I'm guessing the rationale behind the 50th anniversary collection was to find stories that represent each Doctor;s era. Once you get to Paul McGann, that was going to be a problem (remember officially the Eighth Doctor's era only lasted 90 minutes).
Thus out of all the Eighth Doctor Adventures that were published between 1998 and 2005 we get EarthWorld. Taking place shortly after the Doctor's 100 year exile on Earth after having his memory wiped after blowing up Gallifrey and the Time Lords (pre-Time War), it feels like a story that, if the Eight Doctor had lasted longer than one TV movie, would have worked well on TV. Even the ending was surprisingly moving.
Still, I wouldn't have minded if they'd picked Vampire Science either.
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