The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. The novels were published from 1991 to 1997, and all but the final book involve the Seventh Doctor, played on television by Sylvester McCoy. Beginning in 1997 and continuing until 1999, the New Adventures series focused on the character Bernice Summerfield and the Doctor did not appear. The logo for Virgin Publishings line of Doctor Who New Adventures original novels based on the television series, which was published between 1991 and 1997. ... Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Seventh Doctor is the name given to the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy (born August 20, 1943) is a Scottish actor. ... Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ...

Publication history

Doctor Who

Virgin had purchased the successful children's imprint Target Books in 1989, with Virgin's new fiction editor Peter Darvill-Evans taking over the range. Target's major output was novelisations of televised Doctor Who stories, and Darvill-Evans realised that there were few stories left to be novelised. He approached the BBC for permission to commission original stories written directly for print, but such a licence was initially refused. However, after the television series was cancelled at the end of 1989, Virgin were granted the licence to produce full-length original novels continuing the story from the point at which the series had concluded. Target Books was a British publishing imprint, established in 1973 by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd, a paperback publishing company. ... Peter Darvill-Evans is a British writer and editor. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ...

The range, titled the New Adventures, was launched in 1991 with a series of four linked novels, beginning with Timewyrm: Genesys by John Peel, who had previously contributed to Target's successful range of novelisations. Of the other three initial authors, Terrance Dicks had been a regular contributor to both the television series itself and the major contributor to Target's book range; Nigel Robinson had been Darvill-Evans' predecessor as editor of the Target books; and Paul Cornell, although new to professional publishing, had been an active contributor to the Doctor Who fanzine scene and was beginning a career as a television scriptwriter. John Peel (born 1954) is a British writer, best known for his books connected to several television series. ... Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London, England, UK) is a British writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ...

The initial four Timewyrm books were successful, and the range quickly became a regular monthly series. Eventually, the novels became popular enough that not only did Virgin switch to a monthly publication schedule, it also put out another range, the Missing Adventures, which told stories of previous incarnations of the Doctor. The Timewyrm is the name of a recurring villain from the Virgin New Adventures spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MAs in fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ...

However, following the Doctor Who television movie in 1996 the BBC chose not to renew Virgin's licence to produce Doctor Who novels, choosing instead to publish their own line of original Doctor Who fiction. After 61 New Adventures and 33 Missing Adventures, Doctor Who fiction came to an end at Virgin with The Dying Days, their only Eighth Doctor novel. However the final Doctor Who book published by Virgin was actually So Vile a Sin featuring the Seventh Doctor; it had been scheduled for release several months before The Dying Days but was delayed due to difficulties with the manuscript. Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Dying Days is an original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... So Vile a Sin is an original novel written by Ben Aaronovitch & Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Bernice Summerfield

The New Adventures series continued with Bernice Summerfield, one of the new companions introduced for the New Adventures as the lead character, starting with her taking up a job as professor of archaeology at the St Oscar's University on the planet of Dellah. The new line was written by many of the writers that had written for the New Adventures and continued to feature elements of both the Doctor Who New Adventures and, to a lesser extent, television continuity. Indeed, its concluding arc — the so-called "Gods arc", which sees an alien race with god-like powers devastating Dellah — ties in with concurrent events in the BBC Eighth Doctor Who line. The links between the NA Dead Romance and the two-volume Eighth Doctor novel Interference (all written by Lawrence Miles) are particularly close. Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ... Dead Romance is an original novel by Lawrence Miles, originally published as part of the Virgin New Adventures series. ...

Storytelling

The New Adventures were self-described as being "stories too broad and deep for the small screen," and to take Doctor Who into "previously unexplored realms of time and space". What this meant, in practice, was a shift towards more adult-oriented science fiction writing, and using the literary form to be able to play around with the standard conventions of the series. From the beginning, the novels were controversial for their use of sex, violence and bad language, although this was never as frequent or as extreme as most people seemed to believe, and over time, fans began to accept the new direction as the series found its audience.

Among the developments were a "hardening" of Ace, with a story arc that had her leave the Doctor for three years (from her perspective) and returning as an older and more cynical character, more morally ambiguous endings and the introduction of new companions, such as Bernice and the Adjudicators Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester. Bernice, in particular, proved so popular that in addition to appearing in her own novels, she has gone on to star in her own audio plays as well. Ace (given name Dorothy) is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Christopher Rodonanté Cwej, usually just known as Chris Cwej, is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Roslyn Sarah Inyathi Forrester usually just known as Roz Forrester is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. ...

The novels were guided by the so-called Cartmel Masterplan, which was the backstory that Doctor Who story editor Andrew Cartmel had constructed for the television series when it was cancelled and never brought to fruition. Hints were therefore dropped about the "true" nature of the Seventh Doctor, which culminated in the penultimate novel in the Virgin series, Lungbarrow, written by Marc Platt. Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel is a British science-fiction writer and journalist. ... Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel is a British science-fiction writer and journalist. ... Lungbarrow cover Lungbarrow (ISBN 0426205022) is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Marc Platt Marc Platt is a British writer. ...

