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 | What a help sorting things out. |
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| What: | The Terrestrial Index (The Doctor Who Programme Guide books) |
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| By: | Eric Anderson, Chaska, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2012 |
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| Rating: |   8 |
There was a hole in Doctor Who history: Radio Plays, Stage Plays and the Dalek movies. What a great follow up to the Programme Guide to help fill that empty spot for the hungry Who fan.
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| A Good Look at the Cybermen |
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| What: | Cybermen (Miscellaneous factual books) |
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| By: | Eric Anderson, Chaska, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
David Banks worked hard to mesh together the mythos of the Cybermen. Andrew Skilleter's artwork amazes as Banks wonderfully works his history. The NeoWho crew should have worked with Banks as they worked on the 'new' Cybermen. How much was lost and what possibilities there had been...
| What: | Special Effects (Miscellaneous factual books) |
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| By: | Eric Anderson, Chaska, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
I joked when I saw this book at the Two Doctors Tour in Minneapolis that it would be a 4 page pamphlet. But what a wonderful look at the SFX of Doctor Who in the late 70's and early 80's. Full colour and informative on the talent of the team that did the work. We may laugh at the cheep look, but they did not have much to work with and they did wonders with what they could. I only wish that it was a larger, maybe coffee table edition that would have gone back to the beginning days on up to the 80's showing how things advanced and the experiments they did to produce better show.
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| A great look at the first years of Who |
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| What: | The Early Years (Miscellaneous factual books) |
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| By: | Eric Anderson, Chaska, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This is my favorite of the coffee table Doctor Who books. To look at the inner workings of the Beeb back in the sixties is fascinating to me and the politics and planning of what was originally to be a 12 or 13 episode series. The behind the scenes photos and production art is a joy to look at. I would recommend the NeoWho crowd to find this book to learn how the legend began, for if it was not for these guys, there would be no WHO.
| What: | A Celebration: (Miscellaneous factual books) |
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| By: | Eric Anderson, Chaska, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This was the first of these hardcovers I got and it was a blast of Doctor Who wonder for a starving Yank. The stories, information and photos really helped flesh out Doctor Who for me and helped me enjoy The Five Doctors even more, being we only had Fourth and Fifth Doctor stories available to us at the time. A bit dated for the NeoWho crowd I am sure, but a fond and enjoyable tome for an Old School Who.
| What: | The TARDIS Inside Out (Miscellaneous factual books) |
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| By: | Eric Anderson, Chaska, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
I picked this up at the Two Doctors tour when they came to Minneapolis. Not a bad book, but not a great book. More fluff then substance. What really makes this book stand out is the fantastic artwork by Andrew Skilleter which makes me give this book a higher rating then it should. If I were to rate on the text it would be a 4.5, maybe 5. Rating on the artwork a 10. Recommend for the Doctor Who are junkie.
For us Yanks this guide (along with vol 2) was a breath of fresh air. It helped bring us up speed on the Doctor Who universe and make us crave for the stories we had not seen yet. My copy is dogeared from reading it over and over dreaming of the stories missing from me. This was our Doctor Who wikipedia!
Great Guide at the Time
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| There's only 1 word needed for this book |
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| What: | Where's the Doctor? (Miscellaneous activity books) |
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| By: | C G Harwood, Dunedin, NZ, New Zealand |
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| Date: | Sunday 11 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
| What: | Oh No It Isn't! (Bernice Summerfield audios) |
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| By: | C G Harwood, Dunedin, NZ, New Zealand |
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
I went into this with an open mind, so had no idea what to expect. I have to say that I was presently surprised. The story was good with a few twist and turns to keep you thinking. And anything Dr Who with Nic Courtney in it is always good. I haven't read a lot of the New Addventures so don't know a lot about this iconic 7th Dr companion, but this story had enough in it to make me want to go out and buy the next one in the series.
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| Limited Edition Signed Version. |
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| What: | Return to Devil's End (Miscellaneous video interviews / documentaries) |
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| By: | Andrew Shaw, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 March 2012 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
The only reason it got a 10 for this video is because, it is a limited edited copy of only 500 made where the cover was signed by all the Cast involved including Jon Pertwee, so that makes it extra special also watching it makes me remember watching the Daemon's, & usually makes me want to stick it on.
This is a brilliant book. Very dark. Twisted. Surreal.
Almost baroque. And very gothic.
Some people have difficulty with it. The writing is the most precise I've ever seen. Almost Dickensian, but more exact. The author has an astonishingly powerful brain. Very bizarre and unique, and his imaginative vision remains, to my mind at least, utterly unparlleled.
Unfortunately, my experience reading this novel seems to have been unusual.
Nobody I know can read this book. Everyone I give it to has difficulties with it. The colossal visions it contains remain locked away in the dust.
The huge two-headed worm of the Process. The vast dead grey city. The rearing tower of metal refuse that squeals with machinery at the center of it all. And of course, the wondous powers of the TARDIS.
