Doctor Who Storybook 2008

[louisedennis]

Its sort of customary to start reviews of the Dr Who storybooks by mentioning the totally bonkers Dr Who annuals of the 1970s but I figure most people reading here either know all about them or aren't terribly interested. Suffice it to say the storybooks are their successors both in content and, in some cases, bonkersness although the storybooks

Comments

Re: Storybook

[anonymous]

Thanks for the review! (There aren't many of them about, and I've been wanting to hear some feedback...!)

Out of curiosity, how does my story not tie up with Doctor Who as we know it? I was a little concerned to read that!

Best wishes

Rob Shearman

Re: Storybook

[louisedennis]

NB. Spoilers here if anyone reads else reads this far

Re: Storybook

[anonymous]

Oh, okay. I see what you mean

Re: Storybook

[louisedennis]

I didn't think the story you wrote was trite and I loved the idea and I liked the "hey just imagine stuff" message. And I have to agree that I can't see a way to implement my suggestions that wouldn't make the story trite. But I didn't get a "that all worked in a really cool way" feeling at the end which I felt, somehow, it should have done and that feeling stemmed from a dissatisfaction about the way the Doctor and Martha fitted in (though I'm not sure whether I wanted them to be more clearly fictious, more clearly real, or more heavily signposted ambiguity or what) but I'd hate that to be read as a plea that writers stop trying to be adventurous or personal

Re: Storybook

[anonymous]

And thank you for writing a review which made me want to comment in the first place! It's a funny feeling with Who, ever since the new series came along - almost anything tangential to the televised episodes is sent out before the audience, but rarely merits more than the most cursory of mentions