Monday, 16 October 2023

Fiction

Doctor Who: The Ripple Effect by Malorie Blackman
Chapters 4–10 [the end]
Finishing off the Seventh Doctor portion of my Doctor Who 60th celebration. Unfortunately, I think this is the weakest in the 11/12/13 Doctors, 11/12/13 Stories series so far. No doubt that Blackman is a skilled and important author in general, but here the narrative seems to go round in circles, and she hasn't really captured the voices of the Doctor and Ace. Shame, especially when the other stories have been really rather good, on the whole. Let's hope the back half of the range isn't going to let it down...

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