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| Title | : | Doctor Who: Strange England (Virgin New Adventures #29) |
| Author | : | Simon Messingham |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 1st |
| Pages | : | Pages: 282 pages |
| Published | : | August 18th 1994 by Virgin Publishing |
| Categories | : | Media Tie In. Doctor Who. Science Fiction. Fiction |
Simon Messingham
Paperback | Pages: 282 pages Rating: 3.21 | 146 Users | 14 Reviews
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'The more the Doctor dreams,' the Quack said, 'the more real I become. He has not yet dreamed me fully, but he will.'When the TARDIS lands in the idyllic gardens of a Victorian country house, Ace knows that something terrible is bound to happen. The Doctor disagrees. Sometimes things really are as perfect as they seem.
Then they discover a young girl whose body has been possessed by a beautiful but lethal insect. And they meet the people of the House: innocents who have never known age, pain, or death -- until now.
Now their rural paradise is turning into a world of nightmare. A world in which the familiar is being twisted into something evil and strange. A world ruled by the Quack, whose patent medicines are deadly poisons and whose aim is the total destruction of the Doctor.
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| Original Title: | Strange England |
| ISBN: | 0426204190 (ISBN13: 9780426204190) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Virgin New Adventures #29 |
| Characters: | The Seventh Doctor, Ace, Bernice Summerfield, The Doctor |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
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Ratings: 3.21 From 146 Users | 14 ReviewsAssessment About Books Doctor Who: Strange England (Virgin New Adventures #29)
Another new to me VNA and one I had heard of as poor. So I was surprised when I really liked this.Now this does have some obvious logical flaws at times, and the scenes between Ace and Rix seem gratuitously violent (likely intentionally) but overall this was a really great surprise. It is part of that great subgenre of an isolated setting which appears to be a gothic historical turns out to be something much more surreal and sinister.A very fun, trippy and engaging story. Reminiscent of 'Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible' only realized much better. The characters are done very well and even the fairly extensive supporting cast is well rendered. The story is surreal in the extreme and very original. And despite all the weirdness it actually all comes together in a surprising end. I loved the originality and unreal quality of the story. I look forward to reading more of Messingham's stories.
We Don't Understand the Truly Idyllic24 January 2012 The Doctor, Benice Summerfield, and Ace arrive in an idyllic manor house somewhere in England, but as Ace suggests at the beginning of the book, where ever the Doctor is concerned there is never any such place as idyllic. I would change that slightly to suggest that idyllic is really only a state of mind because when one digs beneath the surface of any idyllic situation one does tend to find rot and decay. This is where it becomes clear that
A fine Doctor Who story. Some very good imagery of the Quack. I liked the setting and I liked the end.
Good beginning, clever twist at the end, and really drags in the middle. The three leads are well written, which saves it, but this wasn't really a book length idea.Could have made a good TV show, but as a novel you start to notice the padding.
A very fun, trippy and engaging story. Reminiscent of 'Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible' only realized much better. The characters are done very well and even the fairly extensive supporting cast is well rendered. The story is surreal in the extreme and very original. And despite all the weirdness it actually all comes together in a surprising end. I loved the originality and unreal quality of the story. I look forward to reading more of Messingham's stories.
A first book, and sadly it shows. A very slow beginning, a plot that doesn't make sense if you think about it too much, and flat characterization.
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