One novel in the series, Shakedown, was in fact a novelisation of an independent video production that had featured the Sontarans. Unlicensed productions of this sort are tolerated by the BBC as long as the Doctor and other BBC-copyrighted elements are not featured. The novelisation of Shakedown, however, was expanded to include the Doctor. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Sontarans are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Writers

As well as introducing new characters, the range also provided a showcase for new writing talent. Notable was Paul Cornell who wrote the most popular novel (according to the Doctor Who Magazine poll) Human Nature. Cornell went on to write for the 2005 revival of the television series (Father's Day). Others who later worked on the revived television series include Mark Gatiss, Gareth Roberts, Matt Jones, Simon Winstone and Gary Russell. Even Russell T. Davies, the man in charge of the 2005 television revival, contributed to the range with his novel Damaged Goods. Gatiss and Roberts both did their first ever professional fiction writing for the line, as did others who later found success elsewhere, including Daniel Blythe and Lance Parkin. Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Human Nature is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Fathers Day is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on May 14, 2005. ... Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966 in Sedgefield, County Durham, England) is an English actor and writer. ... Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 1968) is a British television writer and novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is about Matt Jones, the television writer. ... Simon Winstone is a British author and editor, known for his work on Virgins Doctor Who novels and on the BBC soap opera Eastenders. ... Gary Russell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK) is a freelance writer and former child actor. ... Russell T. Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... The cover of Damaged Goods, with artwork by Bill Donohoe. ... British author, who was born in Maidstone in 1969 and studied Modern Languages at St Johns College, Oxford. ... Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and Emmerdale. ...

Several writers from the classic television series also got their chance to contribute — one of the better received novels was The Also People by Ben Aaronovitch. Terrance Dicks, the author of many Target episode novelizations and a writer and script editor for the TV series going back to the 1960s, contributed a number of novels (defying critics who had accused him of being a "cookie cutter" novelist for his brief and generally colourless novelizations). Barry Letts, former producer of the series during the Jon Pertwee era, contributed to the Missing Adventures line. The Also People is an original novel written by Ben Aaronovitch and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Ben Aaronovitch is a London-born, British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty, Jupiter Moon and Dark Knight. ... Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London, England, UK) is a British writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Script Editor is a program included with Mac OS that allows AppleScripts to be written, debugged, and ran. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Barry Letts Barry Letts is a British actor, television director and producer best known for his work on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... John Devon Roland Pertwee (July 7, 1919–May 20, 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was a British actor. ...

Despite moving to the BBC line of novels, the writers (many who cut their teeth with the Virgin series) attempted to maintain continuity with the Virgin range and many elements from this series appeared in later Doctor Who stories. With Big Finish Productions acquiring the licence to produce both Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield audio plays and short fiction, they have been able to set audio plays within the universe of the Virgin novel line, as is the case with The Shadow of the Scourge and The Dark Flame, for example. Although the continuity of the audio plays and the BBC's Eighth Doctor Adventures diverge sharply from each other, they both broadly appear to maintain continuity with the Virgin series, although Big Finish's early Bernice Summerfield works did not. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... The Shadow of the Scourge is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Dark Flame is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Eighth Doctor Adventures (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ...

E-books

By 2002, copyright in some of the books had reverted to the individual authors, and BBCi decided to take advantage of this by negotiating to make some of the most popular and sought-after of the now long out-of-print series available to read for free online as part of their Doctor Who website. These e-book versions have in some cases been slightly re-written by the original writers, and include such bonuses as illustrations and DVD commentary-style chapter-by-chapter notes by the authors. BBCi is the brand name for the BBCs interactive television services. ... A major selling point of DVD video is that its storage capacity allows for a wide variety of extra features in addition to the feature film itself. ...

