Feeling very stupid here....
So I was perusing the big bang website (and have I mentioned how awesome it is yet?) and saw a section of fandom labeled "New Adventures (Virgin)" and another labeled "Chalet School" and I had no idea what either are. Wiki explained that Chalet School was apparently a series of books , I assume there is no other Doctor Who connection to them? And, also relying on wiki, I saw that New Adventures is a series of Doctor Who books, but I was wondering if I need to be familiar with either series of books to understand the bigbang stories written within their universe. Anyone know?