History Literature / DoctorWhoNewAdventures

The Seventh Doctor initially travelled only with Ace, his companion at the time of the show's cancellation. They were soon joined by Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, AdventurerArchaeologist, a more stable and experienced character compared to Ace, who allowed for greater CharacterDevelopment. Other new companions included Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, police detectives from the 30th century. Bernice (or Benny for short) became a BreakoutCharacter and eventually [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield got more spinoffs than can be sensibly listed]], the most well-known of which is her own ongoing Creator/BigFinish audio series.

It's impossible to overstate the importance of the New Adventures. They were the only period in the series' history when a spinoff medium was considered the "real" ''Doctor Who''[[note]]In time, the franchise would splinter, first with the comics breaking away from the Virgin books, then the TV Movie led to the Eighth Doctor Adventures and Creator/BigFinish having two mutually exclusive versions of the Eighth Doctor, all of whom various factions of the fandom considered the "real" ''Doctor Who'' until the series returned to TV.[[/note]], and brought in a whole generation of creative figures that are still around today. When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. Creator/RussellTDavies recruited several notable New Adventures writers that also had television-writing experience - in fact, every writer in the first series was also a Virgin veteran (with the exception of Creator/RobertShearman, who was a playwright and Creator/BigFinish writer). One story in particular, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell (becoming the only pre-existing story to ever be directly adapted for television).

* BreakoutCharacter: Bernice Summerfield proved so popular that when the publishers lost the rights to the Doctor, they [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield made her the main character of the series]] instead.

* InvisiblePresident: The identities of the US President and the British Prime Minister are kept vague in ''The Dying Days''.

* CatchPhrase: "Hello, I'm the Doctor and this is my friend [companion's name]", to the point that later novels started lampshading and playing with it.

** In ''Love and War'', Ace acompanies New Age Traveller Jan on a cyberspace-enhanced Vision Quest, in which they meet TheTrickster. Ace starts to identify who she sees him as, but gets interupted. However his cry of "[[CatchPhrase You wouldn't let it lie!]]" and later comment "That's a Diana and Trickster sword" makes it pretty clear he's [[Series/TheSmellOfReevesAndMortimer Vic Reeves]].

The Seventh Doctor initially travelled only with Ace, his companion at the time of the show's cancellation. They were soon joined by Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, AdventurerArchaeologist, a more stable and experienced character compared to Ace, who allowed for greater CharacterDevelopment. Other new companions included Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, SaltAndPepper police detectives from the 30th century. Bernice (or Benny for short) became a BreakoutCharacter and eventually [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield got more spinoffs than can be sensibly listed]], the most well-known of which is her own ongoing Creator/BigFinish audio series.

* SaltAndPepper: Companions Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester, Adjudicators from 30th century Earth (that time period's police). In a variation on the trope, Chris was the [[NewMeat wide-eyed rookie]], while Roz was the [[KnightInSourArmor older, jaded and cynical veteran]].

After the BBC ended production of ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 1989, the editor in charge of the Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations, Peter Darvill-Evans, realised he had access to loads of enthusiastic writers but was running out of serials to novelise, so he had the clever idea to ask for a licence to write new, original novels about the Doctor. Running from 1991 to 1997, this series of 61 novels focused on the continuing adventures of the [[TheChessmaster manipulative Seventh Doctor]] and his companions. The series was released by Virgin Books and was given the umbrella title of "The New Adventures".

* BellyButtonless: Time Lords are constructed by machines and so lack navels. The Doctor is an exception.

** On his return appearance in ''The Room With No Doors'', Joel automatically responds to the question "What do you want?" with a forceful "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSD75pPsquM Never ask that question!]]", followed by an embarrassed retraction and a more serious answer when the person he's talking to completely fails to get the reference.

After the BBC ended production of ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 1989, the editor in charge of the Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations, Peter Darvill-Evans, realised he had access to loads of enthusiastic writers but but was running out of serials to novelise, so he had the clever idea to ask for a licence to write new, original novels about the Doctor. Running from 1991 to 1997, this series of 61 novels focused on the continuing adventures of the [[TheChessmaster manipulative Seventh Doctor]] and his companions. The series was released by Virgin Books and was given the umbrella title of "The New Adventures".

* HostileTerraforming: In the AlternateUniverse in "Blood Heat", the Silurians have brought back extinct plants and animals which now coexist alongside their modern counterparts in new ecosystems, mutant fruit which is inedible to humans grows now, and the Silurians are heating up certain parts of the planet and converting deserts into rainforests. Unusually for this trope, the Silurians aren't an invading alien race but rather the planet's previous rulers before humans.

* SneakySpySpecies: Taken to the point of parody in ''Death and Diplomacy'' with the Saloi. They are ''all'' spies, and everyone ''knows'' they're all spies, and they ''know'' that everyone knows they're all spies, [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow and so on]]. Or possibly they aren't, and they just find it convenient to let everyone believe that.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Seventh Doctor and his ManipulativeBastard[=/=][[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] ways. Much of the series touches on the fallout of the Doctor's [[MoralDissonance less than spotless ethics]] and how people... "appreciated" it.

* StylisticSuck: Some of the less believable elements of ''Eternity Weeps''; especially the outdated theory of the moon being a companion body that was captured by the Earth's gravity, and the notion that respected archeologists in 2003 would mount an expedition to find Noah's Arc. According to Lawrence Miles, Jim Mortimore (a good friend of his) intended the book to mimic the style of the Target novelizations of the Pertwee stories. Let that sink in for a second...

