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Summary: A good book all in all.
Review: Alien Bodies is a good book to explain Sam's background. The Krotons are rather clumsy, but it was nice to have them back. The Prologues were pretty boring, but I found the character of qitoxl (if that is the right spelling - rather complicated name!) to be very intresting. The scientific gobbledeegook gets annoying and is not that easy to understand. It's worth buying, and is an enjoyable read.
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Summary: Possibly the best Doctor Who book yet written
Review: Alien Bodies is highly recommended. It breaks new ground in the field of Gallifreyan mythos, whilst still remaininga highly entertaining read. It contains a number of references to other books, and tangential glimpses at the future of the Doctor's homeworld. Other story references do not intrude, but, if you spot them, can be very entertaining. Some of the revelations, and their implications, are dazzling. Well worth reaing.
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Summary: Another crappy new Dr. Who novel!
Review: ALIEN BODIES is probably one of the most frustrating Doctor Who books I've read in a long time. Frustrating because it contains some of the best concepts and ideas that the Doctor Who line has had in years, yet utterly fails to do anything remotely interesting with them. It feels as though much more thought went into coming up with these great concepts than into sitting down and thinking about how these wonderful ideas would make a worthwhile book.The plot is almost non-existent, as virtually the entire book seems to be the set-up to something that never happens. Far too much of the main action happens off-screen in the distant future, so it's hard to feel any real emotion for it. The ending is especially annoying with the Doctor able to hop back and forth between reality and the Celestis plane of existence with ease despite not having heard about them before and knowing next to nothing about them. It feels like a complete cop-out. I felt that the characterization of the main characters was also rather poor. Homunculette in particular seemed to be a one-note person and the fact that he was in so much of the book really turned me off of it. I got rather annoyed that every time he showed up he was shouting and screaming. Roaring for almost an entire book and then crying for one scene does not an interesting character make. The Shift (a creature made up of purely mental energy) almost made up for this, although a good concept and great execution does not necessarily make for a good character. I'll go over some of the good ideas and how I thought they failed to make good on their potential. Faction Paradox - great idea and questions the fundamental aspects of time travel which is something that has never really been done in quite this way in the series' history. The Celestis - again, a wonderful idea that takes something we've seen before and puts a new twist to it. Dark Sam - almost anything would improve the regular Sam, but this is actually something intriguing. The future war and the enemy - good ideas that lay the seeds for the future. Unfortunately, that last sentence seems to sum up all of the elements in the book. It's so concerned about making the future a more interesting place that it forgets about the present. We are told about Faction Paradox's great powers and plans, but apart from a bit of voodoo and a spooky TARDIS we don't actually witness anything. The same goes for the future war and the enemy, and this is based on the fact that the Doctor can't know too much about events that have yet to happen in his personal time-line. The problem that results is that everything has to be taken on faith. The reader has to assume that Faction Paradox can do what's said of them, just as the reader has to assume that the future war is as important as it's said to be. And that's where the real problem lies; with so much of the story either happening off-screen or just being told and not shown, the whole thing ends up feeling hollow and unreal. So, at the end of the day, we're left with a book that's bursting with good ideas, but that doesn't have any real way of tying them together. It's more of a checklist of concepts than a book in it's own right. Maybe this was written as a teaser for better things to come, but the story just didn't work for me.
