# | Year | 1st Read | Title | Author(s) | My Rating | |
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1 | 1994 | | Conundrum Doctor Who - New Adventures #22 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| 'Doctor, we're talking about an old man who used to dress up in a skintight white jump suit and fly around New York catching super-villains. Don't you think there's something just a bit unusual about that?'
A killer is stalking the streets of the village of Arandale. The victims are found one each day, drained of blood. And if that seems strange, it's nothing compared to the town's inhabitants.
The Doctor, Ace and Bernice think they're investigating a murder mystery. But it's all much more bizarre than that. And much more dangerous.
Someone has interfered with the Doctor's past again, and he's landed in a place he knows he once destroyed. This time there can be no escape. | |
2 | 2002 | 2002 | The Crooked World Doctor Who - 8th Doctor #57 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| The people of the Crooked World lead an idyllic existence.
Take Streaky Bacon, for example. This jovial farmer wants nothing more than a huge blunderbuss, with which he can blast away at his crop-stealing nemesis. And then there's Angel Falls, a racing driver with a string of victories to her name. Sure, her trusted guardian might occasionally put on a mask and menace her for her prize money, but that's just life, right? And for Jasper the cat, nothing could be more pleasant than a nice long nap in his kitchen - so long as that darn mouse doesn't jam his tail into the plug socket again.
But somebody is about to shatter all those lives. Somebody is about to change everything - and it's possible that no one on the Crooked World will ever be happy again.
The Doctor's TARDIS is about to arrive. And when it does... That's all folks! | |
3 | 1997 | | Doctor Who - The Completely Useless Encyclopedia Doctor Who - Miscellaneous | Chris Howarth Steve Lyons | | |
4 | 1999 | 1999 | The Final Sanction Doctor Who - Past Doctors #24 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| The year is 2204. The final confrontation between humankind and the monstrous Selachians is about to reach its tragic conclusion.
Once again the Doctor has become entangled in human history. Caught up in a brutal and bloody conflict, he knows he must do nothing to influence the outcome. But, when the TARDIS disappears and Zoe falls into Selachian hands, he is forced to intervene…
In the struggle that ensues, Jamie fights alongside the human forces and discovers for himself the true horror of war. Zoe plans her escape from an alien proson camp, only to find herself, quite literally, out of her depth. Meanwhile, the Doctor comes face to face with a man who will become one of the most vilified figures in history.
As the death toll mounts and events come to a head, the Doctor must make a painful choice: which is more important, the sanctity of the time stream or the lives of his companions? | |
5 | 1995 | 1996 | Head Games Doctor Who - New Adventures #43 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| 'This isn't Hell,' the Doctor assured her. 'It's only a sequel.'
Stand by for an exciting new adventure with Dr Who and his companion, Jason. Once again, our time-hopping friends set out to seek injustice, raise rebel armies, overthrow dictators and beat up green monsters.
But this time, Dr Who faces a deadly new threat: a genocidal rogue Time Lord and his army of combat-hardened, gun-slinging warrior women. To make matters worse, this foe is a twisted version of the good Doctor himself - and if Dr Who and Jason can't stop him, he'll and all life on Detrios and Earth.
Armed only with their wits and with the modest power of control over reality, our heroes must face Dr Who's evil double: the megalomaniac scientist who calls himself simply... 'The Doctor'.
Full-length, original novels based on the longest-running science fiction television series of all time, BBC's Doctor Who. The New Adventures take the TARDIS into previously unexplored realms of space and time.
Steve Lyons is the author of two previous Doctor Who books, and a co-author of the best-selling Red Dwarf Programme Guide. | |
6 | 1996 | | Killing Ground Doctor Who - Missing Adventures #23 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| 'Imagine that you can live forever and life is totally free from pain. You can see all things with clarity, unblinkered by irrelevant details. You will never fear, never sicken, never lose control. That is what the Cybermen are offering.'
The Doctor takes his new companion, Grant, back home to Agora - only to find a world in the thrall of some of his oldest and deadliest foes.
The Cybermen have taken control and set up a breeding colony to propagate their own race. While the Doctor languishes in a cell at the mercy of the sadistic Overseers, Grant teams up with a group of rebels and works on a desperate rescue bid.
With time running out, the rebels move into action. But will their solution prove more deadly than the problem itself? | |
7 | 2002 | | A Life of Surprises Bernice Summerfield #7 Cover Blurb | Peter Anghelides David Bailey Terrance Dicks Paul Ebbs Stephen Fewell Nev Fountain Steve Lyons David A McIntee Jonathan Morris Daniel O'Mahony Kate Orman Lance Parkin Justin Richards Lloyd Rose Jim Sangster Robert Shearman Mark Stevens Dave Stone Nick Walters | | |
| A new collection of short stories published to coincide with Benny's tenth anniversary. Each story is set at a different period during Professor Bernice Summerfield's highly eventful life. | |
8 | 1997 | 1997 | The Murder Game Doctor Who - Past Doctors #2 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| The faded glamour of a hotel in space, spinning in an all-but-forgotten orbit around the Earth, it is host to some unusual visitors this weekend - including a party that claim to travel in a battered blue police box…
It is the year 2146. Answering a distress call from the dilapidated Hotel Galaxian, the TARDIS crew discover a games enthusiast is using the hotel to host a murder-mystery weekend. But it seems someone from his motley group of guests is taking things a little too seriously.
While the Doctor, Ben and Polly find themselves joining in the shadowplay, it becomes clear that a real-life murder is stalking the dark, disused corridors of the Galaxian. But worse than this: there's a sinister force waiting silently in space for events to unfold. A terrible secret is hidden on board the Galaxian, and if it is discovered nothing - least of all murder - will ever be the same again. If this is a game, the stakes just got higher.
