Category Archives: Book

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #10

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It’s time for a short story and by the writer of ‘The Witchfinders’. Let’s check out the story featured in ‘The Target Storybook’ by Joy Wilkinson called ‘Gatecrashers’, featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz. I enjoyed reading ‘The Target Storybook’ and ‘Gatecrashers’ was a good tale to start off with. 🙂 Continue reading

Quick Book Review – ‘Doctor Who and the Library of Time’

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With the upcoming ‘Doctor Who’ Target novelizations on their way this month, I’ve checked out the sampler book ‘Doctor Who and the Library of Time’. This was featured in issue #561 of ‘Doctor Who Magazine’. I’m glad I’ve checked this book out to get an idea what the new Target books will be like. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #7

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Back with the TV series and it’s time for another historical adventure with the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz. In this story, Yaz gets to discover more of her family history as she and her friends travel back in time to when the Partition of India took place in 1947. Things aren’t so pleasant when they get there. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #6

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It’s time to move into book territory for today’s ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’! Let’s check out the first of the ‘New Series Adventures’ books featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz called ‘The Good Doctor’. I read this book back in 2018 with the audiobook read by Clare Corbett, who does a very good Thirteenth Doctor. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #1

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And welcome to ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’! For the whole of March 2021, I’ll be sharing my ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on the stories featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, including Series 11 and Series 12 as well as certain novels and short stories. Let’s start off with the short story ‘Things She Thought While Falling’ from ‘Adventures in Lockdown’ and the first TV episode of the Thirteenth Doctor era called ‘The Woman Who Fell To Earth’. Continue reading

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear’

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I’ve updated my review on the ‘Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear’ Target novelization by Terrance Dicks with the new BBC audiobook read by Pamela Salem, well-known for playing Rachel Jensen in ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ and the ‘Counter-Measures’ spin-off audio series by Big Finish. ‘The Hand of Fear’ features the Fourth Doctor Sarah Jane Smith. Continue reading

eBook Reviews – ‘Adventures in Lockdown’ (Doctor Who)

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Also in preparation for the ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’ review season in March 2021, I’m sharing my latest reviews on the stories featured in the ‘Adventures in Lockdown’ anthology. This features stories not just with the Thirteenth Doctor, but also with the First Doctor, the Tenth Doctor, the Fugitive Doctor (whom I’ve created a ‘Doctor Who’ timeline for recently) and many more characters. Continue reading

Book/Audio Review – ‘Molten Heart’ (Doctor Who)

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Originally, I was going to review a lot of Thirteenth Doctor novels in time for the ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’ review season in March 2021. Sadly other plans got in the way. But have no fear as I will get onto reviewing the other Thirteenth Doctor novels I wanted to review very soon in 2021. Continue reading

‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ (Doctor Who) on Blu-ray

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Over Christmas 2020 and early 2021, I’ve been checking out the ‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ stories on Blu-ray. This is in preparation for me to check out the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ event that’s happening from 2020-21 with books, audios and comic tales. Continue reading

Puffin/Audio Reviews – ‘Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve updated and extended my reviews on the Puffin e-shorts collection of ‘Doctor Who’ stories, which started as ’11 Doctors, 11 Stories’; then as ’12 Doctors, 12 Stories’; and is now ‘Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories’. This is part of the 2020-2021 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season where I’ve updated my reviews on the first twelve stories in the collection and done a new review on the thirteenth story called ‘Time Lapse’ by Naomi Alderman. Continue reading