Eternity Weeps
by Jim Mortimore
- UK
- Paperback
- Virgin Publishing Ltd
- January 1997
Back Cover Blurb
'The flood is come! Oh God save us all; the day of judgment is come!'
Turkey; 2003: Bernice and Jason join two rival expeditions attempting to find Noah's Ark. While one team follows the Bible and its own beliefs, the other relies on more exact science — but both paths lead to the same revelation. And, as the region moves ever closer to war, they uncover the key to a timeless mystery and a terrible secret.
The Doctor and Chris are called in to a situation fast getting out of control, as countless numbers flee a biological terror. The world is about to undergo a new genesis. While Chris gets himself a job with NASA, the Doctor must unravel the ties between Mount Ararat, the moon, and an ancient exodus.
Mankind faces apocalypse. But what can the aid of a far older race, alongside companions past and present, prevent the planet being twisted into the image of a long-dead world.
'The flood is come! Oh God save us all; the day of judgment is come!'
Turkey; 2003: Bernice and Jason join two rival expeditions attempting to find Noah's Ark. While one team follows the Bible and its own beliefs, the other relies on more exact science — but both paths lead to the same revelation. And, as the region moves ever closer to war, they uncover the key to a timeless mystery and a terrible secret.
The Doctor and Chris are called in to a situation fast getting out of control, as countless numbers flee a biological terror. The world is about to undergo a new genesis. While Chris gets himself a job with NASA, the Doctor must unravel the ties between Mount Ararat, the moon, and an ancient exodus.
Mankind faces apocalypse. But what can the aid of a far older race, alongside companions past and present, prevent the planet being twisted into the image of a long-dead world.
Regular Characters
Seventh Doctor / Chris Cwej
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
Bernice Summerfield / Jason Kane / Liz Shaw
Seventh Doctor / Chris Cwej
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
Bernice Summerfield / Jason Kane / Liz Shaw
Notes
- Eternity Weeps was Jim Mortimore's fourth Doctor Who novel for the New Adventures, and he would go on to write several further titles for BBC Books.
- Eternity Weeps saw another appearance from departed companion Bernice Summerfield and her husband Jason — in effect it was a half-way step toward the solo Benny books that would be launched just a few months later. The book is also notable for killing off the Third Doctor-era companion Liz Shaw.
- With Virgin's licence to publish Doctor Who novels due to expire in the May, the New Adventures from Eternity Weeps onwards made no mention of Doctor Who in either their titles or on the covers, in preperation for the re-launching of the series in the May, when Bernice Summerfield would return as the lead character.
The Room with No Doors
by Kate Orman
- UK
- Paperback
- Virgin Publishing Ltd
- February 1997
Back Cover Blurb
'Dear Doctor.' wrote Chris, 'I give up.'
Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement...Who needs them?
The Doctor and Chris travel to sixteenth-century Japan, a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles — before two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.
Chris soon finds himself alone — except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero — but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero anymore.
'Dear Doctor.' wrote Chris, 'I give up.'
Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement...Who needs them?
The Doctor and Chris travel to sixteenth-century Japan, a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles — before two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.
Chris soon finds himself alone — except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero — but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero anymore.
Regular Characters
Seventh Doctor / Chris Cwej
Seventh Doctor / Chris Cwej
Notes
- The Room with No Doors was Kate Orman's sixth and final Doctor Who book for the New Adventures.
Lungbarrow
by Marc Platt
- UK
- Paperback
- Virgin Publishing Ltd
- March 1997
Back Cover Blurb
'Nonsense, child,' retorted the Doctor.
'Grandfather indeed! I've never seen you before in my life!'
All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else's nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K-9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lord President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her planet's history.
At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.
673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he's home at last.
In this, the seventh Doctor's final New Adventure, he faces a threat that could uncover the greatest secret of all.
'Nonsense, child,' retorted the Doctor.
'Grandfather indeed! I've never seen you before in my life!'
All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else's nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K-9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lord President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her planet's history.
At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.
673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he's home at last.
In this, the seventh Doctor's final New Adventure, he faces a threat that could uncover the greatest secret of all.
