New Adventures
Doctor Who-The New Adventures.
After the cancellation of the Television series it seemed that the
Doctor had gone forever. However he returned in a series of books
known as The New Adventures. These books told stories that
could never have been made into TV episodes. Stories that took
place in exotic locations, vast tales that took the Doctor to amazing
new places. Wether these stories are Canon, ie a continuation
of the series, remains to be seen. Here I have listed the books
avalible and were possible my own humble opinion on them.
| Title | Author | ISBN Code | Description | IMHO |
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| Timewrym: Genesys | John Peel | 0 426 20355 0 | -here- | -here- |
| Timewrym: Exodus | Terrance Dicks | 0 426 20357 7 | -here- | -here- |
| Timewrym: Apocalypse | Nigel Robinson | 0 426 20359 3 | -here- | |
| Timewyrm: revelation | Paul Cornell | 0 426 20360 7 | -here- | |
| Cats Craddle: Times Crucible | Marc Platt | 0 426 20365 8 | -here- | |
| Cats Craddle: Warhead | Andrew Cartmel | | -here- | |
| Cats Craddle: Witch Mark | Andrew Hunt | | -here- | |
| Nightshade | Mark Gatiss | | -here- | |
| Transit | Ben Aaronovitch | | -here- | |
| Love And War | Paul Cornell | | -here- | |
| The Highest Science | Gareth Roberts | 0 426 20377 1 | -here- | |
| The Pit | Neil Penswick | 0 426 20362 3 | -here- | |
| Deceit | Peter Darvill-Evans | 0 426 20362 3 | -here- | |
| Lucifer Rising | Mortimer&Lane | 0 426 20338 7 | -here- | |
| White Darkness | David McIntee | 0 426 20395 X | -here- | |
| Shawdowmind | Christopher Bulis | 0 426 20392 5 | -here- | |
| Birthright | Nigel Robinson | 0 426 20393 3 | -here- | |
| Iceberg | David Banks | 0 426 20392 5 | -here- | |
| Blood Heat | Jim Mortimer | 0 426 20399 2 | -here- | -here- |
| The Dimension Riders | Daniel Blythe | 0 426 20397 6 | -here- | |
| The Left Handed Hummingbird | Kate Orman | 0 426 20404 2 | -here- | |
| Conundrum | Steve Lyons | 0 426 20408 5 | -here- | -here- |
| No Future | Paul Cornell | 0 426 20409 3 | -here- | |
| Tragedy Day | Gareth Roberts | 0 426 20410 7 | -here- | -here- |
| Legacy | Gary Russell | 0 426 20412 3 | -here- | -here- |
| Theater of War | Justin Richards | 0 426 20414 X | -here- | |
| All-Consuming Fire | Andy Lane | 0 426 20415 8 | -here- | |
| Blood Harvest | Terrence Dicks | 0 426 20417 4 | -here- | |
| Strange England | Simon Messingham | 0 426 20421 2 | -here- | |
| First Frontier | David A.McIntee | 0 426 20421 2 | -here- | |
| St Anthony's Fire | Mark Gatiss | 0 426 20423 9 | -here- | |
| Falls The Shawdow | Daniel O'Mahony | 0 426 20427 1 | -here- | |
| Parasite | Jim Mortimer | 0 426 20425 5 | -here- | |
| Warlock | Andrew Cartmel | 0 426 20433 6 | -here- | |
| Set Piece | Kate Orman | 0 426 20436 0 | -here- | |
| Infinite Requiem | Daniel Blythe | 0 426 20437 9 | -here- | |
| Sanctury | David McIntee | 0 426 20439 5 | -here- | |
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TIMEWYRM:GENESYS by John Peel..
The Doctor and Ace are drawn to Ancient Mesopotamia in search of an ancient evil
sentience that has tumbled from the stars - the dreaded TIMEWRYM of ancient
Gallifreyan legend.
IMHO
Not a very inspired start to a series which will show a marked improvement. The supporting
Characters have little to endear and the story seems to be very basic. This story seems to owe
more in style to the Target novelisation of the original series then to what is to follow. Upon
publishing this book attracted the attention of the tabloids newspapers due to its description
of sexual behaviour. I personally rate this book 5/10.
TIMEWRYM: EXODUS by Terrance Dicks.
Pursuit of the TIMEWRYM brings the Doctor and Ace to the Festival of Britain.
But the London they find is strangely subdued and patrolling the streets are the uniformed thugs
of the Britischer Freikorps.
IMHO
This is a damn fine story and although the TIMEWYRM story is mostly background here it in no
way detracts. In the fine tradition of 'what if' stories this deals with the advent and subsequent
events of W.W.II and weaves a compelling and chilling tale. Characters which history has shown
as to be monsters are given a rather realistic three dimensional reality about them. A marked
improvement on the first story this quickly sets a high standard on which to judge other 'New
Adventures'. I give this book 9/10.
TIMEWYRM: APOCALYPSE by Nigel Robinson.
Kirith seems an ideal planet - a world of peace and plenty, ruled by the kindly hand of the Great
Matriarch. But it's here that the end of the universe - of everything - will be precipitated. Only the
Doctor can stop the tragedy.
