The Adventures Before (anthology)

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The Adventures Before
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Publisher:	BBC Children's Books
Release details
Genre:	Science fiction
Price:	£16.99
Release date:	3 October 2024
Format:	Hardback, 304 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 9781405969987
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The Adventures Before is an upcoming anthology published by Penguin Group under their BBC Children's Books imprint on 3 October 2024. As the title implies, the central conceit of the anthology are the adventures certain characters had before particular televised stories.

Publisher's summary

Discover what happened before . . .

What did Osgood do the morning of the Day of the Doctor?

What happened to Tegan before Arc of Infinity, and why does it involve strange sentient lights in the Australia outback?

What was the Tenth Doctor doing in a hall of mirrors, right before Planet of the Dead?

Answers to all these questions lie in an incredible collection of new Doctor Who short stories that give a glimpse into the moments just before we saw the Doctor step on screen.

From Skaro to Apalapucia, from a shop front drained of colour to Rassilon's tomb, join a host of incredible adventures across the universe with Doctors, companions, friends and foes.

Contents

#	Title	Prequel to	Author	Doctor	Companion(s)
1	The Boy and the Dalek	The Daleks	Mark Griffiths
2	The Roots of Evil	The Seeds of Doom	Steve Cole
3	Little Did She Know	Arc of Infinity	Janet Fielding		Tegan
4	The Four Faces of Immortality	The Five Doctors	Gary Russell
5	Becky's Impossible Day	Rose	Beth Axford	9th
6	Smiley's Mirror Exhibit	Planet of the Dead	Janelle McCurdy	10th
7	The Fall of Apalapucia	The Girl Who Waited	E. L. Norry
8	The Morning of the Day of the Doctor	The Day of the Doctor	Ingrid Oliver		Osgood

Notes

• The original placeholder cover titled the anthology The Prequels, this was later changed on a second placeholder cover to The Adventures Before.

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Audiobook

An audiobook version of the anthology, published by BBC Audio, is set to be released alongside the print edition on 3 October 2024.

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  Audiobook

External links

• Official The Adventures Before page at Penguin Books