Twelfth Doctor novels announced

We’re all looking forward to Peter Capaldi as the Doctor come August, but September now promises three new original novels for the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, similar to the novels that have come out in batches of three since 2005.

Have the writers got enough of the personality of the new Doctor to write for him effectively? We will find out in September. I’ll be sure to add covers when they are available. I’ve also included previous novels by the writers for you read during the four month wait.

Silhouette, by Justin Richards:

“Vastra and Strax and Jenny? Oh no, we don’t need to bother them. Trust me.”

Marlowe Hapworth is found dead in his locked study, killed by an unknown assailant. This is a case for the Great Detective, Madame Vastra.

Rick Bellamy, bare-knuckle boxer, has the life drawn out of him by a figure dressed as an undertaker. This angers Strax the Sontaran.

The Carnival of Curiosities, a collection of bizarre and fascinating sideshows and performers. This is where Jenny Flint looks for answers.

How are these things connected? And what does Orestes Milton, rich industrialist, have to do with it all? As the Doctor and Clara joint the hunt for the truth they find themselves thrust into a world where nothing and no one are what they seem.

The Blood Cell, by James Goss:

“Release the Doctor – or the killing will start.”

An asteroid in the furthest reaches of space – the most secure prison for the most dangerous of criminals. The Governor is responsible for the cruellest murderers. So he’s not impressed by the arrival of the man they’re calling the most dangerous criminal in the quadrant. Or, as he prefers to be known, the Doctor.

But when the new prisoner immediately sets about trying to escape, and keeps trying, the Governor sets out to find out why.

Who is the Doctor and what’s he really doing here? And who is the young woman who comes every day to visit him, only to be turned away by the guards?

When the killing finally starts, the Governor begins to get his answers…

The Crawling Terror, by Mike Tucker:

“Well, I doubt you’ll ever see a bigger insect.”

Gabby Nichols is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. ‘Mummy there’s a daddy longlegs in my room!’ Then the screaming starts… Kevin Alperton is on his way to school when he is attacked by a mosquito. A big one. Then things get dangerous.

But it isn’t the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries the Doctor. It isn’t the swarming, mutated insects that make him nervous.

With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient stone circle, and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War, no one is safe.

Previous novels by Justin Richards:
New Adventures #26 Theatre Of War (Seventh Doctor, Ace and Benny)
Missing Adventures #11 System Shock (Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry)
Missing Adventure #22 The Sands Of Time (Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan, re-released under the Monster Collection)
Eighth Doctor Adventures #8 Option Lock (Eighth Doctor and Sam)

Eighth Doctor Adventures #20 Demontage (Eighth Doctor, Sam and Fitz)

Eighth Doctor Adventures #35 The Banquo Legacy (Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion, co-written with Andy Lane)

Eighth Doctor Adventures #37 The Burning (Eighth Doctor)

Eighth Doctor Adventures #60 Time Zero (Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji)

Eighth Doctor Adventures #67 Sometime Never… (Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Trix)

Past Doctor Adventures #14 Dreams Of Empire (Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria, released in 2013)

Past Doctor Adventures #22 Millennium Shock (Fourth Doctor and Harry, sequel to System Shock)

Past Doctor Adventures #31 Grave Matter (Sixth Doctor and Peri)

Past Doctor Adventures #41 The Shadow In The Glass (Sixth Doctor and the Brigadier, co-written with Stephen Cole)

New Series Adventures #1 The Clockwise Man (Ninth Doctor and Rose)

New Series Adventures #4 The Deviant Strait (Ninth Doctor, Rose and Jack)

New Series Adventures #9 The Resurrection Casket (Tenth Doctor and Rose)

New Series Adventures #22 Martha In The Mirror (Tenth Doctor and Martha)

New Series Adventures #37 Apollo 23 (Eleventh Doctor and Amy)

New Series Adventures #49 Plague Of The Cybermen (Eleventh Doctor)

Quick Reads #5 Code Of The Krillitanes (Tenth Doctor)

Previous novels by James Goss:

New Series Adventures #43 Dead Of Winter (Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory)

New Series Audios #7 Dead Air (Tenth Doctor)

New Series Audios #11 The Hounds Of Artemis (Eleventh Doctor and Amy)

New Series Audios #15 The Art Of Death (Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory)

Torchwood #9 Almost Perfect

Torchwood #13 Risk Assessment

Torchwood #16 First Born

Previous novels by Mike Tucker:

Past Doctor Adventures #5 Illegal Alien (Seventh Doctor and Ace, co-written with Robert Perry, re-released under the Monster Collection)

Past Doctor Adventures #16 Matrix (Seventh Doctor and Ace, co-written with Robert Perry)

Past Doctor Adventures #23 Storm Harvest (Seventh Doctor and Ace, co-written with Robert Perry)

Past Doctor Adventures #33 Prime Time (Seventh Doctor and Ace)

Past Doctor Adventures #60 Loving The Alien (Seventh Doctor and Ace, co-written with Robert Perry)

New Series Audios #10 The Nightmare Of Black Island (Tenth Doctor and Rose)

New Series Audios #23 Snowglobe 7 (Tenth Doctor and Martha)