List of Virgin New Adventures

Featuring the Doctor

¹due to Aaronovitch's difficulty in completing the novel solo to deadline, it was delayed and co-written by Orman, eventually being published after The Dying Days. It is listed here in the position it occupies in the series' ongoing narrative continuity. John Peel (born 1954) is a British writer, best known for his books connected to several television series. ... Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London, England, UK) is a British writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Nigel Robinson is a British author, known for such works as the First Contact series. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... Marc Platt Marc Platt is a British writer. ... Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel is a British science-fiction writer and journalist. ... Nightshade is an original novel written by Mark Gatiss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966 in Sedgefield, County Durham, England) is an English actor and writer. ... Love and War is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... Transit is an original novel written by Ben Aaronovitch and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Ben Aaronovitch is a London-born, British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty, Jupiter Moon and Dark Knight. ... Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Highest Science is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 1968) is a British television writer and novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Pit is an original novel written by Neil Penswick and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Deceit is an original novel written by Peter Darvill-Evans and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Peter Darvill-Evans is a British writer and editor. ... Lucifer Rising is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series such as Doctor Who and Babylon 5. ... Andy Lane is a British writer. ... White Darkness is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... David A. McIntee is a British writer. ... Shadowmind is an original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Christopher Bulis is a writer most well known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. ... Birthright (ISBN 0426203933) is a novel by Nigel Robinson from the Virgin New Adventures. ... Nigel Robinson is a British author, known for such works as the First Contact series. ... Iceberg is an original novel written by David Banks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... David Banks David Banks (born 24 September 1951 in Hull, England) is a British actor. ... Blood Heat is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series such as Doctor Who and Babylon 5. ... The Dimension Riders is an original novel written by Daniel Blythe and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... British author, who was born in Maidstone in 1969 and studied Modern Languages at St Johns College, Oxford. ... The Left-Handed Hummingbird is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Conundrum is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Steve Lyons is a British writer. ... No Future is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... Tragedy Day is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 1968) is a British television writer and novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Legacy is an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Gary Russell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK) is a freelance writer and former child actor. ... Theatre of War is an original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Justin Richards is a British writer. ... All-Consuming Fire is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Andy Lane is a British writer. ... Blood Harvest is an original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London, England, UK) is a British writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Strange England is an original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Simon Messingham is a British science fiction writer who has written six Doctor Who novels and wrote and performed in the cable television programmes The Dave Saint Show and Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement. ... First Frontier is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... David A. McIntee is a British writer. ... St Anthonys Fire is an original novel written by Mark Gatiss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966 in Sedgefield, County Durham, England) is an English actor and writer. ... Falls the Shadow is an original novel written by Daniel OMahony and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Daniel OMahony is a British author, most famous for his work for various spin-offs from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ... Parasite is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series such as Doctor Who and Babylon 5. ... Warlock is an original novel written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel is a British science-fiction writer and journalist. ... Set Piece is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Infinite Requiem is an original novel written by Daniel Blythe and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... British author, who was born in Maidstone in 1969 and studied Modern Languages at St Johns College, Oxford. ... Sanctuary is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... David A. McIntee is a British writer. ... Human Nature is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... Original Sin is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Andy Lane is a British writer. ... Christopher Rodonanté Cwej, usually just known as Chris Cwej, is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Roslyn Sarah Inyathi Forrester usually just known as Roz Forrester is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Sky Pirates! is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Dave Stone is a British writer. ... Zamper is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 1968) is a British television writer and novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Toy Soldiers is an original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Paul J. Leonard Hinder, better known by his pseudonym of Paul Leonard and also originally published a sPJL Hinder, is an author best known for his work on various spin-off fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Head Games is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Steve Lyons is a British writer. ... Melanie Bush, or simply Mel, is a fictional character played by Bonnie Langford in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Also People is an original novel written by Ben Aaronovitch and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Ben Aaronovitch is a London-born, British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty, Jupiter Moon and Dark Knight. ... Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London, England, UK) is a British writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Just War (ISBN 0426204638) is a novel by Lance Parkin from the Virgin New Adventures. ... Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and Emmerdale. ... Warchild is an original novel written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel is a British science-fiction writer and journalist. ... Two fatigued men in Tehran The word fatigue is used in everyday living to describe a range of afflictions, varying from a general state of lethargy to a specific work induced burning sensation within muscle. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Death and Diplomacy is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Dave Stone is a British writer. ... Jason Peter Kane is a fictional character from Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ... Happy Endings is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. ... Irving Braxiatel is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... GodEngine is an original novel written by Craig Hinton and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Craig Hinton (born 1964 in London) is an author most associated with his work for various spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who. ... Christmas on a Rational Planet is an original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Lawrence Miles (born 1972 in Middlesex) is a science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels (both for the Virgin New Adventures and BBC Books series) and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox. ... Return of the Living Dad is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Death of Art is an original novel written by Simon Bucher-Jones and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Simon Bucher-Jones (born Simon Jones on 6 September 1964) is a British author and artist , best known for his Doctor Who novels for Virgin and the BBC and as a contributor to the Faction Paradox spin-off series. ... The cover of Damaged Goods, with artwork by Bill Donohoe. ... Russell T. Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... So Vile a Sin is an original novel written by Ben Aaronovitch & Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Ben Aaronovitch is a London-born, British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty, Jupiter Moon and Dark Knight. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Bad Therapy is an original novel written by Matthew Jones and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is about Matt Jones, the television writer. ... Peri Brown, full name Perpugilliam Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Eternity Weeps is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series such as Doctor Who and Babylon 5. ... Liz Shaw, full name Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Room With No Doors is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Lungbarrow cover Lungbarrow (ISBN 0426205022) is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Marc Platt Marc Platt is a British writer. ... Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... K-9, or K9, is the name of several robotic dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... The Dying Days is an original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and Emmerdale. ...