The Seventh Doctor initially traveled only with Ace, his companion at the time of the show's cancellation. They were soon joined by Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, AdventurerArchaeologist, a more stable and experienced character compared to Ace, who allowed for greater CharacterDevelopment. Other new companions included Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, SaltAndPepper police detectives from the 30th century. Bernice (or Benny for short) became a BreakoutCharacter and eventually [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield got more spinoffs than can be sensibly listed]], the most well-known of which is her own ongoing Creator/BigFinish audio series.

In 1997, the success of the TV movie in the UK resulted in the BBC taking their license for original ''Doctor Who'' fiction in-house, meaning the end of New Adventures starring the Doctor. BBC books began the Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures, which took the principles started here and just went ''ballistic'' applying them to the relatively blank slate that was the Eighth Doctor. However, the New Adventures continued as novels starring Bernice Summerfield until the end of 1999.

* ArtifactCollectionAgency: The Library of St John the Beheaded, which collects books containing information for which TheWorldIsNotReady. In future-set stories, it has been succeeded by the Braxiatel Collection, which collects artifacts from many worlds for which the galaxy is not ready.

** William Blake traveled with the Doctor (''The Pit'').

* ColorCodedEyes: The novels tended to make much of the Seventh Doctor's gray eyes, presumably as a way to contrast his characterisation as TheChessmaster with his [[DitzyGenius previous incarnations]].

* CrossReferencedTitles: Andrew Cartmel's three novels, which featured a continuing storyline, were ''Warhead'', ''Warlock'', and ''Warchild''.

* LightIsNotGood: Played with; while still on the side of the angels, the Doctor was depicted as far more of a ruthless AntiHero than he had been during most of the TV series (even the TV incarnation of the Seventh Doctor wasn't quite the manipulative {{Chessmaster}} with an OmniscientMoralityLicense that the novels made him, although the seeds were there). To juxtapose against his darker character, his standard costume became a cream / off-white suit.

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: The Doctor frequently claims that his role as 'Time's Champion' gives him the right to play with people's lives as if they were pawns -- he can see how time is supposed to function and is engaging in his [[TheChessmaster chess games]] for the greater good of all. Naturally, the people whose lives he's playing with tend not to find this justification very convincing.

It's impossible to overstate the importance of the New Adventures. They were the only period in the series' history when a spinoff medium was considered the "real" ''Doctor Who''[[note]]In time, the franchise would splinter, first with the comics breaking away from the Virgin books, then the TV Movie led to the Eighth Doctor Adventures and Creator/BigFinish having two mutually exclusive versions of the Eighth Doctor, all of whom various factions of the fandom considered the "real" ''Doctor Who'' until the series returned to TV.[[/note]], and brought in a whole generation of creative figures that are still around today. When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. Creator/RussellTDavies recruited several notable New Adventures writers that also had television-writing experience - in fact, every writer in the first series was also a Virgin veteran (with the exception of Robert Shearman, who was a playwright and Creator/BigFinish writer). One story in particular, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell (becoming the only pre-existing story to ever be directly adapted for television).

* OrganicTechnology: The TARDIS, at least in part. The "Cat's Cradle" arc has the Doctor needing to replace the organic material that the TARDIS uses for calculations that are impossible on conventional computers.

* EverybodyLives: Played with in ''SLEEPY'', where the Doctor explicitly challenges himself to save the day without anybody dying: "villains, innocents, everyone".[[spoiler:He ''almost'' manages to pull it off.]]

* EverybodyLives: Played with in ''SLEEPY'', where the Doctor explicitly challenges himself to save the day without anybody dying: "villains, innocents, everyone".

It's impossible to overstate the importance of the New Adventures. They were the only period in the series' history when a spinoff medium was considered the "real" ''Doctor Who''[[note]]In time, the franchise would splinter, first with the comics breaking away from the Virgin books, then the TV Movie and Creator/BigFinish would result in two mutually exclusive versions of the Eighth Doctor, all of whom various factions of the fandom considered the "real" ''Doctor Who''[[/note]], and brought in a whole generation of creative figures that are still around today. When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. Creator/RussellTDavies recruited several notable New Adventures writers that also had television-writing experience - in fact, every writer in the first series was also a Virgin veteran (with the exception of Robert Shearman, who was a playwright and Creator/BigFinish writer). One story in particular, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell (becoming the only pre-existing story to ever be directly adapted for television).

It's impossible to overstate the importance of the New Adventures. They were the only period in the series' history when a spinoff medium was considered the "real" ''Doctor Who'', and brought in a whole generation of creative figures that are still around today. When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. Creator/RussellTDavies recruited several notable New Adventures writers that also had television-writing experience - in fact, every writer in the first series was also a Virgin veteran (with the exception of Robert Shearman, who was a playwright and Creator/BigFinish writer). One story in particular, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell (becoming the only pre-existing story to ever be directly adapted for television).

After the BBC ended production of ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 1989, the editor in charge of the Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations, Peter Darvill-Evans, started a line of original novels based on the series. Running from 1991 to 1997, this series of 61 novels focused on the continuing adventures of the [[TheChessmaster manipulative Seventh Doctor]] and his companions. The series was released by Virgin Books and was given the umbrella title of "The New Adventures".

When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. Creator/RussellTDavies recruited several notable New Adventures writers that also had television-writing experience - in fact, every writer in the first series was also a Virgin veteran (with the exception of Robert Shearman, who was a playwright and Creator/BigFinish writer). One story in particular, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell (becoming the only pre-existing story to ever be directly adapted for television).

When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. Creator/RussellTDavies recruited several notable New Adventures writers with TV experience to write for the series. One story in particular, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell (becoming the only pre-existing story to be directly adapted for television).

When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. One story in particular, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell (becoming the only pre-existing story to be directly adapted for television).