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Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures Books in Order

Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures contains 78 books, published between 1997 and 2024. The first book is The Devil Goblins from Neptune (1997) and the newest is Escape the Daleks! (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
78
Published
1997–2024
Pages on record
18,977 in 67 of 78 books
Reading time
316–474 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 18,977 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 67 of 78 titles with a page count on record.

See all 78 books in order Printable Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures checklist

Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures is a multi-author line of Doctor Who fiction with 78 books catalogued under dates from 1997 to 2024. The Devil Goblins from Neptune (1997) is the earliest, followed in 1997 by The Murder Game, The Ultimate Treasure, Business Unusual, Illegal Alien and The Roundheads. Steve Lyons holds the most credits with 6 books, ahead of David A. McIntee and Terrance Dicks with 5 each. Keith Topping, Christopher Bulis, Gary Russell, Justin Richards and Chris Boucher have 4 each. Subjects include time travel, human-alien encounters, the Second World War and the twenty-second century.

How many Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures books are there?

Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures has 78 books, released between 1997 and 2024.

Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 78 Doctor Who: Past Doctor 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 The Devil Goblins from Neptune, book 1 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1997)
  2. Cover of The Murder Game by Steve Lyons, book 2 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1997)
  3. Cover of The Ultimate Treasure by Christopher Bulis, book 3 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1997)
  4. Cover of Business Unusual by Gary Russell, book 4 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1997)
  5. Cover of Illegal Alien, book 5 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1997)
  6. Cover of The Roundheads by Mark Gatiss, book 6 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1997)
  7. Cover of The Face of the Enemy by David A. McIntee, book 7 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  8. Cover of Eye of Heaven by Jim Mortimore, book 9 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  9. Cover of The Witch Hunters by Steve Lyons, book 10 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  10. Cover of Catastrophea by Terrance Dicks, book 11 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  11. Cover of Mission: Impractical by David A. McIntee, book 12 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  12. Cover of Zeta Major by Simon Messingham, book 13 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  13. Cover of Dreams of Empire by Justin Richards, book 14 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  14. Cover of Last Man Running by Chris Boucher, book 15 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  15. Cover of Matrix, book 16 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1998)
  16. Cover of Salvation by Steve Lyons, book 18 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  17. Cover of The Wages of Sin by David A. McIntee, book 19 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  18. Cover of Deep Blue by Mark Morris, book 20 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  19. Cover of Players by Terrance Dicks, book 21 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  20. Cover of Millennium Shock by Justin Richards, book 22 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  21. Cover of Storm Harvest, book 23 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  22. Cover of The Final Sanction by Steve Lyons, book 24 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  23. Cover of City at World's End by Christopher Bulis, book 25 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  24. Cover of Divided Loyalties by Gary Russell, book 26 of the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures series (1999)
  1. 1
    The Devil Goblins from Neptune1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997288
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  2. 2
    The Murder Game1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997288
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  3. 3
    The Ultimate Treasure1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997288
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  4. 4
    Business Unusual1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997288
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  5. 5
    Illegal Alien1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  6. 6
    The Roundheads1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997288
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  7. 7
    The Face of the Enemy1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  8. 8
    The Hollow Men1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  9. 9
    Eye of Heaven1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  10. 10
    The Witch Hunters1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  11. 11
    Catastrophea1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  12. 12
    Mission: Impractical1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  13. 13
    Zeta Major1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  14. 14
    Dreams of Empire1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  15. 15
    Last Man Running1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  16. 16
    Matrix1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
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  17. 17
    The Infinity Doctors1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  18. 18
    Salvation1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  19. 19
    The Wages of Sin1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  20. 20
    Deep Blue1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  21. 21
    Players1999 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999251
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  22. 22
    Millennium Shock1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  23. 23
    Storm Harvest1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  24. 24
    The Final Sanction1999 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999286
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  25. 25
    City at World's End1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  26. 26
    Divided Loyalties1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  27. 27
    Corpse Marker1999 · 282 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999282
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  28. 28
    Last of the Gaderene2000 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000308
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  29. 29
    Tomb of Valdemar2000 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000288
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  30. 30
    Verdigris2000 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000288
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Where to start with Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures

Start with The Devil Goblins from Neptune (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures book?

Escape the Daleks! (2024) is the newest Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures book released so far.

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

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

Still running
Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
18,977 pages across the 67 of 78 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures books, 49 of 78, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 78 titles, 6 are credited to Steve Lyons, 5 to Terrance Dicks, 5 to David A. McIntee and 4 to Gary Russell. A further 35 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures books are about

34 of the 78 Doctor Who: Past Doctor 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 23 of 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Doctor Who: Past Doctor Adventures books

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