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Doctor Who: No More Lies


Paul Sutton - 2007
    But they're not the only uninvited guests - ferocious alien warriors riding pterodactyl-like Vortisaurs are about to make their entrance!

Doctor Who: Brave New Town


Jonathan Clements - 2008
    It's like The Village That Time Forgot!The inhabitants of the quiet seaside town of Thorington in Suffolk are living the same day over and over again.What's so special about the 1st of September 1991? Why haven't the villagers noticed that the same song has been number one for years? And just where on Earth has the sea disappeared to?The Doctor and Lucie must solve the mystery before the 'visitors' return...

Doctor Who: Orbis


Alan Barnes - 2009
    His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.Could it be that Lucie’s days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.

Doctor Who: The Best-Laid Plans


Ben Tedds - 2019
    For the right price, he’s got a solution to every possible problem. His reputation is impeccable, and whilst his ideas aren’t flawless, he has a 100% money-back guarantee.Dracksil has started selling to a new type of customer. They are dictators, warlords; species having trouble conquering galaxies or controlling populations. However, for these clients, Dracksil’s ideas keep falling apart.There’s something that unites these failing ideas. A name, screamed and whispered angrily among the rants of Dracksil’s new clientele: the Doctor, the Doctor, the Doctor…Winner of the The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity 2019.

Doctor Who: Dead London


Pat Mills - 2008
    Manipulating time and space for their own ends.The TARDIS lands in London. But which one? The Doctor and Lucie find themselves trapped in a maze of interlocking London's from Roman times to the present day.But they are not alone in this labyrinth: a killer is on their trail.

Doctor Who: The Maltese Penguin


Robert Shearman - 2002
    But then a dame walks into his office and into his life. A dame who is drop dead gorgeous and drop dead deadly, offering him a case he just can't refuse. Well, he could refuse it. If he really wanted to. But he has to pay the rent. When their paths cross, Frobisher finds himself involved in a web of mayhem and intrigue. A web of gangland killings, corrupt cops, sentient bloodstains, and very rude hotel receptionists. A web of murder and deceit, treachery and fisticuffs. That sort of web. You know. The sticky kind.

Doctor Who: The Renaissance Man


Justin Richards - 2012
    But the TARDIS lands instead in a quiet English village, where they meet the enigmatic collector Harcourt and his family.When people start to die, reality doesn’t appear quite what it was. There’s something sinister going on within the walls of Harcourt’s manor, and the stakes are higher than they can imagine.The Doctor is about to discover that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

Doctor Who: Peri and the Piscon Paradox


Nev Fountain - 2011
    His name is Zarl, and he's a fish of utmost evil. Zarl is going to steal all the water of Earth and sell it to the highest bidder. Or blow up the San Andreas fault. Or the planet. Or something like that. He's a bit vague on that point. Fortunately, to stop him there’s help from an unexpected source: a future version of Peri. She knows Zarl's dark secret. But should the future Peri be on Earth at all? Something smells fishy – and it's not just Zarl.

The First Doctor Adventures: Volume 1


Matt Fitton - 2017
    Has the Doctor truly brought Ian and Barbara home, to glimpse their future?The world owes much to its legendary Inventor, and Susan finds herself face to face with the great benefactor. But soon, the time travellers are in a world at war and the Doctor must confront his past.1.2 The Great White Hurricane by Guy AdamsRival gangs turn streets into battlegrounds, and the Doctor and his friends are caught in the crossfire. They find themselves separated, and lost in the cold.As the hunt for a fugitive turns ever more desperate, a blizzard descends. The snow keeps falling. And soon it will prove as deadly as any weapon...

Doctor Who: Helicon Prime


Jake Elliot - 2007
    but why remember their murder investigation now?

Gallifrey: Lies


Gary Russell - 2005
    Well, apart from Romana's latest scheme, the opening up of Gallifrey's famed Academy to the students of alien races with the ability, or the potential, to harness temporal powers. Unfortunately, deep below the Capitol, Leela, confused and morose over the truth about her husband Andred, disturbs a malevolent power. Something from the Dark Days of Ancient Gallifrey. Something that wants to be reborn and will use any and every means that is at hand. Including the past of Gallifrey's incumbant President…

The Diary of River Song: Series 1


Jenny T. Colgan - 2015
    Deciding the universe – and her husband – can look after themselves, she has immersed herself in early 20th century academia, absorbed in writing archaeological theses.But when a mysterious tomb is found in a dry, distant land, excitement comes looking for River.Can Professor Song stop any more members of the expedition from dying? What deadly secrets lie buried within the crypt? And will British Consul Bertie Potts prove to be a help, or a hindrance?1.2 I Went to a Marvellous Party by Justin RichardsRiver Song always enjoys a good party, even when she’s not entirely sure where or when the party is taking place. But the party she ends up at is one where not everything – or indeed everyone – is what it seems…Being River, it doesn’t take her too long to go exploring, and it doesn’t take her too long to get into trouble. The sort of trouble that involves manipulating other civilisations, exploitation, and of course murder.River is confident she can find the killer. But can she identify them before anyone else – or quite possibly everyone else – gets killed?1.3 Signs by James GossRiver Song is on the trail of the mysterious, planet-killing SporeShips.Nobody knows where they come from. Nobody knows why they are here. All they do know is that wherever the SporeShips appear, whole civilisations are reduced to mulch.But River has help. Her companion is a handsome time-travelling stranger, someone with specialist knowledge of the oddities and dangers the universe has to offer. For Mr Song has a connection to River’s future, and he would never want his wife to face those perils alone…1.4 The Rulers of the Universe by Matt FittonAs shocking secrets are exposed, and a grand plan for the universe is revealed, River decides it’s time she took control of events once and for all.Out in deep space, a clandestine society faces off with an ancient and powerful alien force – but, for River, there’s an added complication.The Eighth Doctor has been caught in the middle, and she must make sure her future husband can arrive at his own destiny with all his memories – not to mention his lives - intact…

Torchwood: Believe


Guy Adams - 2018
    Owen Harper believes that Torchwood has to do whatever it takes to stop them.

Gallifrey: Spirit


Stephen Cole - 2005
    Tired of the backbiting politics and intrigues in the sterile society of Time Lords. With the fate of her husband now known, she feels lonely and out of place on Gallifrey. Romana is tired. Tired of justifying herself and her policies to a hostile council. With the line between allies and enemies beginning to blur, she persuades Leela to go with her to the presidential retreat of Davidia, a protected paradise. Then an anomalous time ship arrives, carrying a single passenger. His hands are crushed, his tongue torn out, his mind destroyed. Is this broken man a victim of some terrible crime or part of a trap now primed and ready to spring? After this strange encounter, Romana and Leela may never be the same again.

Doctor Who: Voyage to the New World


Matthew Sweet - 2012
    and it may cost Jago's life.CastColin Baker (The Doctor), Christopher Benjamin (Henry Gordon Jago), Trevor Baxter (Professor George Litefoot), Philip Pope (John White), Ramon Tikaram (Wanchese), Mark Lockyer (Sir Walter Raleigh), Emerald O'Hanrahan (Eleanor Dare)