Featuring Bernice Summerfield

The adventures of Bernice Summerfield continued in a series of novels and short story anthologies published by Big Finish Productions in 2000. Oh No It Isnt! (ISBN 0426205073) is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... Dragons Wrath is a novel by Justin Richards from the Virgin New Adventures starring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Justin Richards is a British writer. ... Beyond the Sun (ISBN ) is a novel by Matt Jones featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, his second for the Virgin New Adventures. ... This is about Matt Jones, the television writer. ... Ship of Fools is an original novel by Dave Stone featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Dave Stone is a British writer. ... Down is an original novel by Lawrence Miles featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Lawrence Miles (born 1972 in Middlesex) is a science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels (both for the Virgin New Adventures and BBC Books series) and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox. ... Deadfall is an original novel by Gary Russell featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Gary Russell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK) is a freelance writer and former child actor. ... Ghost Devices is an original novel by Simon Bucher-Jones featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Simon Bucher-Jones (born Simon Jones on 6 September 1964) is a British author and artist , best known for his Doctor Who novels for Virgin and the BBC and as a contributor to the Faction Paradox spin-off series. ... Mean Streets is an original novel by Terrance Dicks featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London, England, UK) is a British writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Tempest is an original novel by Christopher Bulis featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Christopher Bulis is a writer most well known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. ... Walking to Babylon (ISBN 0426205219) is a 1998 novel by Kate Orman in the Virgin New Adventures series featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny). ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Oblivion is an original novel by Dave Stone featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Dave Stone is a British writer. ... The Medusa Effect is an original novel by Justin Richards featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Justin Richards is a British writer. ... Dry Pilgrimage is an original novel by Paul Leonard and Nick Walters featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Paul J. Leonard Hinder, better known by his pseudonym of Paul Leonard and also originally published a sPJL Hinder, is an author best known for his work on various spin-off fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Sword of Forever is an original novel by Jim Mortimore featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series such as Doctor Who and Babylon 5. ... Another Girl, Another Planet is an original novel by Len Beech (a pseudonym for Steve Bowkett) and Martin Day featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Martin Day (born 1968) is a novelist and screen-writer most known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and several episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs. ... Steve Bowkett is a writer and hypnotherapist born in South Wales, moving to Leicestershire with his family as a young boy. ... Beige Planet Mars is an original novel by Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and Emmerdale. ... 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Lawrence Miles (born 1972 in Middlesex) is a science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels (both for the Virgin New Adventures and BBC Books series) and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox. ... Tears of the Oracle is an original novel by Justin Richards featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Justin Richards is a British writer. ... Return to the Fractured Planet is an original novel by Dave Stone featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Dave Stone is a British writer. ... The Joy Device is an original novel by Justin Richards featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Justin Richards is a British writer. ... Twilight of the Gods is a novel by Mark Clapham and Jon de Burgh Miller from the Virgin New Adventures with the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield as its main character. ... 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Plot overview

Recurring elements

The New Adventures significantly expanded the Doctor Who universe. The character of the Doctor was recast as Time's Champion, which was sometimes interpreted figuratively and sometimes literally — Time, Death and Pain are occasionally seen as personified beings (possibly Eternals), who were worshipped as gods in Ancient Gallifrey. The Doctor was also shown to have a link to the Other, a figure from the time of Rassilon and Omega; the nature of this link was most explicitly shown in Lungbarrow. A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... Enlightenment is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 1 to March 9, 1983. ... The Other is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Rassilon is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Omega is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ...

Many new parts of the TARDIS were seen in the New Adventures, including a tertiary console room made of stone. The Doctor was also seen to have a house in Kent which he used as a base of operations at different points in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; this "House on Allen Road" first appeared in Cat's Cradle: Warhead. Also appearing in Warhead and its sequels, Warlock and Warchild (all by Andrew Cartmel) are the ecological activist Justine and psychic Vincent Wheaton. This article is about the English county of Kent. ... Warlock is an original novel written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Warchild is an original novel written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel is a British science-fiction writer and journalist. ...

Alien races created for the New Adventures include the Chelonians (who first appear in The Highest Science) and the Pakhars (who first appear in Legacy). Another group of adversaries who appear in several New and Missing Adventures are the Great Old Ones, derived from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. In the New Adventures, these beings are survivors of the universe before this one, who therefore exist in accordance with a different set of physical laws. A being calling itself Azathoth in All-Consuming Fire turns out to be an impostor, but the novel identifies several other Doctor Who monsters with Lovecraftian entities: the Great Intelligence is Yog-Sothoth, the Animus is Lloigor, Fenric is Hastur the Unspeakable, and an Old One encountered in White Darkness is Cthulhu. This is a list of monsters and aliens from the television series Doctor Who. ... The Highest Science is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of monsters and aliens from the television series Doctor Who. ... Legacy is an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A Great Old One is a type of fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ... Cthulhu Mythos is the term coined by the writer August Derleth to describe the shared elements, characters, settings, and themes in the works of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers. ... All-Consuming Fire is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Yeti of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, although resembling the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti, are in actuality alien robots. ... Yog-Sothoth (The Lurker at the Threshold, The Key and the Gate, The All-in-One) is a fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos. ... This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Zhar (The Twin Obscenities) is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. ... This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Hastur is a fictional character from the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecrafts short stories; the name was borrowed from Robert W. Chambers, who, in turn, had borrowed it from Ambrose Bierce. ... White Darkness is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Cthulhu and Rlyeh Cthulhu (other spellings: Kutulu, Cthulu, Kthulhut, Thu Thu, Tulu[1], and many others) is a fictional entity created by horror author H.P. Lovecraft. ...

The early New Adventures were explicitly linked in story arcs, indicated in the books' titles. Later novels in the series were often, but not always, linked in looser story arcs, which were noted in publicity materials but not in the titles. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Timewyrm

The cover of the first New Adventures book, Timewyrm: Genesys.

