On February 9, 1783, a funeral was held in the tunnels of the dead heart of London.  It was the funeral of a warrior and a conjuror, a paladin and an oracle, the last of an ancient breed who'd once stood between the Earth and the bloodiest of its nightmares.

Her name was Scarlette.  Part courtesan, part sorceress, this is her history: the part she played in the Seige of Henrietta Street, and the scrifice she made in the defence of her world.

In the year leading up to that funeral, something raw and primal ate its way through human society, from the streets of pre-Revolutionary Paris to the slave-states of America.  Something that only the eighteenth century could have summoned, and against which the only line of defence was a bordello in Covent Garden.

And then there was Scarlette's accomplice, the 'elemental champion' who stood alongside her in the final battle.  The one thay called the Doctor.

THIS IS THE 100TH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING BBC WORLDWIDE DOCTOR WHO SERIES

'Grrrrr.'

The greatest book ever written.

Professor Reginald Tyler's The True History of Planets was a twentieth century classic; an epic of dwarves and swords and wizardry.  And definitely no poodles.  Or at least there weren't when the Doctor read it.

Now it tells the true tale of how the Queen of the poodles was overthrown; it's been made into a hit movie, and it's going to cause a bloodbath on the Dogworld - unless the Doctor, Fitz and Anji (and assorted friends) can sort it all out.

The Doctor infiltrates the Smudgelings, Tyler's elite Cambridge writing set of the early twentieth century; Fitz falls for flamboyant torch singer Brenda Soobie in sixties Las Vegas, and Anji experiences some very special effects in seventies Hollywood.  Their intention is to prevent the movie from ever being made.  But there is a shadowy figure present in all three time zones who is just as determined to see it completed... so the poodle revolution can begin.

In the far future, the city of Hope isn't a place for the weak.

The air is thick with fog.  The sea burns.  Law and orders are a thing of the past.  Headless corpses are being found at the edge of the city, and the militia can't find the killer.  Members of a deranged cult mutilate themselves while plotting the deaths of their enemies.

Even the Doctor can't see any possibility of redemption for this cursed place.  All he wants is to leave, but to do so he needs the TARDIS - and the TARDIS is lost in the depths of a toxic sea.  When the most powerful man on the planet offers to retrieve the TARDIS - for a price - the Doctor has no choice but to accept.

But while the Doctor is hunting a killer, another offer is being made - one which could tear the Doctor and his companions apart.

Imagine a war.  A war that has lasted centuries, a war which has transformed an entire planet into a desolate No Man's Land.  A war in which time itself is being used as a weapon.

You can create zones of decelerated time and bring the enemy troops to a standstill.  You can create storms of accelerated time and reduce the opposition to dust in a matter of seconds.

But now the war has reached a stalemate.  Neither the Plutocrats nor the Defaulters have made any gains for over a hundred years.

The Doctor, Fitz and Anji arrive at Isolation Station Forty, a military research establishment on the verge of a breakthrough.  A breakthrough that will change the entire course of the war.

They have found a way to send soldiers back in time.  But time travel is a primitive, unpredictable and dangerous business.  And not without its own sinister side effects...

'Welcome to the future.

The early decades of the twenty-first century.  All the wars have been won.  There are no rogue states.  The secret service of the world keep the planet electronically monitored, safe from threat.  There is no one left for the United States and the Eurozone to fight.  Except each other.

A mysterious time traveller offers a better future - he has a time machine, and with it, humanity could reach the next stage of evolution, they could share its secrets and become the new Lords of Time...

...either that, or someone could keep the technology for themselves and use it to fight the ultimate war.

The Unnoticed are bound to keep themselves isolated from all history, or face a complete collapse from existence.

The Book of the Still is a lifeline for stranded time travellers - write your location, sign your name and be instantly rescued.  When the Unnoticed learn that within the book someone has revealed both their existence and whereabouts they are forced into murderous intercession to find it.

