Doctor Who Deep Time Book Review

Title: Doctor Who: Deep Time

Author: Trevor Baxendale

Genre: Novelization, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Sequel

Plot: Welcome aboard the brand new the Alexandria. Eager to get out and explore new things and old things hidden in space, the ship stands ready to prove herself as she awaits her passengers. Ray Balfour is the billionaire power behind the expedition and commissioned the ship personally. With him is a small team of scientists and explorers, including Tibby Vent, the leader of the archaeological team. The other key member with map coordinates is Marco Spritt. The ship is captained by Dan Laker and has two engineers on board to handle anything that might go wrong. And just for insurance purposes, a mysterious blue box is loaded onto the ship and two additional passengers, the Doctor and Clara Oswald, join the team.

Promising danger, the Doctor fidgets about the ship and makes everyone uncomfortable, until they reach the last wormhole of a long dead race. Then things take a turn for the worst and the team, minus one, end up stranded on a lost planet trapped in time and space. Fighting the elements to survive {and not kill each other as well}, the team tries to find a way to save themselves while their number slowly dwindles.

Likes/Dislikes: This was a pretty good story. Fairly short and surprisingly well written {I usually avoid novelizations due to a lack of good story telling}, this book captured the Doctor pretty well and all the side characters beautifully. Clara, my least favorite companion, was rather dumb at times. The only real complaint I have is that my favorite character was the first one to die!

Rating: PG-16 and up, mainly for violent deaths.

Date Review Written: December 3rd, 2015

I received a free copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest opinion. I wasn't required to write a positive review and the opinions expressed in the above review are my own.