The Nor' Loch is being filled in. If you ask the soldiers there, they'll tell you it's a stinking cesspool that the city can do without. But that d...
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Jun 23, 2009
Stuart
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The Many Hands: Book the First
[In which the Doctor runs around a great deal and a soldier is hit by stone chips at a surprising distance:]
Well I'm exactly 100 pages into Paul Dale Smith's new NSA, The Many Hands and so far it suffers from some of the issues which have affected other books in the range.
Before I go any further I should point out that I think Smith is one of the top 2 or 3 writers to come out of Doctor Who - 'Heritage' is one of my favourite books in t More...
[In which the Doctor runs around a great deal and a soldier is hit by stone chips at a surprising distance:]
Well I'm exactly 100 pages into Paul Dale Smith's new NSA, The Many Hands and so far it suffers from some of the issues which have affected other books in the range.
Before I go any further I should point out that I think Smith is one of the top 2 or 3 writers to come out of Doctor Who - 'Heritage' is one of my favourite books in t More...
Jan 17, 2012
Siskoid
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A new series book starring the Tenth Doctor and Martha in 18th-century Edinburgh fighting cloned hands by the loch. There are some good bits, especially near the end when things are most dire, but I felt the book was rather repetitive. The Doctor and Martha, separated, encounter the same threat, after all. There was also the problem of shifting the point of view to the ancillary characters, which would work in a longer book, but here somehow marginalizes the stars. I have little interest in a st
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Jul 12, 2010
Floyd
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I miss me some David Tennant, but this book perfectly captures all the mannerisms and idiosyncrasies that made Tennants "Doctor" such a loveable character. The story wasn't brilliant, but it was mildly entertaining and Smith carried on the Doctor Who tradition of occasionally borrowing historical events or figures to flesh out the tale.
I was heartbroken when Tennant left the series and though Matt Smith is doing a decent enough job filling the shoes of The Doctor...it's ju More...
I was heartbroken when Tennant left the series and though Matt Smith is doing a decent enough job filling the shoes of The Doctor...it's ju More...
May 24, 2009
Tardis
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Aug 07, 2011
Angela
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A pseudo- historical in Edinburgh. The characters were loyal to te tv show interpretations. It was ok, but nothing particularly memorable about it. There just seemed to be an awful lot of running about.
Feb 12, 2011
Gayle
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Listened to it in bed last night. Big mistake! Fell asleep (through tiredness, not the story!) and missed the middle section. Will get round to reading/listening to it again at some point. What I did hear I enjoyed.
Sep 15, 2011
Esther
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I usually assume that books based off of TV shows are inevitably terrible. But this book surprised me! Dr Who is my favorite show ever and I thought this book was great to!
Jul 11, 2010
One of my friends went on a tour of Mary King's Close and spotted an advert for this novel, which is based on the history of the area.
Jul 27, 2011
Liked it, especially since I'd just got back from Edinburgh and could imagine the setting where the story took place.
Nov 23, 2008
Kathryn
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Another great Doctor Who adventure. It took a while for the story to really get interesting, but the author did a lovely job of capturing the personalities of the actors involved. The story would have made a spookily good television serial.
Sep 26, 2011
Cynthia
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The beginning was a bit iffy, but by the end I thought it was pretty good.
Aug 07, 2011
Tim
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So many Doctor Who books (and I have all the new ones)....a written review is unnecessary for them all.
Dec 17, 2010
Nicholas
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A jolly good Tenth Doctor and Martha novel, which would have made a brilliant TV episode (or couple of episodes). Mostly set in eighteenth-century Edinburgh, where alien tech has created a flock of semi-sentient hands which are terrifying the locals. A good sense of place and a couple of David Tennant in-jokes referencing Bathgate and Hamlet. Entertaining stuff.
A jolly good Tenth Doctor and Martha novel, which would have made a brilliant TV episode (or couple of episodes). Mostly set in eighteenth-century Edinburgh, where alien tech has created a flock of semi-sentient hands which are terrifying the locals. A good sense of place and a couple of David Tennant in-jokes referencing Bathgate and Hamlet. Entertaining stuff.
May 02, 2011
Daniel
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So wonderfully creepy and Scottish. It also has the best opening action scene of ANY Doctor Who novel! Dale Smith is one of the most under-rated contributors to the Doctor Who range...he deserves more publicity.
Apr 15, 2010
Sarah
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This was actually amazing, I'm completely serious. It was clever, well thought out and very chilling. The description was nice and the characterisations spot on so well done, Smith. I enjoyed it so much.
Aug 12, 2010
Amy
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The Many Hands is a fun, easily read tale of the Doctor and Martha in 18th century Edinburgh.
Sep 16, 2009
Ann
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Just what you would expect from a Dr Who episdoe. Fun, easy read, nothing too much to think about.
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