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A review by ausfangirlreads
Doctor Who: 12 Doctors 12 Stories by Eoin Colfer
4.0
If you are a Doctor Who fan then the chances are you will have a favourite doctor, I know it’s like playing favourites with children but let’s be honest, we all do have our favourites.
Mine you ask? Well I am a fan of the Fourth and Tenth Doctor, They always have been and always will be my Doctors.
As the title would suggest 12 Doctors, 12 Stories is a collection of 12 short stories, with each story having a different doctor as the inspiration, originally these stories were releases as separate e-book, but to celebrate the 50th anniversary they were bound together in 551 pages of science fiction goodness.
These stories are...
The First Doctor: A Big Hand for the Doctor by Eoin Colfer
The Second Doctor: The Nameless City by Michael Scott
The Third Doctor: The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick
The Fourth Doctor: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve
The Fifth Doctor: Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness
The Sixth Doctor: Something Borrowed by Richelle Mead
The Seventh Doctor: The Ripple Effect by Malorie Blackman
The Eight Doctor: Spore by Alex Sparrow
The Ninth Doctor: The Beast of Babylon by Charlie Higson
The Tenth Doctor: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy
The Eleventh Doctor: Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman
The Twelfth Doctor: Lights Out by Holly Black
While reading I would regularly update my Goodreads after each story with a mini review of what I liked or didn’t like about the story, now I won’t be doing that here but if you would like to read my random thoughts you can find them here.
As with any anthology I had stories I liked and some that I didn’t, it was never the writing style that got me it always seemed to be the stories just weren’t that creative or just didn’t interest me.
My top five stories (in no particular order) were, The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick, Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness, Spore by Alex Sparrow, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy & Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman.
These five stories were my favourites for many reasons, one was how they captured their Doctors and how I just loved their writing style, but the main reason was that these are adventures I would love to see the doctors go on. Each one was well fitted and made me double check the authors just so I could read more of their works.
Rating: 4 Stars- Really good, I would recommend reading it.
I would recommend this anthology to any Doctor Who fans. The writers were well chosen and each one captured their doctor perfectly. So much so that I was tempted to go back and rewatch old Doctor Who episodes just to make sure they were like I remembered.
It also acted as a sample test and gave me a list of other authors I would love to look up, just so I can read more of their writing.
Happy reading everyone!
Jess
Mine you ask? Well I am a fan of the Fourth and Tenth Doctor, They always have been and always will be my Doctors.
As the title would suggest 12 Doctors, 12 Stories is a collection of 12 short stories, with each story having a different doctor as the inspiration, originally these stories were releases as separate e-book, but to celebrate the 50th anniversary they were bound together in 551 pages of science fiction goodness.
These stories are...
The First Doctor: A Big Hand for the Doctor by Eoin Colfer
The Second Doctor: The Nameless City by Michael Scott
The Third Doctor: The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick
The Fourth Doctor: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve
The Fifth Doctor: Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness
The Sixth Doctor: Something Borrowed by Richelle Mead
The Seventh Doctor: The Ripple Effect by Malorie Blackman
The Eight Doctor: Spore by Alex Sparrow
The Ninth Doctor: The Beast of Babylon by Charlie Higson
The Tenth Doctor: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy
The Eleventh Doctor: Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman
The Twelfth Doctor: Lights Out by Holly Black
While reading I would regularly update my Goodreads after each story with a mini review of what I liked or didn’t like about the story, now I won’t be doing that here but if you would like to read my random thoughts you can find them here.
As with any anthology I had stories I liked and some that I didn’t, it was never the writing style that got me it always seemed to be the stories just weren’t that creative or just didn’t interest me.
My top five stories (in no particular order) were, The Spear of Destiny by Marcus Sedwick, Tip of the Toung by Patrick Ness, Spore by Alex Sparrow, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage by Derek Landy & Nothing O’Clock by Neil Gaiman.
These five stories were my favourites for many reasons, one was how they captured their Doctors and how I just loved their writing style, but the main reason was that these are adventures I would love to see the doctors go on. Each one was well fitted and made me double check the authors just so I could read more of their works.
Rating: 4 Stars- Really good, I would recommend reading it.
I would recommend this anthology to any Doctor Who fans. The writers were well chosen and each one captured their doctor perfectly. So much so that I was tempted to go back and rewatch old Doctor Who episodes just to make sure they were like I remembered.
It also acted as a sample test and gave me a list of other authors I would love to look up, just so I can read more of their writing.
Happy reading everyone!
Jess