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Summary: Not Great, but not awful!!
Review: The Eight Doctors was a cute way of introducing the new Doctor. I think why people don't like it that much was because they expected a story as good as the five Doctors.
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Summary: great science fiction story.
Review: The Eight Doctors was a great novel for the Eighth Doctor to begin with. It brought back a lot of old characters and story lines and made the reader feel that the new Doctor is part and parcel of the Doctor Who canon.
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Summary: "My future is in considerable doubt."
Review: This book was a great read, I couldn't have been more pleased with such a tribute to the re-revival (that's right, 2 re's-counting Virgin's range) of New Adventures of the legendary programme, "Doctor Who". Using Terrance Dicks as the pilot author was a wise choice, due to his relationship to the series in both TV and book form. Although the title clearly bears "The Eight Doctors", the eight incarnations don't join forces together. Don't treat this as a let down; it's interesting to see the 8th Doctor meeting (and coping with!) each of his past selves, one life at a time. I won't tell you why he does this, even though his reasons are clearly explained on the back cover. Despite the luxury of new aged themes, there is a massive intake of information, that I had no trouble dealing with. But the new Whovian wouldn't be able to keep up with elements from every era of "Doctor Who". So I've considered several original titles available on BBC Home Video that you may want to view before taking on "The Eight Doctors": (I'm not trying to make this into a Spoiler!!) "An Unearthly Child" (1963)w/ William Hartnell "The War Games" (1969)w/ Patrick Troughton "The Daemons" (1971)w/ Jon Pertwee "The Sea Devils" (1972)w/ Jon Pertwee "E-Space Trilogy" (1980)w/ Tom Baker "The Five Doctors" (1983)w/ Peter Davison "The Trial of a Time Lord" (1986)w/ Colin Baker Lastly, I recommend getting a hold of the "Doctor Who" Telefilm from 1996 (w/ the 8th Doctor, Paul McGann), even though its not on video in America. After watching all this, reading "Eight Doctors" is a great way to get nostalgic and revive old memories all at the same time.
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Summary: "My future is in considerable doubt."
Review: This book was a great read, I couldn't have been more pleased with such a tribute to the re-revival (that's right, 2 re's-counting Virgin's range) of New Adventures of the legendary programme, "Doctor Who". Using Terrance Dicks as the pilot author was a wise choice, due to his relationship to the series in both TV and book form. Although the title clearly bears "The Eight Doctors", the eight incarnations don't join forces together. Don't treat this as a let down; it's interesting to see the 8th Doctor meeting (and coping with!) each of his past selves, one life at a time. I won't tell you why he does this, even though his reasons are clearly explained on the back cover. Despite the luxury of new aged themes, there is a massive intake of information, that I had no trouble dealing with. But the new Whovian wouldn't be able to keep up with elements from every era of "Doctor Who". So I've considered several original titles available on BBC Home Video that you may want to view before taking on "The Eight Doctors": (I'm not trying to make this into a Spoiler!!) "An Unearthly Child" (1963)w/ William Hartnell "The War Games" (1969)w/ Patrick Troughton "The Daemons" (1971)w/ Jon Pertwee "The Sea Devils" (1972)w/ Jon Pertwee "E-Space Trilogy" (1980)w/ Tom Baker "The Five Doctors" (1983)w/ Peter Davison "The Trial of a Time Lord" (1986)w/ Colin Baker Lastly, I recommend getting a hold of the "Doctor Who" Telefilm from 1996 (w/ the 8th Doctor, Paul McGann), even though its not on video in America. After watching all this, reading "Eight Doctors" is a great way to get nostalgic and revive old memories all at the same time.
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Summary: Meeting oneselves...
Review: This book was a very easy read. The thing I didn't understand is how the Doctor's memory was able to be erased like that. If you watched the show you can imagine him doing this, but otherwise it got confusing.
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Summary: The Doctor Is In
Review: This fast-paced novel is a nice way to tie the 8th Doctor in with the rest of his regenerations. If the rest of the new Doctor Who Adventures are like this, I think we'll be in for a nice, entertaining read in the future.
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Summary: Fun light reading for Dr. Who fans
Review: This one gets smashed apart quite a bit by many Who fans, but I found it to be a fun read. Don't try too hard to get it to fit in with the past series of books and enjoy it for the nostalgia it is. Sort of like reading a Target novelization of a show that never could be.
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Summary: Skip this one
Review: This should more properly be called "Eight Doctors, One at a Time" because unlike the televised episodes with the titles "The N Doctors," the Eighth Doctor spends the book visiting one incarnation at a time in order. I advise anyone trying to start the BBC line of Who books to begin with "Vampire Science." "The Eight Doctors" is supposed to introduce the companion Sam, but she doesn't do anything related to the story until the very end where she jumps into the TARDIS (of which her casual acceptance is a bit strange to say the least). You get a much better picture of Sam's character in "Vampire Science."
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Summary: This was the best start to a new series of excellent books
Review: This was a great way to start the new series. Taking new andold readers to see the doctor teaming up with his past selves is awonderful idea. This is better than all the televised multi-Doctor teamups execept The Two Doctors! The only book in this series that I've read so far that is better is Alien Bodies. So far I've read up to Placebo Effect.
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