findingthefantasticstory's review
3.0
This is a really nice book for doctor who fans. I love fairytales and it was great to see that some of the tales in this are based of actual fairytales. I loved it when the doctor showed up in some of them.
serpina's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.5
I loved the Doctor Who adaptations of popular fairy tales, like snow white, little red riding hood, and beauty and the beast. Close enough to be recognizable, but original enough, to become their very own story.
In addition, there are also more original stories (or I just didn't recognize the origin) like the first story with the weeping angels.
In addition, there are also more original stories (or I just didn't recognize the origin) like the first story with the weeping angels.
luciasanchezmu's review against another edition
3.0
Más bien un 3,5/5
Buena lectura si eres muy fan de Doctor Who.
1. The Emperor Dalek’s new clothes: 3.5/5
2. Snow White and the 7 keys...: 4/5
3. Little Rose Riding Hood: 3.5/5
4. Cinderella and the Magic Box: 4/5
5. The gingerbread trap: 3.5/5
6. Helana and the beast: 4.5/5
7. Andiba and the four Slitheen: 4/5
8. Sirgwain and the green knight: 3/5
9. The garden of statues: 5/5
10. Frozen beauty: 3/5
11. The three little sontarans: 2.5/5
12. The three brothers gruff: 3/5
13. The grief collector: 4/5
14. The scruffy piper: 2.5/5
15. The twins in the wood: 3/5
16. Jak and the wormhole: 3/5
Buena lectura si eres muy fan de Doctor Who.
1. The Emperor Dalek’s new clothes: 3.5/5
2. Snow White and the 7 keys...: 4/5
3. Little Rose Riding Hood: 3.5/5
4. Cinderella and the Magic Box: 4/5
5. The gingerbread trap: 3.5/5
6. Helana and the beast: 4.5/5
7. Andiba and the four Slitheen: 4/5
8. Sirgwain and the green knight: 3/5
9. The garden of statues: 5/5
10. Frozen beauty: 3/5
11. The three little sontarans: 2.5/5
12. The three brothers gruff: 3/5
13. The grief collector: 4/5
14. The scruffy piper: 2.5/5
15. The twins in the wood: 3/5
16. Jak and the wormhole: 3/5
southern_sea's review
3.0
I had a good time reading these classic fairytales retold Doctor Who-style. Some, like The Gingerbread Trap, were just like the source material but with aliens instead of monsters and witches: enjoyable nonetheless, but you need to get the references to DW in order to make the retelling worth it. Others, like The Garden of Statues (probably my favourite) work perfectly on their own.
And now for a somewhat spoiler-y consideration: this book made me fully appreciate how much of my enjoyment of the DW series comes from the Doctor interacting with normal people and joining forces with them, instead of handling everything on their own with their Time Lord knowledge.
In 3/5 stories where he appears in this book, the Doctor didn't particularly work for me as a character because he acts as a deus-ex-machina that solves everything, without explaining anything to the main characters or even introducing himself. The two stories where this doesn't happen are among the best in the book: "Little Rose Riding Hood", my second favourite, where he plays a part integral to the fairytale, and "The Grief Collector", which would make for an excellent DW episode.
And now for a somewhat spoiler-y consideration: this book made me fully appreciate how much of my enjoyment of the DW series comes from the Doctor interacting with normal people and joining forces with them, instead of handling everything on their own with their Time Lord knowledge.
In 3/5 stories where he appears in this book, the Doctor didn't particularly work for me as a character because he acts as a deus-ex-machina that solves everything, without explaining anything to the main characters or even introducing himself. The two stories where this doesn't happen are among the best in the book: "Little Rose Riding Hood", my second favourite, where he plays a part integral to the fairytale, and "The Grief Collector", which would make for an excellent DW episode.
caffeinatedbooknerd's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
3.5
I thoroughly enjoyed. Hearing classic Grimm Brothers and other folklore fairy tales retold for the Whovian universe was fantastic! (IYKYK) The audio book narration was engaging, and I enjoyed hearing some beloved actors be a part of this. Solid read.
caroleheidi's review
This was cute. Apart from the weeping angels. They are never cute. *refuses to blink*
emgrace93's review
4.0
I really liked this book. There were a couple of stories that were a little boring but most of them I liked a lot.
stiricide's review
1.0
This is... dull.
"Time Lord fairy tales," you think. "How exciting!" And I did too, settling in for an exciting glimpse in to Gallifrean mythology and folklore, stories that could only come about from a race that can manipulate the very timestream and experiences near immortality simply as conditions of existence. And two hearts!
Buuuuut no. What we have instead is Earthen fairy tales, retold under the guise of the Whovian canon, incorporating words/races that ostensibly define entire races of characters, but these actual characters behave within the limitations of regular Earthens. The Sontarans we meet here are decently Sontaran, but everyone else - well, there are concerns over aging, no mention of regeneration, petty squabbles over royal bloodlines, and everything else you'd expect out of bad retellings of classic (primarily German) fairy tales.
The Weeping Angels story that intros this collection isn't terrible, but it's as close as the entire collection gets to an actual "Time Lord" fairy tale.
Hard pass, Whovians. Go read the comics instead.
"Time Lord fairy tales," you think. "How exciting!" And I did too, settling in for an exciting glimpse in to Gallifrean mythology and folklore, stories that could only come about from a race that can manipulate the very timestream and experiences near immortality simply as conditions of existence. And two hearts!
Buuuuut no. What we have instead is Earthen fairy tales, retold under the guise of the Whovian canon, incorporating words/races that ostensibly define entire races of characters, but these actual characters behave within the limitations of regular Earthens. The Sontarans we meet here are decently Sontaran, but everyone else - well, there are concerns over aging, no mention of regeneration, petty squabbles over royal bloodlines, and everything else you'd expect out of bad retellings of classic (primarily German) fairy tales.
The Weeping Angels story that intros this collection isn't terrible, but it's as close as the entire collection gets to an actual "Time Lord" fairy tale.
Hard pass, Whovians. Go read the comics instead.