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A review by beckylej
The Silent Stars Go By by Dan Abnett
5.0
The Doctor, Rory, and Amy are on their way back to Leavenworth for Christmas when they make an unexpected detour. Hereafter has been home to the Morphan's terraforming project for over twenty generations now. In recent years, though, the Morphans have experienced increasingly frigid winters like none other they've ever experienced. And now something is attacking their livestock. When the Doctor and his companions arrive, they are almost immediately separated. The Doctor and Amy are imprisoned when the Morphans decide they must be Unguidely enemies. All is not lost, though, as the Doctor is able to convince one of the Morphans that he can help with their situation. He and Amy are freed in exchange for promising to help find a recently missing Morphan girl. Meanwhile, Rory finds himself on the run from monstrously large creatures, creatures the Doctor has encountered before. And it's not long before the Doctor himself discovers what's causing such havoc to the Morphan settlement.
Oh, I was so sad to have to say goodbye to the Ponds last fall! I love Rory and Amy and returning to them here with a new adventure was so very welcome! I do love Clara and her part in the current Doctor's story but Arthur Darville and Karen Gillan had such fantastic chemistry - both together and separately with Matt Smith as the Doctor.
Interestingly, current audiences didn't get to experience the Ice Warriors until this most recently ended series with Clara. But that's just who the Doctor and friends are up against in Dan Abnett's The Silent Stars Go By, the chosen 50th Anniversary title for Matt Smith's Doctor eleven.
I find it particularly cool how, now having read two of the anniversary installments, each author has captured the particular quirks and mannerisms specific to the different doctors.
Trivia: The Ice Warriors first appeared in 1967 in The Ice Warriors during Patrick Troughton's reign as the second Doctor. Troughton was up against them once again in 1969 in The Seeds of Death. Jon Pertwee also had his chance to face them in 1972's The Curse of Paladon and 1974's The Monsters of Paladon. The Martian warriors then took a bit of a break until Matt Smith's Doctor and Clara encountered them in Cold War this past April (which was set in the 1980s).
Oh, I was so sad to have to say goodbye to the Ponds last fall! I love Rory and Amy and returning to them here with a new adventure was so very welcome! I do love Clara and her part in the current Doctor's story but Arthur Darville and Karen Gillan had such fantastic chemistry - both together and separately with Matt Smith as the Doctor.
Interestingly, current audiences didn't get to experience the Ice Warriors until this most recently ended series with Clara. But that's just who the Doctor and friends are up against in Dan Abnett's The Silent Stars Go By, the chosen 50th Anniversary title for Matt Smith's Doctor eleven.
I find it particularly cool how, now having read two of the anniversary installments, each author has captured the particular quirks and mannerisms specific to the different doctors.
Trivia: The Ice Warriors first appeared in 1967 in The Ice Warriors during Patrick Troughton's reign as the second Doctor. Troughton was up against them once again in 1969 in The Seeds of Death. Jon Pertwee also had his chance to face them in 1972's The Curse of Paladon and 1974's The Monsters of Paladon. The Martian warriors then took a bit of a break until Matt Smith's Doctor and Clara encountered them in Cold War this past April (which was set in the 1980s).