BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures

The BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures was a series of original paperback novels published by BBC Books from June 1997 to June 2005, taking over the literary Doctor Who franchise from the Virgin New Adventures line. The first BBC Book release was in fact Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film, a novelisation of the 1996 telefilm, but this is not considered part of the EDA series, which launched with a novel featuring all eight incarnations of the Doctor.

The EDA novels were marked by complex and lengthy story arcs, some lasting over many books, particularly a series of stories relating to a great Time War. A time war is also a major part of the backstory of the revived television series, but the production team have generally stated that their Time War is considered a separate (or possibly follow up) event to the one featured in the EDA novels.

After the launch of the EDA line, BBC Books launched two spin-off series of books, the BBC Past Doctor Adventures line, and the BBC Short Trips short story collections.

In 2005 BBC Books retired both its EDA and PDA lines, preferring to focus its publishing efforts on novels based upon the revived TV series. Although there was speculation that Eighth Doctor's adventures might continue in a revived PDA line of books, as of 2008 this has not occurred and although BBC Books has stated that it would like to revive the line, there has been no indication since the interview that it plans to revive the PDA line.