Book log 2018 #2 - The Crawling Terror
Jan. 13th, 2018 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonemagpie#2- THE CRAWLING TERROR by Mike Tucker
The only 12th Doctor book I've got was a nice bit of fun with giant insects and whatnot (though surprising that the characters so frequently referring to SF movies didn't equate the bombardier beetle to Starship Troopers). Sort of reminded me of the 3rd Doctor MA Eye Of The Giant cos of the giant bugs, but faster-paced. It livened up nicely when the location shifted, and brought in a favourite staple of the History Channel's UFO-related programming... The big big downside, though was that it was very obvious that it was written before the writer could have seen much, if any, of Capaldi's Doctor (the book was published in 2014 alongside his first full season) and so the Doctor is rather generic, occasionally dipping into the style of Pertwee or Smith. But what the hell, it was a nice fast bit of fun and familiarity.
The only 12th Doctor book I've got was a nice bit of fun with giant insects and whatnot (though surprising that the characters so frequently referring to SF movies didn't equate the bombardier beetle to Starship Troopers). Sort of reminded me of the 3rd Doctor MA Eye Of The Giant cos of the giant bugs, but faster-paced. It livened up nicely when the location shifted, and brought in a favourite staple of the History Channel's UFO-related programming... The big big downside, though was that it was very obvious that it was written before the writer could have seen much, if any, of Capaldi's Doctor (the book was published in 2014 alongside his first full season) and so the Doctor is rather generic, occasionally dipping into the style of Pertwee or Smith. But what the hell, it was a nice fast bit of fun and familiarity.