Snowglobe 7
Sent my x-mas cards today. I'm afraid the overseas ones will arrive after Christmas, but the ones to Europe might get there on time *crosses fingers*.
I read the Ten-Martha novel Snowglobe 7 by Mike Tucker last night, and I must say I really enjoyed it. I liked his previous novel The Nightmare of Black Island as well, so he's turning out to be one of my favourite new Who novel authors. I finished it at 2am in the morning, and I got a decent nightmare out of it, so extra points for that :-P
One of Mike Tucker's biggest strengths in my opinion is writing characters and their interaction - even the most secondary ones truly come to life, be it humans, aliens or robots. I loved the relationship between the Doctor and the robot Twelve, and Twelve's reaction to entering the Tardis is priceless. Martha's interaction with Marisha and Ku'ra was also interesting.
I enjoyed the Doctor/Martha dynamic in this as well. Martha is independent an resourceful, and the Doctor relies on her quite a bit. Their relationship seems very relaxed. Mike Tucker also really nails the Doctor in my opinion, showing the levity and the darkness and the speed at which his mood can change from one to the other. There are some nice Time War moments without being to heavyhanded.
The plot was decent too - I thought the whole snowglobe idea was interesting, especially the whole "conservation" vs "entertainment" aspect of it. The creatures where creepy as hell and felt very alien - and I loved the whole telepathy angle (I'm a sucker for telepathy stories, I can't help it). Lots of sequences were quite exciting, and you felt that the Doctor and Martha (and the other characters) were in real peril (hence the nightmare, I'm guessing).
Hmm, that was a fair amount of gushing. Now I've started Martha in the Mirror, but until now it's failed to grip me. We'll see.
I read the Ten-Martha novel Snowglobe 7 by Mike Tucker last night, and I must say I really enjoyed it. I liked his previous novel The Nightmare of Black Island as well, so he's turning out to be one of my favourite new Who novel authors. I finished it at 2am in the morning, and I got a decent nightmare out of it, so extra points for that :-P
One of Mike Tucker's biggest strengths in my opinion is writing characters and their interaction - even the most secondary ones truly come to life, be it humans, aliens or robots. I loved the relationship between the Doctor and the robot Twelve, and Twelve's reaction to entering the Tardis is priceless. Martha's interaction with Marisha and Ku'ra was also interesting.
I enjoyed the Doctor/Martha dynamic in this as well. Martha is independent an resourceful, and the Doctor relies on her quite a bit. Their relationship seems very relaxed. Mike Tucker also really nails the Doctor in my opinion, showing the levity and the darkness and the speed at which his mood can change from one to the other. There are some nice Time War moments without being to heavyhanded.
The plot was decent too - I thought the whole snowglobe idea was interesting, especially the whole "conservation" vs "entertainment" aspect of it. The creatures where creepy as hell and felt very alien - and I loved the whole telepathy angle (I'm a sucker for telepathy stories, I can't help it). Lots of sequences were quite exciting, and you felt that the Doctor and Martha (and the other characters) were in real peril (hence the nightmare, I'm guessing).
Hmm, that was a fair amount of gushing. Now I've started Martha in the Mirror, but until now it's failed to grip me. We'll see.