New Series Adventures

The New Series Adventures are a series of novels relating to the long-running BBC science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The 'NSAs', as they are often referred to, are published by BBC Books, and are regularly published in the spring and autumn of each year. Beginning and concluding with the 10th Doctor, a series of 'Quick Reads' have also been available, published once a year. With exception to the Quick Reads, all of the NSAs have been published in hardcover to begin with, and have been reprinted in paperback for boxed collections that are exclusive to The Book People and Tesco. Some of the reprints amend pictures of the companion of the novel from the cover. Some of the hardback editions have also been reprinted to amend pictures of Rose.

Publication History

Ninth Doctor Novels

With the revival of the television series, BBC Books retired its paperback Eighth Doctor Adventures and Past Doctor Adventures fiction lines in 2005 in favour of a new range of hardback books featuring the Ninth Doctor and Rose. These have a reduced word count compared to the EDA and PDA lines, with an average page count of about 250. (Initially, the EDA and PDA lines overlapped with the New Series Adventures; the final EDA, The Gallifrey Chronicles, was published in June 2005, followed by the final PDA, Atom Bomb Blues, a Seventh Doctor adventure, being published in December 2005.) Although the canonicity of Doctor Who spin-offs is open to interpretation, the 2005 series episode "Boom Town" makes a reference to the Doctor and Rose's trip to the Justicia system. This took place in The Monsters Inside, making it the first spin-off novel to ever be explicitly referred to in the television series. All the Ninth Doctor novels except Only Human contain "Bad Wolf" references^[a] in common with the 2005 television series. Winner Takes All also features the recurring characters Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler; Jackie also makes a cameo appearance in Only Human. Unlike many of the BBC's earlier spin-off novels, no definite timeframe exists as to when each of the books take place, though the first three probably take place between "World War Three" and "The Empty Child". Of the latter three (which feature Captain Jack), Only Human and The Deviant Strain take place between "The Doctor Dances" and "Boom Town", while The Stealers of Dreams takes place after "Boom Town" as the events of that episode are referenced, although on-screen dialogue in the episode "Bad Wolf" makes it a challenge to place this novel into the show's continuity. However, it is possible that after "Boom Town", the Doctor, Rose and Jack went somewhere else before returning the egg to Raxacoricofallapatorious. The first books in the series were popular in the UK. The books were not initially available in North America, but became sporadically available in the late summer; in Canada, the books were not carried by the same distributor as the BBC Books paperbacks, and were initially available only through comic book shops and online retailers when Diamond Comic Distributors took up the contract. During 2005, the New Series Adventures featuring the Ninth Doctor were published concurrently with the paperback Eighth Doctor and Past Doctor Adventures series. However, following the publication of the Past Doctor Adventure Atom Bomb Blues (featuring the Seventh Doctor) in November 2005, no new paperback releases were announced, with BBC Books choosing to focus on the New Series Adventures exclusively as the books moved on to featuring the Tenth Doctor.

