An Eighth Doctor Novel with Fitz and Anji. The TARDIS touches down in Bristol - so far so good, but it's not a Bristol that any of it's crew can recognise. The same districts are there - Totterdown,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
As an American, I'd never heard of Doctor Who until I stumbled across this book at the library. Probably because I wasn't familiar with the characters and concept, this book seemed to start out a bit slow and jumbled, and it took until about 70 pages before it grabbed me.But then, it was a captivating story and I ripped through it. I didn't care so much for the setting: 19th century Bristol, but I'm eager to read more Doctor Who books.
A darker, more depressing Who.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is quite possibly the darkest Doctor Who book that I have read to date (although it should be noted that I have read about 7 books in the series). It has several very good qualities to it- terrific description, an astounding and complex plotline and a truly Who ending using unusual elements of time travel to solve the problems.It has a very dark side to it as well, and when the book ends, I couldn't help but feel a bit depressed. While I will not give the ending away here, I will say that Fitz learns a bit about the Doctor that he wishes he didn't, and the possibility of more unhappiness in future novels seems to loom ahead.Though I came away from this book a touch saddened, I feel that the better qualities of this installment made up for it. Four out of five stars in all, that last star simply for the great plotline.
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