The Eighth Doctor Canon: The Novels

Title

Medium

Companions

Notes

Doctor Who

TV by Matthew Jacobs

Grace

First appearance of Doctor Grace Holloway.

 

Features the Master.

 

After this adventure, the Doctor’s timeline diverges into three separate continuities: the novels; the audio adventures; and the comic strips.  Some adventures occur for the Doctor in all three realities, some do not.  Below is an account of the ‘novel universe’.

The Eight Doctors

Novel by Terrance Dicks

Sam

 

 

The Eighth Doctor regains his memory by visiting his past selves.

 

First appearance of Samantha Jones.

 

Features appearances by Susan, Ian, Barbara, Jo, the Brigadier, Romana, Tegan and Turlough.

 

In the various visits to past adventures, the story features the Sontarans, Vampires, the Master, the Raston Warrior Robot, President Flavia, Castellan Spandrell, Coordinator Engin and the Valeyard.

 

Features Gallifrey.

Bounty

Short Story / Audio by Peter Anghelides

Sam

Set very soon after Sam joins the Doctor.

 

The Dying Days

New Adventure by Lance Parkin

Benny

The Brigadier

Between Bounty and the events of Vampire Science, the Doctor drops Sam off at a Greenpeace rally.  Whilst she is there, the Doctor travels in the TARDIS alone.  Sam has the suspicion that, in his personal timeline, he may have been away for up to three years.  It is in this period that he briefly reunites with Bernice Summerfield.

 

Features the Ice Warriors.

Shada

Webcast/Audio adapted from a story by Douglas Adams.

Romana

K9 (Mark II)

The Doctor returns to Gallifrey and briefly reunites with Romana and K9 (Mark II) to solve the paradox of Shada, an adventure he remembers having, but also doesn’t remember having (referring to the cancelled TV story, Shada, from Season 17, starring Tom Baker).

 

Features Gallifrey.

Model Train Set

Short Story / Audio by Jonathan Blum

 

The Doctor is alone.

 

Released as a short story and also on audio cassette, read by Sophie Aldred.

Dreadnought

Comic Strip by Gary Russell

Stacy

First appearance of Stacy Townsend.

 

Features the Cybermen.

Descendance

Comic Strip by Gary Russell

Stacy

Ssard

First appearance of Ssard, an Ice Warrior.

 

Features the Ice Warriors.

Ascendance

Comic Strip by Gary Russell

Stacy

Ssard

Continues the story begun in Descendance.

Perceptions

Comic Strip by Gary Russell

Stacy

Ssard

 

Coda

Comic Strip by Gary Russell

Stacy

Ssard

This story features the final appearances of Stacy and Ssard as the Doctor’s companions.

Vampire Science

Novel by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman

Sam

Features Vampires.

The Bodysnatchers

Novel by Mark Morris

Sam

Features the Zygons.

 

Features Professor Litefoot (The Talons of Wng-Chiang)

Genocide

Novel by Paul Leonard

Sam

Jo

The Doctor is reunited with an older Jo (Grant) Jones.

War of the Daleks

Novel by John Peel

Sam

Features the Daleks and the Thals.

 

Features Davros.

Alien Bodies

Novel by Lawrence Miles

Sam

Features the Krotons.

 

First appearance of Faction Paradox.

 

Features a future incarnation of Drax (The Armageddon Factor).

 

First appearance of Dark Sam.

Kursaal

Novel by Peter Anghelides

Sam

 

Option Lock

Novel by Justin Richards

Sam

 

Dead Time

Short Story / Audio by Andrew Miller

Sam

 

The People’s Temple

Short Story / Audio by Paul Leonard

Sam

Released as a short story and also on audio cassette, read by Paul McGann.

Longest Day

Novel by Michael Collier

Sam

At the close of this adventure, the Doctor and Sam are separated when Sam believes the Doctor to be dead and is forced to leave aboard a Kusk spaceship.  The Doctor recovers and sets off in search of Sam.

Legacy of the Daleks

Novel by John Peel

Susan

The Doctor is reunited with his granddaughter Susan on Earth.  Also features her husband, David Campbell (The Dalek Invasion of Earth).

 

Features the Daleks.

 

Features the Master.

Dreamstone Moon

Novel by Paul Leonard

Sam

The Doctor and Sam fail to meet throughout the entire story.

Seeing I

Novel by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum

Sam

The Doctor is imprisoned in a rehabilitation centre for three years.  Sam eventually frees him and rejoins him in the TARDIS.

Placebo Effect

Novel by Gary Russell

Sam

Features an appearance by Stacy and Ssard, who are getting married.

 

Features the Wirrrn.

 

Features the Foamasi.

Vanderdeken’s Children

Novel by Christopher Bulis

Sam

 

The Scarlet Empress

Novel by Paul Magrs

Sam

‘First’ appearance of Iris Wildthyme (who regenerates at the close of the story).  (Iris’s first encounter with the Doctor, chronologically speaking is a matter for debate, although for the Doctor it seems to be in Verdigris).

The Janus Conjunction

Novel by Trevor Baxendale

Sam

 

Beltempest

Novel by Jim Mortimore

Sam

 

The Face-Eater

Novel by Simon Messingham

Sam

 

The Taint

Novel by Michael Collier

Sam

Fitz

First appearance of Fitz Kreiner.

