An archaeological dig in 1936 unearths relics of another time... and, as the Doctor and Amy realise, another place... another planet. But if Emmaline Porter, noted adventuress, has really found evidence of an alien civilization, how come she isn't famous? How come Amy's never heard of her? Come to that, since she's been travelling with him for a while now, how come Amy's never even heard of the Doctor? As the ancient spaceship reactivates, the Doctor discovers that nothing and no one can be trusted. The things that seem most real could actually be illusion. Obvious illusions could be real - and deadly! A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor and Amy, as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television.
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Gary Russell is one of the script editing team for Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, and the author of many novels and reference books in the Doctor Who range. A former editor of Doctor Who Magazine, he also was the producer of Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions for eight years. He lives in Cardiff.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging, character-driven, quirky aliens = Great,
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Here is a chance to really get to know (and further like) Rory. You should know who I mean if you're at all familiar with Season Five of the new BBC adventures of the eleventh Doctor.This book had the occasional British turn, like phrasings such as "was sat" and "was stood" where "sat" and "stood" would have done - sorry, I am a grammarian, but that is in no way a knock against its writing. This book was fluent and intelligently written without fear of vocabulary. It treats the reader as a smart being. This novel had really novel ideas for alien life and philosophy. It was driven by a not-too-large case, which I always prefer. The reader is given the opportunity to care about all or most of the characters. It has a nifty tie in with an earlier doctor identity too. I would highly recommend this book. It's a page-turner, and again, it does something many of us have wanted: it delves into Rory as a fully fleshed human being and not the "three's a crowd" role he generally plays elsewhere, like Mickey in earlier seasons.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Flat, even for airplane reading,
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The better of the New Who novels have certain things in common: pristine, if simple, prose; bang-ahead plots with shiny premises; pitch-perfect renditions of the characters we already love. They may be brain candy; they may be brain cotton candy. But they are usually good for making an hour or two disappear. The Glamour Chase doesn't deliver any of that.The writing isn't exactly sloppy, but it is repetitive--especially in the opening scenes, where the Doctor actually uses the same line twice in a single conversation. Russell also tends to repeat his descriptive phrases. Add that to a facile reproduction of key catch-phrases from the show, and the result is a tad mechanical. So much for the prose. The premise--two alien races locked in a millenia-long struggle for supremacy--has whiskers on it, and Russell doesn't bother to shave it for dinner. The Tahn, his villain race, have no motive at all for their hatred. They fulfill a plot role, nothing more. The good guys are a little better done; the Weave characters have individuality and charm, and the early scene aboard their ship is one of the best in the book. But then Russell reveals that the Weave are balls of something like wool that knit (yes, knit) themselves into any shape they like . . . including trees, the ship they travel on, and the humans they copy. Leaving alone the fact that knitting and weaving are fundamentally different actions, this is really, really hard to swallow. I mean, I'm all for silly in Doctor Who, but throw a lampshade on it. Give me a pretend evolutionary reason why they are balls of wool and not primordial goo or carbon fibers or something else that won't shrink in the wash. If Amy, Rory, and the Doctor had been fully present here, I would probably have forgiven everything else. After all, that's why I bought it (well, that and complete desperation). To me, though, their dialogue and relationships felt forced. Amy was too rude and flippant; Rory too jealous and hectoring; the Doctor too careless and non-consequential. Not that these characteristics are off the mark, they're just overdone, and Russell doesn't pick up on any of the subtler undercurrents between the characters. As a result our heroes are caricatures of themselves. And like its predecessors, The Glamour Chase fails to realize any of the darker or more interesting possibilities left open by the show. Does the married dynamic change things aboard the TARDIS? Does Rory remember those 2,000 years? Wasn't he altered by them? Is the Doctor at all worried about having gotten both his companions killed, in Rory's case twice? You'd think the device of the Glamour itself--a kind of holodeck for the soul which dramatizes one's innermost desires--would have been good for some juicy character development here, but Russell stays well away from that possibility. The one place Russell does succeed is the pace. The story rollicks along without stopping, and the whole thing has an airy goofiness that is sometimes charming. There are also plenty of funny moments. Still, it never succeeded in making me forget that this wasn't the real Doctor Who--let alone making me forget that I was stuck in an airport.
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DOCTOR WHO OBSSESSED!!!,
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Glamour Chase (Hardcover)
Anyone who says that this book is not as good, I wholeheartedly disagree. Yes, there were not as many scenes with them 'running' as I think there could have bee, but it shows you that Amy REALLY DEEPLY TRULY loves Rory, and vice versa. I am a big reader myself, and so in terms of the author's style, I think that it was very well written. It's not what you'd call "deep reading" like Oliver twist or a tale of two cities, but it's very fun and I liked to idea of shape weaving aliens a lot. I think that the author could have gone more into the background of the aliens, but that's just me. I love this book, but I haven't really read Doctor who books as much. I love how the author captures the Doctor, Amy, and Rory. There aren't really any big... explosions or tense dramatic scenes, but it is still a page turner. Again, that could just be because I love anything to do with Doctor Who. But I loved the book, and Really think it's worth the money to buy.
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