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A review by linwearcamenel
Doctor Who: Engines of War by George Mann
4.0
Usually when I read tie-in novels I tend to avoid Doctor Who, because they're usually really not good. But I am still eternally sad that we will never see more of the War Doctor than his brief appearance in The Day of the Doctor so I broke my own rule.
And actually this was really pretty good. It's always great to see the Time War in full force and I love anything that involves the Time Lords. This book showcases nicely what the Time Lords would have been like during a war, what the Doctor would have been like during a war and brings in some cool aspects of Gallifreyan history.
I will say that the dialogue they gave the Doctor doesn't always match the very precise and kind of formal way of speaking in John Hurt's performance, though there's so little to go on with his character that it's not as jarring as if they had gotten a different Doctor totally wrong. His personality underneath that, though, is exactly what I imagined the War Doctor to be like from what little we were given and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know him. More please! It was nice getting back in after I really wasn't a fan of the last series at all.
And actually this was really pretty good. It's always great to see the Time War in full force and I love anything that involves the Time Lords. This book showcases nicely what the Time Lords would have been like during a war, what the Doctor would have been like during a war and brings in some cool aspects of Gallifreyan history.
I will say that the dialogue they gave the Doctor doesn't always match the very precise and kind of formal way of speaking in John Hurt's performance, though there's so little to go on with his character that it's not as jarring as if they had gotten a different Doctor totally wrong. His personality underneath that, though, is exactly what I imagined the War Doctor to be like from what little we were given and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know him. More please! It was nice getting back in after I really wasn't a fan of the last series at all.