Tenth Doctor Novels

With the departure of Christopher Eccleston from the role of the Doctor, BBC Books subsequently announced the publication of three novels featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose, released on April 13, 2006. These books follow the same style and format as those featuring the Ninth Doctor, with a continuation of the spine numbering. Range consultant and commissioning editor Justin Richards told Doctor Who Magazine that there would be no Ninth Doctor novels in 2006, and the decision as to whether to continue to publish stories with the Ninth Doctor as a separate range has not yet been taken. Abridged audiobooks were released of all of the Tenth Doctor titles (except the Quick Read series). The first three are narrated by David Tennant (who plays the Tenth Doctor), and were released on 3 July 2006. The Nightmare of Black Island (read by Anthony Head), The Art of Destruction (read by Don Warrington), and The Price of Paradise (read by Shaun Dingwall), were released in November 2006. Four books in the series were released exclusively as paperback novellas under the Quick Reads scheme to inspire literacy among children. One of these novellas, Made of Steel, featured new companion Martha Jones before the character made her television debut ("Smith and Jones"). It was also the first New Series Adventure to be written by Terrance Dicks, a long-time veteran of Doctor Who and former writer for the original series, making him the only writer who has written novels for every line of Doctor Who fiction with the exception of the Telos novellas. Despite the character of Martha Jones having left the television series at the end of the 2007 season (although she subsequently appeared in several episodes of the 2008 season), the novels released in the Spring of 2008 continued to feature her as a companion, rather than the Doctor's new companion, Donna Noble. Donna, however, featured in all three of the novels released in Autumn 2008. The Boxing Day 2008 release saw the series cover new ground with one book featuring Donna Noble, one book covering Martha Jones' adventures between the episodes "The Sound of Drums" (2007) and "Last of the Time Lords" (2007), and one book featuring the Doctor travelling without a companion following the events of "Journey's End" (2008). The 2009 releases (including 6 books in the main series, 1 novella and The Darksmith Legacy) all follow the mould of the Doctor travelling without a regular companion. These books also feature aliens from the New Series, whilst this is not the first time this has happened, (The Monsters Inside) it is the first time they are on the cover, or referenced in the title.

Eleventh Doctor Novels

The series of Eleventh Doctor Novels began in April 2010, with a new cover design, amending the Gallifreyan numbering system on the spine. The titles quickly reached sales numbers of the previous Tenth Doctor novels, and a further batches of three books have been released on a regular basis since July 2010.

In October 2009 Michael Moorcock confirmed that he would be write a one-off, supersize novel, combining prose with hand-drawn sketches, images and exclusive artwork. The title was confirmed as 'The Coming of the Terraphiles', and was released in November 2010. It did not form part of the usual range of novels, and featured characters from Michael Moorcock's Second Ether books.

In April 2011 BBC Books launched a new range of "chapter books" that offer readers aged 8-12 two stories in one publication (or "2in1", which appears on the books' covers). The first two releases had flipppable covers and a divided spine design. In late August 2011 the second batch of releases was published with a surtitle applied ot the two stories and a shared cover with a more tradional blurb for each of the two stories on the back of the books. The next bact of 2in1 stories is due in early 2012.

Audio Stories

Starting with The Stone Rose, all of the New Series Adventures featuring the Tenth Doctor have been released as abridged audio books, normally around three months after the print publication. The first three stories in the range were narrated by David Tennant, and from there, have been narrated by different members of the cast. In January 2010, it was decided that the stories would be released, unabridged, as Download-Only exclusives, and that no further stories were to published on CD. This affected the last five Tenth Doctor Novels, and will continue with the recent release of the Eleventh Doctor Novels. There have also been a separate range of Audio-Only stories. These are linked to the Novels, however they are available on the CD and download formats. The range began in July 2008 with 'Pest Control', and has since contained seven stories featuring the Tenth Doctor, and now continue with the Eleventh Doctor.

In August 2011, the Ninth Doctor Adventures started being released as unabridged download audiobooks. The first book was released in August 2011 and the next one will be released in September. It is not known when the following books will be released as audiobooks, but they presumably will at some point.