Regular Characters
Seventh Doctor / Chris Cwej
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
Ace / Leela / K9 Mark I / K9 Mark II / Romana
Seventh Doctor / Chris Cwej
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
Ace / Leela / K9 Mark I / K9 Mark II / Romana
Notes
- Lungbarrow was Marc Platt's second book for the New Adventures and, like Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible, had come from ideas that had originally been discussed for the television series. It was also the final New Adventure to feature the Seventh Doctor, and as such had the unenviable task of tieing up loose ends and sending the character on his way towards his destiny in the Doctor Who TV movie, in which he would regenerate into the Eighth Doctor.
- Lungbarrow was made available as a downloadable eBook on the BBC's Doctor Who website in August 2002, and was accompanied by extensive background notes from Platt and brand-new illustrations from artist Daryl Joyce.
It proved to a highly popular choice as, like The Dying Days, it sold out almost immediately upon release and is consequently a very expensive book to acquire second-hand...
The Dying Days
by Lance Parkin
- UK
- Paperback
- Virgin Publishing Ltd
- April 1997
Back Cover Blurb
6 May 1997. The dying days of the twentieth century.
On the Mare Sirenum, British astronauts are walking on the surface of Mars for the first time in over twenty years. The National Space Museum in London is the venue for a spectacular event where the great and good celebrate a unique British achievement.
In Adisham, Kent, the most dangerous man in Britain has escaped from custody while being transported by helicopter. In Whitehall, the new Home Secretary is convinced there is a plot brewing to overthrow the goverment. In west London, MI5 agents shut down a publishing company that got too close to the top secret organisation known as UNIT. And, on a state visit to Washington, the Prime Minister prepares to make a crucial speech, totally unaware that dark forces are working against him.
As the eighth Doctor and Bernice Summerfield discover, all these events are connected. However, soon all will be overshadowed.
This time, the Doctor is already too late.
6 May 1997. The dying days of the twentieth century.
On the Mare Sirenum, British astronauts are walking on the surface of Mars for the first time in over twenty years. The National Space Museum in London is the venue for a spectacular event where the great and good celebrate a unique British achievement.
In Adisham, Kent, the most dangerous man in Britain has escaped from custody while being transported by helicopter. In Whitehall, the new Home Secretary is convinced there is a plot brewing to overthrow the goverment. In west London, MI5 agents shut down a publishing company that got too close to the top secret organisation known as UNIT. And, on a state visit to Washington, the Prime Minister prepares to make a crucial speech, totally unaware that dark forces are working against him.
As the eighth Doctor and Bernice Summerfield discover, all these events are connected. However, soon all will be overshadowed.
This time, the Doctor is already too late.
Regular Characters
Eighth Doctor
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
Bernice Summerfield / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / The Ice Warriors
Eighth Doctor
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
Bernice Summerfield / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / The Ice Warriors
Notes
- The Dying Days was Lance Parkin's second and final Doctor Who book for the New Adventures, after his highly-popular debut Just War in 2005.
- The Dying Days was the final Doctor Who novel to be published by Virgin.
But looking on the bright side, it was the first original novel to feature the Eighth Doctor, and was a tantalising glimpse of how the New Adventures may have continued if Virgin's licence had been extended.
Like Lungbarrow the previous month, The Dying Days saw a number of loose ends being tied up, with the final Doctor Who appearance of Bernice Summerfield who would end the book on the planet Dellah, where whe would be lecturing in archaeology at the start of Oh No It Isn't!. The book also saw return appearances from the Ice Warriors and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. - The Dying Days was made available as a downloadable eBook on the BBC's Doctor Who website in May 2002, and was accompanied by extensive background notes from Parkin and brand-new illustrations from artist Allan Bednar.
It was the first Doctor Who book to given a second lease of life in this manner, and proved to be enormously popular, not least because The Dying Days had been the final Doctor Who book published by Virgin and had apparently been bought by more than just the regular readers of the series, leading to some people missing out on acquiring the book altogether, and others paying well over £50 for a copy on eBay.
Interestingly, despite the book being available to read online free of charge, demand for the book hasn't decreased appreciably to this day.