Demontage

Novel by Justin Richards

Sam

Fitz

 

Revolution Man

Novel by Paul Leonard

Sam

Fitz

Fitz leaves the TARDIS for two years in 1967 rejoining the Doctor and Sam in 1969.

Dominion

Novel by Nick Walters

Sam

Fitz

 

Unnatural History

Novel by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman

Sam

Fitz

Features the Faction Paradox.

 

Features Dark Sam.

Autumn Mist

Novel by David A. McIntee

Sam

Fitz

 

Interference

Novel by Lawrence Miles

Sam

Fitz

Sarah Jane

Compassion

Features the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.

 

Sam Jones departs.

 

First appearance of Compassion.

 

Features the Faction Paradox.

The Blue Angel

Novel by Paul Magrs

Fitz

Compassion

Features Iris Wildthyme.

The Taking of Planet 5

Novel by Simon Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham

Fitz

Compassion

Features the Fendahl.

Frontier Worlds

Novel by Peter Anghelides

Fitz

Compassion

 

Parallel 59

Novel by Stephen Cole and Natalie Dallaire

Fitz

Compassion

 

The Shadows of Avalon

Novel by Paul Cornell

Fitz

Compassion

The Brigadier

Romana

The Doctor is reunited with the Brigadier and Romana (who regenerates into her third incarnation).

The Fall of Yquatine

Novel by Nick Walters

Fitz

Compassion

 

Coldheart

Novel by Trevor Baxendale

Fitz

Compassion

 

The Space Age

Novel by Steve Lyons

Fitz

Compassion

 

The Banquo Legacy

Novel by Justin Richards and Andy Lane

Fitz

Compassion

 

The Ancestor Cell

Novel by Stephen Cole and Peter Anghelides

Fitz

Compassion

Compassion departs.

 

Fitz departs.

 

Features Gallifrey.

 

Features the Faction Paradox.

The Burning

Novel by Justin Richards

 

With his memory wiped, the Doctor finds himself on Earth during the reign of Queen Victoria and continues to live there for most of the 20th Century.

Casualties of War

Novel by Steve Emmerson

 

 

The Turing Test

Novel by Paul Leonard

 

 

Endgame

Novel by Terrance Dicks

 

Features the Players.

Father Time

Novel by Lance Parkin

Fitz

First appearance of the Doctor’s adopted daughter, Miranda.

 

The Doctor and Fitz are reunited.

Escape Velocity

Novel by Colin Brake

Fitz

Anji

First appearance of Anji Kapoor

Earthworld

Novel by Jacqueline Rayner

Fitz

Anji

 

Vanishing Point

Novel by Stephen Cole

Fitz

Anji

 

Eater of Wasps

Novel by Trevor Baxendale

Fitz

Anji

 

The Year of Intelligent Tigers

Novel by Kate Orman

Fitz

Anji

 

The Slow Empire

Novel by Dave Stone

Fitz

Anji

 

Dark Progeny

Novel by Steve Emmerson

Fitz

Anji

 

The City of the Dead

Novel by Lloyd Rose

Fitz

Anji

 

Grimm Reality

Novel by Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale

Fitz

Anji

 

The Adventuress of Henrietta Street

Novel by Lawrence Miles

Fitz

Anji

First appearance of Sabbath

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Novel by Paul Magrs

Fitz

Anji

Features Iris Wildthyme.

 

Features the Master.

Hope

Novel by Mark Clapham

Fitz

Anji

 

Anachrophobia

Novel by Jonathan Morris

Fitz

Anji

 

Trading Futures

Novel by Lance Parkin

Fitz

Anji

 

The Book of the Still

Novel by Paul Ebbs

Fitz

Anji

 

The Crooked World

Novel by Steve Lyons

Fitz

Anji

 

History 101

Novel by Mags L Halliday

Fitz

Anji

 

Camera Obscura

Novel by Lloyd Rose

Fitz

Anji

Features Sabbath

Time Zero

Novel by Justin Richards

Fitz

Anji

 

The Infinity Race

Novel by Simon Messingham

Fitz

Anji

 

Reckless Engineering

Novel by Nick Walters

Fitz

Anji

 

The Last Resort

Novel by Paul Leonard

Fitz

Anji

 

The Domino Effect

Novel by David Bishop

Fitz

Anji

 

Timeless

Novel by Stephen Cole

Fitz

Anji

Trix

Anji Kapoor departs.

 

First appearance of Trix.

Emotional Chemistry

Novel by Simon A. Forward

Fitz

Trix

 

Sometime Never

Novel by Justin Richards

Fitz

Trix

 

Halflife

Novel by Mark Michalowski

Fitz

Trix

 

The Tomorrow Windows

Novel by Jonathan Morris

Fitz

Trix

 

The Sleep of Reason

Novel by Martin Day

Fitz

Trix

 

The Deadstone Memorial

Novel by Trevor Baxendale

Fitz

Trix

 

To the Slaugher

Novel by Stephen Cole

Fitz

Trix

 

The Gallifrey Chronicles

Novel by Lance Parkin

Fitz

Trix

Final appearance of the Eighth Doctor in novel form.

 

Final appearance of Fitz Kreiner.

 

Final appearance of Trix.