I've just finished school for good, but that means I've got exams coming up, and I'm writing a Torch...
I've just finished school for good, but that means I've got exams coming up, and I'm writing a Torchwood based fanfiction as well so I'm not going to be doing reviews for a while.
Probably, maybe, we'll see
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The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack seem to be on a universe wide quest for chips. The planet they're on this time has chips which are soft, slightly peppery, oily and, more importantly, blue. Still, the chips add a bit of colour in a world which is uniformly grey and where every building looks the same.
Far in the future, a colony of humans on a distant planet are burning fossil fuels and suppressing all forms of imagination. The three travellers are determined to break down the barriers and help people to dream, each in their own individual ways, but the dangers of dreaming are more serious than they imagine.
The Stealers of Dreams has an imaginative premise and follows it through well. The characters are as we know and love them, with Captain Jack telling his tall stories in bars, Rose hitting the streets with one of the locals and the Doctor, of course, heading for the highest figure of authority and annoying them until he achieves success.
The world they are visiting is well created and not hard to imagine, but it certainly offers pause for thought as we are challenged to imagine what our lives would be like without fiction of any kind. The barriers between truth and fiction are broken down and explored, creating an enemy which is all the scarier for not actually existing.
Its target audience of teenagers is perfectly targeted, with a novel which explores the land of fantasy they have just left, with the adult world ahead of them. As always, Doctor Who returns us to the world of fantasy where it does the job it's supposed to do. Entertaining and distracting us.
A brilliant read, hard to put down and with the perfect blend of adventure, sympathy and sheer rebellion which this combination of characters always gives us.
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hey there good review i have actually read this book and i love it i believe that it is different to others so i think that as not a disadvantage but good review charlottexx
smilesarefree 29.05.2008 14:49
Fab review - I love the tv programme but have never tried the books - might give them a go. x
Amy69 13.05.2008 21:49
Great review. Im a complete addict of the show, but cant seem to get into the books! xx
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