List of New Series Adventures

Novels

#	Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring Companion	Published	ISBN	Audiobook Narrator
1	The Clockwise Man	Justin Richards	9th	Rose Tyler	19 May 2005	ISBN 0-563-48628-7	Nicholas Briggs
2	The Monsters Inside	Stephen Cole	9th	Rose Tyler	19 May 2005	ISBN 0-563-48629-5	Camille Coduri
3	Winner Takes All	Jacqueline Rayner	9th	Rose Tyler & Mickey Smith	19 May 2005	ISBN 0-563-48627-9	TBA
4	The Deviant Strain	Justin Richards	9th	Rose Tyler & Captain Jack Harkness	8 September 2005	ISBN 0-563-48637-6	Stuart Milligan
5	Only Human	Gareth Roberts	9th	Rose Tyler & Captain Jack Harkness	8 September 2005	ISBN 0-563-48639-2	TBA
6	The Stealers of Dreams	Steve Lyons	9th	Rose Tyler & Captain Jack Harkness	8 September 2005	ISBN 0-563-48638-4	TBA
7	The Stone Rose	Jacqueline Rayner	10th	Rose Tyler & Mickey Smith	13 April 2006	ISBN 0-563-48643-0	David Tennant
8	The Feast of the Drowned	Stephen Cole	10th	Rose Tyler & Mickey Smith	13 April 2006	ISBN 0-563-48644-9	David Tennant
9	The Resurrection Casket	Justin Richards	10th	Rose Tyler	13 April 2006	ISBN 0-563-48642-2	David Tennant
10	The Nightmare of Black Island	Mike Tucker	10th	Rose Tyler	21 September 2006	ISBN 0-563-48650-3	Anthony Head
11	The Art of Destruction	Stephen Cole	10th	Rose Tyler	21 September 2006	ISBN 0-563-48651-1	Don Warrington
12	The Price of Paradise	Colin Brake	10th	Rose Tyler	21 September 2006	ISBN 0-563-48652-X	Shaun Dingwall
13	Sting of the Zygons	Stephen Cole	10th	Martha Jones	19 April 2007	ISBN 1-84607-225-5	Reggie Yates
14	The Last Dodo	Jacqueline Rayner	10th	Martha Jones	19 April 2007	ISBN 1-84607-224-7	Freema Agyeman
15	Wooden Heart	Martin Day	10th	Martha Jones	19 April 2007	ISBN 1-84607-226-3	Adjoa Andoh
16	Forever Autumn	Mark Morris	10th	Martha Jones	6 September 2007	ISBN 1-84607-270-3	Will Thorp
17	Sick Building	Paul Magrs	10th	Martha Jones	6 September 2007	ISBN 1-84607-269-7	Will Thorp
18	Wetworld	Mark Michalowski	10th	Martha Jones	6 September 2007	ISBN 1-84607-271-9	Freema Agyeman
19	Wishing Well	Trevor Baxendale	10th	Martha Jones	27 December 2007	ISBN 1-84607-348-0	Debbie Chazen
20	The Pirate Loop	Simon Guerrier	10th	Martha Jones	27 December 2007	ISBN 1-84607-347-2	Freema Agyeman
21	Peacemaker	James Swallow	10th	Martha Jones	27 December 2007	ISBN 1-84607-349-9	Will Thorp
22	Martha in the Mirror	Justin Richards	10th	Martha Jones	1 May 2008	ISBN 1-84607-420-7	Freema Agyeman
23	Snowglobe 7	Mike Tucker	10th	Martha Jones	1 May 2008	ISBN 1-84607-421-5	Georgia Moffett
24	The Many Hands	Dale Smith	10th	Martha Jones	1 May 2008	ISBN 1-84607-422-3	David Troughton
25	Ghosts of India	Mark Morris	10th	Donna Noble	4 September 2008	ISBN 1-84607-559-9	David Troughton
26	The Doctor Trap	Simon Messingham	10th	Donna Noble	4 September 2008	ISBN 1-84607-558-0	Russell Tovey
