Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey British Summertime

Why can't all books be like Paul Cornell's British Summertime?

Slightly wierd reading it, of course.....so many ideas taken from old doctor Who, so many concepts used by new Doctor Who (especially the circular timey wimey scripted conversation........). Should a book I'd never read before have felt so incredibly comfortable? Or is that just a sign it truly is a work of brilliance (well, when aimed at a 'me'-ish market, anyway? I'm pretty certain that it is indeed brilliant.

There is very little point in me recommending a book which has gushing quotes from RTD and Moff on the front page but.....I'll do it anyway. This is a superb book. The only thing wrong with it is the gratuitous sex with a timerift alien interlude - and I'm choosing to assume that the publishers made him out that bit in. Anyway, I doubt we'll see that bit turning up in Doctor Who any time soon. Which is probably for the best.

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