A review by hammard
Doctor Who: Rags by Mick Lewis
1.0
Mick Lewis managed to produce the only Doctor Who novel I have failed to finish, the incredibly offensive Combat Rock. This one I managed to finish but it manages to be even worse. The reason being that whilst Combat Rock tried and failed to be a violent satire on colonialism. This is just rehashing better stories.
70s Folk Horror - The Daemons
Exploration of Punk meeting UNIT (including a showdown at Stonehenge) - No Future
Attempts to be "adult" including random appearances of a female companion naked - most of the Virgin line.
On top of this none of the regulars feel right and everyone is meant to be acting out of character. People are just brutalised but as the end gets no follow-up we will never see any results. Also add on to that regular pieces of racism and misogyny in narration and it is really poor.
Maybe if you want a middling splatterpunk novel then this will be to your tastes, but as a Doctor who Novel for me it does not work at all.
70s Folk Horror - The Daemons
Exploration of Punk meeting UNIT (including a showdown at Stonehenge) - No Future
Attempts to be "adult" including random appearances of a female companion naked - most of the Virgin line.
On top of this none of the regulars feel right and everyone is meant to be acting out of character. People are just brutalised but as the end gets no follow-up we will never see any results. Also add on to that regular pieces of racism and misogyny in narration and it is really poor.
Maybe if you want a middling splatterpunk novel then this will be to your tastes, but as a Doctor who Novel for me it does not work at all.