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A review by wyrmbergmalcolm
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock
1.0
Only for fans of Michael Moorcock books. Otherwise, read on...
This was garbage.
I've thought long and hard about what I was going to say about this book and that's pretty much the summary of them.
For the benefit of others who may read this review, I'll endeavour to make this a little more informative.
First up, despite it having 'Doctor Who' in bright flashy letters on the cover, this is not a Doctor Who book. Yes, there are two characters with the names of The Doctor and Amy and there is a TARDIS but they are character in name only and are really totally different characters with familiar names. The TARDIS doesn't feature until the very end of the story and again is interchangeable with a McGuffin.
The story itself drifted from a Douglas Adams style of surreal irreverence to a deeply cerebral exploration into the manifestation of the multiverse that did nothing for the story except to make it completely incomprehensible. On top of that, I just didn't care. There were admittedly a couple of fun scenes, but they were few and far between. The two revelations at the end were either anti-climactic or of such plot destroying magnitude as to render the whole adventure (such as it was) completely unnecessary.
So, in summary: This is not a Doctor Who story, this is barely even a story and the title makes no sense in regard to the story. A waste of my time.
This was garbage.
I've thought long and hard about what I was going to say about this book and that's pretty much the summary of them.
For the benefit of others who may read this review, I'll endeavour to make this a little more informative.
First up, despite it having 'Doctor Who' in bright flashy letters on the cover, this is not a Doctor Who book. Yes, there are two characters with the names of The Doctor and Amy and there is a TARDIS but they are character in name only and are really totally different characters with familiar names. The TARDIS doesn't feature until the very end of the story and again is interchangeable with a McGuffin.
The story itself drifted from a Douglas Adams style of surreal irreverence to a deeply cerebral exploration into the manifestation of the multiverse that did nothing for the story except to make it completely incomprehensible. On top of that, I just didn't care. There were admittedly a couple of fun scenes, but they were few and far between. The two revelations at the end were either anti-climactic or of such plot destroying magnitude as to render the whole adventure (such as it was) completely unnecessary.
So, in summary: This is not a Doctor Who story, this is barely even a story and the title makes no sense in regard to the story. A waste of my time.