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 twice a year. Beginning with the Tenth 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.
38-605: 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;
76-608: A car crash; when he is sent back in time by a Weeping Angel, he attempts to stop her dying, and the Doctor, Amy and Rory track him down and try to stop him before he creates a paradox. The story was also released as an audiobook on 6 CDs read by Clare Corbett. And in April 2013, BBC Books published "The Dalek Generation", with the plot involving Daleks manipulating a planet posing as benefactors and helpers while plotting to use an alien device for their own ends. An unabridged audiobook version
114-582: 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 Raxacoricofallapatorius. The first books in the series were popular in the UK. 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
152-625: 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 writing 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 it 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. Two further books followed in
190-467: A hardback gift guide, revisiting all the mysteries solved throughout the TV series. The Art of Destruction The Art of Destruction is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was published on 21 September 2006 alongside The Nightmare of Black Island and The Price of Paradise . It features
228-617: A majority shareholding in BBC Books. In 2011, BBC Books launched a publishing programme around BAFTA-winning TV series, Sherlock , which was inspired by the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle's Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes. The titles will each feature the show's branding and introductions by key members of the Sherlock team, including co-founders Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The first title, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet , with an introduction by Steven Moffat
266-506: A number of anthologies featuring all The Doctors and various other characters from the TV show, unlike earlier anthology book The Story of Martha these have been put out as special releases separate from the main New Series Adventures range. These books are not part of the New Series Adventures but are still published by BBC Books and feature the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Doctors. BBC Books BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Consumer Publishing and BBC Publishing )
304-564: Is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division. The minority shareholder is BBC Studios , the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation . The imprint has been active since the 1980s. BBC Books publishes a range of books connected to BBC radio and television programming, including cookery, natural history, lifestyle, and behind
342-579: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (EDA) (featuring the then-current incarnation of the Doctor ), and the Past Doctor Adventures (PDA), featuring the seven previous incarnations. Between 1997 and 2005 approximately 150 original novels were published for both lines, combined. BBC Books also launched a short-lived line of Doctor Who -related short story collections called Short Trips ; Big Finish Productions later obtained
380-478: The Tenth Doctor and Rose . The TARDIS arrives in 22nd century Africa, where agri-teams are growing food in the rich soil around a dormant volcano to feed the hungry millions of Earth. However, the time travellers detect an alien signal nearby. As something moves in the volcanic tunnels, the Doctor realises an ancient trap has been triggered. The Doctor and Rose meet Solomon Nabarr and Basel who explain that
418-547: The Thirteenth Doctor . The Good Doctor was released on 25 October 2018. Molten Heart was released on 8 November 2018. Combat Magicks was released on 22 November 2018. In 2018, it was announced that author David Solomons would write two novels featuring the 13th Doctor to be published by BBC Children's Books with the first book, The Secret in Vault 13, set to be released on 1 November 2018. The second, The Maze of Doom,
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#1732779720467456-473: The Doctor's new companion, Donna Noble . Donna featured in all three of the novels released in late 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
494-521: The Galaxy , a book which has now sold over 14,000,000 copies worldwide. Since 1996, BBC Books has also produced a range of tie-in novels connected to the television science-fiction series Doctor Who , the only full-length fiction to be printed by the company. Their first release related to the series was a novelisation of the 1996 Doctor Who telemovie published in the spring of 1996. Then, in 1997, BBC Books launched two concurrent series of books,
532-600: The Judoon and Code of the Krillitanes , which are paperback releases under a series called Quick Reads . The 4th novella still featured the tenth doctor David Tennant , even though the eleventh has made his TV appearance. In January 2007, BBC Books launched a new line of original novels based upon the Doctor Who spin-off series, Torchwood . These books are also being published exclusively in hardcover and, like
570-602: The TV series itself, are aimed at an older audience. In May 2008, BBC Books issued its first original made-for-audio Doctor Who adventure, Pest Control , which was released as part of the Tenth Doctor Adventures line and read by David Tennant . The Audiobook of the Year 2010 was a Tenth Doctor adventure called Dead Air by James Goss and read by David Tennant . In 2010, a series of three Being Human novels were published by BBC Books. These novels describe
608-494: 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, with subsequent stories 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 be published on CD. This affected
646-490: The Twelfth Doctor and Clara, and the latter marking first New Series Adventure appearance of Bernice Summerfield , alongside the Twelfth Doctor. A new wave was released in April 2017 with the arrival of Bill Potts and Nardole making a presence to prose. The stories featuring are Diamond Dogs , The Shining Man and Plague City . In July 2017, it was revealed that Penguin Random House would publish books featuring