Fitz knows where it is, but then he's the one who stole it.  Carmodi, addicted to the energies trapped in frequent time travellers, also knows where it is.  But she's the one who's stolen Fitz.  Anji, alone on a doomed planet, trying to find evidence of a race that has never had the decency to exist, doesn't know where anybody is.

Embroiled in the deadly chase, the Doctor is starting ro worry about how many people he can keep alive along the way…

The people of the Crooked World lead an idyllic existence.

Take Streaky Bacon, for example.  This jovial farmer wants nothing more than a huge blunderbuss, with which he can blast away at his crop-stealing nemesis.  And then there's Angel Falls, a racing driver with a string of victories to her name.  Sure, her trusted guardian might occasionally put on a mask and menace her for her prize money, but that's just life, right?  And for Jasper the cat, nothing could be more pleasant than a nice long nap in his kitchen - so long as that darn mouse doesn't jam his tail into the plug socket again.

But somebody is about to shatter all those lives.  Somebody is about to change everything - and it's possible that no one on the Crooked World will ever be happy again.

The Doctor's TARDIS is about to arrive.  And when it does...  That's all folks!

Remarkable.  I'm surprised at how much has been uncovered.'
- Anji Kapoor

Spain, 1937.  In April, the small town of Guernica was razed to the ground in a firestorm that claimed a thousand or more lives. In May, Barcelona exploded into fierce fighting as different political factions fought for control of the city.

Both events have been the subject of fierce propogandist claims by all sides, but this book examines new evidence to suggest that the two events are more closely linked than previously thought.

Who were the shadowy figures working behind the scenes?  Who were 'the Doctor', 'Anji' and 'Fitz' and what were their objectives?  And were there really monsters roaming the streets?

Presented in the form of a novel, History 101 tries to discover if absolute truth can ever be revealed.  It should be read as part of the ongoing 'Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor' history course.

The Doctor sat alone and listened to the beat of his remaining heart. He had never got used to it. He never would. The single sound where a double should be. What was this new code hammering through his body? What did it mean? Mortal. No, he'd always known he could die. Not mortal. Damaged. Crippled. Through his shirt, his fingers sought out the thick ridge of his scar.
Human...

The Doctor's second heart was taken from his body - for his own good, he was told. Removed by his sometime ally, sometime rival, the mysterious time-traveller, Sabbath. Now, as a new danger menaces reality, the Doctor unwillingly finds himself working with Sabbath again. From a seance in Victorian London to a wild pursuit on Dartmoor, the Doctor and his companions work frantically to unravel the mystery of this latest threat to Time...
Before Time itself unravels

It doesn't take the creation of a whole new universe just to kill a cat.'

With Fitz gone to his certain death and Anji back at work in the City, the Doctor is once more alone. But he has a lot to keep him occupied.

At the Naryshkin Institute in Siberia, scientists are busily at work in a haunted castle. Over a century earlier, creatures from a prehistory that never happened attack a geological expedition. Pages from the lost expedition's journal are put on display at the British Museum, and a US spy plane suffers a mysterious fate. Deep under the snowy landscape of Siberia the key to it all remains trapped in the ice.

Only the Doctor can see that these events are all related. But he isn't the only person involved. Why is Colonel Hartford so interested in the Institute? Who is the mysterious millionaire who is after the journal? How is the Grand Duchess, descendant of the last Tsar, involved?

Soon the Doctor is caught up in a polt that reaches back to the creation of the Universe. And beyond...

...to Time Zero.

Welcome to the Selonart Trans-Global Regatta - The ultimate sporting event in the universe!

The Doctor is in trouble. He has his own race to win. Stuck in a parallel dimension, pursuing the mysterious Sabbath, he must unravel a complex plot in which he himself may be a pawn.

Following the only lead, the TARDIS arrives on Selonart - a planet famed for the unique, friction-nullifying light water that covers its surface. A water that propels vast, technological yachts across its waves at inconceivable speeds. All in all, an indulgent, boastful demonstration of power by Earth's ruthless multi-stellar corporations.

Is Sabbath's goal to win the race? Who is Bloom, the enigmatic Selonart native?