IMHO
TIMEWRYM: REVELATION by Paul Cornell.
Ace has died of oxygen starvation on the moon, having thought the place to be Norfolk. "I do
believe that's unique," says the afterlife's receptionist.
IMHO
CAT'S CRADDLE: TIME'S CRUCIBLE by Marc Platt.
The TARDIS is invaded by an alien presence and is then destroyed. The Doctor disappears, Ace,
lost and alone finds herself in a bizarre city where nothing is to be trusted - even time itself.
IMHO
CATS CRADDLE: WARHEAD Andrew Cartmel.
IMHO
CATS CRADDLE: WITCH MARK by Andrew Hunt.
IMHO
NIGHTSHADE by Mark Gatiss.
IMHO
LOVE AND WAR by Paul Cornell.
IMHO
TRANSIT by Ben Aaronovitch
IMHO
THE HIGHEST SCIENCE by Gareth Roberts.
The Highest Science - a technology so dangerous it destroyed its creators. Many people have
searched for it, but now Sheldukher, the most wanted criminal in the galaxy, believes he has
found it. The Doctor and Bernice must battle to stop him on a planet where chance and
coincidence have become far more powerful.
IMHO
THE PIT by Neil Penswick.
One of the Seven Planets is a nameless giant, quarantined against all intruders. But when the
TARDIS materialises, it becomes clear that the planet is far from empty - and the Doctor begins
to realise that the planet hides a terrible secret from the Time Lords past.
IMHO
DECEIT by Peter Darvill-Evans.
Ace - three years older, wiser and tougher - is back. She is part of a group of Irregular Auxiliaries
on an expedition to the planet Aracadia. They think they are hunting DALEKS, but the Doctor knows
better. He knows that the paradise planet hides a being far more powerful then the DALEKS - and
much more dangerous.
IMHO
LUCIFER RISING by Jim Mortimer and Andy Lane.
Reunited, the Doctor, Ace and Bernice travel to Lucifer, the site of a scientific expedition that they
know will shortly cease to exist. Discovering why involves them in sabotage, murder and the
resurrection of eons-old alien powers. Are there Angels on Lucifer? And what does it all have to do
with Ace?
IMHO
WHITE DARKNESS by David McIntee.
The TARDIS crew, hoping for a rest, come to Haiti in 1915. But they find that he island is far from
peaceful; revolution is brewing in the city; the dead are walking from the cemeteries; and, far
underground, the ancient rulers of the galaxy are stirring in their sleep.
IMHO
SHADOWMIND by Christopher Bulis.
On the colony world of Arden, something dangerous is growing stronger. Something that can reach
out to another planet, Tairgire, where the newest exhibit in the sculpture park is a blue box
surmounted by a flashing light.
IMHO
BIRTHRIGHT by Nigel Robinson.
Stranded in Edwardian London with a dying TARDIS, Bernice investigates a series of grisly
murders. In the far future, Ace leads a group of guerrillas against their insect-like, alien oppressors.
Why has the Doctor left them when they need him most?
IMHO
ICEBERG by David Banks.
In 2006, an ecological disaster threatens the Earth; only the FLIPback team, working in an Antarctic
base, can avert the catastrophe. But hidden beneath the ice, sinister forces have gathered to
sabotage humanity's last hope. The CYBERMEN have returned and the Doctor must face them
alone.
BLOODHEAT by Jim Mortimer.
The TARDIS is attacked by an alien force; Bernice is flung into the vortex; and the Doctor and Ace
crash land on Earth. There they find dinosaurs roaming the deserted London streets, and BRIGADIER
LETHBRIDGE-STEWART leading the remnants of UNIT in a desperate fight against the Silurians who
have taken over and changed his world. All of which came to pass after the death of the Doctor.
IMHO
An interesting story which an inventive hook. The Doctor died !!! The return of an old enemy is
always nice allowing us to revel in our memories of the original series and to throw in the
BRIGADIER to boot, well just what more do you want. But the story lacks that final, unknown, piece
that turns a good story into a great story. I give this one 7/10. This is the first book in the 'Alternative
Universe' cycle.
THE DIMENSION RIDERS by Daniel Blythe.
A holiday in Oxford is cut short when the Doctor is summoned to Space Station Q4, where ghostly
soldiers from the future watch from the shadows among the dead. Soon, the Doctor is trapped in the
past, Ace is accused of treason and Bernice is uncovering deceit among the college cloisters.
IMHO
THE LEFT-HANDED HUMMINGBIRD by Kate Orman.
Someone has been playing with time. The Doctor, Ace and Bernice must travel to the Aztec Empire
in 1487, to London in the swinging sixties and to the sinking of the Titanic as they attempt to
rectify the temporal faults - and survive the attacks of the living god Huitzilin.
IMHO
CONUNDRUM by Steve Lyons.
A killer is stalking the streets of the village of Arandale. The victims are found each day, drained of
blood. Someone has interfered with the Doctors past again, and he's landed in a place he knows
he once destroyed, from which it seems there can be no escape.
IMHO.
