This particular event is an alteration from the Doctor’s established timeline, but he still behaves in the same way you might expect. The Third Doctor, while in an older body, is less experienced and there are adventures he is not yet ready for-he is very much aware he is not prepared for this one. However, he does not neglect developing these characters, this is helpful as people may read Doctor Who novels in isolation from any other written works-this is especially valuable for the Eighth Doctor, who received relatively little screen time having only one film and no television episodes to his name.īoth Doctor’s are similar yet distinct, clearly the same person at different stages in his life. Many of the characters, both Doctors and his companions, are well established characters so there are many things Lawrence Miles does not need to emphasise in his writing. Two incarnations of the Doctor seem to be connected and have been interfered with by the Faction Paradox-a Time Lord voodoo cult. Though one of the Eighth Doctor Adventure series this particular adventure also includes the Third Doctor. Interference is the first two-part novel, and I have chosen to review both parts together since it is essentially a 600+ page book split into two. See sense, Steven Moffat! Give him another chance! It is a constant source of annoyance to me that he has been ostracized by the Dr Who 'community' simply for telling it like it is, and is therefore unofficially banned from writing any more Who books. Miles is a wonderful writer, incredibly witty, and has more brilliant ideas than most Who writers put together. Also, neither book made any real reference to 'The War', a concept Miles had established in his previous book, Alien Bodies, which I was a little disappointed by. The Earth sections are a little preachy, and take an awfully long time to really get anywhere, whereas the sections on Dust are punchy and full of fascinating ideas. The Earth sections make up the majority of the text, but I found the sections on Dust immesurably better.
The one problem I had was: The two books are structured in four sections What Happened on Earth Part 1 and What Happened on Dust (a desert-y planet) Part 1 in Book One, and What Happened on Earth Part 2 and What Happened on Dust Part2 in Book Two. It is (of course) a two-part book, so by it's nature this one 'feels' better simply because narrative threads are tied up and a number of excellent twists are revealed here, whereas Book One merely sets things up, so to speak. I was very nearly late to lectures because of sitting in bed reading the end of this one morning.
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