Reviews

Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani by Jane Baker, Pip Baker

nwhyte's review

http://nhw.livejournal.com/1077520.html#cutid1[return][return]The Sixth Doctor gets a bit more of a send-off at the start of this book than he did on TV, but that is not hard. However, the writing is still naff and there are way, way too many exclamation marks. After my third consecutive novel by the Bakers, my brain was in danger of exploding. It also fails the Bechdel test - on the rare occasions that female characters actually talk to each other, it is about the Doctor or another male character.

nwhyte's review against another edition

http://nhw.livejournal.com/1068930.html?style=mine#cutid2[return][return]This is the first of the Bakers' novels, and sets a standard for what is to come - too many exclamation marks, not quite enough extra background to make sense, and a less than coherent plot (though better here than on screen).