Doctor Who fans might, I worry, be a bit split - it isn't hugely Who-ey, although I think there's enough here to keep most fans happy.
I'd bookmarked this review a few days ago, until I finished reading the book myself. (Like several other people, I received an advance proof copy of the book.)
I think the book is quite "Who-ey." :) While I'm sure it's very much a coincidence as Moorcock's first draft was finished before "The Eleventh Hour" even aired, Terraphiles slots quite neatly into the just-finished fifth season. The reasons for the quest to Miggea and what the Doctor must do there in many ways reinforce what the Doctor faces in "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang." (And in the Doctor's confrontation with Freddie/Frank Force there's an echo of Patient Zero's warning from "The Eleventh Hour" and a foreshadowing of what would happen in Underhenge.)
I also found some echoes of Lawrence Miles' Doctor Who and Faction Paradox work in Terraphiles, though again I'm not sure if that's deliberate or just coincidental
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I'd bookmarked this review a few days ago, until I finished reading the book myself. (Like several other people, I received an advance proof copy of the book.)
I think the book is quite "Who-ey." :) While I'm sure it's very much a coincidence as Moorcock's first draft was finished before "The Eleventh Hour" even aired, Terraphiles slots quite neatly into the just-finished fifth season. The reasons for the quest to Miggea and what the Doctor must do there in many ways reinforce what the Doctor faces in "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang." (And in the Doctor's confrontation with Freddie/Frank Force there's an echo of Patient Zero's warning from "The Eleventh Hour" and a foreshadowing of what would happen in Underhenge.)
I also found some echoes of Lawrence Miles' Doctor Who and Faction Paradox work in Terraphiles, though again I'm not sure if that's deliberate or just coincidental ( ... )
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