The Banquo Legacy

The Eighth Doctor and Co. end up temporarily stranded in a snow-covered mansion in Victorian England, where a mash-up of an Agatha Christie novel and Frankenstein ensues. This had the potential to be a fun romp, but was undercut by the fact that the characters spent a lot of time running around in circles, and the fact that the POV alternated between two original characters who were a bit dull and whose voices are interchangeable. The treatment of the women characters is also a bit eye roll-inducing. That said, the book is a page turner inasmuch as I wanted to see where it was all going, and there were some effectively Gothic creepy/gory moments.

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The authors of this Eighth Doctor novel, when on form, are among the best writers of the Who range. Unfortunately I was underwhelmed by this joint exercise of their talents, in which they attempt to jointly channel Agatha Christie, Mary Shelley, Marc Platt and a little H.P. Lovecraft, and the result doesn't quite take off. Having two viewpoint characters who don't quite know who the Doctor, Fitz and Compassion are is rather brave, but unfortunately I found them a bit interchangeable and at times implausible.