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A review by biblionautbuckton
Doctor Who and the Time War by Russell T. Davies, Richard Atkinson
5.0
I've described Russell T. Davies as the 21st century's Dickens before. Dramatic as that sounds, he proves it time and time again with each new release; huge casts of characters, all distinctive and disturbingly real, topical political subject matter, and, crucially, an understated prowess with words that appears so effortless that it's not surprising that it's often overlooked.
It is this latter muscle that Davies flexes in this four-page treat, and he does so with gusto. "Foulspace", "The Nightmare Child", "The Deathsmiths of Goth": tiny, tantalising glimpses into worlds, ideas, and minds incomprehensible by design. We learn how the Time War "used years as ammunition" and how at the point of regeneration, the Doctor's nuclei turn into stars. We're told how the Doctor's bones were "broken from the fall", and his hearts "hollowed by his loss".
Davies of course has the advantage here of presenting only an extract rather than a concrete beginning or conclusion, but then, so do most poems. And how amusingly appropriate for the setting, a conflict that brings the laws of causality and linear time into question. What a lovely comfort during this time of isolation and uncertainty.
Fantastic!
It is this latter muscle that Davies flexes in this four-page treat, and he does so with gusto. "Foulspace", "The Nightmare Child", "The Deathsmiths of Goth": tiny, tantalising glimpses into worlds, ideas, and minds incomprehensible by design. We learn how the Time War "used years as ammunition" and how at the point of regeneration, the Doctor's nuclei turn into stars. We're told how the Doctor's bones were "broken from the fall", and his hearts "hollowed by his loss".
Davies of course has the advantage here of presenting only an extract rather than a concrete beginning or conclusion, but then, so do most poems. And how amusingly appropriate for the setting, a conflict that brings the laws of causality and linear time into question. What a lovely comfort during this time of isolation and uncertainty.
Fantastic!