During a visit to Ancient Mesopotamia, the Doctor accidentally grants a cybernetically enhanced alien queen the ability to travel freely in time, thus creating the Timewyrm (Timewyrm: Genesys). The Doctor and Ace pursue the Timewyrm through time and space, from a Nazi-occupied Britain (Timewyrm: Exodus) to the far future (Timewyrm: Apocalypse). Eventually, after a battle within his own mind, the Doctor is able to trap the Timewyrm in the body of a mindless baby, forcing it to relinquish its power and memories but giving it a new chance at life (Timewyrm: Revelation). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (358x605, 60 KB) Summary Scan of the cover of the Virgin New Adventures Doctor Who novel Timewyrm: Genesys to illustrate that books article. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (358x605, 60 KB) Summary Scan of the cover of the Virgin New Adventures Doctor Who novel Timewyrm: Genesys to illustrate that books article. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and Southwest Iran. ... The Timewyrm is the name of a recurring villain from the Virgin New Adventures spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Cat's Cradle

The TARDIS is damaged by a three-way collision with an alien parasite and time explorers from ancient Gallifrey (Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible). While the TARDIS attempts to repair itself, the Doctor and Ace fight the sinister Butler Corporation in the early 21st century (Cat's Cradle: Warhead). The final repairs to the TARDIS's link to the Eye of Harmony require organic material, which the Doctor eventually acquires after a visit to Wales and Tír na n-Óg, a planet inhabited by beings modelled after figures from Celtic mythology and English folklore (Cat's Cradle: Witchmark). However, unbeknownst to the Doctor, the organic material is tainted with a demonic intelligence, which infects the TARDIS. The Third Doctor emerging from the TARDIS in the 1970 serial Spearhead from Space. ... A Vardan spaceship approaches Gallifrey from space (from The Invasion of Time). ... The TARDISs Eye of Harmony, from the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. ... Tír na nÓg, called in English the Land of Eternal Young, was the most popular of the Otherworlds in Irish mythology, perhaps best known from the myth of Oisín and Niamh of the Golden Hair. ... Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. ... English folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in England over a number of centuries. ...

Future History Cycle

On the planet Heaven, Ace falls in love with a Traveller named Jan. However, when Heaven is threatened by the deadly fungal Hoothi, the Doctor manipulates Jan into sacrificing himself to destroy the Hoothi. Furious, Ace leaves the Doctor's company, and he is joined by archaeologist Bernice Summerfield (Love and War). Benny and the Doctor travel through the history of Earth and its colonies from the 22nd through 26th centuries, having adventures alongside Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart (Transit) and William Blake (The Pit). Both the TARDIS and the Doctor begin behaving more and more erratic as a result of the TARDIS's infection. As part of his plan to remove the infection, the Doctor brings Ace back on board the TARDIS, but she has spent three years fighting Daleks in Earth's Spacefleet, and has been somewhat hardened by the experience (Deceit). Ace rejoins the Doctor, and turns the tables on him by manipulating him into a mission on the planet Lucifer (Lucifer Rising). This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ... Love and War is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Transit is an original novel written by Ben Aaronovitch and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... William Blake in an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips William Blake (November 28, 1757–August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. ... The Pit is an original novel written by Neil Penswick and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Daleks (pronounced DAH-lecks; IPA: ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Deceit is an original novel written by Peter Darvill-Evans and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Lucifer Rising is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The Doctor continues to stage manage events like a chess master playing on multiple boards. At one point he even deposits Benny and Ace in 1909 and the distant future, respectively, to defeat an alien invasion on their own (Birthright), while he uses the TARDIS's "Jade Pagoda" and defeats a Cyberman plot in 2006 (Iceberg). Birthright (ISBN 0426203933) is a novel by Nigel Robinson from the Virgin New Adventures. ... The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Iceberg is an original novel written by David Banks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Alternate History Cycle

The TARDIS lands in a tar pit in an Earth ruled by the Silurians. This is an alternate universe in which the Third Doctor died in a Silurian prison and was not able to prevent the Silurian plague from devastating the human race. The Doctor recognizes that this universe is draining energy from the real one, and creates a Time Ram with his counterpart's TARDIS and his own, to destroy the altered reality; his own TARDIS is apparently destroyed, and he leaves in his counterpart's (Blood Heat). The Doctor realises that someone has been altering the past, including the Doctor's own timeline. An alteration of the Doctor's encounter with the Matrix allows an ancient Gallifreyan evil to be resurrected (The Dimension Riders); the psychic force of a dead Aztec priest-king survives for much longer than it should (The Left-Handed Hummingbird); and the Land of Fiction survives the Doctor's previous visit, with a new Writer (a young man named Jason) who traps the Doctor in a poorly constructed fictional world (Conundrum). Eventually the changes are revealed as the work of the Meddling Monk here named "Mortimus" and using a captured Chronovore to alter the timeline. He frees the Vardans from the time loop the Doctor had imprisoned them in, but the Doctor and UNIT are able to defeat an attempted Vardan invasion of Earth in 1976. Ace pretends to join the Monk and frees the Chronovore, who restores (most) of the altered realities to their status quo ante. Her encounter with the Monk also helps Ace to forgive the Doctor for his past manipulations (No Future). The name Silurians refers to a fictional race of reptile-like beings in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who and the Silurians is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from January 31 to March 14, 1970. ... The Time Monster is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 20 to June 24, 1972. ... Blood Heat is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Matrix, in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a massive computer system on the planet Gallifrey that acts as the repository of the combined knowledge of the Time Lords. ... The Dimension Riders is an original novel written by Daniel Blythe and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Left-Handed Hummingbird is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Mind Robber is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from September 14 to October 12, 1968. ... This is a list of fictional characters who were companions of the Doctor, in various spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Conundrum is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Peter Butterworth as the Meddling Monk (from The Time Meddler) The Meddling Monk is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Time Monster is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 20 to June 24, 1972. ... The Invasion of Time is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from February 4 to March 11, 1978. ... The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (also known as UNIT) is a fictional military organization from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... No Future is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

