author: Joanne Harris
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/09/17
date added: 2014/09/17
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'Doctor Who: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller' by Joanne Harris is one of the Time Trips series and features the third doctor. It's one of the better ones of this series that I've read.
The story stars the third doctor at a point where he has been poisoned by radiation and is trying to get back to UNIT HQ. The Tardis lands him in a quaint village where all is not as it seems. The villagers all have roles to play based on professions, and there can only be one of each, but no doctors are allowed. Also, everyone in the village must attend the daily Wellness Parade. The Doctor looks for answers with the help of one of the people in the village and finds an answer stranger than he could have imagined.
I'm not as familiar with the third doctor, so I don't know how close the author got it, but I really liked the story. It reminded me of the Twilight Zone episode 'It's A Good Life,' or 'The Town Where No One Got Off' by Ray Bradbury, which is to say, it's got a classic feel that I really liked.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Random House UK, Ebury Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
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