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| What: | Borrowed Time (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | David Morgan, Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Monday 12 September 2011 |
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| Rating: |   9 |
WOW!
| What: | Dead of Winter (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Adam Regula, Horseheads, NY, United States |
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| Date: | Sunday 11 September 2011 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
Not bad, but a Bit slow at times...
Some very odd and interesting characters though if you stick with it.
Wasn't my favorite of the 11th doctor novels but not the worst either.
Good read for a slow and rainy afternoon.
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| What: | Hunter's Moon (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Adam Regula, Horseheads, NY, United States |
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| Date: | Sunday 11 September 2011 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
This was a fun read and had a good pacing, although some of the human characters act in ways that made me want to yell at them at times!
Very good portrayal of Rory I thought; I love him as a character more and more!
The setting of a industrial wasteland re-purposed by alien gangsters for their own personal hunting grounds was a very cool aspect of the book I thought.
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| In Some Ways Better Than The Real Thing |
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| What: | Republica (BBV Audio Adventures in Time and Space) |
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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 September 2011 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
Republica is an interesting "what if" exercise. Before there was Big Finish, BBV launched this pseudo-Doctor Who that was pretty much Doctor Who in all but a few particulars. Ace and "The Professor" travel in time, land where they do not expect, then quickly find mischief. As other reviewers have noted, McCoy plays the role nicely understated, in many ways more like "The Doctor" than his usual portrayal. The story itself presents us with an alternate history in which the British Protectorate did not fall and the Restoration never happened. Now in the early 21st century, England is a cleaner, more efficient society, but on the verge of war as the latest Charles attempts to retake the crown and a mysterious Frenchman plays both sides for reasons of his own. It is classic Who in its fashion, not brilliant, but enjoyable.
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| Not what I was hoping for... |
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| What: | The Krillitane Storm (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Darek Pilař, Pardubice, Czech Republic |
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| Date: | Saturday 3 September 2011 |
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| Rating: | 5 |
I was really look forward to this book. And I must said that it was disappointment. Premise of the story is great, first chapter is exactly what i was hoping from this book and then it took bad spin. Krillitanes make in more then half of the story just play second fiddle. When they finally take over the book from themself it's almost end of the story.
It was good book, but I was really long looking forward for this and then... well disappointment
| What: | Independence Day (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Trevor Smith, Nottingham, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
An okay sort of book. What happens to Ace interested me more than what happened to the Doctor.
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| There should have been another way... |
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| What: | To The Death (Eighth Doctor Adventures audios) |
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| By: | Quanna Moulmans, Brussels, Belgium |
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
There should have been another way...
My first Targetnovel!
| What: | Heroes of Sontar (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Quanna Moulmans, Brussels, Belgium |
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Heroes of Sontar is fantastic. It's the perfect mix between comedy and drama. The story is great, fast paced and action packed. I was never a great fan of the Sontarans, but the ones in this particular story had my attention within seconds, especially the one who lost his tongue. He has to be my favourite Sontaran ever.
As for the TARDIS team, they were all given the chance to take central stage. The dialogue between Tegan and Turlough is fun in the beginning, but does get a bit repetitive in the end. Snappy comment from Tegan, snappy comment back from Turlough. And so on. That scene between Tegan and Nyssa however, was brilliantly done and really emotional. The Doctor was great, but then he is the Doctor.
A brilliant story performed by a brilliant cast. Well worth a listen!
| What: | The Sun Makers (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Trevor Smith, Nottingham, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 26 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
The Sun Makers is one of the very best 4th Doctor storys complete with a womderful, witty script by the late great Bob Holmes.
Sparkling OTT performances from Henry Woolf as the collector & Richard Leeech as Hade make this a must see.
If you have not seen this you are in for a teat, if you have remind yourself of a gem.
