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Doctor Who Game Books in Order

Doctor Who Game contains 13 books, published between 1986 and 2019. The first book is Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble (1986) and the newest is Scratchman (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1986–2019
Pages on record
723 in 2 of 13 books
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Doctor Who Game is a listing of 13 Doctor Who books published between 1986 and 2019, covering plot-your-own stories and fantasy games among its recorded subjects. John Dorney is credited on 4, Marc Platt on 3, William H. Keith and James Goss on 2 each, and A.L. Kennedy, Nick Wallace, Andrew Smith and David Llewellyn on 1 each. Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble (1986) and Doctor Who and the Vortex Crystal (1986) open the listing; The Drosten's Curse (2015), The Helm of Awe (2017) and The Mind Runners (2018) follow. Scratchman (2019) is the last catalogued title.

How many Doctor Who Game books are there?

Doctor Who Game has 13 books, released between 1986 and 2019.

Doctor Who Game Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Doctor Who Game books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble by William H. Keith, book 1 of the Doctor Who Game series (1986)
  2. Cover of Doctor Who and the Vortex Crystal by William H. Keith, book 2 of the Doctor Who Game series (1986)
  3. Cover of The Genesis Chamber by Marc Platt, book 6 of the Doctor Who Game series (2016)
  4. Cover of Scratchman, book 13 of the Doctor Who Game series (2019)
  1. 1
    Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  2. 2
    Doctor Who and the Vortex Crystal1986 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986371
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  3. 3
    The Ghosts of Gralstead & The Devil's Armada2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  4. 4
    The Drosten's Curse2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  5. 5
    The Ghost Trap2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  6. 6
    The Genesis Chamber2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  7. 7
    The Helm of Awe2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  8. 8
    How to Win Planets and Influence People2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  9. 9
    The Mind Runners2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  10. 10
    The Demon Rises2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  11. 11
    The Sons of Kaldor2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  12. 12
    The Crowmarsh Experiment2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  13. 13
    Scratchman2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019352
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Where to start with Doctor Who Game

Start with Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Doctor Who Game book?

Scratchman (2019) is the newest Doctor Who Game book released so far.

Is there a new Doctor Who Game book coming?

No next Doctor Who Game book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Doctor Who Game at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Doctor Who Game title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Doctor Who Game books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
723 pages across the 2 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Doctor Who Game books, 11 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 13 titles, 4 are credited to John Dorney, 3 to Marc Platt, 2 to William H. Keith and 2 to James Goss. A further 5 writers are credited.

What the Doctor Who Game books are about

2 of the 13 Doctor Who Game books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: plot-your-own stories is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.