BBC Doctor Who novels

BBC Doctor Who novels
Publisher:	BBC Books
Type:	Book series
Release date:	16 May 1996 -

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Beginning after the acquisition of the rights from Virgin Books in 1996, BBC Books published a number of original Doctor Who novels.

Novels

Background

Since 1973, Target Books had been the sole publisher of novel-length Doctor Who fiction. Its line of Target novelisations adapted every television episode in the "Classic" run of Doctor Who; it also published several short-lived series based on Doctor Who, including the Missing Episodes, Companions of Doctor Who, and Doctor Who Discovers. In 1986, during the lengthy gap between Doctor Who seasons 22 and 23, Virgin Books began its aquisition of Target, and this completed in late 1987. Two years later, television Doctor Who was cancelled.

Whereas Virgin kept publishing novelisations of TV episodes under the Target imprint through 1994, in 1991 they began releasing original novels continuing the adventures of the Seventh Doctor and Ace. This monthly Virgin New Adventures series met success and spawned two spinoff series: the Missing Adventures, which depicted new adventures of earlier Doctors; and Decalog, a series of short story anthologies.

In 1996, taking note of Virgin's success and expecting the TV Movie to attract new fans, the BBC chose not to renew Virgin's license to publish Doctor Who fiction. Instead, the rights reverted to BBC Books. Although Virgin would continue its New Adventures and Decalog series without the license by focusing on the series' original characters, the last Virgin Doctor Who novel, Lungbarrow, was released in March 1997. While Virgin was concluding its series, BBC Books released a novelisation of the TV movie.

Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published
The Novel of the Film	Gary Russell	8th	The Bruce Master	16 May 1997

Initial run

For its first five years of output, BBC Books continued the precedent set by Virgin's New Adventures and Missing Adventures lines by releasing two novels each month, one continuing an ongoing Eighth Doctor storyline and the other concerning a more standalone adventure of a previous Doctor. These are often divided by fans into "Eighth Doctor Adventures" and "Past Doctor Adventures".

Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published
The Eight Doctors	Terrance Dicks	8th	Samantha Jones	2 June 1997
The Devil Goblins from Neptune	Martin Day and Keith Topping	3rd	Liz
Vampire Science	Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum	8th	Sam	7 July 1997
The Murder Game	Steve Lyons	2nd	Ben, Polly
The Bodysnatchers	Mark Morris	8th	Sam	18 August 1997
The Ultimate Treasure	Christopher Bulis	5th	Peri
Genocide	Paul Leonard	8th	Sam, Jo Grant, Benton	1 September 1997
Business Unusual	Gary Russell	6th	Mel
War of the Daleks	John Peel	8th	Sam	6 October 1997
Illegal Alien	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace
Alien Bodies	Lawrence Miles	8th	Sam	24 November 1997
The Roundheads	Mark Gatiss	2nd	Ben, Polly, Jamie
Kursaal	Peter Anghelides	8th	Sam	8 January 1998
The Face of the Enemy	David A. McIntee	The Master	Barbara, Ian
Option Lock	Justin Richards	8th	Sam	2 February 1998
Eye of Heaven	Jim Mortimore	4th	Leela
Longest Day	Michael Collier	8th	Sam	2 March 1998
The Witch Hunters	Steve Lyons	1st	Susan, Barbara, Ian
Legacy of the Daleks	John Peel	8th	Susan Foreman	6 April 1998
The Hollow Men	Martin Day and Keith Topping	7th	Ace
Dreamstone Moon	Paul Leonard	8th	Sam	5 May 1998
Catastrophea	Terrance Dicks	3rd	Jo
Seeing I	Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum	8th	Sam	8 June 1998
Mission: Impractical	David A. McIntee	6th	Frobisher
Placebo Effect	Gary Russell	8th	Sam, Stacy, Ssard	6 July 1998
Zeta Major	Simon Messingham	5th	Nyssa, Tegan
Vanderdeken's Children	Christopher Bulis	8th	Sam	3 August 1998
Dreams of Empire	Justin Richards	2nd	Jamie, Victoria
The Scarlet Empress	Paul Magrs	8th	Sam, Iris Wildthyme	7 September 1998
Last Man Running	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela
The Janus Conjunction	Trevor Baxendale	8th	Sam	5 October 1998
Matrix	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace
Beltempest	Jim Mortimore	8th	Sam	16 November 1998
The Infinity Doctors	Lance Parkin	The Doctor	Larna
The Face-Eater	Simon Messingham	8th	Sam	4 January 1999
Salvation	Steve Lyons	1st	Steven, Dodo
The Taint	Michael Collier	8th	Sam, Fitz	1 February 1999
The Wages of Sin	David A. McIntee	3rd	Jo, Liz
Demontage	Justin Richards	8th	Sam, Fitz	1 March 1999
Deep Blue	Mark Morris	5th	Tegan, Turlough
Revolution Man	Paul Leonard	8th	Sam, Fitz	6 April 1999
Players	Terrance Dicks	6th	Peri
Dominion	Nick Walters	8th	Sam, Fitz	10 May 1999
Millennium Shock	Justin Richards	4th	none
Unnatural History	Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum	8th	Sam, Fitz	7 June 1999
Storm Harvest	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace
Autumn Mist	David A. McIntee	8th	Sam, Fitz	5 July 1999
The Final Sanction	Steve Lyons	2nd	Jamie, Zoe
Interference Book One: Shock Tactic	Lawrence Miles	8th, 3rd	Sam, Fitz, Compassion, Sarah Jane Smith	2 August 1999
Interference Book Two: The Hour of the Geek
The Blue Angel	Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad	8th	Fitz, Compassion	6 September 1999
City at World's End	Christopher Bulis	1st	Susan, Barbara, Ian
The Taking of Planet 5	Simon Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham	8th	Fitz, Compassion	4 October 1999
Divided Loyalties	Gary Russell	5th	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Frontier Worlds	Peter Anghelides	8th	Fitz, Compassion	29 November 1999
Corpse Marker	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela
Parallel 59	Stephen Cole and Natalie Dallaire	8th	Fitz, Compassion	4 January 2000
Last of the Gaderene	Mark Gatiss	3rd	Jo
The Shadows of Avalon	Paul Cornell	8th	Fitz, Compassion the Brigadier, Romana III	7 February 2000
Tomb of Valdemar	Simon Messingham	4th	Romana
The Fall of Yquatine	Nick Walters	8th	Fitz, Compassion	6 March 2000
Coldheart	Trevor Baxendale	8th	Fitz , Compassion	3 April 2000
Verdigris	Paul Magrs	3rd	Jo
The Space Age	Steve Lyons	8th	Fitz, Compassion	1 May 2000
Grave Matter	Justin Richards	6th	Peri
The Banquo Legacy	Andy Lane and Justin Richards	8th	Fitz, Compassion	5 June 2000
Heart of TARDIS	Dave Stone	2nd, 4th	Jamie, Victoria, Romana
The Ancestor Cell	Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole	8th	Fitz, Compassion, Romana III	3 July 2000
Prime Time	Mike Tucker	7th	Ace
The Burning	Justin Richards	8th	none	7 August 2000
Imperial Moon	Christopher Bulis	5th	Turlough, Kamelion
Casualties of War	Steve Emmerson	8th	none	4 September 2000
Festival of Death	Jonathan Morris	4th	Romana, K9
The Turing Test	Paul Leonard	8th	Alan Turing	2 October 2000
Independence Day	Peter Darvill-Evans	7th	Ace
Endgame	Terrance Dicks	8th	none	6 November 2000
The King of Terror	Keith Topping	5th	Tegan, Turlough
Father Time	Lance Parkin	8th	Miranda	8 January 2001
The Quantum Archangel	Craig Hinton	6th	Mel
Escape Velocity	Colin Brake	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	5 February 2001
Bunker Soldiers	Martin Day	1st	Steven, Dodo
EarthWorld	Jacqueline Rayner	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	5 March 2001
Rags	Mick Lewis	3rd	Jo
Vanishing Point	Stephen Cole	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	2 April 2001
The Shadow in the Glass	Justin Richards and Stephen Cole	6th	none
Eater of Wasps	Trevor Baxendale	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	7 May 2001
Asylum	Peter Darvill-Evans	4th	Nyssa
The Year of Intelligent Tigers	Kate Orman	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	4 June 2001
Superior Beings	Nick Walters	5th	Peri
The Slow Empire	Dave Stone	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	2 July 2001
Byzantium!	Keith Topping	1st	Barbara, Ian, Vicki
Dark Progeny	Steve Emmerson	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	6 August 2001
Bullet Time	David A. McIntee	7th	none
The City of the Dead	Lloyd Rose	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	3 September 2001
Psi-ence Fiction	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela
Grimm Reality	Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	1 October 2001
Dying in the Sun	Jon de Burgh Miller	2nd	Ben, Polly
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street	Lawrence Miles	8th	Scarlette, Fitz, Anji Kapoor	5 November 2001
Instruments of Darkness	Gary Russell	6th	Mel
Mad Dogs and Englishmen	Paul Magrs	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	7 January 2002
Relative Dementias	Mark Michalowski	7th	Ace
Hope	Mark Clapham	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	4 February 2002
Drift	Simon A. Forward	4th	Leela
Anachrophobia	Jonathan Morris	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	4 March 2002
Palace of the Red Sun	Christopher Bulis	6th	Peri
Trading Futures	Lance Parkin	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	8 April 2002
Amorality Tale	David Bishop	3rd	Sarah
The Book of the Still	Paul Ebbs	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	6 May 2002
Warmonger	Terrance Dicks	5th	Peri
The Crooked World	Steve Lyons	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	3 June 2002
Ten Little Aliens	Stephen Cole	1st	Ben, Polly
History 101	Mags L. Halliday	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	1 July 2002
Combat Rock	Mick Lewis	2nd	Jamie, Victoria
Camera Obscura	Lloyd Rose	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	5 August 2002
The Suns of Caresh	Paul Saint	3rd	Jo

