Series of original novels from BBC Books that featured the adventures of the Eighth Doctor after the events of the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann.
The range began in June 1997 with the publication of The Eight Doctors, effectively replacing the recently cancelled range of New Adventures from Virgin Publishing which began in 1991.
The range was published monthly (except Decembers) until September 2002, at which point the books started to be released bi-monthly, alternating with the BBC's range of Previous Doctor Adventures which featured the first seven Doctors.
With the announcement of a new Doctor Who television series in September 2003 it was widely expected that the Eighth Doctor Adventures would come to an end — the final title eventually being Lance Parkin's The Gallifrey Chronicles, published in June 2005. At this point the Previous Doctor Adventures resumed a monthly schedule, with the intention being that Eighth Doctor books would be absorbed into the line, but perhaps being published on a more frequent basis than books featuring the other seven Doctors.
In the event, the only Eighth Doctor book to be published in this way was Nick Wallace's Fear Itself which came out in September 2005. Two months later the Previous Doctor Adventures range also came to an end, with Andrew Cartmel's Seventh Doctor novel Atom Bomb Blues being the final title to be released.
The range began in June 1997 with the publication of The Eight Doctors, effectively replacing the recently cancelled range of New Adventures from Virgin Publishing which began in 1991.
The range was published monthly (except Decembers) until September 2002, at which point the books started to be released bi-monthly, alternating with the BBC's range of Previous Doctor Adventures which featured the first seven Doctors.
With the announcement of a new Doctor Who television series in September 2003 it was widely expected that the Eighth Doctor Adventures would come to an end — the final title eventually being Lance Parkin's The Gallifrey Chronicles, published in June 2005. At this point the Previous Doctor Adventures resumed a monthly schedule, with the intention being that Eighth Doctor books would be absorbed into the line, but perhaps being published on a more frequent basis than books featuring the other seven Doctors.
In the event, the only Eighth Doctor book to be published in this way was Nick Wallace's Fear Itself which came out in September 2005. Two months later the Previous Doctor Adventures range also came to an end, with Andrew Cartmel's Seventh Doctor novel Atom Bomb Blues being the final title to be released.
Doctor Who: The Face Eater
by Simon Messingham
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- January 1999
Back Cover Blurb
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity's first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.
The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.
Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded — that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world...
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity's first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.
The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.
Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded — that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world...
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones
Notes
Doctor Who: The Taint
by Michael Collier
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- February 1999
Back Cover Blurb
The TARDIS has finally brought the Doctor and Sam back to Earth — and straight into danger.
It is 1963. Six very different people have been gathered together for study by parapsychologist Charles Roley in his stately home outside London. All of them claim to have been possessed by the devil, and all have shared similar delusions — they describe the same bizarre 'death cave' riddled with demons.
Roley's experiments are having a gradual yet terrifying effect on his subjects, and the Doctor and Sam discover the connections between those tainted with the madness are more disturbing than anyone could guess.
For the Doctor, too, has seen the cave they describe — on a dead world, billions of years ago.
The TARDIS has finally brought the Doctor and Sam back to Earth — and straight into danger.
It is 1963. Six very different people have been gathered together for study by parapsychologist Charles Roley in his stately home outside London. All of them claim to have been possessed by the devil, and all have shared similar delusions — they describe the same bizarre 'death cave' riddled with demons.
Roley's experiments are having a gradual yet terrifying effect on his subjects, and the Doctor and Sam discover the connections between those tainted with the madness are more disturbing than anyone could guess.
For the Doctor, too, has seen the cave they describe — on a dead world, billions of years ago.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Notes
Doctor Who: Demontage
by Justin Richards
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- March 1999
Back Cover Blurb
The Vega Station — a haven for gamblers, art lovers and duty-free shoppers, the one place where the Battrulians and their erstwhile enemies, the Canvine, meet and mix, in neutral space. A pressure point, an explosive mixture. And just as the new President of Battrul is about to arrive, the TARDIS crew turn up.
Fitz is in trouble. He's accidentally got himself hired as an assassin while trying to emulate James Bond. And he's upset Bigdog Caruso, the unofficial Canvine leader on Vega
Sam is in trouble. She's become involved with the key witness to a murder, and the witness has vanished.
The Doctor, meanwhile, has been roped in to help with investigations into robbery, sabotage and the murder, as well as to sort out Fitz's problems, Sam's problems and the President's safety. He's in his element.
