I should probably start by introducing myself yeah? I, as I stated before, am Lauren, or Lozzy. I’m 15 and live in Manchester...in England...y’know, that little island in Europe? Here, look!
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So, this week’s theme is Doctor Who, and if I do say so myself I’m a bit of a Who expert [y’thought those two were geeky, just you wait], I’ve been watching it since I was little, but I’m probably more clued-up on the newer series. Though I do know stuff ‘bout the old ones, and if I want to know something I could always ask my father [Whovian since it was first aired].
Because I’m the only one with proper access to Doctor Who books I shall be writing this week’s book bit. I’m currently reading a DW book called “Only Human” by Gareth Roberts [The Shakespeare Code, The Unicorn and the Wasp] and is set when Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper and John Barrowman were the occupants of our dear blue box. I’m about ¾ of the way through, and so far it’s very good :] If not lacking in Jackness...
I’ve read a number of Who books [about 12 full books, 1 short story, 1 “Decide Your Destiny” and a few Torchwood books too, but I’ll talk about them during the (inevitable) Torchwood week] and each one of them has been very good, my favourite is probably “Beautiful Chaos” by Gary Russell [Who also wrote the brilliant Torchwood book The Twilight Streets], it features The Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble and Wilf Mott, all of whom are fantastic, amazing, brilliant, hilarious characters who I love very much :]
The writers of the books have often been involved in Doctor Who or Torchwood before, either writing for Doctor Who Magazine, or like dear Gareth Russell, actually writing or co-writing episodes of everyone’s favourite classic BBC sci-fi show. This means that they’ve got a brilliant knack of capturing the characters in a way that even the best fanfiction writers can’t. But maybe that’s all these book are, fan fic that doesn’t mess around with canon and that the BBC has actually commissioned.. .
Well, I was going to write some stuff about the history of the Doctor Who books here ‘cause I remember reading something about it in an issue of Doctor Who Magazine, yet I can’t find the bit I needed [even after searching through about 100 magazines looking for the specific one I wanted, typically, it was right at the bottom...]
On a side note, it’s very difficult to write about Doctor Who when listening to this
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Um, this has gone on quite a while and not very much of it actually told you about Doctor Who books...oops.
So I’ll end by saying; READ THEM! If you see one at a book fair? Grab it! [pay for it obviously] If you know a friend who owns one? Borrow it!
Also, if you’ve never actually watched Doctor Who I suggest you do so before reading the books, otherwise lotsa stuff won’t make sense.
But the books reveal things y’wouldn’t know if y’just watched the show, e.g. The TARDIS has a swearing filter [never wondered why no-one swears, despite the danger they’re in? Exactly]. I don’t think it works in Torchwood ;)
That looks familiar... ;)
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