27	Shining Darkness	Mark Michalowski	10th	Donna Noble	4 September 2008	ISBN 1-84607-557-2	Debbie Chazen
28	The Story of Martha	Dan Abnett[b]	10th	Martha Jones	26 December 2008	ISBN 1-84607-561-0	Freema Agyeman
29	Beautiful Chaos	Gary Russell	10th	Donna Noble & Wilfred Mott	26 December 2008	ISBN 1-84607-563-7	Bernard Cribbins
30	The Eyeless	Lance Parkin	10th	None	26 December 2008	ISBN 1-84607-562-9	Russell Tovey
31	Judgement of the Judoon	Colin Brake	10th	Nikki Jupiter	2 April 2009	ISBN 1-84607-639-0	Nicholas Briggs
32	The Slitheen Excursion	Simon Guerrier	10th	June Walsh	2 April 2009	ISBN 1-84607-640-4	Debbie Chazen
33	Prisoner of the Daleks	Trevor Baxendale	10th	Jon Bowman	2 April 2009	ISBN 1-84607-641-2	Nicholas Briggs
34	The Taking of Chelsea 426	David Llewellyn	10th	Jake & Vienna Carstairs	17 September 2009	ISBN 1-84607-758-3	Christopher Ryan
35	Autonomy	Daniel Blythe	10th	Kate Maguire	17 September 2009	ISBN 1-84607-759-1	Georgia Moffett
36	The Krillitane Storm	Christopher Cooper	10th	Emily Parr	17 September 2009	ISBN 1-84607-761-3	Will Thorp
37	Apollo 23	Justin Richards	11th	Amy Pond	22 April 2010	ISBN 1-84607-200-0	James Albrecht
38	Night of the Humans	David Llewellyn	11th	Amy Pond	22 April 2010	ISBN 1-84607-969-1	Arthur Darvill
39	The Forgotten Army	Brian Minchin	11th	Amy Pond	22 April 2010	ISBN 1-84607-987-X	Olivia Colman
40	Nuclear Time	Oli Smith	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	22 July 2010	ISBN 1-84607-989-6	Nicholas Briggs
41	The King's Dragon	Una McCormack	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	22 July 2010	ISBN 1-84607-990-X	Nicholas Briggs
42	The Glamour Chase	Gary Russell	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	22 July 2010	ISBN 1-84607-988-8	Arthur Darvill
S1	The Coming of the Terraphiles	Michael Moorcock	11th	Amy Pond	14 October 2010	ISBN 1-84607-983-7	Clive Mantle
43	Dead of Winter	James Goss	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	28 April 2011	ISBN 1-84990-238-0	Clare Corbett
44	The Way Through the Woods	Una McCormack	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	28 April 2011	ISBN 1-84990-237-2	Clare Corbett
45	Hunter's Moon	Paul Finch	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	28 April 2011	ISBN 1-84990-236-4	Arthur Darvill
46	Touched by an Angel	Jonathan Morris	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	23 June 2011	ISBN 1-84990-234-8	Clare Corbett
47	Paradox Lost	George Mann	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	23 June 2011	ISBN 1-84990-235-6	Nicholas Briggs
48	Borrowed Time	Naomi Alderman	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	23 June 2011	ISBN 1-84990-233-X	Meera Syal
S2	The Silent Stars Go By	Dan Abnett	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	29 September 2011	ISBN 1-84990-243-7	Michael Maloney[1]

