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Doctor Who: Cold Fusion
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I’ve been waiting to get to this book for a looooong time, and now I’m done I can safely say it well and truly lived up to the hype! Pairing up two of my favourite Doctors, and featuring a bunch of companions I love, there was definitely a risk of it not quite living up to my expectations, but no fear, Lance Parkin delivers big time!
With most of the page count focusing on... well, pretty much everyone besides Seven for the most part, it still has that strong vibe that I associate pretty heavily with the ‘New Adventures era’, with things feeling a bit more like the Fifth Doctor have stumbled into a New Adventures story rather than the Seventh Doctor stumbling into a Season 19 story - and that’s not at all a bad thing. So soon after Castrovalva - barely two days after - it’s very effective at capturing that shifting dynamic between the Fifth Doctor and his companions, especially with Tegan and Adric. Nyssa spends most of her time with Chris, but there’s still an opportunity to delve into her thoughts in the aftermath of Logopolis.
There’s also the inclusion of the mysterious Patience, a character who brings out a less-explored side of the Fifth Doctor with some very interesting scenes, and leaves the characters - and the reader - with some interesting questions (unless you’ve read a certain other Parkin novel I guess cough cough). It’s a pity she doesn’t share any scenes with the Seventh Doctor here.
Honestly, the only fault I can find in this is there not being like an extra page or two just wrapping up the Season 19 gang’s story, as we don’t really get the chance to let the final scenes of the story breathe. Though admittedly that’s just partly down to me loving the Season 19 TARDIS team so I’m biased.
But yeah, great all round, to be honest. I’m just sad that Season 19 is so underrepresented in prose, but at the very least they have this gem!
With most of the page count focusing on... well, pretty much everyone besides Seven for the most part, it still has that strong vibe that I associate pretty heavily with the ‘New Adventures era’, with things feeling a bit more like the Fifth Doctor have stumbled into a New Adventures story rather than the Seventh Doctor stumbling into a Season 19 story - and that’s not at all a bad thing. So soon after Castrovalva - barely two days after - it’s very effective at capturing that shifting dynamic between the Fifth Doctor and his companions, especially with Tegan and Adric. Nyssa spends most of her time with Chris, but there’s still an opportunity to delve into her thoughts in the aftermath of Logopolis.
There’s also the inclusion of the mysterious Patience, a character who brings out a less-explored side of the Fifth Doctor with some very interesting scenes, and leaves the characters - and the reader - with some interesting questions (unless you’ve read a certain other Parkin novel I guess cough cough). It’s a pity she doesn’t share any scenes with the Seventh Doctor here.
Honestly, the only fault I can find in this is there not being like an extra page or two just wrapping up the Season 19 gang’s story, as we don’t really get the chance to let the final scenes of the story breathe. Though admittedly that’s just partly down to me loving the Season 19 TARDIS team so I’m biased.
But yeah, great all round, to be honest. I’m just sad that Season 19 is so underrepresented in prose, but at the very least they have this gem!
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