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| By: | Daniel, London |
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 February 2006 |
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| Rating: |   4 |
After the first two books, this is something of a disappointment - whereas we have had two historicals, this is more in the pure science-fiction vein. If you are following the Timewyrm series, though, it is of course required reading.
This is a great story. Great job Nigel.This is well worth a read and I cant help but wonder if people have read the same book. The only thing I dislike was that the book relies on the big bang theory and it is to definate for my liking. The reference to Logopolis is a tad weak. It certainly makes you look forward to the final instalment of the Timewyrm series.
| By: | Mark List, Midland, United States |
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 2009 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
This story wasn't bad, but the continual references to the 2nd Doctors incarnation were pointless. I imagine that Nigel Robinson was trying to be "mysterious" and suspenseful, but it fell flat. I found the references pointless and boring.
The plot itsself was enjoyable, but with the distractions of the 2nd Doctor references, I just couldn't get into the story as much as I would have liked.
Without those references I would have rated this book much higher.
| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Thursday 30 June 2022 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
The third installment of the Timewyrm tetralogy has a few things going for it. Foremost is that Robinson makes the Timewyrm more fully essential to the story than did the writers of the previous two books. Robinson manages to keep this as a surprise until late, thus a reader goes through the novel wondering "Where is the Timewyrm" and then finds out how important it actually was to the plot. Robinson does pretty well with the Doctor 7 and Ace pairing, with Doctor 7 genuinely caring for Ace but unable to show it, while Ace is uncertain about The Doctor's motivations but still trusts him when times get difficult. Most the other characters have believable, though simple, motivations. For me, the main problem with the book is that Robinson feels he constantly has to spring surprises on the both the readers and the characters. Most of these surprises are monsters that spring up from nowhere to delay our heroes. These scenes come across as devices to make a short story longer, but they really do not add anything of importance to the final product. Robinson also has Ace start a rebellion that ends up getting several natives killed, but never has her face that fact, thus trivializing the rebellion and the deaths. There are other aspects to the novel that give the whole thing an aura of having been quickly written.
| By: | Alan Prentice, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Date: | Thursday 27 November 2025 |
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| Rating: | 5 |
This book isn't bad. It's a perfectly serviceable, competently written outing but it commits what I believe to be the cardinal sin of a Doctor Who story - it's kinda forgettable.
This is a real shame as it has a lot that should work in its favour. A cameo from a past Doctor that doesn't feel fanw*nk-y, a romance with a devastating outcome and an actually unsettling villain.
Unfortunately, the book never really explores any of it in a memorable way. I think the problem is that this concept was proposed as a TV story and is still written with a TV budget in mind. This means that this book ultimately comes across as a lengthy and subpar novelisation of an untransmitted story.
The Timewyrm did feel like a genuine threat in a way it didn't in the previous two books which was nice and the fallout between the Doctor and Ace was reminiscent of their tense interactions in Ghost Light and The Curse of Fenric, which was nice.
Sadly these alone were not enough to make this book a winner.
A little interesting in places but overall average.
