Eoin Colfer
Synopsis
London, 1900. The First Doctor is missing both his hand and his
granddaughter, Soul Pirates intent on harvesting human limbs, the Doctor is
promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget…
This is the first short story in
a series released for the upcoming 50th anniversary (which was on 23rd
November 2013 - if you didn't know that what planet were you on!) so being a HUGE Doctor Who fan I thought ‘This is going to be my
sort of book’ and having read Colfer’s Artemis Fowl books before, I was
expecting great things.
Unfortunately it didn’t meet my
expectations. To me, it seems like Colfer’s debut (sorry Eoin) as everything
else I have read of his has been so much better. I found it incredibly hard to understand
and keep track of, especially as I didn’t read it in one go. It didn’t seem to
flow, one minute you were here and the next, unexpectedly, you were there.
It also didn’t seem like the
qwerky, spontaneous Doctor that we all know and love. He doesn’t seem as fussed
about the safety of Susan as much as he does his later companions, and she’s
his granddaughter!
Well, it wasn’t what I was
expecting but there are 10 more to come, so things can only get better!
This can be purchased in print with all eleven short stories at Waterstones here: 11 Stories... Waterstones and at Amazon here: 11 Stories... Amazon
It can also be purchased on its own as an eBook.
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