![]() ![]() ![]() The Virgin Who books went out of print with the loss of the Doctor Who licence and The Dying Days. ![]() This was also the only Virgin novel to feature the eighth incarnation of the Doctor, played in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie by Paul McGann. Virgin lost the licence to publish Doctor Who fiction, and Parkin landed the job of writing the last New Adventure to feature the character of the Doctor, 1997's The Dying Days. This was followed by A History of the Universe (a re-working of his Chronology) and a second novel, Cold Fusion, for Virgin's Missing Adventures series. Parkin's first professional novel, Just War, published in 1996, for Virgin's New Adventures series of original fiction Doctor Who novels. The Odyssey series later included novellas by Parkin's then-girlfriend Cassandra May and his later protégé Mark Clapham. ![]() His most notable work was for Seventh Door Fanzines, including the novella Snare in the Odyssey series (which he edited for a period) and 1994's The Doctor Who Chronology, a detailed timeline of events in the Doctor Who universe. Parkin first became known in Doctor Who fan circles, writing both criticism and fan fiction. He is best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and as a storyliner on Emmerdale. ![]()
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