This week and next week, the two part Doctor Who story “Human Nature”/”The Family of Blood” is airing. What might not be too well-known is the fact that the two-parter, written by Paul Cornell, is an adaptation of the novel Human Nature that Cornell originally wrote as part of Virgin Publishing’s “New Adventures” line of Doctor Who novels in the 90’s. The original novel featured the Seventh Doctor and Professor Bernice Summerfield.
The funny thing was, the BBC had the original version of Human Nature on their website available for reading online or downloading. I was going to link directly to it, but the link has been temporarily removed with a note saying that it “will return in two weeks”. I guess my main suggestion is to try the other books on the site, and then once “The Family of Blood” has aired, return and read the original novel once it’s become available…