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Maisie Williams's Doctor Who journey will continue in a new book filled with lost adventures.

The Legends of Ashildr will be released by the BBC on Thursday (December 10), featuring stories set between 'The Girl Who Died' and 'The Woman Who Lived'.

These stories will reveal the transformation of a heroic Viking girl into the more calculating (but no less daring) Lady Me living in 1600s London.

BBC describes The Legends of Ashildr as follows: "Ashildr, a young Viking girl, died helping the Doctor and Clara to save her village. Brought back to life by the Doctor using alien technology, she is now immortal - The Woman Who Lived. Since then, Ashildr has kept journals, detailing her extraordinary life.

"The Legends of Ashildr is a glimpse of some of those stories: the terrors she has faced, the battles she has won, and the treasures she has found. These are tales of a woman who lived longer than she should ever have lived - and lost more than she can even remember."

The spinoff book features stories by veteran writers James Goss (Short Trips: Indefinable Magic), Jenny Colgan (Amanda's wedding), David Llewellyn (The Taking of Chelsea 426) and Justin Richards (The Death Collector) - all of whom have extensive experience with Doctor Who fiction.

Hardcover editions of The Legends of Ashildr are priced at £9.99.

Ashildr was a recurring character during Doctor Who series nine - playing a key role in Clara's departure and the discovery of The Hybrid.

Doctor Who returns to TV with 'The Husbands of River Song' on Christmas Day, on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US.

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