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Summary: All dressed up with no place to go
Review: ALIEN BODIES is probably one of the most frustrating Doctor Who books I've read in a long time. Frustrating because it contains some of the best concepts and ideas that the Doctor Who line has had in years, yet utterly fails to do anything remotely interesting with them. It feels as though much more thought went into coming up with these great concepts than into sitting down and thinking about how these wonderful ideas would make a worthwhile book. The plot is almost non-existent, as virtually the entire book seems to be the set-up to something that never happens. Far too much of the main action happens off-screen in the distant future, so it's hard to feel any real emotion for it. The ending is especially annoying with the Doctor able to hop back and forth between reality and the Celestis plane of existence with ease despite not having heard about them before and knowing next to nothing about them. It feels like a complete cop-out. I felt that the characterization of the main characters was also rather poor. Homunculette in particular seemed to be a one-note person and the fact that he was in so much of the book really turned me off of it. I got rather annoyed that every time he showed up he was shouting and screaming. Roaring for almost an entire book and then crying for one scene does not an interesting character make. The Shift (a creature made up of purely mental energy) almost made up for this, although a good concept and great execution does not necessarily make for a good character. I'll go over some of the good ideas and how I thought they failed to make good on their potential. Faction Paradox - great idea and questions the fundamental aspects of time travel which is something that has never really been done in quite this way in the series' history. The Celestis - again, a wonderful idea that takes something we've seen before and puts a new twist to it. Dark Sam - almost anything would improve the regular Sam, but this is actually something intriguing. The future war and the enemy - good ideas that lay the seeds for the future. Unfortunately, that last sentence seems to sum up all of the elements in the book. It's so concerned about making the future a more interesting place that it forgets about the present. We are told about Faction Paradox's great powers and plans, but apart from a bit of voodoo and a spooky TARDIS we don't actually witness anything. The same goes for the future war and the enemy, and this is based on the fact that the Doctor can't know too much about events that have yet to happen in his personal time-line. The problem that results is that everything has to be taken on faith. The reader has to assume that Faction Paradox can do what's said of them, just as the reader has to assume that the future war is as important as it's said to be. And that's where the real problem lies; with so much of the story either happening off-screen or just being told and not shown, the whole thing ends up feeling hollow and unreal. So, at the end of the day, we're left with a book that's bursting with good ideas, but that doesn't have any real way of tying them together. It's more of a checklist of concepts than a book in it's own right. Maybe this was written as a teaser for better things to come, but the story just didn't work for me.
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Summary: A must read.
Review: Essential reading for any Doctor Who fan.
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Summary: Another crappy new Dr. Who novel!
Review: I have bought six of the new Dr. Who novels and liked only the first one. What is wrong with these authors??? Is Terrance Dicks purposely picking losers to write these in order to make himself look better????If you want a real boring novel, this is it!
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Summary: Weird little book
Review: I just finished reading the book for the first time. What an odd little book - at first. As you get into it you must understand that Lawrence Miles has been a DW fan for a long long time. The little in-jokes and refereces were great! The Shrine of the Faction was creepy. The entire scene was creepy. One wishes it were a video so you could play it for Halloween. Yikes! Goths would love the Faction. The only problem I had with it was the way the Doctor seemed to disregard Sam until she was in fatal danger and then seemed to suddenly remember she was with him and he was responsible for her. That point stuck with me. By the way gang - this is an ADULT DW book. There is language and innuendo. I'd give it a PG-13 here. And the "rape" scene towards the end was really powerful. And no, it isn't what you think.
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Summary: Alien Bodies
Review: I really enjoyed this Doctor Who novel. I enjoyed the way the groundwork was slowly laid for the second half of the novel when things began popping. I too found it incredible that the Doctor would forget Sam for such a long time, that seemed a little callous for someone who goes around saving the galaxy, but otherwise I greatly enjoyed the story.
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Summary: The best Who novel I've ever read!!
Review: I'll make this short and sweet. Alien Bodies is by far the best Who novel I've ever read. Won't include any spoilers here, you HAVE to read it. If you know what's good for you, BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: The future of Doctor Who in print
Review: Simply an outstanding read. Lawrence Miles introduces new bits of Gallifreyan mythology that future Doctor Who authors will hopefully explore, adds some depth to the current companion Sam, brings in old villians when you least expect it (and makes them much more frightening than they were on screen), and all with a style not seen up til now in the BBC Doctor Who book range. The fire of excitement felt by many readers of the Virgin Doctor Who book series is rekindled by Miles' fast-paced inventive prose that never lets you down. This is proof that a new BBC Doctor Who adventure need not be written by Kate Orman to thrill Doctor Who fans who want their hero to be taken into new and bizarre situations. This is the future!
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