Author's introduction by Lance Parkin

So … the basics. The Dying Days was the sixty-first and last New Adventure published by Virgin Publishing. Virgin’s licence to produce Doctor Who novels hadn’t been extended because the year before the TV Movie starring Paul McGann had come out, and the BBC were keen to bring the books in-house.

At first, this was because there was a prospect of a TV series – but even when that evaporated, the BBC recognised that Virgin had identified a niche in the market, and the books were nicely profitable (and just as important in an unpredictable market, had very steady sales).

The Dying Days was the first original novel to feature the eighth Doctor. It was originally published in April 1997.