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The '''Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures''' were a series of novels featuring Bernice Summerfield published by Virgin following their loss of the Doctor Who license.
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They began in May 1997 and ended in October 1999.
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Big Finish would later obtain the license to various characters for their own line of novels and audios.
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|publisher    = Virgin Books
|type        = Novel series
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|release date = [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]] - [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
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The '''''New Adventures''''', often called the '''Virgin ''New Adventures''''' in fan parlance, were a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel series published by the eponymous imprint of [[Virgin Books]] in the aftermath of the TV series' cancellation, continuing the adventures of the [[Seventh Doctor]] — hence the name.


The first book, published in [[1991 (releases)|1991]], picked up the Doctor and [[Ace]] where the television story ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' had left off; later instalments introduced new [[companion]]s like [[Bernice Summerfield]], who became the range's main protagonist in [[1997 (releases)|1997]] when Virgin lost the licence for ''[[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 [[Sexuality|sexual elements]].


Virgin Books launched two spin-off lines following the initial success of the New Adventures: the [[Virgin Decalogs|Decalogs]], a series of short story collections; and the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]], a novel range that told new stories with the first six Doctors.
The New Adventures concluded with ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' in [[December (releases)|December]] [[1999 (releases)|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 [[Bernice Summerfield (series)|audios, novels, and short stories]].
From [[1999 (releases)|1999]] onward, Big Finish adapted several novels for audio, either directly or altered to omit the Doctor and focus on Summerfield. In [[2007 (releases)|2007]], the New Adventures novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' was adapted into the television episodes ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' and ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|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 [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|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.
== Stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!# || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Published
|-
|1
|''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]''
|[[John Peel]]
|rowspan=60|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Ace]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Timewyrm]], [[Gilgamesh]]
|[[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]]
|-
|2
|''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|Ace, [[the War Chief]], Timewyrm, [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]
|[[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1991
|-
|3
|''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]''
|[[Nigel Robinson]]
|Ace, [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], Timewyrm
|[[17 October (releases)|17 October]] 1991
|-
|4
|''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]''
|[[Paul Cornell]]
|Ace, Timewyrm, [[First Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Death (mythology)|Death]], [[the Hermit]], [[Adric]], [[Katarina]], [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Dalek]]s
|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1991
|-
|5
|''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]''
|[[Marc Platt]]
|Ace, [[Rassilon]]
|[[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]]
|-
|6
|''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]''
|[[Andrew Cartmel]]
|Ace, [[Justine Wheaton|Justine]], [[Vincent Wheaton|Vincent]]
|[[16 April (releases)|16 April]] 1992
|-
|7
|''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]''
|[[Andrew Hunt]]
|rowspan=2|Ace
|[[18 June (releases)|18 June]] 1992
|-
|8
|''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]''
|[[Mark Gatiss]]
|[[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 1992
|-
| 9
|''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''
|Paul Cornell
|Ace, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Paul Magrs (Love and War)|Paul Magrs]], Death
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 1992
|-
| 10
|''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]''
|[[Ben Aaronovitch]]
|Benny, [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|Kadiatu]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]]
|[[3 December (releases)|3 December]] 1992
|-
| 11
|''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]''
|[[Gareth Roberts]]
|Benny, [[Chelonian]]s