After a visit to Peladon (Legacy), Benny briefly leaves the Doctor and Ace to join an Ice Warrior archaeological team on Phaester Osiris. She rejoins them in time for the trio to become involved in a complex scheme by Irving Braxiatel to defeat a civilization of theatre-obsessed conquerors who had been threatening the Braxiatel Collection. (Theatre of War). In 1887, the trio join forces with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and encounter the Giant Rat of Sumatra before eventually traveling to Bombay and the planet Ry'leh to foil an alien impersonating the Great Old One Azathoth (All-Consuming Fire). This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Ice Warriors is the name given to a fictional extraterrestrial race of reptile-like beings in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Irving Braxiatel is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Theatre of War is an original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand magazine. ... Dr. John H. Watson is a fictional character, the sidekick of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional 19th century detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Nutrias are sometimes mistaken for the fearsome Giant Rat of Sumatra. ... Rlyeh is in the middle of one of the biggest patches of empty ocean on Earth. ... Azathoth is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. ...

After spending several months running a speakeasy in 1920s Chicago, the Doctor returns to E-Space to face a renewed Vampire threat, and is reunited with Romana, who returns with him to Gallifrey (Blood Harvest). At an Air Force base in 1957 New Mexico, the Doctor, Benny and Ace encounter the Master, who has used nanotechnology provided by a race known as the Tzun to restore and regenerate his body (First Frontier). Later, the three travelers meet one of the oldest beings in the universe, a "grey man" who tries to weaken the good-and-evil dualism which his people had instilled in the universe's structure (Falls the Shadow). Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A Vardan spaceship approaches Gallifrey from space (from The Invasion of Time). ... Blood Harvest is an original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Master is a supporting fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Molecular gears from a NASA computer simulation. ... First Frontier is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Falls the Shadow is an original novel written by Daniel OMahony and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

On Earth in the twenty-first century, the Doctor, Benny and Ace investigate a new drug called "warlock" which has the power to enable the user to transfer his or her mind to another place or body; they discover that drug is actually an alien gestalt intelligence, and help it to leave the Earth (Warlock). A series of rifts in time and space (created by a crude time machine used by Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart) sends Ace to Ancient Egypt, Benny to France in 1798, and the Doctor to the Paris Commune of 1871; the three are eventually reunited, but Ace decides to stay behind in Paris, keeping one of Kadiatu's time hoppers. She takes the title of Time's Vigilante (Set Piece). Le Père Duchesne looking at the statue of Napoleon I on top of the Vendome column: Eh ben ! bougre de canaille, on va donc te foutre en bas comme ta crapule de neveu !… (Here! savage rascal, we will put you down just like your crook of a nephew!…) The... Set Piece is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Wolsey the Cat upon the TARDIS column.

After Ace's departure, Benny has a series of painful losses. First, her friend Darius Cheynor (a 24th century officer first encountered in The Dimension Riders) survives an encounter with powerful Sensopaths from the end of time, only to be killed in a conflict with the cybernetic Phractons (Infinite Requiem). Shortly thereafter, Bernice falls in love with the 13th century Knight Templar Guy de Carnac, who apparently dies defending a Cathar village in the Albigensian Crusade (Sanctuary). Unable to understand Benny's grief on a human level, the Doctor purchases a device which alters his biodata, transforming him into a human named Dr. John Smith. Smith lives as a history teacher at an English public school, and falls in love with a fellow teacher named Joan. However, when alien Aubertides, hoping to acquire Time Lord abilities, attack the school, Smith sacrifices himself and becomes the Doctor once more; as the Time Lord, he is unable to love Joan in the way the human John Smith did. Joan gives the Doctor her cat Wolsey (Human Nature). Image File history File links A_New_Home_for_Wolsey. ... Image File history File links A_New_Home_for_Wolsey. ... The Third Doctor emerging from the TARDIS in the 1970 serial Spearhead from Space. ... Infinite Requiem is an original novel written by Daniel Blythe and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Seal of the Knights — the two riders have been interpreted as a sign of poverty or the duality of monk/soldier. ... Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209. ... The Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade (1209 - 1229) was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Roman Catholic Church to eliminate the religion practiced by the Cathars of Languedoc, which the Roman Catholic hierarchy considered apostasy. ... Sanctuary is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of fictional characters who were companions of the Doctor, in various spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ...

