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The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs) were a series of Spin-off novels based on the long running BBC Science Fiction Television Series '' Doctor Who '' and published under the BBC Books imprint. The novels regularly featured the First through Seventh Doctor s. The Eighth Doctor co-starred with the Fourth Doctor in one novel (''Wolfsbane'') and, after the Eighth Doctor Adventures had ceased publication, a novel ('' Fear Itself '') featuring the Eighth Doctor and set between two earlier Eighth Doctor Adventures was published within the Past Doctor series. Like all ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs, the Canonicity of these novels with respect to the television series is unclear. PUBLICATION HISTORY Between 1992 and 1997 , Virgin Publishing produced successful spin-off novels under the New Adventures and Missing Adventures ranges. However, following the ''Doctor Who'' Television Movie in 1996 , the BBC did not renew Virgin Publishing 's license to continue publishing ''Doctor Who'' material. Instead, they opted to publish their own range beginning in 1997 with ''The Devil Goblins from Neptune'' by Martin Day and Keith Topping . The range continued to be published through to 2005 . Virgin had distinguished the New and Missing Adventures with different Cover Designs . BBC Books, however, did not differentiate their novels featuring the current and past Doctors in this way, although they were listed separately within the books. Fans, however, continued to distinguish the Ongoing Story Of The Eighth Doctor from the more stand-alone adventures of past Doctors. Despite moving to the BBC, the writers (many of whom wrote for the Virgin series) have broadly attempted to maintain continuity with the New and Missing Adventures and many elements from these series have appeared in the Past Doctor Adventures (which replaced the Missing Adventures). Indeed, one of the novels — ''Millennium Shock'' by Justin Richards — was a direct sequel to ''System Shock'', a Missing Adventure published by Virgin. Another notable release was '' Scream Of The Shalka '', a novelisation of the webcast of the same title and the only release in the Past Doctor range that did not feature an "official" incarnation of the Doctor. In addition to the Past Doctor Adventures and the Eighth Doctor Adventures, the BBC also published three short story collections under the title of Short Trips which feature all eight (at the time of publication) Doctors. These were also inherited from Virgin, a version of their Decalog short story collections, and when the BBC ceased publishing them, a licence to continue was sought by Big Finish Productions , who continue to publish their own range of Short Trips collections to the present day. The range has ceased publication and its future is unclear. In the spring of 2005, BBC Books began publishing a series of hardcover books known as the Ninth Doctor Adventures (later succeeded by the Tenth Doctor Adventures ). The BBC Past Doctor paperback series continued for the remainder of 2005, but no titles have been announced after Andrew Cartmel 's ''Atom Bomb Blues'', which was released in November 2005. It has been speculated that future Ninth Doctor stories could appear under the Past Doctor range, but this has not been confirmed and there is no indication that the range will re-start. LIST OF PAST DOCTOR ADVENTURES SEE ALSO
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