Halving the output

Beginning in September 2002, instead of releasing two novels each month, BBC Books began publishing one a month. The books alternated between releases in the ongoing Eighth Doctor storyline and standalone stories about past Doctors, with the notable exception of Scream of the Shalka, which featured a Ninth Doctor and was published between an Eighth Doctor novel and a Fifth Doctor novel.

Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published
Time Zero	Justin Richards	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor, Trix	2 September 2002
Heritage	Dale Smith	7th	Ace	7 October 2002
The Infinity Race	Simon Messingham	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	4 November 2002
Fear of the Dark	Trevor Baxendale	5th	Nyssa, Tegan	6 January 2003
The Domino Effect	David Bishop	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	3 February 2003
Blue Box	Kate Orman	6th	Peri	3 March 2003
Reckless Engineering	Nick Walters	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor	7 April 2003
Loving the Alien	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	7th	Ace	5 May 2003
The Last Resort	Paul Leonard	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor, Trix	2 June 2003
The Colony of Lies	Colin Brake	2nd	Jamie, Zoe	7 July
Timeless	Stephen Cole	8th	Fitz, Anji Kapoor, Trix	4 August 2003
Wolfsbane	Jacqueline Rayner	4th, 8th	Sarah, Harry	1 September 2003
Emotional Chemistry	Simon A. Forward	8th	Fitz, Trix	6 October 2003
Deadly Reunion	Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts	3rd	Jo	3 November 2003
Sometime Never...	Justin Richards	8th	Fitz, Trix, Miranda	5 January 2004
Scream of the Shalka	Paul Cornell	9th	Alison, The Master	2 February 2004
Empire of Death	David Bishop	5th	Nyssa	1 March 2004
Halflife	Mark Michalowski	8th	Fitz, Trix	5 April 2004
The Eleventh Tiger	David A. McIntee	1st	Barbara, Ian, Vicki	3 May 2004
The Tomorrow Windows	Jonathan Morris	8th	Fitz, Trix	7 June 2004
Synthespians™	Craig Hinton	6th	Peri	19 July 2004
The Sleep of Reason	Martin Day	8th	Fitz, Trix	2 August 2004
The Algebra of Ice	Lloyd Rose	7th	Ace	6 September 2004
The Deadstone Memorial	Trevor Baxendale	8th	Fitz, Trix	4 October 2004
The Indestructible Man	Simon Messingham	2nd	Jamie, Zoe	1 November 2004
Match of the Day	Chris Boucher	4th	Leela	3 January 2005
To the Slaughter	Stephen Cole	8th	Fitz, Trix	7 February 2005

The series took a break from March to June 2005 while series 1 was airing; in May, the first three of the BBC New Series Adventures featuring Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler were released. Following this, the monthly series returned without the alternating Eighth Doctor novel pattern, as the Eighth Doctor was now a "past Doctor". The series concluded with BBC Books' first December release.

Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published
The Gallifrey Chronicles	Lance Parkin	8th	Fitz, Trix	2 June 2005
Island of Death	Barry Letts	3rd	Sarah	7 July 2005
Spiral Scratch	Gary Russell	6th	Mel	4 August 2005
Fear Itself	Nick Wallace	8th	Fitz, Anji	8 September 2005
World Game	Terrance Dicks	2nd	Serena	6 October 2005
The Time Travellers	Simon Guerrier	1st	Susan, Barbara, Ian	10 November 2005
Atom Bomb Blues	Andrew Cartmel	7th	Ace	25 December 2005

The new series

Main article: BBC New Series Adventures

This section's awfully stubby.

