Trin's Reviews > Doctor Who: Endgame

Insane to me that this is by the same person as The Eight Doctors. I know that Terrance Dicks is much more than either of these books -- a longtime writer of the show and like eight zillion Target tie-in novels -- but The Eight Doctors was so bad it stopped me in my tracks the first time I tried to read the EDAs, and I loved this. Despite the technical brilliance of the last book in the series, The Turing Test, this was the first time in the entire Earth/amnesia arc that I have really felt I was with the Doctor. We finally get his POV on his whole situation, and in summary: dude's depressed. Near suicidal with no interest in anything -- or in anyone, in the world anymore.

Until he crosses paths with, of all people, Kim Philby, and from there you get a wonderfully silly spy novel, with some impressive action (Eight is channeling Three at this stage of his amnesia) and just enough emotional weight in the Doctor's personal journey. He also gets a sexy haircut and a bunch of fun outfits. Just call him Smith, John Smith.

I had a blast.

The Eighth Doctor Is Tall Count: 1, from a woman who's down bad for him, so much like Fitz, she may just be delusional.