Short Trips and Side Steps (Doctor Who Series)

Rating:
Summary: It's Been (Sur)Real!
Review: This collection of short stories turns a lot of conventions on its head by ignoring them. The Doctor from the two movies staring Peter Cushing is just as real as the others. The Ninth Doctor has a history. The Fourth Doctor and Romana have a thing going on. The Doctor can be presented as a parody of himself. The wildly separated stories present views not only of the Doctor from television, but the Doctor from the future and parallel Doctors. There are enough views of all the different Doctors that not every story will be equally enjoyable to all people. (Thus four rather than five stars.) However, every long-term fan of Doctor Who will find enough in this book to hold their attention and keep them coming back for more. It's worth getting. Just bear in mind that you'll be disappointed a few times.

Rating:
Summary: It's Been (Sur)Real!
Review: This collection of short stories turns a lot of conventions on its head by ignoring them. The Doctor from the two movies staring Peter Cushing is just as real as the others. The Ninth Doctor has a history. The Fourth Doctor and Romana have a thing going on. The Doctor can be presented as a parody of himself. The wildly separated stories present views not only of the Doctor from television, but the Doctor from the future and parallel Doctors. There are enough views of all the different Doctors that not every story will be equally enjoyable to all people. (Thus four rather than five stars.) However, every long-term fan of Doctor Who will find enough in this book to hold their attention and keep them coming back for more. It's worth getting. Just bear in mind that you'll be disappointed a few times.

Rating:
Summary: Largely enjoyable with the bad parts being mercifully short.
Review: This is a really unique collection of Doctor Who short stories! It has all eight of the tv Doctors PLUS has a chap called "Dr Who", who (ha), is the Doctor as played by Peter Cushing in the two movies he did. His nemisis is a guy named Count Tarkin. Cute reference, to be sure. My favourite story is the one with the Fifth Doctor and Peri going up against the Master in the Old West. The least favourite was a series of bizzare stories centering around Barbra. Slightly confusing was a story featuring a Doctor called "Dr Who" and not "The Doctor", that I couldn't figure out the source for. Still, all in all, it's well worth owning. You get to see, amongst other things, the 7th Doctor and Ace take on a Hindu god, the 4th Doctor and Romana trying to get a birthday cake from the Masterbakers (don't even go there) for K-9's birthday, and a story with the 2nd Doctor and Jamie (and one other... Zoe, I think), that explains what REALLY happened to the last probe we sent to Mars. Buy this book! It's a great read.

Rating:
Summary: Largely enjoyable with the bad parts being mercifully short.
Review: This is a really unique collection of Doctor Who short stories! It has all eight of the tv Doctors PLUS has a chap called "Dr Who", who (ha), is the Doctor as played by Peter Cushing in the two movies he did. His nemisis is a guy named Count Tarkin. Cute reference, to be sure. My favourite story is the one with the Fifth Doctor and Peri going up against the Master in the Old West. The least favourite was a series of bizzare stories centering around Barbra. Slightly confusing was a story featuring a Doctor called "Dr Who" and not "The Doctor", that I couldn't figure out the source for. Still, all in all, it's well worth owning. You get to see, amongst other things, the 7th Doctor and Ace take on a Hindu god, the 4th Doctor and Romana trying to get a birthday cake from the Masterbakers (don't even go there) for K-9's birthday, and a story with the 2nd Doctor and Jamie (and one other... Zoe, I think), that explains what REALLY happened to the last probe we sent to Mars. Buy this book! It's a great read.