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Doctor Who: The Many Hands (Doctor Who (BBC Hardcover))

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The Doctor and Martha arrive in 18th century Edinburgh, and of course they can't just stroll along the Royal Mile and enjoy some tea and shortbread. Within minutes of arriving, the two of them are trying to stop a runaway carriage carrying a famous American. After stopping the carriage and saving countless lives in the process, they are arrested by the castle guards for disrupting the peace and because Martha is wearing pantaloons (it is 1759 after all). Of course, the Doctor and Martha escape and get separated in the process. Martha ends up with two 18th century anatomists who have a big secret, and the Doctor ends up in a church across the loch surrounded by soldiers and the walking dead.

Of course the Doctor saves the day, and Edinburgh. The action is fast and furious, and the book is quite a page-turner. The author did a nice job writing the characters of Martha and the Doctor, I could hear Freema Agyeman and David Tennant saying the lines in my head as I was reading.

It was an interesting story that adds to the Whoniverse, and gives the Martha Jones character some interesting things to do besides mooning over the Doctor. If you are a fan of the show, and want a fun and quick read I recommend this book. However, if you are not familiar with the Doctor Who series I recommend that you give this story a pass.

This is one of the better Doctor Who books. Lots of running and fun, plus disembodied hands. Creepy and imaginative.

I agree it was creepy and that was very well; but it was a bit dull and The Doctor didn't seem like himself... through most of the book he is quiet and really not fun at all... just boring.

Sorry for the pun.

Yes, this is a bizarre tale. It is so bizarre as to be perplexing, and I'm not sure that's good. It opens in very exciting fashion. It resolves itself well. It's just all that weird middle.

The Doctor and Martha are ably captured. The crisis is multi-faceted and impossible to predict.

Overall, a good read.

The story totally kept me on edge. I don't know about you, but severed hands crawling about gives me the creeps. Loved it! Very imaginative!

one of the better books where the doctor and martha go into the past and have a whirlwind adventure with the walking dead and two mysterious doctors that have they're own agenda.

These BBC hardcovers are quick reads, but always deliver cracking good stories. This is one of the best of the Doctor Ten/Martha Jones tales, nicely creepy, set in 18th Century Scotland.

If you just go in expecting a good Doctor story, I think you'll enjoy it.

While I was able to finish this book, it did not flow well. I had to trudge my way through all of it. The quotations felt forced, and the plot was just terrible. The author did seem to get the Doctor's personality correct, but there just didn't seem to be a place in the book where we could just sit back and appreciate the Doctor's quirks. Also, I don't feel like the author did a good enough job describing the setting...it was just go, go, go. I understand that was the way of the story, but it did not feel like I was there. A disappointing read.