Eighth Doctor Adventures
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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. 73 books were published overall. Like all spin-off media, their canonicity in relation to the television series is open to interpretation.
and Missing Adventures
ranges. However, following the Doctor Who television movie
which introduced the Eighth Doctor
in 1996, the BBC
did not renew Virgin Publishing's license to continue publishing Doctor Who material, instead opting to publish their own range. Virgin's last New Adventures novel, The Dying Days
by Lance Parkin
, featured the Eighth Doctor.
The first BBC Books release was a novelisation of the television movie (considered a standalone work by some), but the run of original Eighth Doctor Adventures began in 1997 with The Eight Doctors
by Terrance Dicks
and continued until 2005. It is unclear if the BBC line was originally intended to be a continuation of the continuity established in the New Adventures. However, as many of the writers for the Eighth Doctor Adventures had also written for the Virgin series, many elements from the New Adventures began to appear in both the EDAs and the PDAs
(which replaced the Missing Adventures), and such continuity has been broadly maintained.
Virgin had distinguished the New and Missing Adventures with different cover designs
. BBC Books, however, did not differentiate their novels featuring the current and past Doctors in this way, although they were listed separately within the books. Fans continued to distinguish the ongoing story of the Eighth Doctor from the more stand-alone adventures of past Doctors, although some plot elements did cross over both ranges.
With the revival of the television series, BBC Books ceased the regular Eighth Doctor Adventures in favour of a new range (the New Series Adventures
), featuring characters from the new series. One further novel featuring the Eighth Doctor (Fear Itself) was published under the Past Doctor Adventures line before it too ceased publication.
In addition to the Eighth Doctor Adventures and the Past Doctor Adventures, the BBC also published three short story collections under the title of Short Trips
which feature all eight (at the time of publication) Doctors. These were also inherited from Virgin, a version of their Decalog
short story collections, and when the BBC ceased publishing them, a licence to continue was sought by Big Finish Productions
, who published some for a while. They now continue to publish their own range of Short Trips
collections as audios.
As yet there has been no clear links between the audio, comic strip and book adventures.
These novels all feature the Eighth Doctor, as portrayed in the 1996 television movie by Paul McGann
.
, the Eighth Doctor picks up a British
teenager from the late 1990s, Samantha "Sam" Jones
, and later a disaffected drifter in his late twenties named Fitz Kreiner
from 1963. During their adventures, the threesome tangle with the Faction Paradox
, a renegade voodoo cult
of time travellers who believed in creating time paradox
es and altering history
. They also meet the Doctor's old friend Iris Wildthyme
, a Time Lady
from Gallifrey
who travels in a TARDIS
shaped like a London
double-decker bus
.
When Sam leaves the TARDIS, the Doctor and Fitz are joined by Compassion
, a member of a once-human race called the Remote who slowly begins a conversion process into a living TARDIS
. The Time Lords, led by his old companion Romana
, now President of the High Council, anxious to get their hands on this new TARDIS technology, pursue the Doctor, who loses his own TARDIS and continues to travel using Compassion. The conflict with Faction Paradox comes to a climax on Gallifrey, where the Doctor discovers his TARDIS in orbit around the planet, transformed into a giant structure of living bone by the Faction. The Doctor, faced with an impossible decision, destroys the Faction and causes major damage to the timeline by apparently wiping his homeworld and his people from history.
Much later, it is revealed that four Time Lord
s had survived the catastrophe: The Doctor, the Master
, Iris Wildthyme
and Marnal.
Meanwhile, having rescued the Doctor from near-death, Compassion leaves the now-amnesiac Doctor on Earth
in the late 19th century while she drops Fitz off in 2001 to await the long process of the Doctor's — and the now-embryo
nic TARDIS's — recovery. She then departs for parts unknown. The Doctor spends the next hundred years travelling the world and living through its history, eventually adopting Miranda
, a young girl with two heart
s. Miranda leaves the Doctor to face her own destiny in the far future, and the Doctor goes on to meet Fitz as arranged, thanks to a note Compassion slipped into his pocket a century before. Following that, the two are joined by Anji Kapoor
, a London stock trader and the three leave Earth in the TARDIS.
Much later, while on Earth in the eighteenth century, the Doctor, Fitz and Anji encounter Sabbath
, a Secret Service operative who is aware of time travel and becomes the Doctor's personal nemesis. The Doctor loses his second heart, which was slowly killing him as it was his only link to his now-forgotten homeworld. Sabbath takes the heart and implants it in his own body, tying him and the Doctor together. Through several more adventures, the Doctor and his companions encounter Sabbath again and Trix MacMillan
stows away aboard the TARDIS.
Sabbath subsequently loses the Doctor's time-sensitive heart and the Doctor grows a new one. The Doctor also begins to recover fragments of his memory, and discovers that Sabbath is working for a group called the Council of Eight. The Council wants to collapse the alternate timelines of the multiverse
into one, manageable timeline. To them, the Doctor is a rogue element that needs to be controlled or eliminated. They also begin to eliminate his previous companions from time. Trix comes out of hiding, joining the crew, and Anji leaves the TARDIS. Sabbath eventually realises that the Council is not human and turns on his masters. Miranda, now a grown woman with a daughter, also returns to help her adopted father defeat the Council, but both she and Sabbath die in the process.
Eventually, the Doctor returns to Earth in 2005 and discovers that another Time Lord, Marnal, has also survived the destruction of Gallifrey. Marnal, who also claims to be the original owner of the Doctor's TARDIS, blames the Doctor for the cataclysm, and takes him and the TARDIS captive while the insect
oid alien Vore invade the Earth. After a cold fusion
explosion guts the interior of the TARDIS, the Doctor discovers that K-9
Mark II had been aboard all along, with orders from Lady President Romana
of Gallifrey to kill him. However, K-9 pauses once it scans the Doctor's mind and discovers the reason why the Doctor has lost his memory.
