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Doctor Who: Missing Adventures Books in Order

Doctor Who: Missing Adventures contains 30 books, published between 1994 and 1997. The first book is Goth Opera (1994) and the newest is The Dark Path (1997). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
1994–1997
Pages on record
6,658 in 24 of 30 books
Reading time
111–166 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,658 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 30 titles with a page count on record.

See all 30 books in order Printable Doctor Who: Missing Adventures checklist

Doctor Who: Missing Adventures is a 30-book series published between 1994 and 1997. Goth Opera (1994) opens the run, followed by Evolution (1994), Venusian Lullaby (1994), State of Change (1994), The Romance of Crime (1995) and System Shock (1995), and The Dark Path (1997) closes it. Credit is spread across many writers: Christopher Bulis on 5 titles, Gareth Roberts on 4, Justin Richards and David A. McIntee on 3 each, Craig Hinton and Steve Lyons on 2 each, and Paul Cornell and John Peel on 1 each. Subjects cover science fiction, time travel, aliens and the Doctor Who television programme.

How many Doctor Who: Missing Adventures books are there?

Doctor Who: Missing Adventures has 30 books, released between 1994 and 1997.

Doctor Who: Missing Adventures Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Doctor Who: Missing Adventures 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 Evolution, book 2 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1994)
  2. Cover of Venusian Lullaby, book 3 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1994)
  3. Cover of State of Change by Christopher Bulis, book 5 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1994)
  4. Cover of The Romance of Crime by Gareth Roberts, book 6 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1995)
  5. Cover of The Menagerie by Martin Day, book 8 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1995)
  6. Cover of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Christopher Bulis, book 10 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1995)
  7. Cover of Invasion of the Cat-People by Gary Russell, book 11 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1995)
  8. Cover of Millennial Rites by Craig Hinton, book 13 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1995)
  9. Cover of The Empire of Glass by Andrew Lane, book 14 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1995)
  10. Cover of Lords of the Storm by David A. McIntee, book 15 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1995)
  11. Cover of Downtime by Marc Platt, book 16 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  12. Cover of The Man in the Velvet Mask by Daniel O'Mahony, book 17 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  13. Cover of The Eye of the Giant by Christopher Bulis, book 18 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  14. Cover of The Sands of Time by Justin Richards, book 20 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  15. Cover of Killing Ground by Steve Lyons, book 21 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  16. Cover of The Shadow of Weng-Chiang by David A. McIntee, book 22 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  17. Cover of Twilight of the Gods by Christopher Bulis, book 23 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  18. Cover of Speed of Flight by Paul Leonard, book 24 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  19. Cover of The Plotters by Gareth Roberts, book 25 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  20. Cover of Cold Fusion by Lance Parkin, book 26 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1996)
  21. Cover of Burning Heart by Dave Stone, book 27 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1997)
  22. Cover of A Device of Death by Christopher Bulis, book 28 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1997)
  23. Cover of The Dark Path by David A. McIntee, book 30 of the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures series (1997)
  1. 1
    Goth Opera1994 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994238
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  2. 2
    Evolution1994 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994256
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  3. 3
    Venusian Lullaby1994 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994312
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  4. 4
    The Crystal Bucephalus1994 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994296
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  5. 5
    State of Change1994 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994295
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  6. 6
    The Romance of Crime1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995256
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  7. 7
    Time of Your Life1995 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995278
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  8. 8
    The Menagerie1995 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995264
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  9. 9
    System Shock1995 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995326
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  10. 10
    The Sorcerer's Apprentice1995 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995296
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  11. 11
    Invasion of the Cat-People1995 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995259
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  12. 12
    Managra1995 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995330
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  13. 13
    Millennial Rites1995 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995311
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  14. 14
    The Empire of Glass1995 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995257
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  15. 15
    Lords of the Storm1995 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995281
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  16. 16
    Downtime1996 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996264
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  17. 17
    The Man in the Velvet Mask1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  18. 18
    The Eye of the Giant1996 · 315 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996315
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  19. 19
    The English Way of Death1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  20. 20
    The Sands of Time1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  21. 21
    Killing Ground1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996256
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  22. 22
    The Shadow of Weng-Chiang1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  23. 23
    Twilight of the Gods1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996256
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  24. 24
    Speed of Flight1996 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996272
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  25. 25
    The Plotters1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996256
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  26. 26
    Cold Fusion1996 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996272
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  27. 27
    Burning Heart1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997256
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  28. 28
    A Device of Death1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  29. 29
    The Well-Mannered War1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  30. 30
    The Dark Path1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997256
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Where to start with Doctor Who: Missing Adventures

Start with Goth Opera (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Doctor Who: Missing Adventures book?

The Dark Path (1997) is the newest Doctor Who: Missing Adventures book released so far.

Is there a new Doctor Who: Missing Adventures book coming?

No next Doctor Who: Missing Adventures 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: Missing Adventures at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Doctor Who: Missing Adventures title on record dates from 1997, 29 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Doctor Who: Missing Adventures books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
6,658 pages across the 24 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Doctor Who: Missing Adventures books, 30 of 30, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 30 titles, 5 are credited to Christopher Bulis, 4 to Gareth Roberts, 3 to Justin Richards and 3 to David A. McIntee. A further 13 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.

What the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures books are about

28 of the 30 Doctor Who: Missing Adventures books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 21 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Doctor Who: Missing Adventures books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.