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y separately published work icon Doctor Who : The New Adventures series - publisher  
Alternative title: The New Doctor Who Adventures
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Doctor Who : The New Adventures
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Chronicles the adventures of the seventh Doctor. Another series, Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures, about previous regenerations of the Doctor, was published by Virgin Publishing between 1994 and 1997.

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y separately published work icon The Left-Handed Hummingbird Kate Orman , London : Doctor Who Books , 1993 Z1292875 1993 single work novel science fiction

'1968: Cristian Alvarez meets the Doctor in London.

1978: The great temple of the Aztecs is discovered in Mexico.

1980: John Lennon is murdered in New York.

1994: A gunman runs amok in Mexico City.

Each time, Cristian is there. Each time, he experiences the Blue, a traumatic psychic shock. Only the Doctor can help him -- but the Doctor has problems of his own. Following the events of Blood Heat and The Dimension Riders, the Doctor knows that someone or something has been tinkering with time. Now he finds that events in his own past have been altered -- and a lethal force from South America's prehistory has been released.

The Doctor, Ace and Bernice 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.'

Source: Doctor Who Guide (http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na21.htm). Sighted: 4/8/2011

London : Doctor Who Books , 1993
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y separately published work icon Set Piece Kate Orman , London : Doctor Who Books , 1995 Z1292869 1995 single work novel science fiction

'There's a rip in the fabric of space and time. Passenger ships are disappearing from the interstellar traffic lanes. In an attempt to find out who's behind the disappearances, the Doctor and Ace allow themselves to be captured. But when Bernice's rescue attempt goes terribly wrong, the time travellers find themselves scattered throughout history.

Ace, stranded in Ancient Egypt, struggles to survive in an environment as alien as a distant planet: the Earth 3,000 years before she was born. She manages to find employment as a nobleman's bodyguard. And then she comes face to face with the metal horrors which have pursued her through time - the creatures she saw kill the Doctor.'

Source: Doctor Who Guide (http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na35.htm). Sighted: 4/8/2011

London : Doctor Who Books , 1995
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y separately published work icon Sleepy Kate Orman , London : Doctor Who Books , 1996 Z1293074 1996 single work novel science fiction

'The Earth colony on Yemaya 4 is a very ordinary place. The colonists spend their time farming, building homes, raising families.

But when the Doctor and his companions arrive they find a virus sweeping through the population, unleashing the colonists' latent psychic powers. The Doctor and Chris fall prey to the infection, and discover telepathy is not the only symptom. Chris is unable to resist the call of an ancient place of sacrifice, while Roz and Benny travel back in time to the origin of the virus, and uncover a desperate bid for immortality.

And all the while the Doctor is playing a dangerous game with troopers of the Dione-Kisumu company, who have come either to reclaim the stolen biotechnology -- or to sterilize the planet.'

Source: Doctor Who Guide (http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na48.htm). Sighted: 4/8/2011

London : Doctor Who Books , 1996
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y separately published work icon Return of the Living Dad Kate Orman , London : Doctor Who Books , 1996 Z1292866 1996 single work novel science fiction

'Bernice Summerfield was seven years old when her father disappeared. They said he turned and ran from the Daleks in battle. They said he was a coward.

They were wrong.

For years Benny has searched for her father. Now a clue snatches her from her honeymoon, back to the TARDIS, and on to England in the year 1983. There she at last discovers Admiral Isaac Summerfield, leading a motley crew of aliens, psychics and fanboys. Their mission: to save extra-terrestrials stranded on Earth.

But what is Benny's father doing five hundred years in his own past? And why has he been waiting for the Doctor to arrive? Can Benny really trust the man she's been looking for all her life?'

Source: Doctor Who Guide (http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na53.htm). Sighted: 4/8/2011

London : Doctor Who Books , 1996
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y separately published work icon So Vile a Sin Kate Orman , Ben Aaronovitch , London : Doctor Who Books , 1997 Z1292856 1997 single work novel science fiction

'The Earth Empire - the Imperium Humanum, upon which a thousand suns never set - is dying.

The Great Houses of the Empire manoeuvre and scheme for advantage; alliances are made; and knives flash in the shadows. Out among the moons of Jupiter, another battle is just beginning, as an ancient brotherhood seeks limitless power and long-overdue revenge.

The Doctor returns to the thirtieth century, searching for the source of a terrifying weapon. He fears a nightmare from his own past may be about to destroy the future. Nothing must be allowed to get in his way.

But the Doctor has reckoned without the power of history - which has its own plans for the wayward daughter of the House of Forrester.'

Source: Doctor Who Guide (http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na56.htm). Sighted: 4/8/2011

London : Doctor Who Books , 1997
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y separately published work icon The Room with No Doors Kate Orman , London : Doctor Who Books , 1997 Z1292838 1997 single work novel science fiction

'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 the 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 full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.

Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero -- but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero any more.'

Source: Doctor Who Guide (http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na59.htm). Sighted: 4/8/2011

London : Doctor Who Books , 1997

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First known date: 1991

Works about this Work

The Doctor is In (the Antipodes) : Doctor Who Short Fiction and Australian National Identity Catriona Mills , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Doctor Who and Race 2013; (p. 213-230)
'British science-fiction family television program Doctor Who has always had a strong fan-base in Australia. This essay explores the ways in which certain of those Australian fans use the shorter forms of ancillary Doctor Who fiction to question the construction and promulgation of Australian national identity. By dropping the Doctor into significant crisis points in Australian history – from Gallipoli to the Port Arthur massacre – these authors literalize and question the process of constructing national identity, drawing to the surface the troubled and often negated role that race plays in ‘Australianness’.' (Author's abstract)
The New Doctor Who Adventures and Kate Orman David Green (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Sirius , May no. 5 1994; (p. 23-26)

Kate Orman answers questions about her novel The Left-Handed Hummingbird, and the character concepts behind Doctor Who.

The New Doctor Who Adventures and Kate Orman David Green (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Sirius , May no. 5 1994; (p. 23-26)

Kate Orman answers questions about her novel The Left-Handed Hummingbird, and the character concepts behind Doctor Who.

The Doctor is In (the Antipodes) : Doctor Who Short Fiction and Australian National Identity Catriona Mills , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Doctor Who and Race 2013; (p. 213-230)
'British science-fiction family television program Doctor Who has always had a strong fan-base in Australia. This essay explores the ways in which certain of those Australian fans use the shorter forms of ancillary Doctor Who fiction to question the construction and promulgation of Australian national identity. By dropping the Doctor into significant crisis points in Australian history – from Gallipoli to the Port Arthur massacre – these authors literalize and question the process of constructing national identity, drawing to the surface the troubled and often negated role that race plays in ‘Australianness’.' (Author's abstract)
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