![]() ![]() Thematically, this is a very strong work. It’s more like I’m reading Doctor Who fan-fiction … just officially sanctioned fan-fiction. ![]() The Doctor in this novel is just not my Doctor (any of them) because he isn’t on TV. I don’t really have any experience to judge this sort of thing. So does Mann manage to capture the way the Doctor’s enthusiasm is constantly bubbling to the surface, even in this, his most serious of incarnations? That being said, I think John Hurt did an amazing job during the 50th anniversary special. So George Mann has a little more latitude. With only the one television appearance of the War Doctor, we don’t have much to go on. Now, Doctor Who: Engines of War is a War Doctor novel, so that makes things more interesting. (The best novels are the ones by writers who manage to come close.) In the physicality of the performance, the way the actors make use of the set and the reactions of other characters, we receive so much more than mere narration and dialogue can convey. Nevertheless, I find that the actors bring something to their portrayal of a character that not even the best writer can capture. I read-and greatly enjoyed-many of the Star Trek novels when I was a child. Despite my abiding desire to continue Buffy or Farscape, I just can’t do it. I don’t, generally, read media tie-in novels-or comics. ![]() Let’s begin with a disclaimer that I read this because my dad gave it to me as a Christmas gift. ![]()
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