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Mark Gatiss: St Anthony's fire (1994, Doctor Who Bks.)

274 pages

English language

Published Jan. 16, 1994 by Doctor Who Bks..

ISBN:
978-0-426-20423-7
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OCLC Number:
32156158

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3 stars (1 review)

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3 stars

As might be expected, Gatiss delivers the goods with this book. It's an easy read, internally consistent and not too similar to anything that's been done before. I didn't guess the identity of the converted woman, although with hindsight there were a few clues. There were some nice links back to previous stories - as one might expect from a dedicated fan of the series - such as when the Doctor wishes he had his 'special' cricket ball from Four to Doomsday (ever so slightly ret-conning, since the ball is not explicitly special in the TV story).

This is by no means my favourite VNA, hence 3/5, but it's a very solid representation of the series as a whole.

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  • Doctor Who (Fictitious character)