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Summary: It's in the title
Review: A very excellent book. The drama was well played and the plot well-versed. It keeps you on your toes and makes you wonder about everything. The Doctor is not himself as he attacks Ace in an alternate history of London. ANd what is this monsterous creature that is after them? Some old companions are here but not in the same context at all. As the doctor wonders with amnesia without knowledge of Ace or the TARDIS he knows something is afoot and must remember. The end is a shocker. This book is for the die hard Doctor Who fan.
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Summary: It's in the title
Review: A very excellent book. The drama was well played and the plot well-versed. It keeps you on your toes and makes you wonder about everything. The Doctor is not himself as he attacks Ace in an alternate history of London. ANd what is this monsterous creature that is after them? Some old companions are here but not in the same context at all. As the doctor wonders with amnesia without knowledge of Ace or the TARDIS he knows something is afoot and must remember. The end is a shocker. This book is for the die hard Doctor Who fan.
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Summary: Not the worst ... but close
Review: By the end of the fifth page I already knew who the "mystery villain" was, and by the end of the thirtieth page I knew exactly how the book would end.This book picks up the most overused villain in the Doctor Who canon, strings it together with all of the usual cliches (the amnesiac Doctor, the evil circus, etc.) and tons of gratuitous continuity references. It's like the author just took all of the Seventh Doctor's TV adventures, put them in a cocktail shaker and mixed them up, and then poured the mixture onto the page. The only thing in this book that I haven't seen before in another Doctor Who novel or episode is the character of Joseph Liebermann, who I hope we see again. Aside from that, it's totally forgettable, and if you've already read a few of the other Seventh Doctor novels you'll be choking on your deja vu.
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Summary: Ace!
Review: Doctor Who Matrix was great and I enjoyed it a lot. It captures the mood of the Seventh Doctor perfectly and the focus on Ace in places was very good.All in all a great a read.
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Summary: Do Not Read DOCTOR WHO: MATRIX
Review: I do not recommend The Matrix from the Doctor Who series. I have heard many positive comments about the series, but my short experience has disuade me from reading the others. By the first few chapters, I already knew how it ended. However I trudged through the large amount of remaining chapters. This unrealistic, far-fetched, imitation science fiction peice of so-called literature provided little entertainment and no challenge to the reader. The book was cut, dry, and boring. Included in this book were many typical characters such as Ace, the Doctors right hand woman, the Doctor, the main character who has to fight an internal problem, Malacroix, a crazed ringmaster and owner of a circus of freaks, and Ackroyd, the keeper of the freaks who posseses a boy scout attitude.
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK!
Review: I happened to think this was one of the best Seventh Doctor novels that have come out since "The Hollow Men". Something is affecting the Seventh Doctor, something familiar, and he decides to face it alone and leave Ace with his old friends Ian and Barbara. But when he arrives in 1963 he comes to realize that everything has changed and neither of his former travelling companions know anything about ever travelling with a Doctor. And when The Doctor and Ace reach the source of the problem in Victorian England it becomes clear to Ace that the Doctor has apparently become evil and she must flee from him before he kills her. I feel that the Doctor Who novels work the best when you could picture them as an actual episode. That's when I start feeling sad. But this book is a must have for fans of Sylvester McCoy's Doctor and fans of the series. Robert Perry and Mike Tucker, PLEASE WRITE MORE!
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Summary: Not Unimpeachable, But Worthwhile
Review: I wish more time had been given to the alternate universe created by the interfering of Jack the Ripper, whose presence I think I'm not giving away since it's on the back cover copy. Still, this adventure, full of the derring-do of the Doctor and Ace, in the all-time traditional style of everyone everywhere at once, is excellent, and when you spot the Doctor, consider yourself fortunate -- I didn't get in until... well, I won't give anything away.
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Summary: Not Unimpeachable, But Worthwhile
Review: I wish more time had been given to the alternate universe created by the interfering of Jack the Ripper, whose presence I think I'm not giving away since it's on the back cover copy. Still, this adventure, full of the derring-do of the Doctor and Ace, in the all-time traditional style of everyone everywhere at once, is excellent, and when you spot the Doctor, consider yourself fortunate -- I didn't get in until... well, I won't give anything away.
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Summary: I apologize to the authors but-This is the Worst.
Review: Normally, I attempt to find something appealing to say about Doctor Who novels. Matrix, sadly, is beyond my saving graces. This is, in my opinion, just about the worst Doctor Who novel written so far. I say this because its plot attempts to be an epic tale and fails, its supporting characters fail to impress and its employment of its central villain is terribly appaling.
The plot is cliched, the dialouge is verbose, the climax lacks satisfaction and the entire novel is grim and forgettable. I deeply admire the other works of this author team on other villainous foes of the Doctor such as the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Krill, WarpCore, Krynoids and the deliciously malevolent King Devil- The Master. But their take on this particular old villain sadly failed to impress. Not even the character of Joseph Libermann could find favor with me, his appearance leaves open the possibility of this novel being referenced in another! Ultimately, Matrix is best considered forgotten. If you want an epic, read The Quantum Archangel by Craig Hinton. This is good fiction. ...
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Summary: Not the best
Review: This book is defenitely not the best of all Doctor Who books, but not worst either. If you really are a fan of Doctor Who, go on and read this. If not, just leave it in the shelf.
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