Just prior to destroying Gallifrey, the Doctor (with Compassion's help) downloaded the contents of the Gallifreyan Matrix
— the massive computer network containing the mental traces of every Time Lord living and dead — into his brain, with his own memories suppressed to make room for the data. Gallifrey had not actually been erased from history, but an event horizon
in relative time prevented anyone from Gallifrey's past to travel beyond Gallifrey's destruction, and vice versa. Both the planet and the Time Lords can be restored, along with the Doctor's memory, if a sufficiently sophisticated computer could be found to reconstruct them. Before that can be done, however, there is the problem of the Vore to contend with.
At novel's end, the Doctor, Trix and Fitz are set to confront the Vore invasion force. The restoration of Gallifrey, in time for its second destruction in the Time War
prior to the events of the 2005 series has yet to be chronicled.
The Eighth Doctor Adventures line ends with The Gallifrey Chronicles. Although one further novel featuring the Eighth Doctor (Fear Itself by Nick Wallace
) was published under the Past Doctor Adventures line before BBC Books decided to retire the PDAs as well, that book takes place prior to The Gallifrey Chronicles. It remains to be seen if the events of The Gallifrey Chronicles will be followed up by any future novel.
has a series of new companions, who never appeared in the television programme. They are:
Doctor Who spin-offs
Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
novels based on the long running BBC
BBC
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science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
and published under the BBC Books
BBC Books
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imprint. 73 books were published overall. Like all spin-off media, their canonicity in relation to the television series is open to interpretation.
Publication history
Between 1991 and 1997, Virgin Publishing had been producing a successful series of spin off novels under the New AdventuresVirgin New Adventures
The Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who...
and Missing Adventures
Virgin Missing Adventures
The Virgin Missing Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, featuring stories set between televised episodes of the programme. The novels were published from 1994 to 1997, and...
ranges. However, following the Doctor Who television movie
Doctor Who (1996)
Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Developed as a co-production amongst Universal Television, BBC Television, BBC Worldwide, and the American network FOX, the 1996 television film premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton,...
which introduced the Eighth Doctor
Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor is the eighth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Paul McGann...
in 1996, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
did not renew Virgin Publishing's license to continue publishing Doctor Who material, instead opting to publish their own range. Virgin's last New Adventures novel, The Dying Days
The Dying Days
The Dying Days is an original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was last of that range to feature the Doctor and the only one of that range to feature Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor. Thereafter the series centred around...
by Lance Parkin
Lance Parkin
Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who and Emmerdale...
, featured the Eighth Doctor.
The first BBC Books release was a novelisation of the television movie (considered a standalone work by some), but the run of original Eighth Doctor Adventures began in 1997 with The Eight Doctors
The Eight Doctors
The Eight Doctors is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was the first of the Eighth Doctor Adventures range and features the Eighth Doctor and introduces his new companion, Sam Jones.The novel...
by Terrance Dicks
Terrance Dicks
Terrance Dicks is an English writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular children's books during the 1970s and 80s.- Early career :...
and continued until 2005. It is unclear if the BBC line was originally intended to be a continuation of the continuity established in the New Adventures. However, as many of the writers for the Eighth Doctor Adventures had also written for the Virgin series, many elements from the New Adventures began to appear in both the EDAs and the PDAs
Past Doctor Adventures
The Past Doctor Adventures were 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. For most of their existence, they were published side-by-side with the Eighth Doctor Adventures...
(which replaced the Missing Adventures), and such continuity has been broadly maintained.
Virgin had distinguished the New and Missing Adventures with different cover designs
Trade dress
Trade dress is a legal term of art that generally refers to characteristics of the visual appearance of a product or its packaging that signify the source of the product to consumers...
. BBC Books, however, did not differentiate their novels featuring the current and past Doctors in this way, although they were listed separately within the books. Fans continued to distinguish the ongoing story of the Eighth Doctor from the more stand-alone adventures of past Doctors, although some plot elements did cross over both ranges.
With the revival of the television series, BBC Books ceased the regular Eighth Doctor Adventures in favour of a new range (the New Series Adventures
New Series Adventures (Doctor Who)
The New Series Adventures are a series of novels relating to the long-running BBC science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The 'NSAs', as they are often referred to, are published by BBC Books, and are regularly published in the spring and autumn of each year. Beginning and concluding with...
), featuring characters from the new series. One further novel featuring the Eighth Doctor (Fear Itself) was published under the Past Doctor Adventures line before it too ceased publication.
In addition to the Eighth Doctor Adventures and the Past Doctor Adventures, the BBC also published three short story collections under the title of Short Trips
BBC Short Trips
The BBC Short Trips books were a series of short story anthologies published by BBC Books based on the television series Doctor Who, following a pattern established by Virgin Publishing's Decalog collections. Three volumes were published between March 1998 and March 2000, before the BBC decided to...
which feature all eight (at the time of publication) Doctors. These were also inherited from Virgin, a version of their Decalog
Virgin Decalog
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...
short story collections, and when the BBC ceased publishing them, a licence to continue was sought by Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
, who published some for a while. They now continue to publish their own range of Short Trips
Big Finish Short Trips
The Big Finish Short Trips are a collection of short story anthologies published by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who, beginning with the collection Short Trips: Zodiac in December 2002 and ending with the loss of their license in 2009...
collections as audios.
