Reviews

Doctor Who: City at World's End by Christopher Bulis

chicafrom3's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The First Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara land on a planet on the verge of destruction, get separated, and get mixed up in conspiracy and intrigue. Some interesting worldbuilding bogged down by poor characterization of the TARDIS team and gratuitous torture of the female characters (legitimately, why did Barbara have to be brainwashed? What did that add to the plot?)

frakalot's review

5.0

Another fantastic adventure by Bulis, he definitely does a wonderful job with this line up. Again the characters were on point, although I tend to think this plot was a little deeper than many of the First Doctor's televised adventures.

I was engaged throughout the story and although I was anticipating the surprise I wasn't able to guess it. I liked the ending for the most part but was a little surprised by the Doctor's 'gift'.

nwhyte's review

http://nhw.livejournal.com/900116.html[return][return]I thought Bulis had done very well in portraying the setting, a rain-drenched planet which is doomed to destruction in the near future, and the populace hoping to escape rather as in Utopia. But the various human (and AI) factions were rather confusingly portrayed as to their means and motivation. There's a nice nod to Planet of Giants at the end (the novel is set before that and immediately after The Reign of Terror).

kateofmind's review

4.0

As with a lot of Doctor Who stories (but especially the modern ones), there might be one too many adversaries/complications to what wanted to be a truly classic science fiction story, but the characterizations were good (and yes, Ian redeemed himself a little) and a mystery beyond the central mystery kept my interest when the main plot dragged. A worthy effort.