Cancelled Novels

1. "The Rain Of Terror"

• Author: Mike Tucker
• Due Date: 8 September 2005
• Doctor: 9th
• Companions: Rose Tyler & Captain Jack Harkness
• Plot Outline: The Year is 2050. The Earth has been hit by a monumental flood, the worst seen since the dawn of time. But The Doctor, Rose & Captain Jack discover that something other than Nature itself could have caused this terrible downpour... The Doctor is about to face one of his most mortal enemies, who he had believed was long since dead...
• Information: Originally due as part of the second selection of Ninth Doctor novels, however, in Doctor Who Magazine #374, the author, Mike Tucker, revealed that due to a heavy workload, he was unable to make changes to the story that had been requested by the production office, and therefore decided to drop the story, in favour of Steve Lyons' "The Stealers Of Dreams". This was later reworked into an 11th Doctor book with the same title, as part of the 2in1 line (see below).

Chapter Books (2in1 Series)

#	Title Story 1	Author	Title Story 2	Author	Subtitle	Featuring	Published	ISBN
1	Heart of Stone	Trevor Baxendale	Death Riders	Justin Richards	N/A	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	3 February 2011	ISBN 1405907576
2	The Good, the Bad and the Alien	Colin Brake	System Wipe	Oli Smith	N/A	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	3 February 2011	ISBN 1405907584
3	The Underwater War	Richard Dinnick	Rain of Terror	Mike Tucker	Alien Adventures	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	1 September 2011	ISBN 1405907673
4	Web in Space	David Bailey	Terminal of Despair	Steve Lyons	Sightseeing in Space	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	1 September 2011	ISBN 1405907681
5	Terrible Lizards	author	Horror of the Space Snakes	author	Monstrous Missions	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	?? February 2012	ISBN
6	Extra Time	author	The Water Thief	author	Step Back in Time	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	?? February 2012	ISBN

Quick Reads

#	Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published	ISBN
1	I am a Dalek	Gareth Roberts	10th	Rose Tyler	19 May 2006	ISBN 0-563-48648-1
2	Made of Steel	Terrance Dicks	10th	Martha Jones	1 March 2007	ISBN 1-84607-204-2
3	Revenge of the Judoon	Terrance Dicks	10th	Martha Jones	6 March 2008	ISBN 1-84607-372-3
4	The Sontaran Games	Jacqueline Rayner	10th	Emma James	26 February 2009	ISBN 1-84607-643-9
5	Code of the Krillitanes	Justin Richards	10th	None	4 March 2010	ISBN 1-84607-928-4
6	Magic of the Angels[2]	Jacqueline Rayner	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	2 February 2012[3]	ISBN 1-84990-286-1

Decide Your Destiny

#	Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Published	ISBN
1	Spaceship Graveyard	Colin Brake	10th	Martha Jones	5 July 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-376-9
2	Alien Arena	Richard Dungworth	10th	Martha Jones	5 July 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-352-3
3	The Time Crocodile	Colin Brake	10th	Martha Jones	5 July 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-350-9
4	The Corinthian Project	Davey Moore	10th	Martha Jones	5 July 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-345-5
5	The Crystal Snare	Richard Dungworth	10th	Martha Jones	4 October 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-381-3
6	War of the Robots	Trevor Baxendale	10th	Martha Jones	4 October 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-382-0
7	Dark Planet	Davey Moore	10th	Martha Jones	4 October 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-379-0
8	The Haunted Wagon Train	Colin Brake	10th	Martha Jones	4 October 2007	ISBN 978-1-40590-380-6
9	Lost Luggage	Colin Brake	10th	None	6 March 2008	ISBN 978-1-40590-401-8
10	Second Skin	Richard Dungworth	10th	None	6 March 2008	ISBN 978-1-40590-402-5
11	The Dragon King	Trevor Baxendale	10th	None	6 March 2008	ISBN 978-1-40590-403-2
12	The Horror of Howling Hill	Jonathan Green	10th	Martha Jones	6 March 2008	ISBN 978-1-40590-404-9
13	Claws of the Macra	Trevor Baxendale	11th	Amy Pond	29 April 2010	ISBN 978-1-40590-685-2
14	The Coldest War	Colin Brake	11th	Amy Pond	29 April 2010	ISBN 978-1-40590-686-9
15	Judoon Monsoon	Richard Dungworth	11th	Amy Pond	2 September 2010	ISBN 978-1-40590-697-5
16	Empire of the Wolf	Neil Corry	11th	Amy Pond	2 September 2010	ISBN 978-1-40590-715-6

