Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy Books in Order
Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy contains 10 books, published in 2009. The first book is The Dust of Ages (2009) and the newest is The End of Time (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2009
- Pages on record
- 1,119 in 9 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 19–28 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,119 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy is a 10-part sequence published across a single year, 2009. The catalogue records no author credit against any volume. Recorded subjects are vampires, children's adventure stories and children's science fiction, and Doctor Who is the listed character. The run opens with The Dust of Ages and ends with The End of Time, taking in The Graves of Mordane, The Colour of Darkness, The Vampire of Paris, The Game of Death and The Art of War. The median recorded length is 125 pages across nine measured volumes.
How many Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy books are there?
Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy has 10 books, released in 2009.
Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy 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.
- 1The Dust of Ages2009 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/420091252/4
- 2The Graves of Mordane2009 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/420091252/4
- 3The Colour of Darkness2009 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/420091202/4
- 4The Depths of Despair2009 · 121 pages · confirmed 2/420091212/4
- 5The Vampire of Paris2009 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/420091252/4
- 6The Game of Death2009 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/420091272/4
- 7The Planet of Oblivion2009 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/420091252/4
- 8The Pictures of Emptiness2009 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/420091242/4
- 9The Art of War2009 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/420091272/4
- 10The End of Time2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
Where to start with Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy
Start with The Dust of Ages (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy book?
The End of Time (2009) is the newest Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy book released so far.
Is there a new Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy book coming?
No next Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy 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: The Darksmith Legacy at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,119 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 125 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy books, 10 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 10 titles, 4 are credited to Justin Richards, 1 to Mike Tucker, 1 to Richard Dungworth and 1 to Trevor Baxendale. A further 2 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.
What the Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy books are about
9 of the 10 Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 9 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 9 of 9 books
- Vampires 2 of 9 books
Characters in the Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Doctor Who books in order 637 books