And if they should get bored, there's a hitman on the loose, monsters roaming the station corridors, an exhibition of art by a painter who depicted his own death, and the opera.
The Vega Station — a haven for gamblers, art lovers and duty-free shoppers, the one place where the Battrulians and their erstwhile enemies, the Canvine, meet and mix, in neutral space. A pressure point, an explosive mixture. And just as the new President of Battrul is about to arrive, the TARDIS crew turn up.
Fitz is in trouble. He's accidentally got himself hired as an assassin while trying to emulate James Bond. And he's upset Bigdog Caruso, the unofficial Canvine leader on Vega
Sam is in trouble. She's become involved with the key witness to a murder, and the witness has vanished.
The Doctor, meanwhile, has been roped in to help with investigations into robbery, sabotage and the murder, as well as to sort out Fitz's problems, Sam's problems and the President's safety. He's in his element.
And if they should get bored, there's a hitman on the loose, monsters roaming the station corridors, an exhibition of art by a painter who depicted his own death, and the opera.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Notes
Doctor Who: Revolution Man
by Paul Leonard
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- April 1999
Back Cover Blurb
1967: The Revolution has just started. All you need is love — but the ability to bend space and time helps. An entity called the Revolution Man is writing his graffiti across the surface of the Earth, using a drug called Om-Tsor.
Trouble is, none of this was supposed to happen. The Doctor knows that the Revolution Man isn't for real, that he's part of the problem, not part of the solution. But how is he going to convince the flower children? How is he going to convince Sam? And he doesn't dare tell Fitz...
1968: The Chinese People's Army want to defeat the capitalists. Om-Tsor is the most powerful means available, and the source is on their doorstep. If half of India is immolated - well you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs...
1969: The Revolution Man has decided. Mankind is evil, not good. The only way forward is to destroy all of it. The Doctor and Sam struggle to find him but time is running out...
1967: The Revolution has just started. All you need is love — but the ability to bend space and time helps. An entity called the Revolution Man is writing his graffiti across the surface of the Earth, using a drug called Om-Tsor.
Trouble is, none of this was supposed to happen. The Doctor knows that the Revolution Man isn't for real, that he's part of the problem, not part of the solution. But how is he going to convince the flower children? How is he going to convince Sam? And he doesn't dare tell Fitz...
1968: The Chinese People's Army want to defeat the capitalists. Om-Tsor is the most powerful means available, and the source is on their doorstep. If half of India is immolated - well you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs...
1969: The Revolution Man has decided. Mankind is evil, not good. The only way forward is to destroy all of it. The Doctor and Sam struggle to find him but time is running out...
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Notes
Doctor Who: Dominion
by Nick Walters
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- May 1999
Back Cover Blurb
When the Doctor loses both Sam and the TARDIS after an encounter with a mysterious dimensional anomaly, he finds himself affected in a very fundamental way, doubting his own powers and making crucial errors of judgment.
Stranded amongst the forests and lakes of southern Sweden in the summer of 1999, it quickly becomes clear to the Doctor and Fitz that something unusual — and dangerous — is afoot. Fitz finds himself acting the hero as the search for Sam gets them involved with investigations into strange disappearances — and manifestations of even stranger creatures.
Events quickly spiral out of control as the Doctor and Fitz become entangled with a secret deep beneath the forest, a secret which could save Sam and an entire doomed alien race — but destroy the Earth in the process.
When the Doctor loses both Sam and the TARDIS after an encounter with a mysterious dimensional anomaly, he finds himself affected in a very fundamental way, doubting his own powers and making crucial errors of judgment.
Stranded amongst the forests and lakes of southern Sweden in the summer of 1999, it quickly becomes clear to the Doctor and Fitz that something unusual — and dangerous — is afoot. Fitz finds himself acting the hero as the search for Sam gets them involved with investigations into strange disappearances — and manifestations of even stranger creatures.
Events quickly spiral out of control as the Doctor and Fitz become entangled with a secret deep beneath the forest, a secret which could save Sam and an entire doomed alien race — but destroy the Earth in the process.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Notes
Doctor Who: Unnatural History
by Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- June 1999
Back Cover Blurb
'They called it the Millennium Effect,' said the Doctor. 'But the millennium was only beginning.'
San Francisco has changed since the start of 2000. The laws of physics keep having acid flashbacks. There are sightings of creatures from outside our dimensions, stranded aliens and surrealist street performers. The city has become a mecca for those who revel in impossible creatures — and those who want to see them pinned down and put away.
