A review by catherine_t
Companion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who by L.M. Myles, Liz Barr

5.0

Yet another collection of essays by the folks behind Chicks Dig Time Lords and Chicks Unravel Time, Companion Piece discusses the characters who travel in the TARDIS as guests of the Doctor. Naturally, most of the essays are on Classic Who companions, simply because there are so many more of them, as opposed to New Who companions. But I'm trying to broaden my Who-rizons and learn more about the Classic era, so I was more than happy to read about companions I've never even heard of, such as Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom (both of whom, according to the essayists, were awesome during their time in the TARDIS). I was also interested to read differing views of the same companion: Jo Grant, for instance, was discussed in two essays; one praised her, whilst the other was a bit dismissive.

I'm not sure the folks at Mad Norwegian Press can add anything further to the Doctor Who dialogue, but if Companion Piece is the last book, it's a high note to go out on.