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Title: The Banquo Legacy (Doctor Who) by Justin Richards, Andy Lane ISBN: 0-563-53808-2 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Skull Duggery!!!!!
Comment: After suffering from an Artron energy inhibiting device Compassion is near death and must take refuge in someone else's body to recuperate whilst the Doctor has lost the ability to regenerate while the inhibitor is active. They are thrust into a situation involving an experiment gone wrong, the walking dead and a timelord agent that has lain in wait for the Doctor to arrive for 100 years. Set in 1898 the novel is told from two different accounts written in a diary/report format from an inspector from Scotland Yard and a Solicitor. This format of writing has given the book an incredible amount of realism with the aspect of the time period it is set in and the style of writing is very reminiscent of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Plus the scenes involving being stalked by the living dead are incredibly reminiscent of Michael Myers from the Halloween series - SPOOKY!!! This is definitely in the top ten of Dr. Who novels written to date. WELL RECOMMENDED!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellence
Comment: BANQUO LEGACY is fantastic. It's dripping with atmosphere, it has a cracking plot, and it feels miles away from being "just another runaround". This is such a relief after so many forgettable books (there's been so many of them before this, that I can't even remember when the last memorable book was) to have something that's just flat-out good.
The book is split into two memoirs. One is written by a solicitor who is being paid to be an impartial witness to a scientific experiment. The other is written by a police inspector who is called to the scene after everything goes fatally wrong. Set in the 19th Century, the story feels very much at home in the culture of the original mad scientists and the stories of the intellectuals of the time. The real authors of the book, Andy Lane and Justin Richards, set the stage wonderfully, with every detail fitting perfectly into the Victorian mystery novel that they've created.
There are some wonderful themes running through this book; the most satisfying and well executed would be the reflections upon seeing an objective reality from two differing, subjective standpoints. This is most obvious in the narrative, as the overall story is told from the point of view of two different people. This leads to a handful of overlapping scenes where certain details and events are described twice with slight differences in their recollection; it's an effect that's pulled off very nicely. This theme also extends into the experiment that they are observing, which is based upon the placing of thoughts and experiences from one mind directly into another. It crops up in one or two other places (most notable the sections involving Compassion) and is quite rewarding to the reader once one figures out what is going on.
The only real problems with this book are that the authors were so skillful at creating a late 19th Century atmosphere that the references to Time Lords, TARDISes and other anachronisms seem very much out of place. Perhaps there would have been a better way to incorporate these elements into the story without their metaphorical seams showing. Despite these minor details, this is quite an enjoyable book and comes as a breath of fresh air. Don't skip this one.
Rating: 3
Summary: A change of pace for the 8th Doctor
Comment: While not as dense and complicated as lots of the other Doctor Who books, this is an interesting mystery set in the late 19th century which begins with Compassion pulling off something that is quite strange and would not be something you'd expect a TARDIS to be able to do! Then she, along with the Doctor and Fitz, are forced to take refuge at Banquo Manor, posing as guests who are scheduled to arrive to witness a scientific demonstration. As the drama at Banquo Manor unfolds, things go from dark to horrific. The most interesting aspect of this story is that it is told from the viewpoints of two of the guests at Banquo, alternating between them from chapter to chapter. We see some events described twice, from two different points of view, and both are ultimately befuddled by the Doctor's involvement.
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Title: Doctor Who: The Last Resort (Doctor Who) by Paul Leonard ISBN: 0563486058 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Domino Effect (Doctor Who) by David Bishop ISBN: 0563538694 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Doctor Who Timeless (Doctor Who) by Stephen Cole ISBN: 0563486074 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Blue Box (Doctor Who) by Kate Orman ISBN: 0563538597 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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