris Cwej, Roz Forrester 2 March 1998
73 The Medusa Effect Justin Richards Bernice Summerfield Irving Braxiatel 2 April 1998
74 Dry Pilgrimage Paul Leonard & Nick Walters Bernice Summerfield none 3 May 1998
75 The Sword of Forever Jim Mortimore Bernice Summerfield none 2 June 1998
76 Another Girl, Another Planet Martin Day & Len Beech Bernice Summerfield none 20 August 1998
77 Beige Planet Mars Lance Parkin & Mark Clapham Bernice Summerfield none 15 October 1998
78 Where Angels Fear Rebecca Levene & Simon Winstone Bernice Summerfield Irving Braxiatel 2 December 1998
79 The Mary-Sue Extrusion Dave Stone Bernice Summerfield Jason Kane 1 February 1999
80 Dead Romance Lawrence Miles Christine Summerfield Chris Cwej 1 March 1999
81 Tears of the Oracle Justin Richards Bernice Summerfield Jason Kane, Irving Braxiatel 2 June 1999
82 Return to the Fractured Planet Dave Stone Bernice Summerfield Irving Braxiatel 2 August 1999
83 The Joy Device Justin Richards Bernice Summerfield none 1 October 1999
83 Twilight of the Gods Mark Clapham & Jon de Burgh Miller Bernice Summerfield Jason Kane, Chris Cwej, Clarence, Irving Braxiatel 2 December 1999

Notes

Continuity

Adaptations

Production notes

  • So Vile a Sin was the final book to be published featuring the Doctor, but it was published out of narrative sequence due to delays preventing its completion. The death of a major character in that book was meant to be a surprise, but because of the production delay this was no longer possible, and the novel was adapted accordingly: its prologue began with the funeral for the character, and the event was made an intrinsic part of the narrative, rather than a shock conclusion.
  • Following the broadcast of the 1996 TV movie, BBC Books took over the license for publishing original Doctor Who fiction, but there was an overlap of more than a year to allow Virgin to publish its contracted novels. As a result, the book line changed its branding, moving the Doctor Who logo off the front cover to the spine beginning with the publication of Bad Therapy.
  • The cover design changed again with Another Girl, Another Planet, which removed the "New Adventures" identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style.

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