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A review by alicechris
Doctor Who: Goth Opera by Paul Cornell, Peter Darvill-Evans
adventurous
fast-paced
4.0
This is one of the first Doctor Who books I've read and it's a really good example of how the medium can be used for Doctor Who stories - this is much more complicated and gory than the TV show would really be able to do (especially in the eighties). That being said, I'd love an audio adaptation of this.
I'm a big fan of the fifth doctor but there aren't that many episodes of his I find myself coming back to. This book characterises him well and expands on his relationships with Tegan and Nyssa (it's set just after Snakedance).
The plot of this is generally good and there are some excellent bits of dialogue, but the writing sometimes feels stilted and the writer occasionally forgets Nyssa isn't human despite making a point of this in other places. There are a few too many loose ends that get individually tied up at the end, which drags a little.
If you're out to try a Doctor Who novel, I'd recommend this one!
I'm a big fan of the fifth doctor but there aren't that many episodes of his I find myself coming back to. This book characterises him well and expands on his relationships with Tegan and Nyssa (it's set just after Snakedance).
The plot of this is generally good and there are some excellent bits of dialogue, but the writing sometimes feels stilted and the writer occasionally forgets Nyssa isn't human despite making a point of this in other places. There are a few too many loose ends that get individually tied up at the end, which drags a little.
If you're out to try a Doctor Who novel, I'd recommend this one!