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Old 09-17-2014, 09:53 PM   #20786
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Originally Posted by Yapyap View Post
I started and am already 75% into The Crawling Terror by Mike Tucker, one of the three new Twelfth Doctor tie-in novels. I'm not entirely convinced by the Doctor's characterisation but as the book had to be written well before the first episodes of the new series aired, I assume the authors had fairly limited material to work with to get that right. Otherwise it's a perfectly fine Doctor Who novel and I've been enjoying it.
I had the same thoughts when I read Silhouette by Justin Richards. It was also a pretty good Doctor Who novel made better by the inclusion of Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax.

The problem was just what you said: it had to have been written so far in advance of the new series to get the release dates to synch up that the Doctor character really suffers. I wasn't that big a fan of Clara in it, either; but she's starting to get on my nerves in the TV show so that may just be me!
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