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| What: | The Holy Terror (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | C G Harwood, Dunedin, NZ, New Zealand |
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| Date: | Friday 13 January 2012 |
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| Rating: |   9 |
This was my first exposure to Frobisher. And although I enjoyed the character I did not like the Brookland USA acsent they used for him. Other than that I enjoyed this whole story very much. The story is entertaining, with lots of surprises and plot twists and turns, with a lovely amount of humor (The bit at the start of the adventure is worth the price of this CD alone)
Yet again Colin Baker has shown us the 6th Doctor we should have got, and this is a adventure that he really sinks his teeth into. Well written by Robert Sherman and expertly directed by Nicholas Pegg who has a long history in Doctor Who
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 | Not the best, but not bad either |
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| What: | Eye of Heaven (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 13 January 2012 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
This is an interesting novel, because it's written from Leela's point of view. Nowadays we're too used to this because of the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, but this was a first for the novels. Mortimore doesn't get it right every time, but it's not that bad. Plus, it's a cracking story and idea, and that's got to be good. :)
| What: | Business Unusual (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 12 January 2012 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
At last we get Mel's story of how she met the Doctor, and it's very good. I won't give too many spoilers away, but the novel is a very satisfactory beginning for Mel. It's also good to have a nice story with UNIT in it. I very much recommend everyone read this, so that we can fully appreciate Mel. Then people should go and listen to the audio's that she's been in, and realise what a good character she could have been on TV.
| What: | Hunter's Moon (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hessel Hoekstra, Maassluis, Netherlands |
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| Date: | Monday 9 January 2012 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
This is a typical "okay"-story. Neither very bad or good. The story is good and original. The high pace in the book keeps you reading, but the characterization is less than other books.
| What: | Made of Steel (Quick Reads books) |
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| By: | C G Harwood, Dunedin, NZ, New Zealand |
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| Date: | Thursday 5 January 2012 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
I went into this with a very open mind, Dr Who in less than 100 pages!!! If it was anybody other than Terrence Dicks I would be very worried. He turned a simple concept in to a very enjoyable read, and I love the fact that he answered the question of what happened to the cybermen made on earth before the Battle of Canery Warph.
This book is funny in places and you can really get the feel that The Doctor is still morning over his loss of Rose. And when they start talking about Martha cousin and was the Dr there when she died as absolutly brilliantly done by Dicks.
My only criticism is that I would have loved to see what he could have done with this if he had been given another 100-150 pages to fill.
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| A good story but nothing new |
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| What: | The Mind of Evil (Target novelisations) |
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| By: | Huw Davies, Taunton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 5 January 2012 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
On TV 'The Mind of Evil' was one of the better Season 8 stories, with a plot that fully involved the Master instead of him feeling simply an afterthought, and two menaces in the Keller monster and the revolting prisoners.
Terrance Dicks' novelisation sticks closely to the script, which I prefer to a total re-write which ruins the plot. Dicks' writing style is totally accessible but as happens with many of his Target novelisations it at times seems formulaic (which is understandable when he ended up writing over 60 of them!). However at the end of the day these were children's books and never meant to be cutting-edge novels, so in that respect they have totally fulfilled their function - oh, and the cover art is brilliant: very ominous and a great likeness of Roger Delgado!
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| A cracking read but too samey |
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| What: | The Evil of the Daleks (Target novelisations) |
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| By: | Huw Davies, Taunton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 5 January 2012 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
I have never seen or listened to 'The Evil of the Daleks' but now I would certainly like to after reading this! Peel's prose can seem a bic formulaic and samey at times but he certainly knows how to draw a reader in and keep them hooked. Action sequences, which can end up as unitelligible in print, are portrayed concisely which keeps the story going. That's not to say this is too tightly written - indeed this is a big book and Peel lets the plot and characters develop in their own time.
