Has time run out for the Doctor?
Advantages: Good plot, quick read
Disadvantages: Weak characterisation of the Doctor
...has disappeared. This leaves them with only one option: go back to Sir George's for dinner.
After the meal, there is a congregation in the library of Sir George's house, where we meet nearly all of the main players of the plot: Repple and Aske, two seemingly-normal men; Melissa Heart, otherwise known as the Painted Lady, and Freddie, Sir George's young step-son. It is here we overhear a secret, that whilst at the time seems important, does not really have much bearing on the plot.
With the TARDIS missing, there is nowhere for the Doctor and Rose to stay, and so Repple volunteers to vouch for them as guests at the Imperial Club further down the Thames. This is where most of the rest of the book takes place, as we see mysterious cats that can come back to life, menacing clockwork men, and the ever-affable Mr Wyse. The story moves on...
amytheduck
06.07.2007 ˇ
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