Investigating a mysterious warning about Earth in the 30th century, the Doctor and Benny meet Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej. The four discover extensive corruption in the Earth Empire, and a trail which leads them to the Doctor's old enemy Tobias Vaughn, who had survived his betrayal by the Cybermen and worked for centuries behind the scenes to ensure that Earth was victorious over alien foes. Vaughn is a driving force behind the Earth Empire, but is defeated by the Doctor. Roz and Chris cannot return to the corrupt Adjudicator force, and join the Doctor and Benny in the TARDIS (Original Sin). Roslyn Sarah Inyathi Forrester usually just known as Roz Forrester is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Christopher Rodonanté Cwej, usually just known as Chris Cwej, is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Invasion is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in eight weekly parts from November 2 to December 21, 1968. ... Original Sin is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The four travellers have several adventures in quick succession, from a journey to the strange pocket dimension known as the System (Sky Pirates!), to an encounter with Chelonians on a distant planet (Zamper). They also stop the abduction of children from 1919 Earth to fight in an unending war on the planet Q'ell (Toy Soldiers). Sky Pirates! is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Zamper is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Toy Soldiers is an original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The Land of Fiction and its new Writer, Jason, trouble the Doctor again, this time creating a fictional "Dr. Who" whose two-dimensional morality contrasts with the complex manipulations of Time's Champion. In this adventure, the Doctor is temporarily reunited with both Ace and his former companion Mel, who is dismayed at the changes the Doctor has undergone since she knew him (Head Games). The Land of Fiction's energy had escaped into the real world as a side-effect of Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart's time travel, so the Doctor finds Kadiatu and takes her to the Dyson Sphere inhabited by the culture known as the People, who are so highly advanced that they have a non-aggression treaty with the Time Lords. While the Doctor, Roz and Chris investigate a possible murder, Benny helps Kadiatu overcome the programming which had turned her into a killing machine (The Also People). Melanie Bush, or simply Mel, is a fictional character played by Bonnie Langford in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Head Games is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A cut-away diagram of an idealized Dyson shell — a variant on Dysons original concept — 1 AU in radius A Dyson sphere (or shell as it appeared in the original paper) is a hypothetical megastructure. ...

Following this, the crews of both the TARDIS and the solar yacht Tiger Moth become involved in the ongoing Sontaran/Rutan conflict (Shakedown). In 1941, Benny spends several months incognito in Nazi-occupied Guernsey, investigating a German weapon which has the potential to change the course of the Second World War — a weapon inspired by a passing remark made by the Doctor to a German scientist in 1936 (Just War). Concept image of a solar sail spacecraft in the process of unfurling sails. ... The Sontarans are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Rutan Host, or Rutans are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Just War (ISBN 0426204638) is a novel by Lance Parkin from the Virgin New Adventures. ...

Psi-Powers Cycle

The TARDIS travellers next have several adventures involving humans with psychic abilities. Many of these involve a shadowy organization known as the Brotherhood. The first psi-powers encounter is a final encounter with Vincent Wheaton, who has lost his powers but is manipulating his psychic son Ricky (Warchild). Next, the time travellers investigate an outbreak of psychic powers on the planet Yemaya 4 in the 23rd century, which turns out to be carrying the mind of a sentient computer (SLEEPY). The travellers have several other adventures before their next encounter with the Brotherhood. Parapsychology is the study of certain types of paranormal phenomena (parapsychology comes from the Greek para, “beside, beyond,” + psychology, derived from the Greek psyche, “soul, mind,” + logos “rational discussion”). The term was coined by Max Dessoir (1889). ... Two fatigued men in Tehran The word fatigue is used in everyday living to describe a range of afflictions, varying from a general state of lethargy to a specific work induced burning sensation within muscle. ...

In the distant Magellan Cluster, while the Doctor attempts to mediate an interplanetary war between three stellar empires, a war which Roz and Chris become caught up in, Benny meets and falls in love with a displaced human drifter and con-artist named Jason Kane. The two decide to get married (Death and Diplomacy). The Doctor arranges a gala wedding in the English village of Cheldon Boniface, in the early 21st century, home of Ishtar Hutchings, the former Timewyrm. He invites and provides transportation for guests from points throughout time and space, including Ace, Kadiatu, Irving Braxiatel and Sherlock Holmes and Watson. The wedding is interrupted by the Master, who had stolen a Gallifreyan relic to build himself a new body, and had created a Fortean flicker to distract the Time Lords with improbable coincidences; however, his plan had backfired when the flicker caused the Doctor to coincidentally arrive to arrange Benny's wedding. The Master's backup plans are defeated with the help of Ishtar; the temporal energy she releases also rejuvenates the aging Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The Fortean flicker also returns the Doctor's original TARDIS from the alternate reality where it had been seemingly destroyed. The Doctor gives Benny and Jason two time rings as wedding presents (Happy Endings). Jason Peter Kane is a fictional character from Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ... Death and Diplomacy is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Charles Fort, 1920 Charles Hoy Fort (6 August 1874 - 3 May 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. ... Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. ... This is a list of items from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ... Happy Endings is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

