A review by justiceofkalr
Doctor Who: Timewyrm-Apocalypse by Nigel Robinson

3.0

This was... not as abysmal as I expected it to be. With a (as of this moment) 2.86 stars out of 5 I expected it to be pretty unbearable. After all, Genesys managed a 3.1 rating and that one was majorly terrible. But thankfully this was better than Genesys. It wasn't spectacular, but it was acceptable. The thing that's best about it is that Ace and the Doctor seem to be fairly well in character. Also it's short and a quick read so the faults don't have too much time to start to grate on the nerves. The plot is predictable but okay. In the negatives are the clunky writing, the last minute obligatory Timewym appearance, and the constant need to reference older Doctor Who events. The writing is kind of the ultimate fuck you to the idea of "show, don't tell", where the omniscient narrator is constantly revealing everyone's thoughts and motivations and hopping all over to make sure you know what's happening. The references to the series in this book were kind of annoying, as they were somewhat in the previous books. It's like these novels are trying too hard to make sure you know they are definitely part of Doctor Who and they know all about it so they just start shoving in references to past Doctors, companions, and events. As for the Timewyrm, it really just doesn't belong in this story and is only there so that this qualifies as part of the whole Timewyrm arc. But, still way way way better than Genesys.