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Doctor Who Missing Adventures is science fiction, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Doctor Who Missing Adventures is 33 books, 1994–1997.

“The novels were published from 1994 to 1997, and featured the First through Sixth Doctors.”
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Known Space
Ender's Game
Uplift
Old Man's War
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Commonwealth
CoDominium
The Culture
Alliance-Union

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Doctor Who Missing Adventures?: Known Space — the closest match to Doctor Who Missing Adventures on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Doctor Who Missing Adventures?: Goth Opera. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Doctor Who Missing Adventures.
How big is Doctor Who Missing Adventures?: Doctor Who Missing Adventures is 33 books, 1994–1997.

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