| Doctor Who book | |
|---|---|
| Down | |
| Series | Virgin New Adventures |
| Release number | 5 |
| Featuring | Bernice Summerfield |
| Writer | Lawrence Miles |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-426-20512-X |
| Release date | September 1997 |
| Preceded by | Ship of Fools |
| Followed by | Deadfall |
Down is an original novel by Lawrence Miles featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.
As with some other Bernice Summerfield fiction, the novel is written as if taken from Bernice's diaries and, as such, explores the implications of her being an unreliable narrator. The novel includes characters from the People, an alien civilisation introduced in The Also People.