A delighted story told in a unique style. It is difficult to comment more without giving away the plot but if you'd like to read a tale of superheroes, mysterious strangers, American PI's, boys own adventures and superheroes all rounded off with the Doctor and friends then this is one for you. My rating 8/10.
NO FUTURE by Paul Cornell.
At last the Doctor comes face to face with the enemy who has been threatening him, leading him on a
chase that has brought the TARDIS to London in 1976. There is finds that reality has been subtly changed and the country ho once knew is rapidly descending into anarchy as an alien invasion force prepares to land...The final book in the Alternative Universe cycle.
TRAGEDY DAY by Gareth Roberts.
When the TARDIS crew arrive on Olleril, they soon realise that all is not well. Assassins arrive to carry out a killing that may endanger the entire universe. A being known as the Supreme One tests horrific weapons. And a secret order of monks observes the growing chaos.
IMHO.
A well written yarn with a subtle yet cruel satire on television and its effect on modern living. Some nice supporting characters. My rating 7/10.
LEGACY by Gary Russell.
The Doctor returns to Peladon, on the trail of a master criminal. Ace pursues intergalactic mercenaries who have stolen the galaxy's most evil artefact while Bernice strikes up a dangerous friendship with a Martian Ice Lord. The players are making the final moves in a devious and lethal plan - but for once it isn't the Doctors.
IMHO
A welcome return to Peladon in a nice little link to the original series. Ice Warriors, Aggedor and
Alpha Centauri are all here. A nice story with the only downside been the rather poor cast of supporting
characters who seem to merely exist to provide the Doctor with scrapes to get out of. Although the end
of the story provides a nice little 'wrap' up to the end of what is now the 'Peladon Trilogy'. My rating 7/10.
THEATRE OF WAR by Justin Richards.
Menaxus is a barren world on the front line of an interstellar war, home to a ruined theatre which hides sinister secrets. When the TARDIS crew land on the planet, they find themselves trapped in a deadly re-enactment of an ancient theatrical tragedy.
IMHO
ALL-CONSUMING FIRE by Andy Lane.
The secret library of St John the be-headed has been robbed. The thief has taken forbidden books which tell of gateways to other worlds. Only one team can be trusted to solve the crime: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson - and a mysterious stranger who claims he travels in time and space.
IMHO
BLOOD HARVEST by Terrance Dicks.
While the Doctor and Ace are selling illegal booze in a town full of murderous gangsters, Bernice has been abandoned on a vampire-infested planet outside of normal space. The story sets in motion events that are continued in Goth Opera, the first in the Missing Adventures series of books.
IMHO
STRANGE ENGLAND by Simon Messingham.
In the idyllic gardens of a Victorian country house the TARDIS crew discover a young girl whose body has been possessed by a beautiful but deadly insect. And they find that the rural paradise is turning into a world of nightmares ruled by the sinister Quack.
IMHO
FIRST FRONTIER by David A.McIntee.
When Bernice asks to see the dawn of the space age the Doctor takes the TARDIS to cold war America, which is facing a threat far more deadly than Communist Russia. The militaristic Tzun Confederacy have made Earth their next target for conquest - and the aliens have already landed.
IMHO
ST ANTHONY'S FIRE by Mark Gatiss.
The TARDIS crew visit Betrushia, a planet in terrible turmoil. A vicious genocide war is raging between the lizard-like natives. With time running out, the Doctor must save the people of Betrushia from their own legacy before St Anthony's fire consumes them all.
IMHO
FALLS THE SHADOW by Daniel O'Mahony.
The TARDIS is imprisoned in a house called Shawdowfell, where a man is ready to commence the next phase of an experiment that will remake the world. But deep within the house, something evil lingers, observing and influencing events, waiting to take on flesh and emerge.
IMHO
PARASITE by Jim Mortimer.
The TARDIS has arrived in the Elysium system, lost colony of distant Earth and the sit of the Artefact: a world turned inside out, home to a bizarre ecosystem. But now the Artefact appears to be decaying, transforming the humans trapped within into something new and strange.
IMHO
WARLOCK by Andrew Cartmel.
On the streets of near-future Earth, a strange new drug is having a devastating impact. It's called Warlock, and some call it the creation of the Devil. While Benny and Ace try to track down its source, the Doctor begins to uncover the truth about the drug.
IMHO
SET PIECE by Kate Orman.
There's a rip in the fabric of space and time. Passenger ship are disappearing from the interstellar traffic lanes. An attempt to investigate goes dangerously wrong, and the TARDIS crew are scattered throughout history - perhaps never to return.
IMHO
INFINITE REQUIEM by Daniel Blythe.
Kelzen, Jirenal and Shansta are Sensopaths, hugely powerful telepaths whose minds are tuned to the collective unconscious, they wreck havoc and destruction. United, they threaten every sentient being in the universe.
IMHO
SANCTUARY by David McIntee.
The Doctor and Bernice are stranded in medieval France, a brutal time of crusades and wars of succession. While the Doctor investigates a series of murders in a besieged fortress, Bernice joins forces with an embittered mercenary to save a band of heretics from the might of the Inquisition.
IMHO
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