|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|-
| 12
|''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]''
|[[Neil Penswick]]
| rowspan="1" |Benny
|[[18 March (releases)|18 March]] 1993
|-
| 13
|''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]''
|[[Peter Darvill-Evans]]
|rowspan=5|Ace, Benny
|[[15 April (releases)|15 April]] 1993
|-
| 14
|''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]''
|[[Jim Mortimore]], [[Andy Lane]]
|[[20 May (releases)|20 May]] 1993
|-
| 15
|''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]''
|[[David A. McIntee]]
|[[17 June (releases)|17 June]] 1993
|-
| 16
|''[[Shadowmind (novel)|Shadowmind]]''
|[[Christopher Bulis]]
|[[15 July (releases)|15 July]] 1993
|-
| 17
|''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]''
|[[Nigel Robinson]]
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] 1993
|-
| 18
|''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''
|[[David Banks]]
|[[Cyberman|Cybermen]], [[Cyber-Controller]]
|[[16 September (releases)|16 September]] 1993
|-
| 19
|''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]''
|[[Jim Mortimore]]
|Ace, Benny, [[Silurian]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s
|[[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1993
|-
| 20
|''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]''
|[[Daniel Blythe]]
|rowspan=3|Ace, Benny
|[[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1993
|-
| 21
|''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]''
|[[Kate Orman]]
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1993
|-
| 22
|''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]''
|[[Steve Lyons]]
|[[20 January (releases)|20 January]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
|-
| 23
|''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''
|Paul Cornell
|Ace, Benny, [[the Monk]], [[Vardan]]s
|[[17 February (releases)|17 February]] 1994
|-
| 24
|''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]''
|Gareth Roberts
|rowspan=4|Ace, Benny
|[[17 March (releases)|17 March]] 1994
|-
| 25
|''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]''
|[[Gary Russell]]
|[[21 April (releases)|21 April]] 1994
|-
| 26
|''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]''
|[[Justin Richards]]
|[[19 May (releases)|19 May]] 1994
|-
| 27
|''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''
|Andy Lane
|[[16 June (releases)|16 June]] 1994
|-
| 28
|''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]''
|Terrance Dicks
|Ace, Benny, [[Great Vampire]]s
|[[21 July (releases)|21 July]] 1994
|-
| 29
|''[[Strange England (novel)|Strange England]]''
|[[Simon Messingham]]
|Ace, Benny
|[[18 August (releases)|18 August]] 1994
|-
| 30
|''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]''
|David A. McIntee
|Ace, Benny, [[The Master (First Frontier)|the Master]]
|[[15 September (releases)|15 September]] 1994
|-
| 31
|''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]''
|Mark Gatiss
|rowspan=4|Ace, Benny
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 1994
|-
| 32
|''[[Falls the Shadow (novel)|Falls the Shadow]]''
|[[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|[[17 November (releases)|17 November]] 1994
|-
| 33
|''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]''
|Jim Mortimore
|[[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1994
|-
| 34
|''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]''
|Andrew Cartmel
|[[19 January (releases)|19 January]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|-
| 35
|''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]''
|Kate Orman
| Ace, Benny, Death
|[[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1995
|-
| 36
|''[[Infinite Requiem (novel)|Infinite Requiem]]''
|Daniel Blythe
|rowspan=3|Benny
|[[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 1995
|-
| 37
|''[[Sanctuary (novel)|Sanctuary]]''
|David A. McIntee
|[[20 April (releases)|20 April]] 1995
|-
| 38
|''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''
|Paul Cornell
|[[18 May (releases)|18 May]] 1995
|-
| 39
|''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]''
|Andy Lane
|rowspan=1|Benny, [[Chris Cwej|Chris]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Tobias Vaughn]]
|[[15 June (releases)|15 June]] 1995
|-
| 40
|''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]''
|[[Dave Stone]]
|rowspan=1|Benny, Chris, Roz
|[[20 July (releases)|20 July]] 1995
|-
| 41
|''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]''
|Gareth Roberts
|Benny, Chris, Roz, Chelonians
|[[17 August (releases)|17 August]] 1995
|-
| 42
|''[[Toy Soldiers (novel)|Toy Soldiers]]''
|[[Paul Leonard]]
|Benny, Chris, Roz, [[Ogron]]s
|[[21 September (releases)|21 September]] 1995
|-
| 43
|''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]''
|Steve Lyons
|rowspan=2|Benny, Chris, Roz
|[[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 1995
|-
| 44
|''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]''
|Ben Aaronovitch
|[[16 November (releases)|16 November]] 1995
|-
| 45
|''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]''
|Terrance Dicks
|Benny, Chris, Roz, [[Sontaran]]s, [[Rutan]]s
