Doctor Who: The Library of Carsus discussion

It does seem that now BBC books is only commissioning novels based on the 19th Doctor. While I do like Tenant, I still miss the Past Doctor adventures and the Missing Adventures.

I wish the BBC would reconsider--I am sure some of the older Doctors have a few good tales left to tell.

They (the Beeb) haven't completely ruled out bringing the PDA's back, but AFAIK they are in a state of indefinite hiatus at the moment. Every six to eight months or so another rumor pops up that they'll be making a return, but nothing has yet come of them.

From a business standpoint, the current hardbacks seem to be turning a decent profit for them, so why ruin a good thing by saturating the market with more books? I'm sure there are some youngsters out there who are keen to learn more about the older Doctors, but for the most part, the fans of the old NA/MA/EDA/PDA ranges are considered a minority, so it's not like there's a overwhelming demand to bring the PDA's back.

I wish they would make a comeback too. It would be especially neat to have a few more adventures with the 9th Doctor, considering his run was so short (there's a few gaps to exploit, like when he leaves in the TARDIS and comes back a few seconds later in Rose), but then again, if they're going to have as little ambition as some of the current NSAs, then they shouldn't bother.

Recent quote from Justin Richards (editor of the current range) in Doctor Who Magazine:

"We're all very keen to resurrect the 'Past Doctor' novels, and it will certainly happen, but I'm afraid it won't be in 2009. We're concentrating on keeping the current series fresh in everyone's minds, and in 2010 we'll be dedicated to making the series' return the triumphant success it's undoubtedly going to be. So watch this space – but don't hold your breath!"

Are they finally realizing that there's money in nostalgia?

I think they seem to be letting Big Finish handle all past Doctor stories, while the novels focus on the current Doctor.

Would like more Past Doctor books though. While I love BF, they are limited in what they can do with the first three Doctors and I miss those.

Please let them wait till I get through my huge stack of NA/MA/PDA. I've had them for who knows how long and I'm only starting to make a serious dent in them.

I feel your pain, robert. My 'to be read pile' contains about a dozen Who related books and there's at least another dozen I need to track down.
and I even't even bothered to read any of the Matt Smith books.

Maybe if the Beeb could start by re-issuing the MA's and PDA's. I've noticed a few starting to pop up on Kindle that I hadn't seen before, but the reviews are saying they have bad formatting errors and such.

What are they thinking? They put so many references to Classic Who into the new TV series, but then they make it so difficult to actually get your hands on the stories. Why, BBC, why?

I'd like to seem them address that issue first, to be honest. After that? Heck yeah! Can't ever get enough Classic Who!

Conventions can be good with finding old Doctor Who books. I managed to find an old, slightly battered copy of The Web of Fear for 50p from a stall :) I do wish they would reissue more of the books, though. I sometimes find it hard to get the audio recordings of missing episodes as well.

Zanriel wrote: "Maybe if the Beeb could start by re-issuing the MA's and PDA's. I've noticed a few starting to pop up on Kindle that I hadn't seen before, but the reviews are saying they have bad formatting errors..."

Those have been bootleg releases being put out that have slipped under the Amazon radar. There are VERY few of the Virgin and BBC Wilderness Era novels that have been released on Kindle to date outside of the 50th anniversary, Monsters, and History collection. I know the Lance Parkin books were released around 2011 for example.