As the danger escalates, the Doctor realises he is being manoeuvered into engineering his own downfall. Is it already too late for him?

This is another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor

The TARDIS lands in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, during Easter 2003. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.

Within hours one of the Doctor’s friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on television confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.

Someone is manipulating events to suppress humanity’s development – but how and why? The trail leads to London where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the Tower of London? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?

The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving Earth in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes…

This is another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

What right do you have to wipe out a whole reality?"

The history of the planet Earth has become splintered, each splinter vying to become the prime reality. But there can only be one true history.

The Doctor has a plan to ensure that the correct version of history prevails - a plan that involves breaking every law of Time. But with the vortex itself on the brink of total collapse, what do mere laws matter?

From the Bristol riots of 1831, to the ruins of the city in 2003, from a chance encounter between a frustrated poet and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to a plan to save the human race, the stakes are raised ever higher - until reality itself is threatened.

This is another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

"I think time and space just fell apart."

Anji isn't sure, but then it's hard to be sure of anything now. Good Times Inc. promised a new tourist experience, with hotels in every major period of human history - but that kind of arrogance comes with a price, and it's a price the Doctor doesn't want to pay.

As aliens conquer an alternative Earth, Anji and Fitz race to find out how to stop Good Times without stopping time itself - but they find that events are out of control; they can't even save each other. When the Doctor tries to help, it gets far worse. At the Last Resort, only Sabbath can save the day. And then the price gets even higher…

This is another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

The fuse has been lit.  Reality has been blown apart, and the barriers that shield our universe from the endless others running parallel have shattered with it.  The only chance the Doctor has of saving the multiverse from total collapse is if he can get back to Earth - where the damage was first done - and put things right.

With time running out, the Doctor finally understands why 'our' universe is unique.  In proving it, he nearly destroys the TARDIS and all aboard - and becomes involved with the machinations of the mysterious Timeless organisation.  They can fix your wildest dreams, get away with murder and bring a whole new meaning to the idea of victimless crime.

Soon, Fitz is married, Anji's become a mum, and an innocent man is marked for the most important death in the universe's long history.  The reasons why force the Doctor into a deadly showdown with an old, old enemy, in a killing ground spawned before time and space began.

This is another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

'Love! Surely one of the most destructive forces in the universe.  There’s nothing a man - or woman - won’t do for true love.'

1812.  The Vishenkov household, along with the rest of Moscow, faces the advance of Napoleon Bonaparte.  At their heart is the radiant Dusha, a source of inspiration - and more besides - for them all.  But family friend, Captain Padorin, is acting like a man possessed - by the Devil.

2024.  Fitz is under interrogation regarding a burglary and fire at the Kremlin.  The Doctor has disappeared in the flames.  Colonel Bugayev is investigating a spate of antique thefts on top of which he now has a time-travel mystery to unravel.

5000.  Lord General Razum Kinzhal is ready to set in motion the final stages of a world war.  More than the enemy, his fellow generals of the Icelandic Alliance fear what such a man might do in peacetime.  What can bridge these disparate events in time?  Love will find a way.  But the Doctor must find a better alternative. Before love sets the world on fire.

This is another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

This week:
A hideous, misshapen creature releases a butterfly.
Next week:
The consequences of this simple action ensure that history follows its predicted path...
Sometime:
In the swirling maelstrom of the Time Vortex, The Council of Eight map out every moment in history and take drastic measures to ensure it follows their predictions.  But there is one elemental force that defies their prediction, that fails to adhere to the laws of time and space...  A rogue element that could destroy their plans merely by existing.

Already events are mapped out and defined.  Already the pieces of the trap are in place.  The Council of Eight already know when Sabbath will betray them.  They know when Fitz will survive the horrors in the Institute of Anthropology.  They know when Trix will come to his aid.  They know when the Doctor will finally realise the truth.

They know this will be:
Never.

This ia another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

'To lose one set of memories may be regarded as a misfortune.  To lose two smacks of carlessness.'

