Wednesday 31 January 2024

Alrightreads: Elevenses

Justin Richards, Doctor Who: Apollo 23

2010 / Audiobook / 248 pages

***

Good moralising sci-fi, some prescient imagery and convincing characterisation, especially considering its prematurity. It does drag out, which is probably going to be an ongoing issue. We were around the same age back then, but now they look about fifteen.


David Llewellyn, Doctor Who: Night of the Humans

2010 / Audiobook / 246 pages

****

A comfortingly familiar sci-fi scrapheap provides some inter-episode levelling up for Amy.


Brian Minchin, Doctor Who: The Forgotten Army

2010 / Audiobook / 248 pages

**

Frivolous, sizeist filler.


Oli Smith, Doctor Who: Nuclear Time

2010 / Audiobook / 243 pages

***

Backwards shenanigans spice up otherwise forgettable peril. Rory shows up, though more sarcastic than I remember.


Various, Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour – A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat Era

2013 / Ebook / 296 pages

**

Opinionated episode guides are more my level than academic essays, but it was a worthy effort all the same, even if avoidable anniversary publishing haste left it forever incomplete.