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A review by ianbanks
Doctor Who: Human Nature by Paul Cornell
3.0
I've never been a huge fan of The New Adventures. Most seemed like a really good idea shoe-horned into the Doctor Who universe or The Doctor shoe-horned into a really good idea. Nonetheless, I am aware of how these books have influenced the rebooted series and how they changed the face of fandom as we know it now. And more than a couple of them were fantastic.
This one, as you probably know, was adapted by the author into a two-part story in the new show's third season. Quite a bit was changed but the essential story remained the same. It's a great idea and a cracking yarn with a lot to say about "important issues" and it does a good job of getting its setting and milieu right. My problems with it are that it does get bogged down with "issues" and it doesn't - and this is a purely personal thing, so feel free to disagree - quite get the Doctor right, either, although - as this is a situation the Doctor has never been in before - I could well be wrong.
When Cornell concentrates on the story, though, it is a great read.
This one, as you probably know, was adapted by the author into a two-part story in the new show's third season. Quite a bit was changed but the essential story remained the same. It's a great idea and a cracking yarn with a lot to say about "important issues" and it does a good job of getting its setting and milieu right. My problems with it are that it does get bogged down with "issues" and it doesn't - and this is a purely personal thing, so feel free to disagree - quite get the Doctor right, either, although - as this is a situation the Doctor has never been in before - I could well be wrong.
When Cornell concentrates on the story, though, it is a great read.