|[[7 December (releases)|7 December]] 1995
|-
| 46
|''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|rowspan=3|Benny, Chris, Roz
|[[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
|-
| 47
|''[[Warchild (novel)|Warchild]]''
|Andrew Cartmel
|[[16 February (releases)|16 February]] 1996
|-
| 48
|''[[SLEEPY (novel)|SLEEPY]]''
|Kate Orman
|[[21 March (releases)|21 March]] 1996
|-
| 49
|''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]''
|Dave Stone
|Benny, Chris, Roz, [[Jason Kane|Jason]]
|[[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1996
|-
| 50
|''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
|Paul Cornell
|Benny, Chris, Roz, Jason
|[[16 May (releases)|16 May]] 1996
|-
| 51
|''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]''
|[[Craig Hinton]]
|Chris, Roz, [[Dalek]]s
|[[20 June (releases)|20 June]] 1996
|-
| 52
|''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]''
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|Chris, Roz
|[[18 July (releases)|18 July]] 1996
|-
| 53
|''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]''
|Kate Orman
|Benny, Chris, Roz, Jason
|[[15 August (releases)|15 August]] 1996
|-
| 54
|''[[The Death of Art (novel)|The Death of Art]]''
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]]
|rowspan=3|Chris, Roz
|[[19 September (releases)|19 September]] 1996
|-
| 55
|''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]''
|[[Russell T Davies]]
|[[24 October (releases)|24 October]] 1996
|-
| 56
|''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''
|Ben Aaronovitch, Kate Orman
|[[May]] 1997
|-
| 57
|''[[Bad Therapy (novel)|Bad Therapy]]''
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matthew Jones]]
|Chris, [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] 1996
|-
| 58
|''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]''
|Jim Mortimore
|Benny, Chris, Jason
|[[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
|-
| 59
|''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|The Room With No Doors]]''
|Kate Orman
|Chris
|[[20 February (releases)|20 February]] 1997
|-
| 60
|''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''
|Marc Platt
|Chris, [[Romana II]], [[Leela]], Ace, [[K9 Mark I]], [[K9 Mark II]]
|[[20 March (releases)|20 March]] 1997
|-
| 61
|''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|Benny, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[UNIT]], [[Ice Warrior]]s
|[[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1997
|}
''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' was the final New Adventures novel to feature [[the Doctor]], although ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'' was released out-of-order and published last. ''The Dying Days'' reintroduced [[Bernice Summerfield]] and the settings that would predominate the later New Adventures; its afterword specified that the following novels belonged to a series of "''new'' New Adventures", although they were published under the same imprint, logo, and name.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Title''' || '''Author''' || '''Featuring''' || '''Published'''
!# || Title || Author || Main character || Featuring || Published
|-
|-
| 1
|''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''
|[[Paul Cornell]]
|rowspan=5|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|[[Wolsey]], [[Grel]]
|[[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
|-
|-
|''[[Oh No It Isn't]]''||[[Paul Cornell]] || [[Wolsey]] || May 1997
| 2
|''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]''
|[[Justin Richards]]
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]]
|[[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Dragons' Wrath]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || June 1997
| 3
|'' [[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]''
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matthew Jones]]
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Emile Mars-Smith|Emile]]
|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Beyond the Sun (novel) | Beyond the Sun]]''||[[Matthew Jones]] || Jason Kane, Emile Mars-Smith || July 1997
| 4
|''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]''
|[[Dave Stone]]
|Braxiatel
|[[21 August (releases)|21 August]] 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Ship of Fools]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || none || August 1997
| 5
|''[[Down (novel)|Down]]''
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|[[God (The Also People)|God]]
|[[2 September (releases)|2 September]] 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Down]]''||[[Lawrence Miles]] || !X || September 1997
| 6
|''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]''
|[[Gary Russell]]
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]]
|Benny, Chris, Braxiatel, Emile
|[[2 October (releases)|2 October]] 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Deadfall]]''||[[Garry Russell]] || [[Chris Cwej]] || October 1997
| 7
|''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]''
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]]
|rowspan=11|Benny
|[[Clarence]]
