BBC New Series Adventures The BBC New Series Adventures is a banner under which the novels published by BBC Books ( and , from 2013 , Broadway Books in North America ) featuring the Ninth , Tenth , Eleventh , and Twelfth Doctor s have been collected since 2005 . This line is the successor to BBC Books ' earlier " Doctor Who " fiction lines , the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures . Publication history . Ninth Doctor . Launched in mid - 2005 , the New Series Adventures introduced a new format for " Doctor Who " fiction — paperback - sized hardcovers with smaller word count than the previous EDA and PDA lines . For a few months , the " NSA " line coexisted with the EDA and PDA lines , until they were retire d at the end of 2005 . With this series of books , BBC Books also established a release pattern it has continued ever since , releasing the books in batches of three , initially at least twice a year . The books are considered standalone and , thus , may be read in any order ( at least among a particular set of three ) . Unlike past fiction lines , there was some effort to tie the books more closely to television continuity . Notably the first - ever direct reference to a novel occurred in the episode " Boom Town " , in which Rose Tyler referenced a location she and the Doctor had visited in the novel " The Monsters Inside " . Supporting characters Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler also appeared in the novel " Winner Takes All " . The novels tended to reflect changes in the cast . The first three books featured the Ninth Doctor travelling with Rose , while the second set feature Rose and Jack Harkness as companions . The first three novels probably take place between " World War Three " and " The Empty Child " , and the latter three between " The Doctor Dances " and " Boom Town " . This line of novels continued to be issued following Christopher Eccleston ' s departure from the series until the end of 2005 , after which the series continued , featuring the Tenth Doctor in 2006 . A number of the books have been reprinted in paperback editions , including in North America by Broadway Books . The covers of these reprint editions omit the image of Billie Piper . Tenth Doctor . With the coming of the Tenth Doctor era , BBC Books continued its New Series Adventures line in 2006 , featuring the new incarnation . Again , the books were published more - or - less in connection with a particular cast line - up in the series , with the first six books featuring Rose Tyler , after which Martha Jones was featured in twelve consecutive novels , the most of any companion to date . Donna Noble was then featured in only four books , with most of the books released during her era actually featuring Martha . Wilfred Mott appears in the final novel featuring Donna , " Beautiful Chaos " . Following the events of " Journey ' s End " , the books changed format somewhat . Beginning with " The Eyeless " , published in late 2008 , the books featured the Doctor travelling alone , with no ongoing companions ( in keeping with the format of the 2008 - 2010 specials ) . Also published was " The Story of Martha " , a short story collection that returned Martha Jones to the NSA line for one book . This was the first NSA book to be a direct tie - in with a televised episode ( it takes place during the events of " The Sound of Drums " / " Last of the Time Lords " ) . All NSA novels issued during 2009 featured returning alien races and villains from the TV series . The final three Tenth Doctor novels were published in September 2009 . Two new spin - off lines were introduced during the 2006 - 2009 period . Quick Reads , an annual series of paperback novellas intended to promote literacy , was launched in 2006 with the novel " I Am a Dalek " . This spin - off line featured the return of long - time " Doctor Who " novelist and scriptwriter Terrance Dicks to the world of " Doctor Who " fiction . A total of five Tenth Doctor novellas were published in this line , with the last issued in March 2010 ; the line continued with the Eleventh Doctor . Also launched during this period , in conjunction with BBC Audiobooks , was a series of original , made - for - audio stories performed by cast members of the series . The first of these , " Pest Control " , was issued in 2008 , . A total of seven Tenth Doctor stories were published until 2010 . David Tennant performed most of these , with Catherine Tate reading two and Michelle Ryan performing one . Again , releases continued after the introduction of the Eleventh Doctor . All of the Tenth Doctor publications other than the Quick Reads were released as audio books . The first three were read by David Tennant . After that , other actors from the series replaced Tennant , who did not reappear as narrator until the made - for - audio stories . The other actors include Freema Agyeman , Georgia Moffett , Anthony Head and Adjoa Andoh . Most of these audio books are abridged , but some of the later novels were released as unabridged audio books that are only available for download . As with the Ninth Doctor , a number of Tenth Doctor novels have been reissued in paperback by BBC Books and Broadway Books . New editions of novels featuring Rose Tyler , however , omit the image of Billie Piper from the cover art . Eleventh Doctor . The New Series Adventures line continued with novels featuring the Eleventh Doctor , Amy Pond and Rory Williams . The first set of three were released in April 2010 , with more novels released later in the year . The books had some design changes from past releases to incorporate the new " Doctor Who " logo introduced for the new era . The most noticeable change is that the books are taller than those published for the Ninth and Tenth Doctors , now closer in height to the Torchwood novels . They also no longer included the Gallifreyan numerical symbols on the spines of the NSA books as seen during the Eccleston and Tennant eras . In October 2010 a special , standalone New Series Adventures book was released , entitled " The Coming of the Terraphiles " and written by noted fantasy author Michael Moorcock . The series resumed in 2011 , with the release of three books in April and another three in June . As well as this , a new concept of 2 in 1 books was put into action . The stories in these books were shorter than those in normal books but there were two of them per book , set at some point after Series 5 , written by two different authors . They were published in the tête - bêche format . With 2012 the frequency of regular NSA releases was decreased , with the line focusing more on the standalone hardcover editions , which saw two additional releases , " The Silent Stars Go By " in 2011 and " Dark Horizons " in 2012 . No " set of three " releases occurred in 2012 ; 2013 saw the release pattern change to a single batch of three per year . Continuing on from the Tenth Doctor era , BBC Audiobooks , later AudioGO , continued to release original - to - audio stories read by various cast members including Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill . The Decide Your Destiny series also continued , as did the Quick Reads novellas after a year ' s hiatus . Beginning in 2011 , and for the first time since 2005 , the NSA line found itself competing with BBC Books releases featuring past Doctors , beginning with the start of a reprint series featuring Target novelisation s , followed by the launch of a novelisation line with " Shada " and the launch of a new series of standalone hardcover novels featuring past Doctors . The final trio of Eleventh Doctor novels published in 2013 marked a major change in how the books were marketed and formatted outside the United Kingdom . Broadway Books took over the North American publishing of the books , which were now exclusively to be published in trade paperback editions , with the BBC Books hardcovers officially no longer circulated . Broadway also began republishing older NSAs from the Eleventh Doctor and earlier eras in new standard paperback editions . A final " Eleventh Doctor " NSA novel , " Engines of War " , featured the War Doctor rather than the incumbent , acting as the fourth in the " deluxe " range . Twelfth Doctor . The New Series Adventures line returned in 2014 with new novels featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald . As with the final Eleventh Doctor novels , UK editions are published in hardcover by BBC Books , but in North America the novels are published in trade paperback editions only by Broadway Books . In late 2013 , AudioGO went into administration , prompting the license for audiobooks to revert to Random House Audio . The publisher released readings of the first three Twelfth Doctor novels in 2015 , before the imprint returned as BBC Audio . Tie - ins . Beginning in 2012 , BBC Books has released a number of books and anthologies featuring elements from the new series that do not fit into the standard format of novels featuring the current Doctor .