The DVD has a couple of good items "Running From The Tax Man" is an indepth making of Docu & "The Doctor's Composer part Two " continues an in depth look at the work of Dudley Simpson.
| What: | The Talons of Weng-Chiang (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | simon blackwell, rotherfield, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 25 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
dont believe the hype, its a good yarn but there are so many better ones
| What: | The Seeds of Death (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | simon blackwell, rotherfield, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 25 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 4 |
far too long, zoe and the Doctor laughing their heads off in a ton of foam is the best bit
| What: | Psi-ence Fiction (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Darek Pilař, Pardubice, Czech Republic |
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| Date: | Sunday 21 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
I never like horror movies for they boring and obvious situation, but if are horror books written at least half great good like this I certainly gonna read them. This books is brilliant in my point of view. All “supporting” characters are pretty fast likeable and you are interesting what’s gonna happen next from cover to cover. Only negative on this is, that The Doctor and Leela haven’t much room in this book and most attention is concern on University students, but that isn’t necessarily bad thing (and even dispite of that Leela is my favourite companion)
It is very good book, especially for foggy days, or autumn evenings.
| What: | Touched by an Angel (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hessel Hoekstra, Maassluis, Netherlands |
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| Date: | Saturday 20 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Alongside Prisoner
| What: | Ghosts of India (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hessel Hoekstra, Maassluis, Netherlands |
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| Date: | Saturday 20 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
The plot of this book is quite simple, but this simplicity has quite a lot of power in the novel. The Doctor is rather annoying in this book, but all the other characters are far better. Especially Donna and Gandhi
| What: | Paradox Lost (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Hessel Hoekstra, Maassluis, Netherlands |
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| Date: | Saturday 20 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
This book's plot is original and complex, while it also contains a kind of familiarity but which makes perfectly sense. Nice characters, scary creatures and a perfect setting to fit this story in.
This is one of the better books
Whilst still waiting for some plot development, this is a simple fast paced, easy going story, with the twisted humour and gags you expect from Benny and the gang.
| What: | Here There Be Monsters (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Clive T Wright, St Lawrence, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 18 August 2011 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
This starts off with a sense of mystery, wondering around a strange space ship. Introduced to a great alien and then another but soon turns into a Rambling dialog with little happening. Strangely with strong delivery from the readers this is still a good story.
The second of the Unbound series is a real winner. What if the Doctor had never been the UNIT adviser? Well, we find a discredited Lethbridge-Stewart running a pub in Hong Kong on the eve of the handover to China. The situation allows Jonathan Clements to rewrite three classic "Doctor Who" adventures: Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons, and Mind of Evil. The Doctor, now stranded by the Time Lords and forced to regenerate, draws the unwilling Brigadier into a story involving a crashed Chinese plane with oddly advanced technology and a missing scientist. UNIT is on the scene, but this is not the friendly UNIT of the past. Rather, this is another military arm of the British government run by an arrogant, impatient oaf played brilliantly by David Tennant. Eventually, the Master turns up, and we get a nicely handled battle of wits between him and the Doctor. David Warner is excellent as the Doctor, understated and determined, but suave and charming as well. This story reminded me of why I like "Doctor Who" in the first place.
The first of the "What if the Doctor..." series takes us back to the first Doctor. What if he had never left Gallifrey? This is an interesting enough idea on its face. Marc Platt has him down as a writer of time-travel Romances and a do-it-yourself historian. That is fine, and makes a certain degree of sense. However, Platt has typically gone off the deep end in the "which reality are we in" department. The idea is to make the story a kind of ode to imagination, which can allow us to "travel" in ways impossible otherwise. Again, that is fine and in keeping with the spirit of the thing. However, Platt has developed a needlessly complicated plot involving the Doctor's use of a machine for creating virtual reality worlds, an attempt by a dead Time Lord to gain power by taking control of the next candidate for President of the High Council, a chase with mixed up realities inside the virtual reality machine, and not the slightest bit of effort to untangle all the strands.
