November Books 9) Wolfsbane, by Jacqueline Rayner

[nwhyte]

A Past Doctor Adventure with Harry and Sarah, which I picked up after last week's post prompted a reaction on Twitter from Jacqueline Rayner saying "Did I really kill off Harry? I'm sure it wasn't proper killing off if I did, I love him too much."
To which Ian Potter responded rather telegraphically, "Harry deaths possible branching future outcomes

Comments

[mscongeniality]

I had kind of mixed feelings about how the book worked, but then I'm not a big fan of magic in Who in general. I will say that as someone familiar with the Eighth Doctor's book adventures, I had no trouble placing him and recognizing that this book takes place between Casualties of War and The Turing Test.

[nwhyte]

Haven't got that far yet in the EDA's - my next one is Placebo Effect.

[mscongeniality]

I haven't been able to read the EDAs in order. Between the EDAs I inherited and the ones I've been able to locate second hand and fill in with, I've got a much more complete run of the last 2/3 or so and am still working on filling in the books with Sam as main companion. I want to say that I own Placebo Effect but haven't gone back to read it yet.

[steve_mollmann]

I liked this one a lot, much for the same reason as you-- the fantastic characterization of Harry Sullivan. I need to pull it out again sometime; I remember rather rushing through the end and finding it slightly confusing as a result.

The use of magic is pretty consistent with the run of eighth Doctor adventures in fits in with, and there's an in-story reason for it, as I imagine you'll find out someday.