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| What: | Frozen Time (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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| Rating: |  10 |
I loved this audio and I think it was completely well realised. Lots of unexpected turns. McCoy was pretty good in this one too.
I'm a huge Dr Who and Torchwood fan, and generally enjoy the spinoff novels. However, this one wasn't so great at all. For one, the Amok storyline was absolutely great, but wasn't the actual plot for this. That kinda threw me a little. Second and most inpactfully, was this "James" guy. Now, I hate Gwen enough as it is for her infidelity, but this was just too much. Even if he is just a red-shirt or an alien imposter, he was just the straw that broke this camel's back. Give me a story where the Torchwood team deals with the Doctor's aftermath anyday.
| What: | The Many Hands (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Les, Leicester |
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Excellent book - lots of twists and turns to look out for. The Doctor plays a minor role, so it should appeal to many Sci-Fi readers, who haven't yet latched on to Doctor Who.
You must read this book it is great even if you are not a Dr Who fan
This book is good i liked it.Quiet gripping,If you have this book read it next.....
| What: | The Web Planet (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Huw Davies, Taunton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Sunday 27 April 2008 |
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| Rating: |  7 |
The Web Planet is a bit odd. On one hand it is a great mixture of new monsters (and a lot of them too!), but on the other it is a poorly put-together piece. Several things instantly spring to mind (i.e. the Zarbi crashing into the camera, and the rubbish Larvi Guns), but overall the world of Vortis is done well.
Overall, The Web Planet is a mixed bag of goodness and rubbish.
The 1st Doctor.Who book I ever read was this The price of paradise. Its brill and 10/10
This is also another 10/10 book. Mike Tuker had improved from The Nightmare on Black Island.
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| Martha in the Mirror is great |
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This is a great book with a few twists and turns. Although Martha is not in the mirror for long its still 10/10!
| What: | The Last (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Friday 25 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
I am going to start with a digression. Of all the actors to have played the Doctor, only Paul McGann could have hit just the right tone on the "What the Hell" line in Part Four. This may not sound like much, but it is actually crucial to what makes "The Last" effective. "The Last" is one of the few stories that fits McGann's portrayal of the Doctor. First, it is perhaps the grimmest of all the Big Finish productions, grimmer even than "Spare Parts." Like "Spare Parts," it has a gloomy inevitability about it. Our heroes have walked into the land of the dead, and there is no escape. Though some here have complained of a "reset button" ending, this ending is actually very well prepared for, and is necessary for thematic purposes of the whole divergent universe story arc. The desperate story works with the McGann Doctor because of his vulnerability, because his is the most "human" of the Doctors. His seemingly emotionless performance is really the right choice, the behavior of a man beaten down by grim, existential fact - the stupidity of total war, selfish preservation instinct run wild, a political leader whose egotism runs beyond comprehension, and the inevitability of death. Timeblind, bereft of friends, impossibly far from home, he finds just living a greater and greater burden without any subsequent reward. So, his "What the Hell," is just the final testament of a man who finds mere existence to be without the slightest pleasure.
There are some problem spots in the story. Excelsior is just a little too crazy in an over-the-top-old-movie kind of crazy. The rocket's magical return to exactly the same spot where it took off also makes little sense given the nature of celestial mechanics.
In general, though, this production is well done.
| What: | The Pirate Loop (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | dame, redruth |
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| Date: | Thursday 24 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
this is great i realy liked it
a great book really liked it a great read. Quit
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A great concept, extremely believable characters, and a very well translated to print version of the Doctor. Lyons has done it again.
| What: | The Aztecs (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Dan, Feltham |
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
This story is very good as the plot is very well written and gives you a good insight into what happened in the time of the Aztecs.
| What: | Peacemaker (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | grant williams, redruth cornwell |
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| Date: | Saturday 19 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This book is brillant. a great twist and the end is great. When got in to it cound not put it down A GOOD READ......
| What: | Voyage of the Damned (BBC new series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Huw Davies, Taunton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 18 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
The story is pretty awful, isn't it? The Hosts are a blatant rip-off of the Robots of Death (the hand in the door and 'kill, kill, kill' particularly) and the part with the Queen is amusing but unnescessary.
The good bits, now. The actors are great, with platinum performances by Geoffrey Palmer, Bernard Cribbins, and of course David Tennant. However, Kylie's role as Astrid is poorly written and her acting is wooden, which is unfortunate for a part that was completely blown up in publicity.
Time Crash, however, is SUPER!, and nothing more can be said about that.
| What: | World Game (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 18 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Terrance Dicks has only gone and done it again. The man never seems to run out of steam. This book is the best doctor who novel ive ever read so far. One, because its got my fav doctor, and second, because its a darn fine yarn i can tell you.
The era of the doctor number 2 brings back some of my all time favourite who memories. Pat always enthralled me as a child and i still love his performance now. This story weaves once again all his isms and quirks finely into a tale that is wonderfully paced and full of many good moments.
The war bits are very realistic, and I love the new time lady companion: it genuinely is a shock at the end when she dies. Totally unespected. I was thinking all along oh please make her a continued companion for the Doctor, this girl makes Romana pale into insignificance. I loved the character a lot.
And the raston warrior robot part is great too. The return of the most undervalued and underused of the doc's enemies indeed.
Gallifreyan time lords are up to there usual with hypocrisy too. Got a nerve those time lords, saying the doc interferes too often, when half the time its on their request! flipping cheek!
Yes, this story is the best doctor who novel out there, go and buy it, you wont be dissapointed at all...
| What: | Mission: Impractical (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 18 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 1 |
When I read the prologue of this story i thought, this is gonna be good...thing is to be truthful, only the prologue is that much good. The story steadily peters down into nothing but drivel. Even the inclusion of Glitz and Dibber cant raise this out of the trash can. And Frobisher might as well not have appeared in this story as he gets very nearly nothing to do at all all the way through. The ogrons are badly presented too, making this is a thorough let down indeed...
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| Pat Troughton is written well again... |
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| What: | The Roundheads (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 18 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
When I first read this excellent historical novel, I was glad above all else that Pat Troughton's doctor was true to form. All his little quirks wind up in this charming novel somewhere or another. And the whole tale is excellently written. Hurrah for historicals!
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| This is totally brilliant... |
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| What: | The Eight Doctors (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 18 April 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
So many of these eigth doctor novels suffer from being so over complicated that at the end you wonder what the hell it was all about. There have sadly only been a few decent and readable eighth doctor books from the bbc, which is a great shame. But here is one of the few that is genuinely brilliant.
Terrance Dicks wrote some of the most memorable stories on Doctor Who, what with The WAR Games and Horror Of Fang Rock and State of Decay all coming to mind as ringing brilliance and the easy to watch serials. He always writes great fiction, that isnt over complicated or stunted either.
The Eight Doctors pretty well sums up all that i love about Doctor Who these days. This is yet another multi doctor story that works so well for more in the fact that it never pauses for breath from start to finish. The eighth doctor is hijacked by the Master in one last trap, and is left amnesiac. But the TARDIS takes his on one of his best adventures yet. Sad that this actually couldnt have been put on screen in stead of the movie, but i cant complain. At least its in book form anyway. And Sam is introduced well here, already striking me as a strong companion who overall should have been given a better time in bbc books. But she is is brilliant in this debut.
We visit the tribe of gum, the war games, the damons, the vampires, the death zone, all very cool with great action bits amoungst constant and realistic character pieces. Every doctor is written very well indeed! This is a brilliant novel! Shame about most of the rest!