As yet there has been no clear links between the audio, comic strip and book adventures.
These novels all feature the Eighth Doctor, as portrayed in the 1996 television movie by Paul McGann
Paul McGann
Paul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
.
List of Eighth Doctor Adventures
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Published |
| 1 | The Eight Doctors The Eight Doctors The Eight Doctors is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was the first of the Eighth Doctor Adventures range and features the Eighth Doctor and introduces his new companion, Sam Jones.The novel... |
Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks Terrance Dicks is an English writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular children's books during the 1970s and 80s.- Early career :... |
Sam Sam Jones (Doctor Who) Samantha Angeline Jones, or simply Sam, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks, and she went on to become one of his... , cameos from many others |
June 1997 |
| 2 | Vampire Science Vampire Science Vampire Science is the second novel in the BBC Books series, the Eighth Doctor Adventures, based upon the BBC's long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who... |
Kate Orman Kate Orman Kate Orman is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.-Biography:... and Jonathan Blum Jonathan Blum Jonathan Blum is an American writer most known for his work for various Doctor Who spin-offs, usually with his wife Kate Orman although he has also been published on his own... |
Sam | July 1997 |
| 3 | The Bodysnatchers The Bodysnatchers (Doctor Who) The Bodysnatchers is an original novel written by Mark Morris and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Mark Morris Mark Morris (writer) Mark Morris is an author known for his series of horror novels, although he has also written two novels based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who. He currently lives in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, with his wife . He has used the pseudonym J. M... |
Sam | August 1997 |
| 4 | Genocide Genocide (Doctor Who) Genocide is an original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam, Jo and UNIT.- Blurb :... |
Paul Leonard Paul Leonard (writer) Paul J. Leonard Hinder, better known by his pseudonym of Paul Leonard and also originally published as PJL 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.Leonard has acknowledged a debt to his... |
Sam, Jo Grant Jo Grant Josephine "Jo" Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... , UNIT United Nations Intelligence Taskforce UNIT is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures... |
September 1997 |
| 5 | War of the Daleks War of the Daleks War of the Daleks is an original novel written by John Peel, published in 1997, based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. This novel was the first appearance of the Daleks in an original Doctor Who novel; they had not... |
John Peel John Peel (writer) John Peel is a British writer, best known for his books connected to several television series. He has written under several pseudonyms, including John Vincent and Nicholas Adams. He lives in Long Island, New York and his wife is a U.S... |
Sam | October 1997 |
| 6 | Alien Bodies Alien Bodies Alien Bodies is an original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. This story marks the first appearance of Faction Paradox, a time travelling Gallifreyan voodoo cult... |
Lawrence Miles Lawrence Miles Lawrence Miles is a science fiction author known for his work on original Doctor Who novels and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox... |
Sam | November 1997 |
| 7 | Kursaal Kursaal Kursaal is an original novel written by Peter Anghelides and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Peter Anghelides Peter Anghelides Peter Anghelides is an English author and dramatist best known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC television series Doctor Who.-Work:... |
Sam | January 1998 |
| 8 | Option Lock Option Lock Option Lock is an original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam.-Blurb:... |
Justin Richards Justin Richards Justin Richards is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels, including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London, and also adventure stories set in the present day... |
Sam | February 1998 |
| 9 | Longest Day Longest Day Longest Day is an original novel written by Michael Collier and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Michael Collier Michael Collier (author) Michael Collier is the author of the Doctor Who novels Longest Day and The Taint, both in the BBC's Eighth Doctor Adventures series, and of the short story "Vigil" on the Doctor Who audio release Out of the Darkness.-External links:... |
Sam | March 1998 |
| 10 | Legacy of the Daleks Legacy of the Daleks Legacy of the Daleks is an original novel written by John Peel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
John Peel | Susan Susan Foreman Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season... |
April 1998 |
| 11 | Dreamstone Moon Dreamstone Moon Dreamstone Moon is an original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam.-Blurb:... |
Paul Leonard | Sam | May 1998 |
| 12 | Seeing I Seeing I Seeing I is an original novel written by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum | Sam | June 1998 |
| 13 | Placebo Effect Placebo Effect (Doctor Who) Placebo Effect is an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Gary Russell Gary Russell Gary James Russell is a freelance writer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs in other media... |
Sam, Stacy Stacy Townsend Stacy Townsend, or simply Stacy, is a fictional character in the Radio Times comic strips based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the comic strip Dreadnought by Gary Russell, and she went on to become one of his companions... , Ssard Ssard Ssard is a fictional character in the Radio Times comic strips based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor and Stacy Townsend first met the Ice Warrior in the comic strip Descendance by Gary Russell, and he went on to become one of his companions... |
July 1998 |
| 14 | Vanderdeken's Children Vanderdeken's Children Vanderdeken's Children is an original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam.-Plot overview:... |
Christopher Bulis Christopher Bulis Christopher Bulis is a writer best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. He is one of the most prolific authors to write for the various ranges of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who, with twelve novels to his name, and between 1993 and 2000 he had at least one Doctor... |
Sam | August 1998 |
| 15 | The Scarlet Empress The Scarlet Empress (Doctor Who) The Scarlet Empress is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Iris Wildthyme.-External links:*-Reviews:*... |
Paul Magrs Paul Magrs Paul Magrs is a writer and lecturer. He was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, and now lives in Manchester with his partner, author and lecturer Jeremy Hoad.-Early life:... |
