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peggy_racham's review
4.5
Some of my fave authors are on here. Its a mixed bag but mostly great stories. Highlights for me were Patrick Ness, Neil Gaiman and Holly Black
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Murder, and Confinement
anniereads221's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Death, Grief, Murder, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia
HP references12dejamoo's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Overall I vastly enjoyed most of these stories. So many of them felt like actual episodes and a few brought in ideas I'd have no idea how you'd represent in visual media, so this format was perfect for them. I think my main problem was that, as may be natural with a collection of short stories, they almost all felt too short. Maybe it's because I am used to full episode length stories, these just can't have as much content and therefore feel shorter than they would if I weren't familiar with the show. I do really like that this collection felt genuinely varied and each story gave a very different feeling - it felt like a really good way to meet the older Doctors who I'm less familar with, as well as a treat to get to the end and recognise New Who Doctors' personalities more. My favourite stories were probably 2, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
First
I like how simple this story was. As it started I was a bit unsure but I think once I got used to the story I liked it more. Honestly I would have been happy to read a longer form story of this nature. I wouldn’t say I loved the story but the flaws were probably more based on length constraints than poor ideas. I especially liked the ending paragraph I thought it was sweet
Second
I really liked this one ahh. The set up is really good and the alien planet sounds amazing. It is the sort of place that would be hard to do in a visual format so it actually worked really well for the medium of the book. Once again though I wish it had been longer!
Third
Again this one was great. A simple and fun story. It felt very cinematic
Fourth
Another fun one. I would have liked slightly more description of the planet and I also thought the end was pretty rushed but overall I liked it
Fifth
I think Doctor-light stories are always fascinating and I loved this one! I think the ideas were great and it was genuinely emotional. I would have loved to see this as an actual episode
Sixth
I wasn’t sure about the first person narrative honestly. I think it felt really un-Doctor Who-like. And while I enjoyed the concept of the story, I felt like I didn’t have enough context for the backstory, being unfamiliar with most of classic Who. This is the first one that didn’t feel it needed to be longer, however
Seventh
I love Malorie Blackman so I obviously loved this. I think the concept was super interesting and the story was so fun. I would love to see this as an actual episode
Eighth
Love love love. Such a good concept and I like that I didn’t need to know any companion context so it felt very accessible
Nine
Loved the fact that this one took place in the time between Rose turning the Doctor down and then changing her mind. However I think the story was lacking tbh. It felt a bit underdeveloped and rushed. Nine deserves so much better
Ten
Yes loved it! The whole concept was just so good. This would be really hard to do as an actual episode so it fit the medium perfectly. Also just Ten and Martha is iconic
Eleven
I loved this concept! Maybe I'm biased because Eleven and Amy is my fave but yessssss
Twelve
I liked the whole set up of this - Twelve getting coffee for Clara is perfect because it involves classic mundane Doctor Who goodness and also Clara isn’t actually there (sorry to Clara but I just didn’t love her as a character). However the actual plot felt very lacklustre and even more rushed than other stories. Also more first person eugh
Thirteen
It’s hard to make boring characters interesting and I have to say I don’t think this story succeeded. The concept was good but then it all felt a bit all over the place and Ryan, Graham and Yaz were just eh as usual
First
I like how simple this story was. As it started I was a bit unsure but I think once I got used to the story I liked it more. Honestly I would have been happy to read a longer form story of this nature. I wouldn’t say I loved the story but the flaws were probably more based on length constraints than poor ideas. I especially liked the ending paragraph I thought it was sweet
Second
I really liked this one ahh. The set up is really good and the alien planet sounds amazing. It is the sort of place that would be hard to do in a visual format so it actually worked really well for the medium of the book. Once again though I wish it had been longer!
Third
Again this one was great. A simple and fun story. It felt very cinematic
Fourth
Another fun one. I would have liked slightly more description of the planet and I also thought the end was pretty rushed but overall I liked it
Fifth
I think Doctor-light stories are always fascinating and I loved this one! I think the ideas were great and it was genuinely emotional. I would have loved to see this as an actual episode
Sixth
I wasn’t sure about the first person narrative honestly. I think it felt really un-Doctor Who-like. And while I enjoyed the concept of the story, I felt like I didn’t have enough context for the backstory, being unfamiliar with most of classic Who. This is the first one that didn’t feel it needed to be longer, however
Seventh
I love Malorie Blackman so I obviously loved this. I think the concept was super interesting and the story was so fun. I would love to see this as an actual episode
Eighth
Love love love. Such a good concept and I like that I didn’t need to know any companion context so it felt very accessible
Nine
Loved the fact that this one took place in the time between Rose turning the Doctor down and then changing her mind. However I think the story was lacking tbh. It felt a bit underdeveloped and rushed. Nine deserves so much better
Ten
Yes loved it! The whole concept was just so good. This would be really hard to do as an actual episode so it fit the medium perfectly. Also just Ten and Martha is iconic
Eleven
I loved this concept! Maybe I'm biased because Eleven and Amy is my fave but yessssss
Twelve
I liked the whole set up of this - Twelve getting coffee for Clara is perfect because it involves classic mundane Doctor Who goodness and also Clara isn’t actually there (sorry to Clara but I just didn’t love her as a character). However the actual plot felt very lacklustre and even more rushed than other stories. Also more first person eugh
Thirteen
It’s hard to make boring characters interesting and I have to say I don’t think this story succeeded. The concept was good but then it all felt a bit all over the place and Ryan, Graham and Yaz were just eh as usual
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
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