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Old 29-04-2013, 16:19
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Hi All,

A friend has very kindly given me a whole load of New Series Adventure books to read - starting obviously with the Ninth Doctor.

I was wondering whether there is a particular order they should be read in and if they slot in between television episodes?

I know there 6 Ninth Doctor books and wonder whether I should read them as if they were part of series 1 - thereby making 19 'epsodes' instead of 13?

I wonder if anybody has attempted this and could tell me if there is a point at which I should stop rewatching S1 and pick up the first book, and which book that is? And if doing this will enhance the overall arcs of the series?
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Old 29-04-2013, 16:37
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Hi All,

A friend has very kindly given me a whole load of New Series Adventure books to read - starting obviously with the Ninth Doctor.

I was wondering whether there is a particular order they should be read in and if they slot in between television episodes?

I know there 6 Ninth Doctor books and wonder whether I should read them as if they were part of series 1 - thereby making 19 'epsodes' instead of 13?

I wonder if anybody has attempted this and could tell me if there is a point at which I should stop rewatching S1 and pick up the first book, and which book that is? And if doing this will enhance the overall arcs of the series?
There isn't really a definitive order except for the three without Jack should come before the three with Jack.
You can count them as canon if you want. None of them say anything controversial which could be argued over. They're mainly all self-contained stories.
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Old 29-04-2013, 16:53
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The Ninth Doctor stories do contain Bad Wolf references and one of the books was directly referenced in Boom Town. They stand the test of being canon far more than lot of other materials. They are also good reads, although I have not read some of them since they first came out.
Although I think the ones without Jack are either between World War Three and Dalek, The Long Game and Fathers Day, or between Fathers day and the Empty Child. Two with Jack are between Doctor Dances and Boom Town while I think The Stealers of Dreams is set directly between Boom Town and Bad Wolf even though Bad Wolf says otherwise.
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Old 30-04-2013, 16:15
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Thanks, for the info. Are there any books which people think are really good. And are there any to avoid if I don't want to feel like trudging through treacle? I've bee given upto Forever Autumn.

Out of interest are there any which may have stood up to being done for television?
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Old 30-04-2013, 17:22
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Thanks, for the info. Are there any books which people think are really good. And are there any to avoid if I don't want to feel like trudging through treacle? I've bee given upto Forever Autumn.

Out of interest are there any which may have stood up to being done for television?
From what I remember, Beautiful Chaos (10th Doctor, Donna and Wilfred) and Touched by an Angel (11th Doctor, Amy and Rory) are fantastic; the latter of which is one of my favourite books ever.
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Old 01-05-2013, 03:10
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Beautiful Chaos is so good they re-released it in the 50th anniversary range!
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Old 01-05-2013, 19:47
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From what I remember, Beautiful Chaos (10th Doctor, Donna and Wilfred) and Touched by an Angel (11th Doctor, Amy and Rory) are fantastic; the latter of which is one of my favourite books ever.
Oh really. I should seek those out for my summer holiday in France then. Just started reading The Clockwise Man brings an question to mind - as the books are written by different writers, is there an obvious difference in tones between books? Are some writers better than others? Someone's warned me for example that Jacquiline Rayner makes The Stone Rose a bit too kiddified (if that's possible) and obvious in terms of plot.
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