Sam, Iris Wildthyme Iris Wildthyme Iris Wildthyme is a fictional character created by writer Paul Magrs, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers... |
September 1998 |
| 16 | The Janus Conjunction The Janus Conjunction The Janus Conjunction is an original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam.-Blurb:... |
Trevor Baxendale Trevor Baxendale Trevor Baxendale is a novelist who has penned several Doctor Who tie-in novels and audio dramas.*The Janus Conjunction *Out of the Darkness *Coldheart *Eater of Wasps *Fear of the Dark... |
Sam | October 1998 |
| 17 | Beltempest Beltempest Beltempest is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam.-Blurb:... |
Jim Mortimore Jim Mortimore Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series, principally Doctor Who, but also Farscape and Babylon 5.... |
Sam | November 1998 |
| 18 | The Face-Eater The Face-Eater The Face-Eater is an original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Simon Messingham Simon Messingham Simon Messingham is a British science fiction writer who has written six Doctor Who novels and another story released as an BBC Audio Drama. He also wrote and performed in the cable television programmes The Dave Saint Show and Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement.-Past Doctor Adventures:*Zeta... |
Sam | January 1999 |
| 19 | The Taint The Taint The Taint is an original novel written by Michael Collier and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The work features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. This also marks the introduction of a new companion, Fitz Kreiner.-External links:*-Reviews:*... (also called Doctor Who and the Taint) |
Michael Collier | Sam, Fitz Fitz Kreiner Fitzgerald Michael Kreiner, or simply Fitz, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met him in the novel The Taint by Michael Collier — the character was co-created by Stephen Cole... |
February 1999 |
| 20 | Demontage Demontage Demontage is an original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Fitz.-External links:*... |
Justin Richards | Sam, Fitz | March 1999 |
| 21 | Revolution Man Revolution Man Revolution Man is an original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Fitz.-Plot:... |
Paul Leonard | Sam, Fitz | April 1999 |
| 22 | Dominion Dominion (Doctor Who) Dominion is an original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Fitz.-Synopsis Book 1:... |
Nick Walters Nick Walters (writer) Nick Walters is a British writer. He has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as cowriting one featuring Bernice Summerfield.Walters is a regular guest at the science fiction event Microcon.... |
Sam, Fitz | May 1999 |
| 23 | Unnatural History Unnatural History (Doctor Who) Unnatural History is an original novel written by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum | Sam, Fitz | June 1999 |
| 24 | Autumn Mist Autumn Mist Autumn Mist is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Fitz.-External links:*-Reviews:*... |
David A. McIntee David A. McIntee -Biography:McIntee has written many spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as one each based on Final Destination and Space: 1999. He has also written a non-fiction book on Star Trek: Voyager and one jointly on the Alien and Predator movie franchises... |
Sam, Fitz | July 1999 |
| 25 | Interference: Book One (Shock Tactic) Interference: Book One Interference: Book One is an original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Lawrence Miles | Sam, Fitz, Compassion Compassion (Doctor Who) Compassion is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. Compassion was originally from a people known as the Remote, a splinter group of the time travelling voodoo cult Faction Paradox... ; the Third Doctor Third Doctor The Third Doctor is the third incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee.... , Sarah Jane Sarah Jane Smith Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures.... and K-9 K-9 (Doctor Who) K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who, first appearing in 1977... |
August 1999 |
| 26 | Interference: Book Two (The Hour of the Geek) Interference: Book Two Interference: Book Two is an original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Lawrence Miles | Sam, Fitz, Compassion; the Third Doctor, Sarah Jane and K-9 | August 1999 |
| 27 | The Blue Angel The Blue Angel (Doctor Who) The Blue Angel is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad Jeremy Hoad Jeremy Hoad is best known as co-author of the BBC Doctor Who novel, The Blue Angel . The Blue Angel has been adapted to script form by Piers Britton and was used as the basis of a course at the University of Redlands in Southern California in 2007.Hoad has built a career managing representative... |
Fitz, Compassion, Iris Wildthyme | September 1999 |
| 28 | The Taking of Planet 5 The Taking of Planet 5 The Taking of Planet 5 is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Bucher-Jones & Mark Clapham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion. It is, in part, a sequel to the television serial Image of the... |
Simon Bucher-Jones Simon Bucher-Jones Simon Bucher-Jones in Liverpool; he is a British author, poet, artist, and amateur actor, best known for his Doctor Who novels for Virgin and the BBC and as a contributor to the Faction Paradox spin-off series.... and Mark Clapham Mark Clapham Mark Clapham is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who in his book : Who's Next.... |
Fitz, Compassion | October 1999 |
| 29 | Frontier Worlds Frontier Worlds Frontier Worlds is a BBC Books original novel written by Peter Anghelides and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion.... |
Peter Anghelides | Fitz, Compassion | November 1999 |
| 30 | Parallel 59 Parallel 59 Parallel 59 is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and Natalie Dallaire and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion.-External links:*... |
Stephen Cole Stephen Cole (writer) Stephen Cole is an author of children's books and science fiction. He was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Television series Doctor Who between 1997 and 1999: this was a role which found him deciding on which stories should be released on video, commissioning and editing... and Natalie Dallaire |
Fitz, Compassion | January 2000 |
| 31 | The Shadows of Avalon The Shadows of Avalon The Shadows of Avalon is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Paul Cornell Paul Cornell Paul Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield.... |
Fitz, Compassion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, generally referred to simply as the Brigadier, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Nicholas Courtney... , Romana III |
February 2000 |
| 32 | The Fall of Yquatine The Fall of Yquatine The Fall of Yquatine is a BBC Books original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion.-External links:*... |