|[[3 November (releases)|3 November]] 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Ghost Devices]]''||[[Simon Boucher-Jones]] || God, Clarence || November 1997
| 8
|''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|Chris
|[[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1997
|-
|-
|''[[Mean Streets]]''||[[Terrance Dicks]] || Chris Cwej || December 1997
| 9
|''[[Tempest (novel)|Tempest]]''
|[[Christopher Bulis]]
|
|[[2 January (releases)|2 January]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|-
|-
|''[[Tempest]]''||[[Christopher Bullis]] || none || January 1998
| 10
|''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]''
|[[Kate Orman]]
|Clarence, God
|[[3 February (releases)|3 February]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[Walking to Babylon]]''||[[Kate Orman]] || none || February 1998
| 11
|''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]''
|Dave Stone
|Jason, Chris, [[Roz Forrester|Roz]]
|[[2 March (releases)|2 March]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[Oblivion]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || Jason Kane, [[Chris Cwej]], [[Roz Forrester]] || March 1998
| 12
|''[[The Medusa Effect (novel)|The Medusa Effect]]''
|Justin Richards
|Braxiatel
|[[2 April (releases)|2 April]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[The Medusa Effect]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || April 1998
| 13
|''[[Dry Pilgrimage (novel)|Dry Pilgrimage]]''
|[[Paul Leonard]], [[Nick Walters]]
|
|[[3 May (releases)|3 May]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]''||[[Paul Leonard]] & [[Nick Walters]] || none || May 1998
| 14
|''[[The Sword of Forever (novel)|The Sword of Forever]]''
|[[Jim Mortimore]]
|
|[[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[The Sword of Forever]]''||[[Jim Mortimore]] || none || June 1998
| 15
|''[[Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)|Another Girl, Another Planet]]''
|[[Martin Day]], [[Len Beech]]
|Jason, [[Saldaamir]]
| [[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]''||[[Martin Day]] & [[Len Beech]] || none || August 1998
| 16
|''[[Beige Planet Mars (novel)|Beige Planet Mars]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]], [[Mark Clapham]]
|
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[Beige Planet Mars]]''||[[Lance Parkin]] & [[Mark Clapham]] || none || October 1998
| 17
|''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]''
|[[Rebecca Levene]], [[Simon Winstone]]  
|Braxiatel, Emile, Clarence, God
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1998
|-
|-
|''[[Where Angels Fear]]''||[[Rebecca Levene]] & [[Simon Winstone]] || [[Irving Braxtiatel]] || December 1998
| 18
|''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)|The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]''
|Dave Stone
|[[Stratum Seven Agent]]
|Benny, Jason, Emile, [[Mira (Ship of Fools)|Mira]]
|[[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || Jason Kane || February 1999
| 19
|''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''
|Lawrence Miles
|[[Christine Summerfield|Christine]]
|Chris
|[[1 March (releases)|1 March]] 1999
|-
|-
|''[[Dead Romance]]''||[[Lawrence Miles]] || [[Chris Cwej]] || April 1999
| 20
|''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]''
|Justin Richards
|Benny
|Jason, Braxiatel, Clarence, God
|[[2 June (releases)|2 June]] 1999
|-
|-
|''[[Tears of the Oracle]]''||Justin Richards || Jason Kane, [[Irving Braxiatel]] || June 1999
| 21
|''[[Return to the Fractured Planet (novel)|Return to the Fractured Planet]]''
|Dave Stone
|[[Stratum Seven Agent]]
|Benny, Chris, Braxiatel, Mira
|[[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 1999
|-
|-
|''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]''||[[Dave Stone]] || [[Irving Braxiatel]] || August 1999
| 22
|''[[The Joy Device (novel)|The Joy Device]]''
|Justin Richards
|rowspan=2|Benny
|Jason, Chris, Braxiatel, Clarence, God
|[[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 1999
|-
|-
|''[[The Joy Device]]''||[[Justin Richards]] || none || October 1999
| 23
|''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]''
|Mark Clapham, [[Jon de Burgh Miller]]
|Jason, Chris, Braxiatel, Emile, Clarence
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1999
|}
|}


[[Category:Bernice Summerfield]]
=== Unproduced stories ===
[[Category:Novel series]]
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Main character || Featuring
|-
|''[[Bizarre Love Triangle (novel)|Bizarre Love Triangle]]''
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matthew Jones]]
|[[Emile Mars-Smith]]
|
|-
|''[[The Spectacular Afterlife of Bernice Summerfield (novel)|The Spectacular Afterlife of Bernice Summerfield]]''
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|
|}
 
== Notes ==
=== Continuity ===
* The New Adventures introduced a few new companions into the life of the Doctor: [[Bernice Summerfield]] (debuting in ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''), [[Wolsey]] the [[cat]] (debuting in ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''), and [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] (debuting in ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'').