The Terran colony world of Espero seems the unlikely source of a sophisticated distress call.  And the Doctor, Fitz and Trix are not the only ones responding to it.

While Fitz consorts with royalty, the Doctor's on the run with a 16-year-old girl, and Trix meets a small boy with a dark secret.

In a race for the minds and souls of an entire planet, the Doctor and Trix are offered temptations that may change them forever.

At least one of them will be unable to resist.

This is another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor

There's a new exhibition at Tate Modern - 'The Tomorrow Windows'.

The concept is simple: look through a Tomorrow Window and you'll see into the future.  You'll get 'The Gist of Things to Come'.  According to the press pack, the Tomorrow Windows exhibition will bring about an end to war and suffering.

Which is why someone decides to blow it up.

Investigating this act of wanton vandelism, the Doctor, Fitz and Trix visit an Astral Flower, the show-world of Utopia and Cadrahadradon - the most haunted planet in the galaxy.  They face the sinister Ceccecs, the gratuitously violent Vorshagg, the miniscule Micron and the enigmatic Poozle.  And they encounter the doomsday monks of Shardybarn, the warmongers of Valuensis, and the politicians of Minuea and the killer cars of Estebol.

They also spend about half an hour in Lewisham.

This is another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

The near future: a man in a psychiatric hospital claims to be an alien time traveller called 'the Doctor'.  He once adventured across countless galaxies, fighting evil.

The past: an asylum struggles to change Victorian attitudes to the mentally ill.  It catches fire in mysterious circumstances.

Now: a young woman takes an overdose and slips into a coma.  She dreams of death falling like a shroud over a benighted gothic building.

Caroline 'Laska' Darnell is admitted to the Retreat after her latest suicide attempt.  To her horror, she recognises the medical centre from the recent nightmares of an old building haunted by a ghostly dog with glowing eyes.  She knows that something is very wrong with the institute.  The mysterious Dr Smith is fascinated by Laska's waking dreams and prophetic nightmares.  But if Laska is unable to trust her own perceptions, can she trust Dr Smith?

And, all the while, the long-dead hound draws near...

This is another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

There is no such thing as a good night.

You may think you can hide away in dreams.  Safely tucked up in bed, nothing can touch you.

But, as every child knows, there are bad dreams.  And bad dreams are where the monsters are.

The Doctor knows all about monsters.  And he knows that sometimes they can still be there when you wake up.  And when the horror is more than just a memory, there is nowhere to hide.

Even here, today, tonight... in the most ordinary of homes, and against the most ordinary people, the terror will strike.

A young boy will suffer terrifying visions...

...and his family will encounter a deathless horror.

Only the Doctor can help - but first he must uncover the fearsome secret of the Deadstone Memorial.

This is another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

The solar system is being spring-cleaned, to improve its feng shui and attract big business back to the long-abandoned seat of Earth's empire.  Celebrity decoratiste Aristotle Halcyon is heading the campaign of controlled demolition.  Having swept away the Asteroid Belt and the Oort Cloud, he now plans to make Jupiter more aesthetically pleasing by removing scores of 'unnecessary' moons.

But the ancient satellites hold deadly secrets, as the Doctor, Fitz and Trix soon discover.  With eco-terrorists plotting sabotage, corrupt officials lining their own pockets and sinister forces acting on their own agendas, only the Doctor sees that millions of innocents have been set on the fast track to bloody, unbridled destruction...

This is another in the series of continuing adventures for the Eighth Doctor

The Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey has been destroyed.  The Time Lords are dead, their TARDISes annihilated.  The man responsible has been tracked down and lured to Earth in the year 2005, where there will be no escape.  But Earth has other problems - a mysterious signal is being received, a second moon appears in the sky, and a primordial alien menace waits to be unleashed...

The stage is set for the ultimate confrontation - for justice to be done.  The Doctor and his companions Fitz and Trix meet their destiny.  And this time, the Doctor isn't going to be able to save everyone.

This adventure features the Eighth Doctor.