History Literature / DoctorWhoNewAdventures

Several AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho episodes, marked "Side Step", take place in the ''New Adventures'' canon rather than the Big Finish canon.

** Lance Parkin reportedly casts Ian Richardson in nearly all of his novels; this is most obvious in ''The Dying Days'', where Lord Greyhaven bears a striking resemblance to Richardson's most famous real-life role, the politician Francis Urquhart in ''HouseOfCards''.

** The Literature/SherlockHolmes crossover ''All-Consuming Fire'', as well as multiple Holmesian references, features an appearance by ''Literature/TheLostWorld'''s Lord John Roxon, and references to ProfessorChallenger, FuManchu, and Creator/KimNewman's Literature/DiogenesClub agent Charles Beauregard. It's also one of several New Adventures to have references to the CthulhuMythos.

The Seventh Doctor initially traveled only with Ace, his companion at the time of the show's cancellation. They were soon joined by BerniceSummerfield, AdventurerArchaeologist, a more stable and experienced character compared to Ace, who allowed for greater CharacterDevelopment. Other new companions included Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, SaltAndPepper police detectives from the 30th century. Bernice (or Benny for short) became a BreakoutCharacter and eventually got more spinoffs than can be sensibly listed, the most well-known of which is her own ongoing Creator/BigFinish audio series.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: [[BerniceSummerfield Bernice "Benny" Summerfield]].

When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures. One story in particular, ''Human Nature'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell.

->''Full-length science fiction novels, stories too broad and too deep for the small screen.''

* AndThisIsFor / ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving: In ''Infinite Requiem'', when one of the characters realizes the full extent of the Doctor's manipulative plan, she knocks him to the ground, saying "This is for using me!" Then she kisses him, saying "And this is for saving our lives."

* CannibalismSuperpower / YouAreWhoYouEat: In ''Human Nature'' (which was later adapted for the TV series, but without this aspect), one of the members of the Family is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shape-shifter]] who can imitate any animal he's eaten part of, including humans. If he does it while they're alive, he can also gain their memories.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Seventh Doctor and his ManipulativeBastard / [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] ways. Much of the series touches on the fallout of the Doctor's [[MoralDissonance less than spotless ethics]] and how people..."appreciated" it.

The Seventh Doctor initially travelled only with Ace, his companion at the time of the show's cancellation. They were soon joined by BerniceSummerfield, AdventurerArchaeologist, a more stable and experienced character compared to Ace, who allowed for greater CharacterDevelopment. Other new companions included Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, SaltAndPepper police detectives from the 30th century. Bernice (or Benny for short) became a BreakoutCharacter and eventually got more spinoffs than can be sensibly listed, the most well-known of which is her own ongoing Creator/BigFinish audio series.

* AndThisIsFor / ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving: In ''Infinite Requiem'', when one of the characters realises the full extent of the Doctor's manipulative plan, she knocks him to the ground, saying "This is for using me!" Then she kisses him, saying "And this is for saving our lives."

* BaseballEpisode: The chapter in ''Happy Endings'' where the Doctor defuses tensions between visiting aliens and the local humans by organising a cricket match.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought a cybernetic construct (''Timewyrm: Genesys''); the Doctor worked with AlCapone to try and keep the peace among Chicago's gangs (''Blood Harvest''); Akhenaten helped Ace escape AncientEgypt, while Benny went on an expedition with Vivant Dominique Denon, father of modern archaeology (''Set Piece''); and William Blake travelled with the Doctor (''The Pit'').

** Also played with in the final Doctor Who New Adventure, ''The Dying Days'', at the time of which a rumour went around to the effect that Virgin were going to spite the BBC by killing the Doctor off. It features quite a bit of foreshadowing to that effect, starting, obviously, with the title. [[spoiler:The Doctor is apparently killed halfway through, but it's a NeverFoundTheBody situation and he shows up alive and well in the climax, just in time to save the day.]]

* DangerRoomColdOpen: Played with in ''First Frontier'', where the first chapter has a scene with the Doctor and Ace that ends with them both dying, then turns out to be a training simulation ''for the bad guys'': the villain has crossed paths with them before, knows the odds are in favour of the Doctor showing up at the worst possible moment, and wants his mooks to be ready. When the real Doctor encounters the same situation later in the book, the trap almost works -- except that the Doctor's now travelling with ''two'' companions, and the simulation didn't plan for the second one.

* {{Gesundheit}}: In ''Original Sin'', Benny says "Bless you" when offered a tisane by Provost-Major Beltempest. Beltempest doesn't realise she was making a joke, and explains what a tisane is.

** In ''Just War'', an incautious time traveller accidentally gives the Nazis a technological leg-up, resulting in them developing stealth bombers in time for World War II.

The Seventh Doctor initially travelled only with Ace, his companion at the time of the show's cancellation. They were soon joined by BerniceSummerfield, AdventurerArchaeologist, a more stable and experienced character compared to Ace, who allowed for greater CharacterDevelopment. Other new companions included Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, SaltAndPepper police detectives from the 30th century. Bernice (or Benny for short) became a BreakoutCharacter and eventually got more spinoffs than can be sensibly listed, the most well-known of which is her own ongoing BigFinish audio series.

* IncrediblyLamePun: ''Lungbarrow'' has one for the Hand of Omega:
-->Omega, despite his sacrifice, still had a hand in their affairs. It was a rather good joke he thought, but Rassilon didn't find it funny at all.

* {{It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY}}: Inverted by Chris Cwej. His surname should be pronounced "Shvay", but because everyone pronounces it "Kwedge" he's decided to go along with it. In his first appearance, although his new partner Roz Forrester pronounces it ''correctly'', he corrects her.