I have never seen such writing. It is the pinicle of human achievment. Marc Platt possesses an extraordinary intelligence. One that comparably few people seem to understand.
Several people have complained about the ending of this book. Some have said that when you figure out what's going on, you just shrug, and say: "It makes sense, but what was all the fuss about?"
I cannot understand this attitude. This book is so intricate it beggars the imagination. The end has implications for the beginning. The middle is echoed throughout. And the ending is a mystery hidden in an emigmatic image that must be reasoned out to be understood.
I firmly regard this book as THE novel of twentieth century literature. Even today, I have never seen writing or imagination like it. It is completely unique. Monumental complexity and originality that is found nowhere else.
Read it for the brilliance and the weird.
| What: | The Shadow in the Glass (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 24 February 2012 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This book is simply one of the best of these Past Doctor novels. These guys really should write more together. It's got the Brigadier and the Sixth Doctor in a really clever adventure against Adolf Hitler. Well worth a read and picking up second hand. :)
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| The Uwe Boll of authors... |
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| What: | Managra (Missing Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Todd Snider, Green Bay, United States |
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 February 2012 |
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| Rating: | 1 |
The Uwe Boll of authors...
| What: | Alien Adventures (2-in-1 Eleventh Doctor novels) |
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| By: | C G Harwood, Dunedin, NZ, New Zealand |
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| Date: | Monday 20 February 2012 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
I did enjoy these two stories. The first is the classic Dr Who plot of the Dr trying to stop a war between two side that should just sit down and have a cup of tea and a chat togehter, although the plot is good and it is enjoyable to read the bit where the dr is learning the "colour language" of the sea creature seems a little silly (why didn't the TARDIS translator thing not work?)
The 2nd story Raion of Terror was the better of the two stories. It has the wonderful plot of a swarm that is eating everything in its path, And two idiots that are trying to make a lot of money and trying to kill everybody else aswell. It could probably have been another 150 pages longer as I was really enjoying it. and It would have worked well of TV only the plot is very similar to Planet of the dead - only the diffrence is its little bugs instead of sting rays and its a train and not a London bus.
Even thoe this is aimed at younger readers give this a go - you wont regret it.
| What: | The Eyeless (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hessel Hoekstra, Maassluis, Netherlands |
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| Date: | Sunday 19 February 2012 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
Great book! The lonely Doctor was very well detailed, and the setting, writing style, and even the cover created an ultimate setting for the story. The story was very good, and the Eyeless were scary!
| What: | Dying in the Sun (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Sunday 19 February 2012 |
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| Rating: | 5 |
"Dying in the Sun" is an attempt to extrapolate "movie magic" to a Doctor Who setting. The basic idea is that the allure of the stars and the compelling nature of film can be enhanced. In this way, the novel's writer can fit in the cliches of Hollywood and blame them on the aliens. So, here is what we have. The Doctor, Ben, and Polly are in Los Angeles 1947 generally being tourists. The Doctor's friend who works in the business is murdered, and this murder turns out to be part of a plot by some liquid aliens who live inside people and on film. One of the characters names the aliens Selyoids (get it, the celluloids). Alright, I'll go with the idea. However, four problems block the execution of the novel. The first has to do with anachronisms. I live in Los Angeles, so I can say that Miller never quite made Los Angeles 1947 seem real. He throws about some place names, but appears to be unfamiliar with the geography and history. He gets American dialogue wrong, such as having a character say "Go on then" rather than "Go on" and similar slips into Britishisms. Yellow crime scene tape was not in use in 1947. The second problem is the story of Robert Chate, which seems beyond improbable. Granted, alien slime that alters film is improbable, but that is the science fiction angle. Where normality runs, it should stay within the probability lines. Chate's story, involving his escaping a police dragnet, killing a gangster, knocking unconscious a police officer watching his property, dragging the body of the fat gangster up three flights of stairs and then setting a building on fire all before the unconscious policeman awakes, just does not hold up. The third problem is the Selyoids themselves. Just what do they want? Why do they do what they do? Only the vaguest of explanations are given. The fourth is Miller's handling of the Doctor's character. He spends most of the novel going here and there trying to tell people that the sky is falling. Every time the Doctor says something like "We have to do something," that something is to talk to someone who doesn't believe him. One would think that eventually the Doctor might consider some other course of action. To summarize, lack of imagination killed this story.
..especially David Troughton playing The Visitor! Really excellent, these audios are really starting to grow on me.
I first read this book many years ago when I was much younger. I got the video and then the DVD and have to say I really do like this story.
I read it again at the weekend and once the action started I just couldn't put the book down
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| The best DVD of series one. |
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| What: | Series 1 Volume 3: (BBC new series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Pieter Knotnerus, Ter Apel, Netherlands |
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| Date: | Monday 13 February 2012 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
The best DVD of series one.