Nick Walters Nick Walters (writer) Nick Walters is a British writer. He has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as cowriting one featuring Bernice Summerfield.Walters is a regular guest at the science fiction event Microcon.... |
Fitz, Compassion | March 2000 |
| 33 | Coldheart Coldheart (Doctor Who) Coldheart is a BBC Books original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion.-External links:*... |
Trevor Baxendale | Fitz, Compassion | April 2000 |
| 34 | The Space Age The Space Age The Space Age is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion.-External links:*... |
Steve Lyons | Fitz, Compassion | May 2000 |
| 35 | The Banquo Legacy The Banquo Legacy The Banquo Legacy is a BBC Books original novel written by Andy Lane and Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion.-Trivia:... |
Andy Lane Andy Lane Andrew Lane , who also writes as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist. He has written a number of spin-off novels in the Virgin New Adventures range and audio dramas for Big Finish based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who , as well as assorted non fiction books based... and Justin Richards |
Fitz, Compassion | June 2000 |
| 36 | The Ancestor Cell The Ancestor Cell The Ancestor Cell is a novel by Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole, based on the science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, Compassion and Romana III- as well as a brief appearance of the Third Doctor in a ghost-like state due to the Faction's... |
Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole | Fitz, Compassion, Romana III | July 2000 |
| 37 | The Burning The Burning (Doctor Who) The Burning is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor... |
Justin Richards | none | August 2000 |
| 38 | Casualties of War Casualties of War (Doctor Who) Casualties of War is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Emmerson and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor.-External links:*... |
Steve Emmerson | none | September 2000 |
| 39 | The Turing Test | Paul Leonard | none | October 2000 |
| 40 | Endgame Endgame (Doctor Who) Endgame is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, as well as the Players.-External links:*... |
Terrance Dicks | none | November 2000 |
| 41 | Father Time Father Time (Doctor Who) Father Time is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and introduces the Doctor's adopted daughter Miranda.-External links:*... |
Lance Parkin | Miranda Miranda (Doctor Who) Miranda is a fictional character from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel series published by BBC Books; based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. She was, for a time, the adopted daughter and companion of the Eighth Doctor... |
January 2001 |
| 42 | Escape Velocity Escape Velocity (Doctor Who) Escape Velocity is a BBC Books original novel written by Colin Brake and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Fitz and introduces the new companion of Anji Kapoor... |
Colin Brake Colin Brake Colin Brake is an English television writer and script editor best known for his work for the BBC on programs such as Bugs and EastEnders. He has also written spin-offs from the BBC series Doctor Who... |
Fitz, Anji Kapoor Anji Kapoor Anji Kapoor, or simply Anji, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures, a novel series based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel Escape Velocity by Colin Brake, and she went on to become one of his companions.... |
February 2001 |
| 43 | EarthWorld EarthWorld EarthWorld is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Jacqueline Rayner Jacqueline Rayner Jacqueline Rayner is a best selling British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.... |
Fitz, Anji | March 2001 |
| 44 | Vanishing Point Vanishing Point (Doctor Who) Vanishing Point is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-External links:*... |
Stephen Cole | Fitz, Anji | April 2001 |
| 45 | Eater of Wasps Eater of Wasps Eater of Wasps is a BBC Books original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-External links:*... |
Trevor Baxendale | Fitz, Anji | May 2001 |
| 46 | The Year of Intelligent Tigers The Year of Intelligent Tigers The Year of Intelligent Tigers is a BBC Books original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-Synopsis:... |
Kate Orman | Fitz, Anji | June 2001 |
| 47 | The Slow Empire The Slow Empire The Slow Empire is a BBC Books original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Dave Stone Dave Stone -Biography:Stone has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and Judge Dredd.Stone also contributed a number of comic series to 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, focusing on the Dreddverse... |
Fitz, Anji | July 2001 |
| 48 | Dark Progeny Dark Progeny Dark Progeny is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Emmerson and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-External links:*... |
Steve Emmerson | Fitz, Anji, Sabbath Sabbath (Doctor Who) Sabbath is the name of a recurring villain from the Eighth Doctor Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. The character was created by Lawrence Miles and first appeared in The Adventuress of Henrietta Street... (cameo) |
August 2001 |
| 49 | The City of the Dead | Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose is an American writer most associated with her work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. She has also written for the American television series Homicide: Life on the Street and Kingpin... |
Fitz, Anji | September 2001 |
| 50 | Grimm Reality Grimm Reality Grimm Reality is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.... |
Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale Kelly Hale Kelly Hale is an American author. Her first novel was the e-book Erasing Sherlock Holmes, which mixed Sherlock Holmes with a time-travel plot. Her next novel, co-written with Simon Bucher-Jones, was the BBC Doctor Who novel Grimm Reality... |
Fitz, Anji | October 2001 |
| 51 | The Adventuress of Henrietta Street The Adventuress of Henrietta Street The Adventuress of Henrietta Street is a BBC Books original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.... |
Lawrence Miles | Fitz, Anji, Sabbath Sabbath (Doctor Who) Sabbath is the name of a recurring villain from the Eighth Doctor Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. The character was created by Lawrence Miles and first appeared in The Adventuress of Henrietta Street... |
November 2001 |
| 52 | Mad Dogs and Englishmen Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Doctor Who) Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Paul Magrs | Fitz, Anji, Iris Wildthyme | January 2002 |
| 53 | Hope Hope (Doctor Who) Hope is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Clapham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-Plot:... |
Mark Clapham | Fitz, Anji | February 2002 |
