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Initial run
For the first five years of output, BBC Books released two novels a month, one continuing the ongoing Eighth Doctor storyline and the other concerning a more standalone adventure of a previous Doctor.

Halving the output
Beginning in September 2002, instead of releasing two novels each month, BBC Books began publishing one a month. The books alternated between releases in the ongoing Eighth Doctor storyline and standalone stories about past Doctors, with the notable exception of Scream of the Shalka, which was published between an Eighth Doctor novel and a Fifth Doctor novel.

The New Series
With the return of Doctor Who to television in March 2005,