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ausfangirlreads's review against another edition
4.0
If you are a Doctor Who fan then the chances are you will have a favourite doctor, I know it’s like playing favourites with children but let’s be honest, we all do have our favourites.
Mine you ask? Well I am a fan of the Fourth and Tenth Doctor, They always have been and always will be my Doctors.
As the title would suggest 12 Doctors, 12 Stories is a collection of 12 short stories, with each story having a different doctor as the inspiration, originally these stories were releases as separate e-book, but to celebrate the 50th anniversary they were bound together in 551 pages of science fiction goodness.
These stories are...
The First Doctor: A Big Hand for the Doctor by Eoin Colfer
The Second Doctor: The Nameless City by Michael Scott
The Third Doctor: The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick
The Fourth Doctor: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve
The Fifth Doctor: Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness
The Sixth Doctor: Something Borrowed by Richelle Mead
The Seventh Doctor: The Ripple Effect by Malorie Blackman
The Eight Doctor: Spore by Alex Sparrow
The Ninth Doctor: The Beast of Babylon by Charlie Higson
The Tenth Doctor: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy
The Eleventh Doctor: Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman
The Twelfth Doctor: Lights Out by Holly Black
While reading I would regularly update my Goodreads after each story with a mini review of what I liked or didn’t like about the story, now I won’t be doing that here but if you would like to read my random thoughts you can find them here.
As with any anthology I had stories I liked and some that I didn’t, it was never the writing style that got me it always seemed to be the stories just weren’t that creative or just didn’t interest me.
My top five stories (in no particular order) were, The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick, Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness, Spore by Alex Sparrow, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy & Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman.
These five stories were my favourites for many reasons, one was how they captured their Doctors and how I just loved their writing style, but the main reason was that these are adventures I would love to see the doctors go on. Each one was well fitted and made me double check the authors just so I could read more of their works.
Rating: 4 Stars- Really good, I would recommend reading it.
I would recommend this anthology to any Doctor Who fans. The writers were well chosen and each one captured their doctor perfectly. So much so that I was tempted to go back and rewatch old Doctor Who episodes just to make sure they were like I remembered.
It also acted as a sample test and gave me a list of other authors I would love to look up, just so I can read more of their writing.
Happy reading everyone!
Jess
Mine you ask? Well I am a fan of the Fourth and Tenth Doctor, They always have been and always will be my Doctors.
As the title would suggest 12 Doctors, 12 Stories is a collection of 12 short stories, with each story having a different doctor as the inspiration, originally these stories were releases as separate e-book, but to celebrate the 50th anniversary they were bound together in 551 pages of science fiction goodness.
These stories are...
The First Doctor: A Big Hand for the Doctor by Eoin Colfer
The Second Doctor: The Nameless City by Michael Scott
The Third Doctor: The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick
The Fourth Doctor: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve
The Fifth Doctor: Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness
The Sixth Doctor: Something Borrowed by Richelle Mead
The Seventh Doctor: The Ripple Effect by Malorie Blackman
The Eight Doctor: Spore by Alex Sparrow
The Ninth Doctor: The Beast of Babylon by Charlie Higson
The Tenth Doctor: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy
The Eleventh Doctor: Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman
The Twelfth Doctor: Lights Out by Holly Black
While reading I would regularly update my Goodreads after each story with a mini review of what I liked or didn’t like about the story, now I won’t be doing that here but if you would like to read my random thoughts you can find them here.
As with any anthology I had stories I liked and some that I didn’t, it was never the writing style that got me it always seemed to be the stories just weren’t that creative or just didn’t interest me.
My top five stories (in no particular order) were, The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick, Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness, Spore by Alex Sparrow, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy & Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman.
These five stories were my favourites for many reasons, one was how they captured their Doctors and how I just loved their writing style, but the main reason was that these are adventures I would love to see the doctors go on. Each one was well fitted and made me double check the authors just so I could read more of their works.
Rating: 4 Stars- Really good, I would recommend reading it.
I would recommend this anthology to any Doctor Who fans. The writers were well chosen and each one captured their doctor perfectly. So much so that I was tempted to go back and rewatch old Doctor Who episodes just to make sure they were like I remembered.
It also acted as a sample test and gave me a list of other authors I would love to look up, just so I can read more of their writing.
Happy reading everyone!
Jess
neonnikki's review against another edition
5.0
SO GOOD!! Standouts for me are Landy (of course), Higson, Gaiman and Colfer for sure. Loved this, the authors definitely capture the Doctor.
trish204's review against another edition
4.0
This is a collection of 12 short stories, one for each of the 12 reincarnations of The Doctor that we've seen so far.
I, personally, started with Nine (portrayed by Christoher Ecclestone - I think that's the perfect point where to start with the whole series) so I didn't know too much about the first eight reincarnations. Therefore, I can also not really say much about how hit or miss the portrayal in the first eight stories were.
I think this is a delightful collection that shows the various character traits of The Doctor, as well as some of his companions. The stories are all adventurous, penned by a different writer each, and all very good.