Sam's past is catching up with her — a past she didn't know she had. The Doctor is in danger of becoming the pièce de résistance in a twisted collection of creatures. And beneath the waters of the Bay, something huge is waiting.
With time running out, the Doctor must choose which to sacrifice — a city of wonders, or the life of an old and dear friend.
'They called it the Millennium Effect,' said the Doctor. 'But the millennium was only beginning.'
San Francisco has changed since the start of 2000. The laws of physics keep having acid flashbacks. There are sightings of creatures from outside our dimensions, stranded aliens and surrealist street performers. The city has become a mecca for those who revel in impossible creatures — and those who want to see them pinned down and put away.
Sam's past is catching up with her — a past she didn't know she had. The Doctor is in danger of becoming the pièce de résistance in a twisted collection of creatures. And beneath the waters of the Bay, something huge is waiting.
With time running out, the Doctor must choose which to sacrifice — a city of wonders, or the life of an old and dear friend.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Notes
Doctor Who: Autumn Mist
by David A McIntee
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- July 1999
Back Cover Blurb
The Ardennes, December 1944: the Nazi forces are making their last offensive in Europe — a campaign which will come to be called the Battle of the Bulge. But there is a third side to this battle: an unknown and ancient force which seems to pay little heed to the laws of nature.
Where do the bodies of the dead disappear to? What is the true nature of the military experiments conducted by both sides?
The Doctor, Sam and Fitz must seek out the truth on a battlefield where no one and nothing is quite what it seems...
The Ardennes, December 1944: the Nazi forces are making their last offensive in Europe — a campaign which will come to be called the Battle of the Bulge. But there is a third side to this battle: an unknown and ancient force which seems to pay little heed to the laws of nature.
Where do the bodies of the dead disappear to? What is the true nature of the military experiments conducted by both sides?
The Doctor, Sam and Fitz must seek out the truth on a battlefield where no one and nothing is quite what it seems...
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner
Notes
Doctor Who: Interference — Book One — Shock Tactic
by Lawrence Miles
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- August 1999
Back Cover Blurb
Five years ago, Sam Jones was just a schoolgirl from Shoreditch. Of course, that was before she met up with the Doctor and discovered that her entire life had been stage-managed by a time-travelling voodoo cult. Funny how things turn out, isn't it?
Now Sam's back in her own time, fighting the good fight in a world of political treachery, international subterfuge, and good old-fashioned depravity. But she's about to learn the first great truth of the universe: that however corrupt and amoral your own race might be, there's always someone in the galaxy who can make you look like a beginner.
Ms Jones has just become a minor player in a million-year-old power struggle... and as it happens, so has the Doctor.
Both of him, actually.
Five years ago, Sam Jones was just a schoolgirl from Shoreditch. Of course, that was before she met up with the Doctor and discovered that her entire life had been stage-managed by a time-travelling voodoo cult. Funny how things turn out, isn't it?
Now Sam's back in her own time, fighting the good fight in a world of political treachery, international subterfuge, and good old-fashioned depravity. But she's about to learn the first great truth of the universe: that however corrupt and amoral your own race might be, there's always someone in the galaxy who can make you look like a beginner.
Ms Jones has just become a minor player in a million-year-old power struggle... and as it happens, so has the Doctor.
Both of him, actually.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Familiar Faces
Third Doctor / Sarah Jane Smith / K-9 Mark III
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Familiar Faces
Third Doctor / Sarah Jane Smith / K-9 Mark III
Notes
Doctor Who: Interference — Book Two — The Hour of the Geek
by Lawrence Miles
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- August 1999
Back Cover Blurb
They call it the Dead Frontier. It's as far from home as the human race ever went, the planet where mankind dumped the waste of its thousand-year empire and left its culture out in the sun to rot.
But while one Doctor faces both his past and his future on the Frontier, another finds himself on Earth in 1996, where the seeds of the empire are only just being sown. The past is meeting the present, cause is meeting effect, and the TARDIS crew is about to be caught in the crossfire.
The Third Doctor. The Eighth Doctor. Sam. Fitz. Sarah Jane Smith. Soon, one of them will be dead; one of them will belong to the enemy; and one of them will be something less than human...
They call it the Dead Frontier. It's as far from home as the human race ever went, the planet where mankind dumped the waste of its thousand-year empire and left its culture out in the sun to rot.
