![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The only real flaw is that as the whole premise is based on it being a story, and this aspect is made fairly explicit fairly early, there is a lack of serious tension even if there are still quite a few surprises.Īnd - unlike the last book - the denouement is terrific, with the Doctor operating at his manipulative best, in the face of more and more absurd attempts to sabotage him, whilst managing to keep the reader wondering (and when it is explained, it really doesn't feel like a cheat even though it is utterly outrageous.)Īnd the door is left open for a return to the Land of Fiction - although it is hard to see how it could be revisited with similar originality (have the comic strips done it? It might work there.) There are some genuinely fun ideas here - the Adventure Kids are wonderful (especially the running gag about the dog), and Norman the retired Superhero is very well realised and poignant. The idea that the book is portrayed as very clearly a novel, with the "author" making frequent asides to the "reader" works very well, especially with the occasional bouts of frustration that the "author" isn't completely in control of his own characters, let alone the interlopers from outside. The central conceit of this NA is hardly original - indeed, it's not even original to Doctor Who, as it revisits the setting of a Second Doctor story (The Mind Robber) but adds a literary twist to the idea. ![]()
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