Reviews

Doctor Who: Neverland by Alan Barnes

wynnifer's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

tempus's review

3.0

I love the drama revolving around Charley, but I do not enjoy exposition and techno speak

imakandiway's review

4.0

Ver the Doctor a interagir com a sua raça tem sido um dos principais incentivos dos audiobooks, já que na nova série isso é algo muito raro.

bloodonthetracks's review

5.0

Absolutely amazing. A really brilliant story, and I believe it's the culmination of the building arc of Charley surviving causing problems with time. The Doctor and Charley have the most wonderful friendship (I had to hold back tears in the library when he told Charley that he loved her

faiazalam's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

dooweedoo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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nwhyte's review

By Alan Barnes, who is very definitely one of my favourite DW writers. Charley's introduction to the Whoniverse came when the Doctor rescued her from the crash of the R101 in Storm Warning; the paradox created by her surviving has reverberated up and down time and space, in the background but increasingly intrusive in the last few McGann stories; now it comes centre stage, with a fascinating set of twists through Time Lord culture and politics. Really enjoyed it.

haunted_air's review

4.0

4.5
Ohh this was exciting.

tabman678's review

Really enjoyed this one. It isn't a story you can just jump into which is what I could say about most of the other 8th Doctor Audios up to this point but it is very good and is solely focused on the progression of Charley's arc in the story. Her relationship not only to the Doctor but to life as she has lived it in a history that was never supposed to be.

Very good on that and how it deals with the Timelord and Gallifrian society.

kmccubbin's review

4.0

The tale of the Eighth Doctor and Charlie is simply one of the great reasons to have been alive for a Doctor Who fan through the 2000s. This is not to say that they're all great. On the contrary, the first season of it is a rocky road. But the two of them are simply wonderful together and the story of the girl who should've died in the R101 is the gutsiest narrative arc that has ever been associateed with the Time Lord.
As we've seen over the last several stories, time is crashing about Charlie Pollard. The Doctor is frantically trying to save both her and the web of time when the Time Lords step in...
Startling and strange, this story ups the stakes wonderfully and brings in the return of Lalla Ward as President Romana.

Admittedly, your enjoyment of this story will depend a bit on how tolerant you are of the Gallifreyan political stories, "Deadly Assassin", "Arc of Time", "Trial of a TIme Lord" etc... ), but if you know your Rassilon from your Omega, you're ready to go!
Fast paced, with real gravitas; this is so much fun. And the ending is a cliffhanger that both caught me off guard and had me ready to dive into the next Eighth Doctor story right away. (Which is, to be fair, about 17 stories down the road.)

(Note: Be aware that you should listen to at least "Storm Warning" and "Chimes of Midnight" first. "Seasons of Fear" wouldn't hurt, either.)