But while one Doctor faces both his past and his future on the Frontier, another finds himself on Earth in 1996, where the seeds of the empire are only just being sown. The past is meeting the present, cause is meeting effect, and the TARDIS crew is about to be caught in the crossfire.
The Third Doctor. The Eighth Doctor. Sam. Fitz. Sarah Jane Smith. Soon, one of them will be dead; one of them will belong to the enemy; and one of them will be something less than human...
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Familiar Faces
Third Doctor / Sarah Jane Smith
Eighth Doctor / Samantha Jones / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Familiar Faces
Third Doctor / Sarah Jane Smith
Notes
Doctor Who: The Blue Angel
by Paul Magrs
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- September 1999
Back Cover Blurb
This is a story about Winter...
As the Doctor becomes involved in affairs aboard the Federation Starship Nepotist, his old friend Iris Wildthyme is rescuing old ladies who are being attacked by savage owls in a shopping mall.
And, in a cat's cradle of interdimensional Corridors lies the Valcean City of Glass, whose King Dedalus awaits the return of his angel son and broods over the oncoming war...
This is a story about Winter...
As the Doctor becomes involved in affairs aboard the Federation Starship Nepotist, his old friend Iris Wildthyme is rescuing old ladies who are being attacked by savage owls in a shopping mall.
And, in a cat's cradle of interdimensional Corridors lies the Valcean City of Glass, whose King Dedalus awaits the return of his angel son and broods over the oncoming war...
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Eighth Doctor / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Notes
Doctor Who: The Taking of Planet 5
by Simon Bucher Jones & Mark Clapham
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- October 1999
Back Cover Blurb
Twelve million years ago, a war touched the Earth briefly. Now, in Antarctica, an archaeological team has discovered the detritus of the conflict. And it's alive.
Twelve million years ago, a creature evolved that was capable of consuming all life in the universe. Now someone, or something, is desperate enough to want to revive it.
Outside the ordered universe, things move. They're hungry. And something has given them the scent of our space/time.
In the far future, the Doctor has learnt of the war and feels he must intervene — but it's more than just a local conflict of interest. One of the groups of combatants is from his own future, and the other has never, ever, existed.
Twelve million years ago, a war touched the Earth briefly. Now, in Antarctica, an archaeological team has discovered the detritus of the conflict. And it's alive.
Twelve million years ago, a creature evolved that was capable of consuming all life in the universe. Now someone, or something, is desperate enough to want to revive it.
Outside the ordered universe, things move. They're hungry. And something has given them the scent of our space/time.
In the far future, the Doctor has learnt of the war and feels he must intervene — but it's more than just a local conflict of interest. One of the groups of combatants is from his own future, and the other has never, ever, existed.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Eighth Doctor / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Notes
Doctor Who: Frontier Worlds
by Peter Anghelides
- UK
- Paperback
- BBC Books
- November 1999
Back Cover Blurb
What strange attraction lures people to the planet Drebnar? When the TARDIS is dragged there, the Doctor determines to find out why.
He discovers that scientists from the mysterious Frontier Worlds Corporation have set up a base on the planet, and are trying to blur the distinction between people and plants. The TARDIS crew plan to prevent a biological catastrophe — but their plan goes wrong all too soon.
Compassion finds her undercover work so engrossing she risks losing her detachment. Fitz seems too distracted by the local population to keep his eye on Compassion. So when the Doctor gets trapped in a freezing wilderness, who can stop him falling victim to a lethal experiment in genetic modification?
For something else has been lured to Drebnar, something that Frontier Worlds Corporation will ruthlessly exploit without care for the consequences — an ancient alien organism which threatens to snuff out Drebnar's solar system.
What strange attraction lures people to the planet Drebnar? When the TARDIS is dragged there, the Doctor determines to find out why.
He discovers that scientists from the mysterious Frontier Worlds Corporation have set up a base on the planet, and are trying to blur the distinction between people and plants. The TARDIS crew plan to prevent a biological catastrophe — but their plan goes wrong all too soon.
Compassion finds her undercover work so engrossing she risks losing her detachment. Fitz seems too distracted by the local population to keep his eye on Compassion. So when the Doctor gets trapped in a freezing wilderness, who can stop him falling victim to a lethal experiment in genetic modification?
For something else has been lured to Drebnar, something that Frontier Worlds Corporation will ruthlessly exploit without care for the consequences — an ancient alien organism which threatens to snuff out Drebnar's solar system.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Eighth Doctor / Fitz Kreiner / Compassion
Notes