| 54 | Anachrophobia Anachrophobia Anachrophobia is a BBC Books original novel written by Jonathan Morris and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-Plot:... |
Jonathan Morris Jonathan Morris (author) Jonathan Morris was born in Taunton England in 1973. He is an author principally known for writing various kinds of Doctor Who spin-off material... |
Fitz, Anji, Sabbath | March 2002 |
| 55 | Trading Futures Trading Futures Trading Futures is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji... |
Lance Parkin | Fitz, Anji | April 2002 |
| 56 | The Book of the Still The Book of the Still The Book of the Still is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Ebbs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-External links:*fan reviews... |
Paul Ebbs | Fitz, Anji | May 2002 |
| 57 | The Crooked World The Crooked World The Crooked World is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Steve Lyons | Fitz, Anji | June 2002 |
| 58 | History 101 History 101 History 101 is a BBC Books original novel written by Mags L Halliday and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Mags L Halliday Mags L Halliday Liz Halliday is an author who writes under the name Mags L Halliday in Doctor Who-series of science fiction. She is distinct from the writer Liz Holliday, who has also contributed to Doctor Who-related science fiction.... |
Fitz, Anji, Sabbath | July 2002 |
| 59 | Camera Obscura Camera Obscura (Doctor Who) Camera Obscura is a BBC Books original novel written by Lloyd Rose and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-Continuity:... |
Lloyd Rose | Fitz, Anji, Sabbath, George Williamson | August 2002 |
| 60 | Time Zero Time Zero Time Zero is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji and introduces a new companion, Trix.-Plot:... |
Justin Richards | Fitz, Anji, Trix Trix MacMillan Beatrix MacMillan, or simply Trix, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel Time Zero by Justin Richards, but it was not until the novel Timeless by Stephen Cole... , Sabbath, George Williamson |
September 2002 |
| 61 | The Infinity Race The Infinity Race The Infinity Race is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.-External links:*... |
Simon Messingham | Fitz, Anji, Sabbath | November 2002 |
| 62 | The Domino Effect | David Bishop | Fitz, Anji, Trix, Sabbath | February 2003 |
| 63 | Reckless Engineering Reckless Engineering Reckless Engineering is a BBC Books original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Nick Walters | Fitz, Anji, Trix, Sabbath | April 2003 |
| 64 | The Last Resort | Paul Leonard | Fitz, Anji, Trix, Sabbath | June 2003 |
| 65 | Timeless Timeless (Doctor Who) Timeless is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Anji and Trix.-External links:*... |
Stephen Cole | Fitz, Anji, Trix, Sabbath | August 2003 |
| 66 | Emotional Chemistry Emotional Chemistry Emotional Chemistry is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon A. Forward and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Trix.... |
Simon A. Forward Simon A. Forward Simon A. Forward is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of Doctor Who spin-offs. He currently lives and works in Penzance with his wife as a full-time writer.-Work:... |
Fitz, Trix | October 2003 |
| 67 | Sometime Never... Sometime Never... Sometime Never... is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Justin Richards | Fitz, Trix, Miranda, Sabbath | January 2004 |
| 68 | Halflife Halflife (Doctor Who) Halflife is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Michalowski and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Trix.-Plot:... |
Mark Michalowski Mark Michalowski Mark Michalowski is the editor of Shout!, "Yorkshire's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender paper", as well as being an author best known for his work writing spin-offs based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who... |
Fitz, Trix, Compassion | April 2004 |
| 69 | The Tomorrow Windows The Tomorrow Windows The Tomorrow Windows is a BBC Books original novel written by Jonathan Morris and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Jonathan Morris Jonathan Morris (author) Jonathan Morris was born in Taunton England in 1973. He is an author principally known for writing various kinds of Doctor Who spin-off material... |
Fitz, Trix | June 2004 |
| 70 | The Sleep of Reason The Sleep of Reason The Sleep of Reason is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Martin Day Martin Day Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs.-Work:... |
Fitz, Trix | August 2004 |
| 71 | The Deadstone Memorial The Deadstone Memorial The Deadstone Memorial is a BBC Books original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Trix.... |
Trevor Baxendale | Fitz, Trix | October 2004 |
| 72 | To the Slaughter To the Slaughter To the Slaughter is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Stephen Cole | Fitz, Trix | January 2005 |
| 73 | The Gallifrey Chronicles The Gallifrey Chronicles (2005 novel) For the John Peel book of the same name, see: The Gallifrey Chronicles The Gallifrey Chronicles is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Lance Parkin | Fitz and Trix with cameos by Compassion, Anji, Miranda, Romana III and K-9 | June 2005 |
Plot overview
Following the events of the 1996 Doctor Who television movieDoctor Who (1996)
Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Developed as a co-production amongst Universal Television, BBC Television, BBC Worldwide, and the American network FOX, the 1996 television film premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton,...
, the Eighth Doctor picks up a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
teenager from the late 1990s, Samantha "Sam" Jones
Sam Jones (Doctor Who)
Samantha Angeline Jones, or simply Sam, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks, and she went on to become one of his...
, and later a disaffected drifter in his late twenties named Fitz Kreiner
Fitz Kreiner
Fitzgerald Michael Kreiner, or simply Fitz, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met him in the novel The Taint by Michael Collier — the character was co-created by Stephen Cole...
from 1963. During their adventures, the threesome tangle with the Faction Paradox
Faction Paradox
Faction Paradox is a fictional time travelling cult/rebel group/organized crime syndicate, originally created by the author Lawrence Miles. The Faction's belief-system as portrayed has some similarities to voodoo, and is sometimes described as such...
, a renegade voodoo cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
of time travellers who believed in creating time paradox
Paradox
Similar to Circular reasoning, A paradox is a seemingly true statement or group of statements that lead to a contradiction or a situation which seems to defy logic or intuition...
es and altering history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
. They also meet the Doctor's old friend Iris Wildthyme
Iris Wildthyme
Iris Wildthyme is a fictional character created by writer Paul Magrs, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers...
