History Trivia / PastDoctorAdventures

* ParodyRetcon: Creator/TerranceDicks' novel ''Warmonger'' was initially criticised for its gratuitous {{gorn}}, cynicism and sexual violence (both threatened and joked about), as well as forcing the Fifth Doctor into the role of a literally jack-booted war leader. However, critics since have suggested that it's ''so'' gratuitous it could be intended as deliberate parody of the DarkerAndEdgier ContinuityPorn tone of the Eric Saward era.

* MilestoneCelebration: ''The Infinity Doctors'' celebrated the show's 35th anniversary. It features an unspecified Doctor and is filled with {{continuity nod}}s.

** After the disruption of the Doctor's personal timeline in ''Interference'', (the Third Doctor got killed when he was returning home to Earth after Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon) it would slowly be revealed that the entire TV show era had been changed, not just because of the disruption, but also because the Doctor had unknowingly been turned into a Faction Paradox SleeperAgent. Because of this nothing the readers assumed they knew about the past could be taken for granted. Unfortunately none of the other writers seemed interested in pursuing this plan, and Lawrence Miles's proposal for the story that would've kicked it off (''Beneath The Planet of the Spiders'') got rejected. The plan would have been for the Eighth Doctor to repair his timeline (since the disruptions would have caused so much damage that the Ninth Doctor would have been some sort of EldritchAbomination) at some point down the road when the EDA writers got tired of the alternate timeline.

** The Seventh Doctor novel ''Matrix'' was also pitched as a New Adventure. It was presumably rejected because one of Virgin's guidelines was "Don't use the Valeyard."

* ParodyRetcon: Creator/TerranceDicks' novel ''Warmonger'' was criticised by some fans for gratuitous violence and somewhat-OOC characterisation of the Fifth Doctor. However, other fans suggested that this was intended as a deliberate parody of the DarkerAndEdgier tone of some of the stories written or script-edited by Eric Saward, during the TV era that the novel slotted into.

** Jonathan Morris and Lance Parkin submitted a proposal for a story which would have covered the Doctor's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash first visit to Karfel]], which would have gotten ''extremely'' meta - the idea was that it would deliberately echo elements from "Timelash", as if "Timelash" was actually a derivative sequel that recycled ideas from its predecessor. It would also have been split into six episodes, with one episode being based on a board game from the 1973 annual. The range's editor rejected the idea, with Morris theorising that he thought it was an elaborate practical joke.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: ''Illegal Alien'' was pitched as a TV script for season twenty seven.

** The Seventh Doctor novel ''Matrix'' was also pitched as a New Adventure. It was presumably rejected because one of Virgin's guidelines was don't use the Valeyard.

* ParodyRetcon: Creator/TerranceDicks' novel ''Warmonger'' was criticised by some fans for gratuitous violence and somewhat-OOC characterisation of the Fifth Doctor. However, other fans suggested that this was intended as a deliberate parody of the DarkerAndEdgier tone of some of the stories written or script-edited by Eric Saward, during the TV era that the novel slotted into.

* ParodyRetcon: Terrance Dicks' novel ''Warmonger'' was criticised by some fans for gratuitous violence and somewhat-OOC characterisation of the Fifth Doctor. However, other fans suggested that this was intended as a deliberate parody of the DarkerAndEdgier tone of some of the stories written or script-edited by Eric Saward, during the TV era that the novel slotted into.