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| What: | Dragonfire (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Whites, Southend UK |
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 2006 |
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| Rating: |   8 |
Mel leaves in this one, that makes it one of the best ever. i would score this higher, but unfortunatly Mel survives and does not suffer at all.
| What: | The Tomorrow Windows (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, functioning, barely |
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
can't function. ERROR!
Exciting, entertaining, witty, amusing...sorry, which video?
Pretty average, a few highlights, nothing more (and certainly nothing less - you can bet your bottom dollar [Hatman wil get that if he's still functioning err I mean alive]).
Before I go swadding off back to TV.com and pastures green, I just wanted to say that this book was fantastic, absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So am I!
Anyway, Justin Richards - fab author. Lots of blood too, especially concerning *SPOILERS* young haemophiliac Freddie - oh, come on, he's a hero. See yah!
Sophie's interview is a fun, fast, honest interview around south London where she grew up. Holds your interest throughout- If only all the Mythmakers interviews could be like this!
Thoroughly enjoyable.
| What: | The Resurrection Casket (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, Not Russia |
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
Rather good. Nice use of steam.
| What: | The Monsters Inside (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, a wormhole of some sort |
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
Made a satisfactory grade, with a good effort [C2]. Anyway, I saw a sprite on Sunday. I said 'Youuuu!' but it didn't. It ran into the magic fairy dust shop. Anyway, it was good enough.
| What: | Winner Takes All (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, The wind |
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
...what were they again? One of the better books. but THE CAT isn't in it!
| What: | The Clockwise Man (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, shizzle |
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
Has a guest appearance from THE CAT himself. the story was quite good. usually.
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 | A Nice Way to Spend a Couple of Hours |
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First off, this book gets some serious Brownie points just for being what it is. The idea of using the appeal of a show like Doctor Who to get kids reading little books like this one is great, and it’d be nice to see some more of them.
Yes the story was a little bit of a rehash (although that didn’t necessarily make it predictable) and given how long it was it had to be incredibly fast-paced where it could have done with a little more length to really develop where it was going, but that isn’t the point of a book like this.
Considering what this book is meant to do, it does it well. It’s amusing and exciting, and the two extra characters in it, Kate and Frank, don’t give off the impression of being two-dimensional either, which in something that’s more of a short story at 20,000 words than a novella is impressive. There’s a couple of nice moral quandaries in there that show up the new Doctor’s character really well, especially the scene in the sea at the bottom of the cliff with the Dalek.
All in, it’s a nice way of spending a few hours in the afternoon, and far better (especially for the young adults it’s aimed at) than sitting down in front of the TV to watch some soap opera or another, and that’s what’s important.
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| Proper little mummy's boy all round |
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| What: | Series 2 Volume 3: (BBC new series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Hatman, Croatia |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
Not very good overall, but saved by the conversation in the idiot's lantern:
'Ooh, he loves his mummies this one, proper little mummy's boy all round
'Oh, you know what they say about them, you'll have to beat it out of him!'
'Yeah, that's exactly what I'm Gonna do!'
One of the funniest bits in the series!
| What: | History 101 (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, Gangsta's paradise |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
In Spain, there are more Russians. Did you know that the country with the most Russians in it is Russia? you learn a new thing every day...
| What: | Emotional Chemistry (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, Rapper's paradise |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 5 |
In England, you watch TV. in the motherland, the TV watches YOU. Falls exactly in the average category. in parts.
| What: | The Suns of Caresh (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, the fridge |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 4 |
silightly on the cack side. is this the only review for this? If so, WHY?
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| This isn't [doctor] who I am!!! |
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| What: | Fear Itself (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, Teletext |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
Seems like the film Alien in the 'now' bits. a strong book crippled by disjointedness. Strange lack of hats.
| What: | Reckless Engineering (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, why ask? |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
the sequel to the last book reviewed. what is a trilogy with two parts? a duology? a twology? a bilogy [the traveller will get that one] anyway, the book was ok. ish
| What: | The Domino Effect (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, Bixstead |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 5 |
part one. was good until the end, where things got a bit rushed. ends on a cliffhanger. borrows too much from the matrix.
| What: | Halflife (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, location, location, location... |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
I'll steal reviews if I want to! the book? what book? oh THAT book! it was, overall, in total, all in all average.In parts. Most of the time.
| What: | Only Human (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Matt, Dublin |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
A fairly good storyline until the end, Das's diary is funny and clever and saves the book in the end.
After being thoroughly confused by the Book of the Still, I was worried that I was going to have the same problem with all the others that I happened to pick up and read, but I found the Crooked World very easy to get my head around.
I found the story to be light, easy to read, funny, and often touching and very thought-provoking. I don’t think the point of this book was to be a masterpiece of modern fiction, it’s supposed to be light-hearted, self-referential and really good fun, and that’s exactly what it is. I have to say, after sitting through the Doctor being unconscious for most of the Book of the Still one way or another, it was great to see him actually taking control of the situation and doing what he does best in this one. With this book I got a much better idea of the Eighth Doctor’s character than I have done so far, and it was full of all the little twists, quirks and moral quandaries that no Doctor Who novel should be without.
Good fun, and a good read.