The story itself, conceived by David Whitaker, is an extremely good one, and Peel doesn't tamper with it, while embellishing it where he can. This is an entirely enjoyable read but if you're looking for a cutting-edge, out-there writing style you aren't going to find it here - and thats the only reason 'The Evil of the Daleks' doesn't make a perfect 10 for me.
Wonderfully affecting
| What: | The Janus Conjunction (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Abigail Cohen, .........., Australia |
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| Date: | Monday 26 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
From the first page to the last, the plot of "The Janus Conjunction" is exciting, clever, intriguing, mysterious and fresh. Many of the the EDA novels I've read have parts that are uninteresting or confusing and I have longed to skip over them to get to the good parts, but that never once happened in this book. The reader is immediately immersed in a fast moving, thrilling scenario, and the pace never slackens throughout until the very final page. Trevor Baxendale writes so well for the Doctor and Sam, and I am very impressed by this novel and recommend it fully to all DW fans. It's just such a shame that more of the series aren't written to the same high standard! One of my favourite EDA novels so far - a five star read!
| What: | The Janus Conjunction (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Emma Bowman, Sydney, Australia |
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| Date: | Monday 26 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
Excellent EDA!
| What: | Tales from the Vault (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
I really like the idea behind this, and it works very well. Unfortunately, it is let down completely by the terrible acting of Yee Jee Tso. Sorry, I know he was in the TV Movie, but this guy couldn't act very well in Excelsis Decays or Real Time. Oh well, the rest was great and Daphne Ashbrook was impressive. Nice idea, Big Finish, and it does work well...
| What: | The Glorious Revolution (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Saturday 17 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
It does take rather a bit of time to get used to these Companion Chronicles. However, with Frazer Hines, it's much easier to listen to these audios, because he does such a great impression of the 2nd Doctor. This is one of my favourite periods of history too, so I enjoyed this even more - especially because Jamie is connected to this Jacobite world. Well done Big Finish. :)
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| Grips like an Ice Warriors claw! |
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| What: | The Silent Stars Go By (BBC prestige novels) |
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| By: | Stuart Green, Brighton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Monday 12 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
Grips like an Ice Warriors claw!
| What: | The Doomsday Quatrain (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 8 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
a little confusing at times. However, I enjoyed it thoroughly and it's good to hear Sylvester again. :)
| What: | Dead of Winter (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Stuart Green, Brighton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
A novel novel
| What: | Death Riders / Heart of Stone (2-in-1 Eleventh Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Benjamin Blackburn, Leigh-On-Sea, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
I liked it very much
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| clever and well thought out |
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| What: | The Memory Cheats (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Clive T Wright, St Lawrence, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Saturday 3 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
The title says it all.
Zoe is really standing out well in this series although faced with a real challenge of how to bring her back, Big Finish have really hit the nail in the head with her run of stories andi hope it continues.
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| Shouldn't have ended like this |
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| What: | The First Wave (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Clive T Wright, St Lawrence, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Saturday 3 December 2011 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
I was beginning to enoy this new companion and sad to see him go, but what it worse was a plot full of so many elements from Charlie pollards departure, which weakened what on it's own is a good story.
As ever the voice of the first doctor is outstanding and really helps carry the plot along.
A creature murders singers, that's what the story deals with. Original, but it feels like it's been used more often (Something alien kills people with special traits) But Sarah Pinborough is a very good writer, and her writing style just makes you shiver. The main characters aren't very well characterized, especially Jack and Ianto's relationship, and the way Gwen has feelings for another character, but the rest is fine
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| Not a bad one, but I've read better |
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| What: | Autonomy (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hessel Hoekstra, Maassluis, Netherlands |
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| Date: | Monday 21 November 2011 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
The storyline is just basically like "Rose" but more expanded, and it's a good one. The Autons are cool in the story, but the other characters aren't described very well, and also the Doctor is not really a Tenth Doctor.
But after all, it's okay. Could be better, could be worse