Original Audiobooks

#	Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Read by	Published	ISBN
1	Pest Control	Peter Anghelides	10th	Donna Noble	David Tennant	8 May 2008	ISBN 978-1405678193
2	The Forever Trap	Dan Abnett	10th	Donna Noble	Catherine Tate	9 October 2008	ISBN 978-1408406786
3	The Nemonite Invasion	David Roden	10th	Donna Noble	Catherine Tate	12 February 2009	ISBN 978-1408406793
4	The Rising Night	Scott Handcock	10th	None	Michelle Ryan	2 July 2009	ISBN 978-1408409381
5	The Day of the Troll	Simon Messingham	10th	None	David Tennant	8 October 2009	ISBN 978-1408409398
6	The Last Voyage	Dan Abnett	10th	None	David Tennant	7 January 2010	ISBN 978-1408409404
7	Dead Air	James Goss	10th	None	David Tennant	4 March 2010	ISBN 978-1408426807
8	The Ring Of Steel	Stephen Cole	11th	Amy Pond	Arthur Darvill	5 August 2010	ISBN 978-1408427613
9	The Runaway Train	Oli Smith	11th	Amy Pond	Matt Smith	7 October 2010	ISBN 978-1408427477
10	The Jade Pyramid	Martin Day	11th	Amy Pond	Matt Smith	6 January 2011	ISBN 978-1408427491
11	The Gemini Contagion	Jason Arnopp	11th	Amy Pond	Meera Syal	3 March 2011	ISBN 978-1408468166
12	The Hounds of Artemis	James Goss	11th	Amy Pond	Matt Smith and Clare Corbett	4 April 2011	ISBN 978-1408427460
13	The Eye of the Jungle	Darren Jones	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	David Troughton	7 July 2011	ISBN 978-1408468159
14	Blackout	Oli Smith	11th	Amy Pond & Rory Williams	Stuart Milligan	8 September 2011	ISBN 978-1408468784

The Darksmith Legacy

#	Title	Author	Doctor	Published	ISBN
1	The Dust of Ages	Justin Richards	10th	29 January 2009	ISBN 978-1405905138
2	The Graves of Mordane	Colin Brake	10th	29 January 2009	ISBN 978-1405905145
3	The Colour of Darkness	Richard Dungworth	10th	26 February 2009	ISBN 978-1405905152
4	The Depths of Despair	Justin Richards	10th	26 March 2009	ISBN 978-1405905169
5	The Vampire of Paris	Stephen Cole	10th	30 April 2009	ISBN 978-1405905176
6	The Game of Death	Trevor Baxendale	10th	28 May 2009	ISBN 978-1405905183
7	The Planet of Oblivion	Justin Richards	10th	25 June 2009	ISBN 978-1405905190
8	The Picture of Emptiness	Jacqueline Rayner	10th	30 July 2009	ISBN 978-1405905206
9	The Art of War	Mike Tucker	10th	27 August 2009	ISBN 978-1405905213
10	The End of Time	Justin Richards	10th	24 September 2009	ISBN 978-1405905220

Other publications

These Books are not part of the New Series Adventures but are still published by BBC Books and feature the ninth, tenth and eleventh Doctors.

1. The Doctor Who Stories (2009)
   • A book containing fourteen stories, with one of each previously appearing in each fourteen volumes of the Doctor Who Files series (published by BBC Children's Books), and another, previously unpublished story.
2. The Weeping Angels (2010)
   • A book published by BBC Children's Books containing two new stories and several activity items (such as stickers).

Notes

• ^a The Clockwise Man: page 120, The Monsters Inside: page 136, Winner Takes All: page 22, The Deviant Strain: page 162, The Stealers of Dreams: page 113
• ^b The Story of Martha itself was written by Dan Abnett. However the four short stories that alternate with the main plot were written by David Roden, Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman, and Simon Jowett.
• ^c Although the Doctor is not travelling with a TV series companion, the blurb of these books indicates that he has a temporary companion for that story: June in The Slitheen Excursion, Nikki in Judgement of the Judoon, and Emma in The Sontaran Games.

See also

• List of Torchwood novels and audio books

References

1. ^ Doctor Who Magazine #439
2. ^ http://www.quickreads.org.uk/content/doctor-who-magic-angels
3. ^ http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-magic-of-the-angels/

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