Missing content from BBC Books#Return to past Doctors.

With the return of Doctor Who to television in 2005, BBC Books began a new format for releases. These new books were oriented toward a younger audience and published in sets of three, a pattern that BBC Books would later reuse for the Torchwood novels. The series eventually settled into a spring-fall-winter release schedule of nine books a year.

Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published
The Clockwise Man	Justin Richards	9th	Rose	19 May 2005
The Monsters Inside	Stephen Cole
Winner Takes All	Jacqueline Rayner
The Deviant Strain	Justin Richards	9th	Rose, Jack	8 September 2005
Only Human	Gareth Roberts
The Stealers of Dreams	Steve Lyons
The Stone Rose	Jacqueline Rayner	10th	Rose, Mickey, Jackie	13 April 2006
The Feast of the Drowned	Stephen Cole
The Resurrection Casket	Justin Richards		Rose
The Nightmare of Black Island	Mike Tucker	10th		21 September 2006
The Art of Destruction	Stephen Cole
The Price of Paradise	Colin Brake
Sting of the Zygons	Stephen Cole	10th	Martha	19 April 2007
The Last Dodo	Jacqueline Rayner
Wooden Heart	Martin Day
Forever Autumn	Mark Morris	10th	Martha	6 September 2007
Sick Building	Paul Magrs
Wetworld	Mark Michalowski
Wishing Well	Trevor Baxendale	10th	Martha	26 December 2007
The Pirate Loop	Simon Guerrier
Peacemaker	James Swallow
Martha in the Mirror	Justin Richards	10th	Martha	10 April 2008
Snowglobe 7	Mike Tucker
The Many Hands	Dale Smith
Ghosts of India	Mark Morris	10th	Donna	4 September 2008
The Doctor Trap	Simon Messingham	10th
Shining Darkness	Mark Michalowski	10th
The Story of Martha	Various	none	Martha, the Saxon Master	26 December 2008
Beautiful Chaos	Gary Russell	10th	Donna, Wilf, Sylvia
The Eyeless	Lance Parkin		none
Judgement of the Judoon	Colin Brake	10th	Judoon	16 April 2009
The Slitheen Excursion	Simon Guerrier		Slitheen
Prisoner of the Daleks	Trevor Baxendale		Daleks
The Taking of Chelsea 426	David Llewellyn	10th	Sontaran, Rutan Host	3 September 2009
Autonomy	Daniel Blythe		Autons, Nestene Consciousness
The Krillitane Storm	Christopher Cooper		Krillitane

The novel release schedule took a six-month break during the showrunner transition from Russell T Davies to Steven Moffat.

Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published
Apollo 23	Justin Richards	11th	Amy	22 April 2010
Night of the Humans	David Llewellyn
The Forgotten Army	Brian Minchin
Nuclear Time	Oli Smith	11th	Amy, Rory	8 July 2010
The King's Dragon	Una McCormack
The Glamour Chase	Gary Russell
The Coming of the Terraphiles	Michael Moorcock	11th	Amy	14 October 2010
Dead of Winter	James Goss	11th	Amy, Rory	28 April 2011
The Way Through the Woods	Una McCormack
Hunter's Moon	Paul Finch
Touched by an Angel	Jonathan Morris	11th	Amy, Rory, Weeping Angels	23 June 2011
Paradox Lost	George Mann		Amy, Rory
Borrowed Time	Naomi A. Alderman
The Silent Stars Go By	Dan Abnett	11th	Amy, Rory, Ice Warriors	29 September 2011
Dark Horizons	J. T. Colgan	11th		5 July 2012
Plague of the Cybermen	Justin Richards	11th	Cybermen	8 April 2013
The Dalek Generation	Nicholas Briggs		Daleks
Shroud of Sorrow	Tommy Donbavand		Clara
The Blood Cell	James Goss	12th	Clara	11 September 2014
Silhouette	Justin Richards		Clara, Paternoster Gang
The Crawling Terror	Mike Tucker		Clara
Royal Blood	Una McCormack	12th	Clara	10 September 2015
Big Bang Generation	Gary Russell		Benny, Peter, Ruth, Jack
Deep Time	Trevor Baxendale		Clara
The Shining Man	Cavan Scott	12th	Bill	20 April 2017
Diamond Dogs	Mike Tucker		Bill
Plague City	Jonathan Morris		Bill, Nardole