, a Time Lady
Time Lord
The Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial race and civilization of humanoids in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' eponymous protagonist, the Doctor, is a member...
from Gallifrey
Gallifrey
Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld of the Doctor and the Time Lords...
who travels in a TARDIS
TARDIS
The TARDISGenerally, TARDIS is written in all upper case letters—this convention was popularised by the Target novelisations of the 1970s...
shaped like a London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
double-decker bus
Double-decker bus
A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of this type of bus is more common in outer touring than in its intra-urban transportion role. Double-decker buses are also commonly found in certain parts of Europe, Asia, and former British colonies and protectorates...
.
When Sam leaves the TARDIS, the Doctor and Fitz are joined by Compassion
Compassion (Doctor Who)
Compassion is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. Compassion was originally from a people known as the Remote, a splinter group of the time travelling voodoo cult Faction Paradox...
, a member of a once-human race called the Remote who slowly begins a conversion process into a living TARDIS
TARDIS
The TARDISGenerally, TARDIS is written in all upper case letters—this convention was popularised by the Target novelisations of the 1970s...
. The Time Lords, led by his old companion Romana
Romana
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
, now President of the High Council, anxious to get their hands on this new TARDIS technology, pursue the Doctor, who loses his own TARDIS and continues to travel using Compassion. The conflict with Faction Paradox comes to a climax on Gallifrey, where the Doctor discovers his TARDIS in orbit around the planet, transformed into a giant structure of living bone by the Faction. The Doctor, faced with an impossible decision, destroys the Faction and causes major damage to the timeline by apparently wiping his homeworld and his people from history.
Much later, it is revealed that four Time Lord
Time Lord
The Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial race and civilization of humanoids in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' eponymous protagonist, the Doctor, is a member...
s had survived the catastrophe: The Doctor, the Master
Master (Doctor Who)
The Master is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a renegade Time Lord and the archenemy of the Doctor....
, Iris Wildthyme
Iris Wildthyme
Iris Wildthyme is a fictional character created by writer Paul Magrs, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers...
and Marnal.
Meanwhile, having rescued the Doctor from near-death, Compassion leaves the now-amnesiac Doctor on Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
in the late 19th century while she drops Fitz off in 2001 to await the long process of the Doctor's — and the now-embryo
Embryo
An embryo is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching, or germination...
nic TARDIS's — recovery. She then departs for parts unknown. The Doctor spends the next hundred years travelling the world and living through its history, eventually adopting Miranda
Miranda (Doctor Who)
Miranda is a fictional character from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel series published by BBC Books; based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. She was, for a time, the adopted daughter and companion of the Eighth Doctor...
, a young girl with two heart
Heart
The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...
s. Miranda leaves the Doctor to face her own destiny in the far future, and the Doctor goes on to meet Fitz as arranged, thanks to a note Compassion slipped into his pocket a century before. Following that, the two are joined by Anji Kapoor
Anji Kapoor
Anji Kapoor, or simply Anji, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures, a novel series based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel Escape Velocity by Colin Brake, and she went on to become one of his companions....
, a London stock trader and the three leave Earth in the TARDIS.
Much later, while on Earth in the eighteenth century, the Doctor, Fitz and Anji encounter Sabbath
Sabbath (Doctor Who)
Sabbath is the name of a recurring villain from the Eighth Doctor Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. The character was created by Lawrence Miles and first appeared in The Adventuress of Henrietta Street...
, a Secret Service operative who is aware of time travel and becomes the Doctor's personal nemesis. The Doctor loses his second heart, which was slowly killing him as it was his only link to his now-forgotten homeworld. Sabbath takes the heart and implants it in his own body, tying him and the Doctor together. Through several more adventures, the Doctor and his companions encounter Sabbath again and Trix MacMillan
Trix MacMillan
Beatrix MacMillan, or simply Trix, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel Time Zero by Justin Richards, but it was not until the novel Timeless by Stephen Cole...
stows away aboard the TARDIS.
Sabbath subsequently loses the Doctor's time-sensitive heart and the Doctor grows a new one. The Doctor also begins to recover fragments of his memory, and discovers that Sabbath is working for a group called the Council of Eight. The Council wants to collapse the alternate timelines of the multiverse
Parallel universe (fiction)
A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...
into one, manageable timeline. To them, the Doctor is a rogue element that needs to be controlled or eliminated. They also begin to eliminate his previous companions from time. Trix comes out of hiding, joining the crew, and Anji leaves the TARDIS. Sabbath eventually realises that the Council is not human and turns on his masters. Miranda, now a grown woman with a daughter, also returns to help her adopted father defeat the Council, but both she and Sabbath die in the process.
Eventually, the Doctor returns to Earth in 2005 and discovers that another Time Lord, Marnal, has also survived the destruction of Gallifrey. Marnal, who also claims to be the original owner of the Doctor's TARDIS, blames the Doctor for the cataclysm, and takes him and the TARDIS captive while the insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
oid alien Vore invade the Earth. After a cold fusion
Cold fusion
Cold fusion, also called low-energy nuclear reaction , refers to the hypothesis that nuclear fusion might explain the results of a group of experiments conducted at ordinary temperatures . Both the experimental results and the hypothesis are disputed...
explosion guts the interior of the TARDIS, the Doctor discovers that K-9
K-9 (Doctor Who)
K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who, first appearing in 1977...