My paperback boxed versions have the suits of the different Doctos as covers:
Sadly, my box is not made to look like the TARDIS as I had hoped, but I'm going to change that. ;)
The reason I knew about this was that Neil Gaiman had written the story about Eleven and I can never resist a Gaiman (especially since Eleven was my favourite Doctor - at least until Clara showed up). Thankfully, I decided to get and read them all, otherwise I really would have missed out on some very inventive ideas that were presented in the fantastic and characteristic wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey way.
Below, there's a list of the stories linked to the respective status update I had posted to give you an idea about what the story was about and how I liked it:
1) A Big Hand For the Doctor
2) The Nameless City
3) The Spear of Destiny
4) The Roots of Evil
5) Tip of the Tongue
6) Something Borrowed
7) The Ripple Effect
8) Spore
9) The Beast of Babylon
10) The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage
11) Nothing O'Clock
12) Lights Out
Great for any Doctor Who fan (you really shouldn't read them unless you've seen at least some of the TV show).
I, personally, started with Nine (portrayed by Christoher Ecclestone - I think that's the perfect point where to start with the whole series) so I didn't know too much about the first eight reincarnations. Therefore, I can also not really say much about how hit or miss the portrayal in the first eight stories were.
I think this is a delightful collection that shows the various character traits of The Doctor, as well as some of his companions. The stories are all adventurous, penned by a different writer each, and all very good.
My paperback boxed versions have the suits of the different Doctos as covers:
Sadly, my box is not made to look like the TARDIS as I had hoped, but I'm going to change that. ;)
The reason I knew about this was that Neil Gaiman had written the story about Eleven and I can never resist a Gaiman (especially since Eleven was my favourite Doctor - at least until Clara showed up). Thankfully, I decided to get and read them all, otherwise I really would have missed out on some very inventive ideas that were presented in the fantastic and characteristic wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey way.
Below, there's a list of the stories linked to the respective status update I had posted to give you an idea about what the story was about and how I liked it:
1) A Big Hand For the Doctor
2) The Nameless City
3) The Spear of Destiny
4) The Roots of Evil
5) Tip of the Tongue
6) Something Borrowed
7) The Ripple Effect
8) Spore
9) The Beast of Babylon
10) The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage
11) Nothing O'Clock
12) Lights Out
Great for any Doctor Who fan (you really shouldn't read them unless you've seen at least some of the TV show).
kittyburritoland's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars. Fun little collection of Doctor Who short stories from 12 different authors, featuring 12 different Doctors.
librarian_nic's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 ****
Listening to each story felt like individual radio dramas. They’d be elevated more with full cast recordings, but that’s more work... looking forward to listening to the 13th Doctor’s story!
Listening to each story felt like individual radio dramas. They’d be elevated more with full cast recordings, but that’s more work... looking forward to listening to the 13th Doctor’s story!
cjdavey's review against another edition
3.0
A real mixed bag: some excellent stories, others less good and one by Eoin Colfer. All except the Colfer are fun, though.
libraryanned's review against another edition
4.0
The last few stories were the best which bumped up the rating another star. As always, some of the stories are middling to fair, but when they were good they were VERY good.
seoookmin's review against another edition
5.0
O QUE DIZER DESSES AUTORES QUE MAL CONHEÇO MAS JÁ CONSIDERO PACAS?
Sério, esse livro é incrível e eu não consigo pensar em palavras suficientes para dizer como eu adorei ele. Foi uma ótima forma de trazer os Doutores da clássica sem todo o drama que fazem quando é algo da Big Finish. Eu conhecia tão pouco sobre eles e fiquei morrendo de vontade de ver os episódios da Clássica pra chegar logo naquele Doctor.
E as histórias??? Algumas poderiam muito bem ser adaptadas pra Jodie, o que seria maravilhoso. A grande maioria das histórias pareciam até críveis. Foram muito bem criadas e eu fiquei muito feliz de ter lido toda essa criação e óbvio que estou com vontade de ler livros de todos os autores que foram convidados.
Bem que poderia ter o conto da Jodie agora <3
Sério, esse livro é incrível e eu não consigo pensar em palavras suficientes para dizer como eu adorei ele. Foi uma ótima forma de trazer os Doutores da clássica sem todo o drama que fazem quando é algo da Big Finish. Eu conhecia tão pouco sobre eles e fiquei morrendo de vontade de ver os episódios da Clássica pra chegar logo naquele Doctor.
E as histórias??? Algumas poderiam muito bem ser adaptadas pra Jodie, o que seria maravilhoso. A grande maioria das histórias pareciam até críveis. Foram muito bem criadas e eu fiquei muito feliz de ter lido toda essa criação e óbvio que estou com vontade de ler livros de todos os autores que foram convidados.
Bem que poderia ter o conto da Jodie agora <3
marciatch's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked some of the stories while others were not really necessary, in my opinion. However, all of them were interesting when it comes to different writing styles and also to know a little more about the Doctor and his different regenerations.
emryal's review against another edition
4.0
https://emryal.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/doctor-who-12-doctors-12-stories/