* PromotedFanboy: The editors of the series made a point of being accessible to first-time authors--going so far as to recruit them from fanzines and the like--which led to quite a few of the novels being written by fans. Some names you might recognise: Creator/PaulCornell, Creator/MarkGatiss, Creator/RussellTDavies...

* UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition: Show up in ''Sanctuary''.

* TheSpanishInquisition: Show up in ''Sanctuary''.

* PromotedFanboy: The editors of the series made a point of being accessible to first-time authors--going so far as to recruit them from fanzines and the like--which led to quite a few of the novels being written by fans. Some names you might recognise: Creator/PaulCornell, Creator/MarkGatiss, RussellTDavies...

* AllTheMyriadWays: Subverted in ''Blood Heat''; after bringing peace to the AlternateUniverse where the action of the novel takes place, the Doctor reveals that because it's an artificial timeline generated from the 'real' universe, it's siphoning energy from the 'real' universe that will cause the original one to end billions of years prematurely unless he destroys it. This does not stop him from feeling great guilt at the very real lives he is being forced to end in the AlternateUniverse, nor his companions from angrily [[WhatTheHellHero lashing out at him for this]] when he tries to justify it with this trope for their sake. [[spoiler:Later novels in the series reveal that an old enemy of his created the artificial universe precisely to put the Doctor in this position.]]

** Creator/PaulCornell imagined Benny Summerfield as being played by EmmaThompson. (This gets a shout-out in ''The Dying Days'' (not by Cornell, but by Lance Parkin, see below), where she's at a cocktail party in 1990s England and has a confusing conversation with a woman who has [[CelebrityParadox mistaken her for somebody else]].)

When the TV series was revived, it took plenty of cues from the New Adventures, although it doesn't consider the novels canon. One story in particular, ''Human Nature'', was [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E8HumanNature adapted for television]] by writer Creator/PaulCornell.

* LightIsNotGood: Played with; while still on the side of the angels, the Doctor was depicted as far more of a ruthless AntiHero than he had been during most of the TV series (even the TV incarnation of the Seventh Doctor wasn't quite the manipulative {{Chessmaster}} that the novels made him, although the seeds were there). To juxtapose against his darker character, his standard costume became a cream / off-white suit.

* {{CrossOver}}: Abslom Daak, the Dalek Killer from the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics appeared in ''Deceit''. (As a rule, NA characters used to appear in ''DWM'' rather than the reverse.)

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith[=/=]Appearance Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: The novel ''Sky Pirates!'' heavily implies this applies to The Doctor himself, and the TARDIS too. This was an idea of the author Dave Stone which never really caught on with the rest of the Whoniverse.

* OwlBeDamned: Spooky owls crop up a lot in the novels written by Creator/PaulCornell.

* EverybodyIsSingle: The decision to give ex-companion Bernice Summerfield her own spin-off series -- in which, as lead character, she would be expected to participate in romantic-interest subplots -- led directly to the messy collapse of her marriage, which upstaged the violent deaths of a tenth of the Earth's population. This, ''less than a year'' after an entire novel was devoted to the wedding and much effort was expended in assuring readers that it was HappilyEverAfter-type True Love.* ExoticEntree: In ''St. Anthony's Fire'', the BigBad offers the Doctor [[EatsBabies candied baby cheeks]].

* EverybodyIsSingle: The decision to give ex-companion Bernice Summerfield her own spin-off series -- in which, as lead character, she would be expected to participate in romantic-interest subplots -- led directly to the messy collapse of her marriage, which upstaged the violent deaths of a tenth of the Earth's population. This, ''less than a year'' after an entire novel was devoted to the wedding and much effort was expended in assuring readers that it was HappilyEverAfter-type True Love.
* EvilEye: In "Time's Crucible", the Pythia steals an eye from a decapitated Sphinx and substitutes it for one of her own, to boost her waning prophetic powers.
* ExoticEntree: In ''St. Anthony's Fire'', the BigBad offers the Doctor [[EatsBabies candied baby cheeks]].

Character-specific tropes are [[Characters.DoctorWhoDoctors here]] (for the Doctor), [[Characters.DoctorWhoCompanionsAndSupportingCast here]] (for Ace), [[Characters.BerniceSummerfield here]] (for Benny) and [[Characters.DoctorWhoNewAdventures here]] (for Roz and Chris).

* ContinuityPorn: ''Happy Endings'', the 50th New Adventure, featuring a plethora of returning ''New Adventures'' characters and a festival of loose-end-tying. Likewise, ''Return of the Living Dad'', published near the end of the run; it basically exists to tie up the novels' largest remaining loose end, and also ties off a bunch of smaller loose ends that ''Happy Endings'' missed, all the way back to a WhatHappenedToTheMouse question from the second story arc.

* ContinuityPorn: Some of the novels were arguably this for [[Series/DoctorWho the TV series]]. ''Happy Endings'', the 50th New Adventure, was definitely this for the New Adventures themselves, featuring a plethora of returning characters and a festival of loose-end-tying. Likewise, ''Return of the Living Dad'', published near the end of the run; it basically exists to tie up the novels' largest remaining loose end, and also ties off a bunch of smaller loose ends that ''Happy Endings'' missed, all the way back to a WhatHappenedToTheMouse question from the second story arc.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: ''White Darkness'' has the Doctor meets the CthulhuMythos. ''All-Consuming Fire'' sees the Doctor team up with Franchise/SherlockHolmes, again against the CthulhuMythos. Arguable example: ''Timewyrm: Genesys'' is a "crossover" with ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh''.
* InvisiblePresident: There's a double-whammy in ''The Dying Days''; it's set in 1997, but at the time of publication in 1996 both the American and British national elections were being contested, thus meaning that the identities of both the President and the Prime Minister are deliberately kept vague.