Virgin New Adventures

New Adventures
Publisher:	Virgin Books
Type:	Novel series
Release date:	20 June 1991 - 18 April 1997

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 Books launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures line: the Decalogs, a series of short story collections; and the Missing Adventures, a novel range that chronicled 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 said that he considered the New Adventures to be "a separate (and equally valid) continuity" to the BBC Wales television series.

The New Adventures

Doctor Who

#	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 Summerfield	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

Bernice Summerfield

#	Title	Author	Main character	Featuring	Published
61	The Dying Days	Lance Parkin	Bernice Summerfield	Eighth Doctor, the Brigadier	18 April 1997
62	Oh No It Isn't!	Paul Cornell	Bernice	Wolsey	1 May 1997
63	Dragons' Wrath	Justin Richards	Bernice	Irving Braxiatel	2 June 1997
64	Beyond the Sun	Matthew Jones	Bernice	Jason Kane, Emile Mars-Smith	3 July 1997
65	Ship of Fools	Dave Stone	Bernice	none	21 August 1997
66	Down	Lawrence Miles	Bernice	!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	God, Clarence	3 November 1997
69	Mean Streets	Terrance Dicks	Bernice	Chris Cwej	1 December 1997
70	Tempest	Christopher Bulis	Bernice	none	2 January 1998
71	Walking to Babylon	Kate Orman	Bernice	none	3 February 1998
72	Oblivion	Dave Stone	Bernice	Jason Kane, Chris Cwej, Roz Forrester	2 March 1998
73	The Medusa Effect	Justin Richards	Bernice	Irving Braxiatel	2 April 1998
74	Dry Pilgrimage	Paul Leonard & Nick Walters	Bernice	none	3 May 1998
75	The Sword of Forever	Jim Mortimore	Bernice	none	2 June 1998
76	Another Girl, Another Planet	Martin Day & Len Beech	Bernice	none	20 August 1998
77	Beige Planet Mars	Lance Parkin & Mark Clapham	Bernice	none	15 October 1998
78	Where Angels Fear	Rebecca Levene & Simon Winstone	Bernice	Irving Braxiatel	2 December 1998
79	The Mary-Sue Extrusion	Dave Stone	Bernice	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	Jason Kane, Irving Braxiatel	2 June 1999
82	Return to the Fractured Planet	Dave Stone	Bernice	Irving Braxiatel	2 August 1999
83	The Joy Device	Justin Richards	Bernice	none	1 October 1999
83	Twilight of the Gods	Mark Clapham & Jon de Burgh Miller	Bernice	Jason Kane, Chris Cwej, Clarence, Irving Braxiatel	2 December 1999

Notes

Continuity

• The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: Bernice Summerfield (debuting in Love and War), Wolsey the cat (debuting in Human Nature), and Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej (debuting in Original Sin).
• Ace was written out in Love and War and left the Doctor before reuniting with him in Deceit. During the intervening three years, she changed considerably. Ace left a second time, permanently, in Set Piece. Ace's character development and departure were contradicted by later media.
• Apart from the novels, a few of the comics and audios take place specifically in the New Adventures continuity. These feature the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, and the older version of Ace.
• Eternity Weeps portrays the future death of Liz Shaw.
• Several novels of the New Adventures featured old foes from the TV series, including:
  • Timewyrm: Exodus - The War Chief
  • Iceberg - Cybermen and the Cyber-Controller
  • Blood Heat - Silurians and Sea Devils
  • No Future - The Monk and the Vardans
  • Blood Harvest - Great Vampires
  • First Frontier - The Master
  • Toy Soldiers - Ogrons (cameo only)
  • Head Games - Valeyard (illusion only)
  • Shakedown - Sontarans and the Rutan Host
  • GodEngine - Daleks (cameo only)
  • The Dying Days - Ice Warriors
  • Dead Romance - Daleks (cameo only)
• The New Adventures were majorly linked to Virgin's Missing Adventures and Decalog lines.
  • A story strand which originated in Blood Harvest continued into the first Missing Adventure Goth Opera in an effort to get readers to buy both books.
  • Shakedown and Lords of the Storm both featured the Sontarans in the same month.
  • The Missing Adventure Cold Fusion featured both the Fifth Doctor and the Seventh Doctor alongside Roz, Chris Cwej, and the Fifth Doctor's companions.
  • The short story collection Decalog 5: Wonders includes the first Bernice Summerfield short story, The Judgement of Solomon by Lawrence Miles.

Adaptations

• The novel Shakedown was itself an adaptation of the Reeltime Pictures production Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, greatly expanded to include the Doctor.
• In Big Finish Productions' Bernice Summerfield series, six New Adventures were adapted into audio: Oh No It Isn't!, Beyond the Sun, Walking to Babylon, Birthright, Just War, and Dragons' Wrath. Birthright and Just War were modified to remove Doctor Who elements to which Big Finish did not yet have the rights.
• The novel Human Nature was adapted into the two-part story Human Nature/The Family of Blood in Series 3 of BBC Wales' Doctor Who.
• Love and War was directly adapted by Big Finish into an audio drama in 2012. This was followed by The Highest Science, Damaged Goods, Theatre of War, All-Consuming Fire, Original Sin, and Cold Fusion.

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.

External links

• The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - Virgin Books - The New Adventures