On Mars shortly before the Dalek invasion of Earth, the Doctor, Roz and Chris discover a plan by a rogue Ice Warrior faction to assemble an ancient Osirian weapon to wreak revenge on the human colonists who have driven them off their planet (GodEngine). Returning to his investigations of human psi-powers, the Doctor travels to New York State in 1799, where he battles Cacophany, the Carnival Queen, representative of the irrationality banished from the universe by the earliest Time Lords (Christmas on a Rational Planet). Mars, a planet in our Solar System (see: Mars (planet)), is featured in the Doctor Who fictional universe. ... The Dalek Invasion of Earth is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from November 21 to December 26, 1964. ... Pyramids of Mars is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 25 to November 15, 1975. ... GodEngine is an original novel written by Craig Hinton and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Christmas on a Rational Planet is an original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Benny then contacts the Doctor, asking for his help in discovering what happened to her father Isaac Summerfield, a Spacefleet Admiral who disappeared during a crucial battle with the Daleks. The Doctor and Bernice discover that Isaac's ship was caught in a time rift and ended up on Earth in the twentieth century. They find Isaac in an English village in 1983, running an underground railroad for stranded aliens. While Chris and Roz become closer, the Doctor and Benny deal with a plot to change human history (Return of the Living Dad). This is a list of characters from the ongoing series of Bernice Summerfield audio dramas and novels by Big Finish as well as the the Bernice-only Virgin New Adventures. ... Return of the Living Dad is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The Doctor recovers the trail of the mysterious Brotherhood in 1880s Paris, where several secret societies are using psychic powers to their own advantage (The Death of Art). Investigating an unusually deadly shipment of cocaine in a London council estate in 1987, the Doctor, Roz and Chris discover that an ancient Gallifreyan weapon called an N-Form has been activated, in part by the distorted psychic bond between two twins separated at birth (Damaged Goods). In the 2980s, while human nobles (including Roz's sister Leabie Forrester) fight for control of the Earth Empire, the Brotherhood (which has become a powerful player in galactic politics) hopes to use another Gallifreyan artefact, the Nexus, to induce psychic powers in all human beings. While the Doctor and Chris focus on the threat posed by the Brotherhood, Roz joins her sister in her bid to reform the corrupt Empire. Although the Doctor is able to defeat the Brotherhood utterly, he is unable to save Roz from dying in battle. Leabie becomes Empress, and at Roz's funeral the Doctor suffers a heart attack (So Vile a Sin). The Death of Art is an original novel written by Simon Bucher-Jones and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Public housing describes a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

While recovering from Roz's death in 1958 London, the Doctor and Chris encounter Moriah, an alien king who has been creating artificial life-forms in an effort to bring back his dead wife, and the Doctor's former companion Peri, who has been trapped in a loveless marriage to King Yrcanos since she and the Doctor parted (Bad Therapy). In 2003, when Benny and Jason join two archaeological teams searching for Noah's Ark, a ruthless Iranian soldier accidentally causes a deadly biological agent to be released in the Earth's atmosphere, killing hundreds of millions, including Liz Shaw. Benny and Jason agree to divorce (Eternity Weeps). Peri Brown, full name Perpugilliam Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... For other uses, see Mindwarp (disambiguation). ... Bad Therapy is an original novel written by Matthew Jones and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A painting by the American Edward Hicks (1780–1849), showing the animals boarding Noahs Ark two by two. ... Liz Shaw, full name Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Eternity Weeps is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

In sixteenth-century Japan, the Doctor meets Victorian time-traveller Penelope Gate (whom later BBC novels suggest may be his mother) and comes to terms with his recent losses and impending regeneration (which he is aware of). Chris also begins to heal and discover his own form of heroism (The Room With No Doors). Finally, the Doctor returns to his family home on Gallifrey, where long-buried secrets are revealed. Chris decides to remain on Gallifrey and Romana, now Lady President, sends the Doctor to Skaro to retrieve the Master's remains (Lungbarrow). This leads into the events of the television movie. The Room With No Doors is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Skaro from space (from the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. ... Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The Eighth Doctor meets Benny at the house on Allen Road in 1997, and the two of them (alongside the Brigadier) defeat an Ice Warrior invasion. At the story's end, the Doctor takes Benny to her new job in the 26th century, a position at St. Oscar's University on the planet Dellah (The Dying Days). The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ...

See also

by David Whitaker, published in 1964, was the very first Doctor Who novelisation. ... The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MAs in fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... The Virgin Decalog books were collections of short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the television series Doctor Who: they gained their name from the fact that each volume contained ten stories (although the last two collections both contained eleven). ... The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs) are a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ... The Eighth Doctor Adventures (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ... The BBC Short Trips books were collections of short stories published by BBC Books based on the television series Doctor Who. ... The Clockwise Man was the first volume in the New Series Adventures range. ... The Telos Doctor Who novellas are a series of spin-off novellas based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing. ... The Big Finish Short Trips are a collection of short stories published by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who, beginning with the collection Short Trips: Zodiac in December 2002. ...

External links

• The Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide - a guide to continuity references in selected Doctor Who original novels.
• The Cloister Library - commentaries on selected Doctor Who original novels.
• The Discontinuity Guide - a guide to Doctor Who original novels.
• The TARDIS Library's listing of New Adventures

Virgin New Adventures e-books

• Human Nature e-book version on BBC.co.uk
• Lungbarrow e-book version on BBC.co.uk
• The Dying Days e-book version on BBC.co.uk