684-1109: The Twelfth Doctor. In August 2011, the Ninth Doctor Adventures started being released as unabridged downloadable 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. Mickey Smith Captain Jack Harkness Mickey Smith Wilfred Mott Vienna Carstairs Rory Williams Rory Williams Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax Peter Summerfield, Ruth, Jack Nardole Ryan Sinclair Yasmin Khan Ryan Sinclair Yasmin Khan Ace Since 2014 BBC books have published
722-564: The adventures of the three main characters Annie Sawyer , George Sands and John Mitchell of the BBC Three television series Being Human and are written by Simon Guerrier , Mark Michalowski and James Goss . All novels were also released as audiobooks. The Road was read by Lenora Crichlow , Chasers by Russell Tovey and Bad Blood by Lucy Gaskell . In 2006, the Ebury Publishing division of Random House acquired
760-648: The books moved on to featuring the Tenth Doctor. 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 13 April 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
798-589: 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
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#1732779720467836-675: 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
874-459: 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
912-645: 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.) 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
950-465: 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
988-463: The hardback range, The Silent Stars Go By , released in September 2011, and Dark Horizons , the only novel released that year, in July 2012. 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 flippable covers and a divided spine design. In late August 2011
1026-545: The last five Tenth Doctor novels, and continued with the release of the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor novels. There has also been a separate range of audio-only stories. These are linked to the novels, but are available on CD and download formats. The range began in July 2008 with Pest Control , and has since contained seven stories featuring the Tenth Doctor, fourteen stories about the Eleventh Doctor, and continue with
1064-470: 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 early 2008 continued to feature her as a companion, rather than
1102-598: The rights to publish the Short Trips books and that series continues as of 2010. In 2005, BBC Books began to phase out the EDA and PDA lines as it launched a new series of books (informally dubbed the New Series Adventures ) based upon the newly revived television series. Featuring the Ninth Doctor , the new books were published in hardback (as opposed to the EDA, PDA and Short Trips lines that were exclusively paperback releases). The Eighth Doctor line
1140-466: The scenes "making-of" books. There are also some non-programme related biographies and autobiographies of various well-known personalities in its list. Amongst BBC Books' best known titles are cookery books by former TV cook Delia Smith , wildlife titles by Sir David Attenborough and gardening titles by Alan Titchmarsh . In the BBC Publishing days, it turned down The Hitchhiker's Guide to
1178-474: The second batch of releases was published with a surtitle applied to the two stories and a shared cover with a more traditional blurb for each of the two stories on the back of the books. The next batch of 2in1 stories was released in February 2012. In June 2011, BBC books published "Touched by an Angel", with the plot involving a man named Mark, who is grieving the death of his wife Rebecca Whitaker who died in
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1216-468: 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
1254-533: The television series. All the Ninth Doctor novels except Only Human contain "Bad Wolf" references 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
1292-562: The title. In 2020 BBC Books released two new novels featuring the Tenth Doctor to tie in with the Time Lord Victorious multi-platform storyline. The Eighth and Ninth Doctors also appeared in both books. 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
1330-642: Was also released on 6 June 2013. In May 2014, it was revealed that New Series Adventures would release books starring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald , which were released in September 2014. The titles of the released books are Silhouette , The Crawling Terror , and The Blood Cell . The next wave was released in September 2015, with each book under the name of the Glamour Chronicles . The stories featured were Deep Time , Royal Blood and Big Bang Generation ; first two of these feature
1368-426: Was discontinued during the summer of 2005, followed by the final Past Doctor Adventure in November. Beginning in 2006, BBC Books continued the New Series Adventures, now featuring the Tenth Doctor , with no word (as of September 2009) whether any more Past Doctor Adventures are planned. The books continue to be published in hardback, with the exception of four novellas , I Am a Dalek , Made of Steel , Revenge of
1406-554: Was published on 30 April 2020. In 2020, actress Sophie Aldred released a brand-new novel featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and Ace called At Childhood's End . In April 2024, it was announced that novels featuring the Fifteenth Doctor with Ruby Red and Caged due to be released in June 2024, and Eden Rebellion in November 2024. Starting with The Stone Rose , all of the New Series Adventures featuring
1444-614: Was released on 15 September 2011. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , with an introduction by Mark Gatiss , followed on 27 October 2011. Three books Sherlock: Sign of Four , Sherlock: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock: The Hound of the Baskervilles with introductions by Martin Freeman , Steve Thompson and Benedict Cumberbatch were released on 29 March 2012. In autumn 2012, BBC Books has published Sherlock: The Casebook as
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