Featuring the second Doctor, Ben and Polly, this adventure takes place between the TV stories THE POWER OF THE DALEKS and THE HIGHLANDERS. | |
9 | 1999 | 1999 | Salvation Doctor Who - Past Doctors #18 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| The gods have returned, and they're here to save our world.
New York, 1965. A time of conflict between ideologies, races, generations and genders, when crime runs rife and an unpopular war drags on in a distant land. In the midst of this turmoil, people cry out to their gods.
And now, it seems, the gods have answered their call. Walking the slums and tenements of downtown Manhattan, demonstrating extraordinary powers, five strangers are gathering a growing crowd of worshipers.
Steven wants to believe in miracles, but the Doctor is more skeptical. What are the strangers' real motives, and why does history make no mention of these events? As New York begins to tear itself apart, the Doctor's principles are tested to their limits. Which side should he choose to help? And what part will a London schoolgirl named Dorothea Chaplet play in the ensuing chaos?
What price is humankind willing to pay for salvation? | |
10 | 2003 | | Short Trips: Companions Doctor Who - Big Finish - Collections #2 Cover Blurb | Peter Anghelides David Bailey Nick Clark Andrew Collins Stephen Fewell Simon A Forward Simon Guerrier Alison Lawson Steve Lyons Paul Magrs Mark Michalowski Ian Potter Justin Richards Eddie Robson Gary Russell Tara Samms Andrew Spokes | | |
| Wanted: attractive young girl (boy may be considered). Must have strong ankles, healthy lungs, and no family ties. Ability to say 'what's that, Doctor?' in many different ways a necessity. Bizarre taste in clothes may be an advantage. Must be able to deal with traumatic situations involving life and death with no obvious after effects.
They didn't always ask to travel with the Doctor. And even if they did, they didn't know what the consequences would be.
Were Ian's travels foretold? What paradoxical conundrums faced the Doctor, Charley and Will Shakespeare in Ancient Troy? And just how difficult is it to get a job when you can't account for a gap of several years on your CV? | |
11 | 2003 | | Short Trips: The Muses Doctor Who - Big Finish - Collections #4 | Simon A Forward Sarah Groenewegen Simon Guerrier Steve Lyons Ian Potter Justin Richards Gareth Roberts Tara Samms Robert Shearman Jacqueline Rayner (Editor) | | |
12 | 2000 | 2000 | The Space Age Doctor Who - 8th Doctor #34 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. It's glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways.
The people that lived here were enlightened and contented. They travelled in bubble-topped saucer cars, along moving pavements or in anti-gravity tubes. Obedient robots tended to their every whim. Disease, war, famine and pollution had been eradicated. Food machines synthesised all essential nutrients into pill form, and personal rocket ships brought the solar system within reach. The people of the city befriended Venusians and Martians alike.
The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are cinstructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race.
This is Earth. The year is 2000 AD. This is your future.
Welcome to the Space Age. | |
13 | 2005 | | The Stealers of Dreams Doctor Who - New Series Novels #6 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| In the far future, the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack find a world on which fiction has been outlawed. A world where it's a crime to tell stories, a crime to lie, a crime to hope, and a crime to dream. But now somebody is challenging the status quo. A pirate TV station urges people to fight back. And the Doctor wants to help - until he sees how easily dreams can turn into nightmares. With one of his companions stalked by shadows and the other committed to an asylum, the Doctor is forced to admit that fiction can be dangerous after all. Though perhaps it is not as deadly as the truth...
Featuring the Doctor as played by Christopher Eccleston, together with Rose and Captain Jack as played by Billie Piper and John Barrowman in the hit series from BBC Television. | |
14 | 1995 | 1996 | Time of Your Life Doctor Who - Missing Adventures #8 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| 'Organic bugs must be purged from the system,' the screen told him. Then, more succinctly, 'You die.'
The Network broadcasts entertainment to the planets of the Meson system: Death-hunt 3000, Prisoner: The Next Generation, Bloodsoak Bunny... Sixteen channels, and not one of them worth watching. but for the citizens of poverty-stricken Torrok, television offers the only escape from a reality too horrible to face.
Angela, a young inhabitant of Torrok, leaps at the chance to travel to the Network with a hermit who calls himself the Doctor. However, all is not well on the giant, chaotic space station. A soap star has murdered his wife's lover; the robotic regulars of Timeriders are performing random kidnappings; and a lethal new game show is about to go on the air.
Can the Doctor uncover the cause of the apparently random disturbances - or will his appearance as a competitor on Death-hunt 3000 be the last of his life? | |
15 | 1998 | 1998 | The Witch Hunters Doctor Who - Past Doctors #9 Cover Blurb | Steve Lyons | | |
| The Reverend Samuel Parris, Minister of Salem, follows three strangers in the forest beyond the village - a forest which is traditionally believed to be the source of much evil. He hears movement through the trees, steps forward and makes a terrible discovery. It is one which will change life in Salem forever.
The TARDIS arrives in Salem Village, Massachusetts, 1692. The Doctor wishes to effect repairs to his ship in peace and privacy, and so his companions - Ian, Barbara and Susan - decide to 'live history' for a week or so. But the friendships they make are abruptly broken when the Doctor ushers them away, wary of being overtaken by the tragic events he knows will occur.
Upon learning the terrible truth of the Salem witch trials, Susan is desperate to return - at any price. Her actions lead the TARDIS crew into terrible jeopardy, and her latent telepathy threatens to help the tragedy escalate way out of control... | |