Mark II had been aboard all along, with orders from Lady President Romana
Romana
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
of Gallifrey to kill him. However, K-9 pauses once it scans the Doctor's mind and discovers the reason why the Doctor has lost his memory.
Just prior to destroying Gallifrey, the Doctor (with Compassion's help) downloaded the contents of the Gallifreyan Matrix
Matrix (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 massive computer network containing the mental traces of every Time Lord living and dead — into his brain, with his own memories suppressed to make room for the data. Gallifrey had not actually been erased from history, but an event horizon
Event horizon
In general relativity, an event horizon is a boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer. In layman's terms it is defined as "the point of no return" i.e. the point at which the gravitational pull becomes so great as to make escape impossible. The most common case...
in relative time prevented anyone from Gallifrey's past to travel beyond Gallifrey's destruction, and vice versa. Both the planet and the Time Lords can be restored, along with the Doctor's memory, if a sufficiently sophisticated computer could be found to reconstruct them. Before that can be done, however, there is the problem of the Vore to contend with.
At novel's end, the Doctor, Trix and Fitz are set to confront the Vore invasion force. The restoration of Gallifrey, in time for its second destruction in the Time War
Time War (Doctor Who)
The Time War, more specifically called The Last Great Time War, is a conflict within the fictional universe of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
prior to the events of the 2005 series has yet to be chronicled.
The Eighth Doctor Adventures line ends with The Gallifrey Chronicles. Although one further novel featuring the Eighth Doctor (Fear Itself by Nick Wallace
Nick Wallace
Nick Wallace is a novelist and short story writer based in Tunbridge Wells, best known for his work in Doctor Who spin-offs. He is the author of Fear Itself, the only BBC novel to date featuring solely the Eighth Doctor not to be published as part of the ongoing Eighth Doctor Adventures line;...
) was published under the Past Doctor Adventures line before BBC Books decided to retire the PDAs as well, that book takes place prior to The Gallifrey Chronicles. It remains to be seen if the events of The Gallifrey Chronicles will be followed up by any future novel.
Companions
The DoctorDoctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
has a series of new companions, who never appeared in the television programme. They are:
- Samantha "Sam" JonesSam Jones (Doctor Who)Samantha Angeline Jones, or simply Sam, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks, and she went on to become one of his...
- from The Eight Doctors to Interference. - Fitzgerald Michael "Fitz" KreinerFitz KreinerFitzgerald Michael Kreiner, or simply Fitz, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met him in the novel The Taint by Michael Collier — the character was co-created by Stephen Cole...
- from The Taint to The Gallifrey Chronicles. - CompassionCompassion (Doctor Who)Compassion is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. Compassion was originally from a people known as the Remote, a splinter group of the time travelling voodoo cult Faction Paradox...
- Interference to The Ancestor Cell. - MirandaMiranda (Doctor Who)Miranda is a fictional character from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel series published by BBC Books; based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. She was, for a time, the adopted daughter and companion of the Eighth Doctor...
- Father Time and The Gallifrey Chronicles. - Anji KapoorAnji KapoorAnji Kapoor, or simply Anji, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures, a novel series based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel Escape Velocity by Colin Brake, and she went on to become one of his companions....
- Escape Velocity to TimelessTimeless (Doctor Who)Timeless is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Anji and Trix.-External links:*...
. - Beatrix "Trix" MacMillanTrix MacMillanBeatrix MacMillan, or simply Trix, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel Time Zero by Justin Richards, but it was not until the novel Timeless by Stephen Cole...
- Timeless to The Gallifrey Chronicles.
Recurring characters
- MirandaMiranda (Doctor Who)Miranda is a fictional character from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel series published by BBC Books; based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. She was, for a time, the adopted daughter and companion of the Eighth Doctor...
, the Doctor's adopted daughter from Father Time. - SabbathSabbath (Doctor Who)Sabbath is the name of a recurring villain from the Eighth Doctor Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. The character was created by Lawrence Miles and first appeared in The Adventuress of Henrietta Street...
first appears in The Adventuress of Henrietta Street. - Iris WildthymeIris WildthymeIris Wildthyme is a fictional character created by writer Paul Magrs, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers...
, a Time LadyTime LordThe Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial race and civilization of humanoids in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' eponymous protagonist, the Doctor, is a member...
appears in The Scarlet Empress, The Blue Angel and Mad Dogs and EnglishmenMad Dogs and Englishmen (Doctor Who)Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
. - Members of Faction ParadoxFaction ParadoxFaction Paradox is a fictional time travelling cult/rebel group/organized crime syndicate, originally created by the author Lawrence Miles. The Faction's belief-system as portrayed has some similarities to voodoo, and is sometimes described as such...
, a time-travelling voodoo cultCultThe word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
founded by renegade Time Lords (no individual members of the cult appear more than once).
External links
- The Cloister Library - in-depth commentaries on most Doctor Who original novels.
- The Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide - a guide to continuity references in selected Doctor Who original novels.
- The Discontinuity Guide - a guide to Doctor Who original novels, named and modeled after The Discontinuity GuideThe Discontinuity GuideThe Discontinuity Guide, by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping, is a humorous guidebook to the serials of the original run of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who. It was first published in 1995 by Virgin Books, which at the time also published licensed Doctor Who...
by CornellPaul CornellPaul Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
, DayMartin DayMartin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs.-Work:...
and ToppingKeith ToppingKeith Andrew Topping , is an author, journalist and broadcaster most closely associated with his work relating to the BBC Television series Doctor Who and for writing numerous official and unofficial guide books to a wide variety of television and film series, specifically Buffy the Vampire... - The TARDIS Librarys listing of BBC Eighth Doctor books