Book #163 of 2025: Doctor Who: Empire of Death by Scott Handcock I enjoyed author Scott Handcock’s novelization of the recent Doctor Who episode 73 yards, but it turns out that when he has weaker material to work with, the output is correspondingly worse. (And let’s not let him off the hook entirely there either, …
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Book #153 of 2024: Doctor Who: 73 Yards by Scott Handcock One of the better episodes from the latest season of Doctor Who unsurprisingly produces an excellent novelization in the hands of author Scott Handcock, who also serves as script editor for the TV series. This book channels the unsettling folk horror of the original …
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Book #144 of 2016: Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, Mike Tucker, Gary Russell, and Scott Handcock An absolutely delightful collection of Doctor Who short stories – one for each incarnation so far except the War Doctor – all set around Christmas, somewhere in time and space. All …
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