Harry's Reviews > Doctor Who: Alien Bodies

Holy shit what an experience this book was. I’ve been looking forward to this novel for a long time and now that I’ve finally read it, I have to say that this book is as nutty as a fruitcake.

The plot itself is actually really interesting and although it took me a little longer to read than most (not because of the length of the book, but just life getting in the way) I still really enjoyed it on the whole. There are some truly wacky and wonderful characters in this book. Even the plot is wacky and wonderful at times.

There’s even a surprising returning villain from the 1960’s era which I never would have guessed would feature in an EDA. They’re given quite a lot of development here and we even get to see some of its origins.

I thought Mr Qixotl was a great character in the book with some very witty lines of dialogue. The two members of the faction paradox (the faction being originally featured in Christmas On A Rational Planet) are also interesting characters however I would’ve liked to have seen more of them. The Doctor himself is fantastic in this book and he gets some fantastic interactions near the end of the book. Once again the companion Sam featured very little here and although she is a lot better than she was in War of the Daleks she is still very underused.

Overall this was a very enjoyable book with a great plot and great characters. My main issue with the book is that there mostly scenes of just characters talking and not much action which is why I’d only give this book 4/5 stars. Still a bloody good read mind you.