‘Doctor Who’ Review – ‘The Little Book of Fate’

Hello everyone! 🙂

Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

Here we are on the third and final story in the ‘Warriors’ Gate and Beyond’ anthology! The first story was ‘Warriors’ Gate’ itself, where I checked out the 2023 Target novelization along with the 2019 Target audiobook and updated my review accordingly. The second story was the 2021 exclusive-to-audio episode ‘The Kairos Ring’, which is part of the ‘Beyond the Doctor’ audio series and was later included in prose form in the ‘Warriors’ Gate and Beyond’ anthology. Today, the third story is an original and exclusive prose-only short story called ‘The Little Book of Fate’.

‘The Little Book of Fate’ by Stephen Gallagher features the Eighth Doctor who reunites with Romana and Lazlo at a carnival show in the north of England. There’s no audiobook reading to it, which is unusual compared to the first three stories in the ‘Warriors’ Gate and Beyond’ anthology. There’s also confusion regarding where ‘The Little Book of Fate’ takes place in Romana’s timeline and how it affects the Eighth Doctor meeting in terms of their reunion since ‘Warriors’ Gate’. All of this will be explained in my review. But was ‘The Little Book of Fate’ worth checking out when I read the short story?

Please feel free to check out, read and comment on my latest review on ‘The Little Book of Fate’ by clicking on the link for it. You can purchase the 2023 Target novelization ‘Warriors’ Gate and Beyond’ containing ‘The Little Book of Fate’ in prose form either from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.

Enjoy!

Bye for now!

Tim 🙂

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