Doctor Who novels
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Doctor Who novels are officially licensed prose stories that expand the adventures, characters, and settings of the long-running British science fiction television series beyond its televised episodes.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Doctor Who novels canonical | 12 |
| BBC Books Doctor Who novel range | 1 |
| Doctor Who novelisations | 1 |
| Doctor Who novelisations for Frederick Muller Ltd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14368973 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Doctor Who novels Context triple: [Doctor Who expanded universe, hasPart, Doctor Who novels]
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Doctor Who Missing Episodes novelizations
Doctor Who Missing Episodes novelizations is a subseries of Target Books adaptations that reconstruct lost or partially missing Doctor Who television stories in prose form, often using scripts, telesnaps, and fan research to restore otherwise unavailable adventures.
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Virgin New Adventures
Virgin New Adventures is a series of original, often darker and more adult-oriented Doctor Who novels published in the 1990s that continued the Doctor’s adventures after the TV show’s cancellation.
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Companions of the Doctor
The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
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Doctor Who expanded universe
The Doctor Who expanded universe encompasses the wide range of stories beyond the television series—such as novels, audio dramas, comics, and spin-offs—that further develop the characters, lore, and settings of the Doctor Who franchise.
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Target Books Doctor Who range
The Target Books Doctor Who range is a series of novelizations of classic Doctor Who television stories, published mainly from the 1970s to the 1990s and renowned for introducing the show’s adventures to generations of young readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Who novels Target entity description: Doctor Who novels are officially licensed prose stories that expand the adventures, characters, and settings of the long-running British science fiction television series beyond its televised episodes.
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A.
Doctor Who Missing Episodes novelizations
Doctor Who Missing Episodes novelizations is a subseries of Target Books adaptations that reconstruct lost or partially missing Doctor Who television stories in prose form, often using scripts, telesnaps, and fan research to restore otherwise unavailable adventures.
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B.
Virgin New Adventures
Virgin New Adventures is a series of original, often darker and more adult-oriented Doctor Who novels published in the 1990s that continued the Doctor’s adventures after the TV show’s cancellation.
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C.
Companions of the Doctor
The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
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D.
Doctor Who expanded universe
The Doctor Who expanded universe encompasses the wide range of stories beyond the television series—such as novels, audio dramas, comics, and spin-offs—that further develop the characters, lore, and settings of the Doctor Who franchise.
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E.
Target Books Doctor Who range
The Target Books Doctor Who range is a series of novelizations of classic Doctor Who television stories, published mainly from the 1970s to the 1990s and renowned for introducing the show’s adventures to generations of young readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Doctor Who’s Cybermen
linked to: Doctor Who novels