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Doctor Who: The English Way of Death
by Gareth Roberts
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This really is Doctor Who at its absolute best, harkening to stories such as The City of Death or Shada, it brings a fantastic chemistry between the TARDIS crew and a great host of characters all wonderfully fleshed out and brought to the fore in a tale that is impossible to put down.
Zodaal wishes to destroy the Earth in order to power his spaceship, The Doctor, Romana and K9 don't want this to happen. And so, with a group of outlandish characters, they set about defeating this menace in a way that's not convuluted but thrilling and exciting every step of the way. The division of labour between many of the characters allows us to follow a series of different threads at the same time and they all come together at the end to provide a brilliantly satisfying conclusion.
The characters of The Fourth Doctor and Romana are writted down to a tee. The interactions between them feel so real and lifelike that you'd be hardpressed to believe that it's not The Doctor and Romana writing themselves on the page. The other characters in the story are wonderfully developed also, with excellent characterisations and motivations that allows so many of our heroes to feel full of life and brings us to care about them, and what their ultimate fates may be.
With some fantastic prose and an easy reading style, it's one that can be picked up again and again, but before I do so I'll definitely be listening to the Big Finish adaptation.
A great earthbound story that really utilises the setting, and though this isn't as grand as something like The Romance of Crime, the setting suited the story, and the story filled the setting. Brilliantly realised.
Zodaal wishes to destroy the Earth in order to power his spaceship, The Doctor, Romana and K9 don't want this to happen. And so, with a group of outlandish characters, they set about defeating this menace in a way that's not convuluted but thrilling and exciting every step of the way. The division of labour between many of the characters allows us to follow a series of different threads at the same time and they all come together at the end to provide a brilliantly satisfying conclusion.
The characters of The Fourth Doctor and Romana are writted down to a tee. The interactions between them feel so real and lifelike that you'd be hardpressed to believe that it's not The Doctor and Romana writing themselves on the page. The other characters in the story are wonderfully developed also, with excellent characterisations and motivations that allows so many of our heroes to feel full of life and brings us to care about them, and what their ultimate fates may be.
With some fantastic prose and an easy reading style, it's one that can be picked up again and again, but before I do so I'll definitely be listening to the Big Finish adaptation.
A great earthbound story that really utilises the setting, and though this isn't as grand as something like The Romance of Crime, the setting suited the story, and the story filled the setting. Brilliantly realised.