* Ace was written out in ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' and left the Doctor before reuniting with him in ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]''. During the intervening three years, she changed considerably. Ace left a second time, permanently, in ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]''. Ace's character development and departure were contradicted by later media.
* Apart from the novels, some ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comics take place specifically in the New Adventures continuity. These feature the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, and the older version of Ace; their places in the New Adventures timeline were described in the 1993 article "[[Interweaving with the New Adventures]]".
* ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'' portrays the future death of [[Liz Shaw]].
* The novels ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'', ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'', ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'', ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', and ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' were adapted from rejected episodes for either the Sixth or Seventh Doctor.
* Several novels of the New Adventures featured old foes from [[Doctor Who|the TV series]], including:
** ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' – The [[War Chief]]
** ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' – [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and the [[Cyber-Controller]]
** ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'' – [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s
** ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'' – [[The Monk]] and the [[Vardan]]s
** ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' - [[Ice Warrior]]s
** ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' – [[Great Vampire]]s
** ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'' – [[The Master]]
** [[Original Sin (novel)|''Original Sin'']] - [[Tobias Vaughn]]
** ''[[Toy Soldiers (novel)|Toy Soldiers]]'' – [[Ogron]]s (cameo only)
** ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'' – [[Valeyard]] (illusion only)
** ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' – [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan Host]]
** ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' – [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Dalek]]s (cameo only)
** ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' – [[Ice Warrior]]s
** ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'' – [[Dalek]]s (cameo only)
* The New Adventures were majorly linked to Virgin's [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]] and [[Virgin Decalogs|Decalog]] lines.
** A story strand which originated in ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' continued into the first Missing Adventures novel ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'' in an effort to get readers to buy both books.
** ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' and ''[[Lords of the Storm (novel)|Lords of the Storm]]'' both featured the [[Sontaran]]s in the same month.
** The Missing Adventures novel ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'' featured both the [[Fifth Doctor]] and the Seventh Doctor alongside [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej]], and the Fifth Doctor's companions.
** ''[[Decalog 4: Re:Generations]]'' tells stories about the family of Roz Forrester, introduced in a New Adventures novel. The short story collection ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'' includes the first Bernice Summerfield short story, ''[[The Judgement of Solomon (short story)|The Judgement of Solomon]]'' by [[Lawrence Miles]].
 
=== Adaptations ===
* The novel ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'' was itself an adaptation of the [[Reeltime Pictures]] production ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'', greatly expanded to include the Doctor.
* In [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' series, six New Adventures were adapted into audio: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', ''[[Beyond the Sun (audio story)|Beyond the Sun]]'', ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]'', ''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]'', ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'', and ''[[Dragons' Wrath (audio story)|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 (novel)|Human Nature]]'' was adapted into the two-part story ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]/[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'' in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]] of [[BBC Wales]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' was directly adapted by Big Finish into [[Love and War (audio story)|an audio drama]] in [[2012 (releases)|2012]]. This was followed by ''[[The Highest Science (audio story)|The Highest Science]]'', ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'', ''[[Theatre of War (audio story)|Theatre of War]]'', ''[[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Original Sin (audio story)|Original Sin]]'', ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', and ''[[Goth Opera (audio story)|Goth Opera]]''.
 
=== Production notes ===
* While no novel in particular served as an anniversary special, the 30th anniversary logo was included on the back cover of ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'', ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'', ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'', ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'', and ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''.
** The logo was absent on ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'' and ''[[Shadowmind (novel)|Shadowmind]]'' despite being published between ''Lucifer Rising'' and ''Birthright''.
* ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'' was the final New Adventures novel 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 (releases)|1996]] [[Doctor Who (TV story)|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, the ''Doctor Who'' logo on the front cover and spine removed beginning with the publication of ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]''.
* The cover design changed again with ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)|Another Girl, Another Planet]]'', which removed the "New Adventures" identifier from the front cover and introduced a new title-lettering style.
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/guides/merchandise/books/virgin-na/ The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - Virgin Books - The New Adventures]
 
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