How do the Virgin books compare to the BBC ones, or is there any difference at all?
Hmm. As my experience with the New Adventures is still somewhat limited, I'm not entirely sure... I think the BBC ones, and the Virgin Missing Adventures as well, are more "young reader safe" though in the sense that there seems to have been a conscious effort with the New Adventures to be, um, more "adult"... mostly in the Torchwood way, I'm afraid (although a lot more held back, fortunately, but there's some swearing and such). Also, I think the NAs tried to branch out more in style than the BBC PDAs (most of them), in style and such... especially some of the Timewyrm and Cat's Cradle books are rather complex in the way they're written. The PDAs that I've read have tended to be a lot more straightforward in the storytelling sense.
Buying things from ebay.co.uk has worked ok for you, hasn't it?
Um... yes. Too well. ;-) Not everyone ships outside the UK, and some people tend to want too much postage, but as long as you check that before bidding, it's been good. Human Nature is of course one of the more sought-after books from the first 50 or so NAs, so you'd probably not get that too cheap. On the other hand, I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it's one of the books available as an ebook at the BBC site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/human_nature/index.shtml), so you can check it out there, either to read it or to at least look at and get an idea if it's a book you'd want to buy, in case you can't get it cheap on eBay.
I should perhaps read it myself before Series 3 starts, but then, I've really wanted to read the NAs in order, considering that I have nearly all of them anyway.
My Doctor Who dvd collection has been growing scarily
Indeed. I've already seen photographic evidence of that. ;-)
And Katy Manning commentaries really are worth listening to. I've yet to hear one I haven't enjoyed. She can make fun of herself as well, and it's rather nice to hear commentaries by people who obviously enjoyed working on the show and with their co-stars.
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Date: 7 January 2007 19:17 (UTC)Hmm. As my experience with the New Adventures is still somewhat limited, I'm not entirely sure... I think the BBC ones, and the Virgin Missing Adventures as well, are more "young reader safe" though in the sense that there seems to have been a conscious effort with the New Adventures to be, um, more "adult"... mostly in the Torchwood way, I'm afraid (although a lot more held back, fortunately, but there's some swearing and such). Also, I think the NAs tried to branch out more in style than the BBC PDAs (most of them), in style and such... especially some of the Timewyrm and Cat's Cradle books are rather complex in the way they're written. The PDAs that I've read have tended to be a lot more straightforward in the storytelling sense.
Buying things from ebay.co.uk has worked ok for you, hasn't it?
Um... yes. Too well. ;-) Not everyone ships outside the UK, and some people tend to want too much postage, but as long as you check that before bidding, it's been good. Human Nature is of course one of the more sought-after books from the first 50 or so NAs, so you'd probably not get that too cheap. On the other hand, I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it's one of the books available as an ebook at the BBC site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/human_nature/index.shtml), so you can check it out there, either to read it or to at least look at and get an idea if it's a book you'd want to buy, in case you can't get it cheap on eBay.
I should perhaps read it myself before Series 3 starts, but then, I've really wanted to read the NAs in order, considering that I have nearly all of them anyway.
My Doctor Who dvd collection has been growing scarily
Indeed. I've already seen photographic evidence of that. ;-)
And Katy Manning commentaries really are worth listening to. I've yet to hear one I haven't enjoyed. She can make fun of herself as well, and it's rather nice to hear commentaries by people who obviously enjoyed working on the show and with their co-stars.