Daniel Kukwa's Reviews > Doctor Who: Camera Obscura

The opening chapters feel like a dark, turgid piece of gothic phantasmagoria...and then, suddenly, both the plot and the Doctor snap awake as if someone flicked a switch. The rest of the story sees the Doctor as his snarky best, needling all the villains and obstacles in his path...and leaving everyone floored in his wake. He truly is on fire here, and it's one of the best characterizations of the 8th Doctor in print. It's not something you can really walk into cold -- you'll need to be familiar with where this is situated in the 8th Doctor's continuing storyline -- but if you are generally aware of the situation, this novel takes the story arc and leaves it slightly askew...in very Doctor-ish fashion.