Virgin Missing Adventures

The Missing Adventures was series of novels launched in 1994 by Virgin Books following the success of its New Adventures line. Much as the NA series featured Seventh Doctor adventures with more detail and mature content than previously seen on TV and in the Target Books novelisations, the MA series focused on the first six Doctors. One book, Downtime, didn't feature any Doctor, but was an adaptation of an independent film production featuring several former companions. Another MA release, The Ghosts of N-Space, was an adaptation of a Third Doctor radio play and was published under the MA line, as the Target Books brand, under which its prequel The Paradise of Death was published, had been retired by that point.
One release, Who Killed Kennedy, is generally considered a Missing Adventures release as it features several past Doctors, but it was in fact published as a standalone work.
The Missing Adventures line was discontinued in 1997 after BBC Books took back the franchise licence from Virgin; BBC subsequently launched its own version, the BBC Past Doctor Adventures line.
Related to the MA line, but considered separate, was the Virgin Decalogs series of books.
== Stories ==
# 	Title 	Author 	Doctor 	Featuring 	Published
1 	Goth Opera 	Paul Cornell 	5th 	Nyssa, Tegan 	21 July 1994
2 	Evolution 	John Peel 	4th 	Sarah 	15 September 1994
3 	Venusian Lullaby 	Paul Leonard 	1st 	Ian, Barbara 	20 October 1994
4 	The Crystal Bucephalus 	Craig Hinton 	5th 	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion 	17 November 1994
5 	State of Change 	Christopher Bulis	6th 	Peri, 	1 December 1994
6 	The Romance of Crime 	Gareth Roberts 	4th 	Romana II, K9 Mark II, Ogrons 	19 January 1995
7 	The Ghosts of N-Space 	Barry Letts 	3rd 	Sarah, Jeremy Fitzoliver, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart 	16 February 1995
8 	Time of Your Life 	Steve Lyons 	6th 	Grant 	16 March 1995
9 	Dancing the Code 	Paul Leonard 	3rd 	Jo, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton 	20 April 1995
10	The Menagerie 	Martin Day 	2nd 	Jamie, Zoe 	18 May 1995
11	System Shock 	Justin Richards 	4th 	Sarah, Harry 	15 June 1995
12	The Sorcerer's Apprentice 	Christopher Bulis	1st 	Susan, Ian, Barbara 	20 July 1995
13	Invasion of the Cat-People	Gary Russell 	2nd 	Ben, Polly 	17 August 1995
14	Managra 	Stephen Marley 	4th 	Sarah 	21 September 1995
15	Millennial Rites 	Craig Hinton 	6th 	Mel 	19 October 1995
16	The Empire of Glass 	Andy Lane 	1st 	Vicki, Steven 	16 November 1995
17	Lords of the Storm 	David A. McIntee 	5th 	Turlough, Sontarans, Rutans 	7 December 1995
18	Downtime 	Marc Platt 	none 	Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Victoria, Sarah, Great Intelligence, Robot Yeti 	18 January 1996
19	The Man in the Velvet Mask	Daniel O'Mahony 	1st 	Dodo 	15 February 1996
20	The English Way of Death 	Gareth Roberts 	4th 	Romana II, K9 Mark II 	21 March 1996
21	The Eye of the Giant 	Christopher Bulis	3rd 	Liz, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton, Sergeant Osgood 	18 April 1996
22	The Sands of Time 	Justin Richards 	5th 	Nyssa, Tegan 	16 May 1996
23	Killing Ground 	Steve Lyons 	6th 	Grant, Cybermen 	20 June 1996
24	The Scales of Injustice 	Gary Russell 	3rd 	Liz, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton, Silurians, Myrka	18 July 1996
25	The Shadow of Weng-Chiang 	David A. McIntee 	4th 	Romana I, K9 Mark II, Mr Sin 	15 August 1996
26	Twilight of the Gods 	Christopher Bulis	2nd 	Jamie, Victoria, Animus, Zarbi 	19 September 1996
27	Speed of Flight 	Paul Leonard 	3rd 	Jo, Mike Yates 	24 October 1996
28	The Plotters 	Gareth Roberts 	1st 	Ian, Barbara, Vicki 	21 November 1996
29	Cold Fusion 	Lance Parkin 	5th, 7th	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Chris, Roz 	5 December 1996
30	Burning Heart 	Dave Stone 	6th 	Peri 	16 January 1997
31	A Device of Death 	Christopher Bulis	4th 	Sarah, Harry 	20 February 1997
32	The Dark Path 	David A. McIntee 	2nd 	Jamie, Victoria, 	20 March 1997
33	The Well-Mannered War 	Gareth Roberts 	4th 	Romana II, K9 Mark II, Black Guardian 	17 April 1997
== Notes ==
* The first Missing Adventure Goth Opera was a sequel (and also prequel, from the Doctor's point of view) to the New Adventure novel Blood Harvest. This was done in order to launch the new series of books.
* The books introduced a new companion for the Sixth Doctor, Grant Markham. He never had a departure scene.
* Lords of the Storm tied in with the New Adventure novel Shakedown. Both novels featured the Sontarans and the Rutans and they came out in the same month.
* Downtime novelised the direct-to-video story of the same name. It did not feature the Doctor prominently but did feature a cameo by one of his future incarnations.
* Who Killed Kennedy, although it focuses on the Third Doctor, was published as a standalone novel, not a Missing Adventure, but is listed here for the sake of convenience. Co-credited with its fictional protagonist, James Stevens, the book took the form of a mock "nonfiction exposé" of UNIT and its activities. It re-visited the events of the Third Doctor's time with UNIT from Stevens' perspective and gave an Earth-bound view of events, with the Doctor put in short appearances in various incarnations. It came out in the same month as The Eye of the Giant.
* Cold Fusion featured both the Fifth and Seventh Doctors in the same novel together. The Seventh Doctor's companions Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej also appeared.
* Three novels were sequels to classic serials and one a prequel; they were as follows:
**The Sands of Time is a sequel to TV: Pyramids of Mars.
** The Shadow of Weng-Chiang is a sequel to TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
** Twilight of the Gods is a sequel to TV: The Web Planet.
** Speed of Flight is a prequel to TV: Timelash.
== External links ==
* The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - Virgin Books - The Missing Adventures
 
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