The Doctor's rather manic attempts to refamiliarise himself with the workings of the TARDIS result in the crew finding themselves stranded on an extremely inhospitable planet, as the TARDIS sinks through the cracking ice it landed on. This is Endpoint, the last planet in a crumbled galaxy, where hairless post-humans scrape out an existence on the noxious, barely habitable surface. In their efforts to persuade someone to resurrect the TARDIS, they encounter the real power on Endpoint, a cyborg named Silver, whose enhanced capabilities and mastery of technology mean he dictates what really happens, not only in the capital city, Hope, but on the entire planet. But he is worried: there is something going on that is beyond even his control. In increasing numbers, people are being killed on the streets of Hope. As the Doctor investigates, he discovers a hidden community below the surface of Endpoint, who are desperate enough to kill...
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Overly Violent, but a pleasing read,
By Bryan Schingle (Thornton, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hope (Doctor Who) (Mass Market Paperback)
Never before have I seen a Doctor Who television episode or read a Doctor Who book with so many fight scenes. Of course, coming from a reviewer who reads a lot of Richard Stark and Mickey Spillane, you would think that I wouldn't mind the violence. Unfortunately, it just seems out of place in Doctor Who.Usually, the Doctor likes to work problems out with his mind, and ensnare the villans in clever traps. This book is just overloaded with situations where he has to fight his way out. There is blood everywhere, trying to fuel the story. The best thing about the book is that it deals with Anji's mental anxiety over her dead boyfriend Dave. It finally brings her closure. The book also features a very fitting, Who-esque ending with a clever trap that Who fans will enjoy. Clapham's writing is never dull, with good dialogue and great description. You get a real feeling for the dreadful city of Hope, as well as the emotion involved with all the characters. Some drawbacks but also many good points make this novel worth reading.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Like reading an old, familiar friend,
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This review is from: Hope (Doctor Who) (Mass Market Paperback)
The Doctor, Fitz, and Anji find themselves in the city of Hope, on the planet of Endpoint, far in the future, separated from the TARDIS, which has sunk to the bottom of the poisoned, polluted sea beneath the city. The Doctor sees the city as violent, crime-ridden, and amoral, and wants to leave as soon as possible. However, in order to recover his ship, he is forced to make a deal with Silver, ruler of Hope in fact, if not in name. Silver has a problem: a mysterious assailant is decapitating the citizens of Hope, and the ongoing crimes are weakening the perception of Silver's control. While the Doctor and Fitz investigate the murders, Anji considers making a different sort of deal with Silver, one which could destroy her friendship with the Doctor . . .Mark Clapham, co-author of three previous Doctor Who-related novels, makes his solo debut here. After the epic scope and momentous events of The Adventuress of Henrietta Street and the madcap post-modern antics of Mad Dogs and Englishmen, I found Hope to be a refreshing change of pace in its conventionality. In terms of plot and storytelling, Hope is a comfortably traditional Doctor Who adventure. The Doctor and his companions arrive in a strange place, they encounter a mystery, eventually uncovering a villain behind everything, and the Doctor saves the day. The plot unfolds in a fairly straightforward, linear manner, the prose focused on clear storytelling rather than literary experimentation. So, I hear you ask, if the plot is so straightforward, what's the point in reading it? The point, I reply, is in the characterization. In many ways, this is Anji's book. She doesn't see as much action as the Doctor or Fitz, but we get a good look inside her head. Her character turns a major psychological corner in Hope, although new readers should be aware that this book provides enough information for them to understand what Anji is dealing with. Similarly, we get some insight into the Doctor's new role as humanity's champion following the changes brought about in Adventuress of Henrietta Street. He still remains something of an enigma, just as he always should, but it's also clear that he certainly isn't the same renegade Time Lord he used to be. Before die-hard fans start panicking, let me point out that these changes are natural developments coming out of the events of recent books. They've helped make the character more interesting and unpredictable, but at the heart, he's still the same Doctor fans have loved for almost 40 years. The novel isn't perfect. The revelation of the ultimate villain should come as no real surprise, and his motivations aren't all that subtle or groundbreaking. The book also introduces two groups of supporting villains, one of which pretty much comes to nothing, the other of which isn't developed all that deeply. Having said that, however, I think the line of eighth Doctor novels needed this sort of story. After all the big events of the last few years, from Interference through Shadows of Avalon, The Ancestor Cell, through the Doctor's century trapped on Earth and his memory loss, on through his time on Henrietta Street, it's good to see him in a very traditional adventure. It reminds us and reinforces the fact that despite everything that's happened, he's still the same hero, never cruel nor cowardly, always ready to fight evil and oppression wherever he finds it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
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A TV critic, once writing about one of Rod Serling's lesser "Twilight Zone" scripts, noted that the episode had just two kinds of characters: those who made speeches, and those who made speeches while shouting.Welcome to "Hope". "Hope" is very much in the "Parallel 59" style of "Doctor Who" drab. It's set in the far, far future, on a perpetually overcast planet divided into remote, fortress-like cities. The military and the poor coexist uneasily. There's a lot of bar-fight violence (casinos still exist in the far, far future) and two headless bodies in the first 30 pages. Some characters make speeches. Other characters make speeches while shouting. The Doctor makes speeches. The Doctor also makes speeches while shouting. You get the drift, I think. The plotting is also all over the place -- first it's a murder mystery, then it's a story about a war between the citizens of "Hope" and the out-of-time Earth scientists (with names like Stephen and Castillo, in the far, far future). Then it becomes a 1960s-style Marvel Comics adventure. Really, if you boil all the plots down to their essence, this is a character study about a cyborg named Silver. Mentally reference him as the Captain from "The Pirate Planet", and he works quite well. It really feels as if Stan Lee wrote the final chapters. "Remember, kids, absolute power corrupts... absolutely!". The villain is dispatched bloodlessly, and the surviving Hopesters gaze hopefully (ha!) into the morning sunrise. Clapham writes a good potboiler here. There are some heavy continuity references to the Doctor's recent physical trauma, and a very portentous dream which feels as if the editor literally threw that page into the presses as the book was entering its first print run. The human element -- Anji's continuing pining over her long-since-departed boyfriend -- gives this book a little bit of flavor, and as far as run-of-the-mill DW novels go, this one is very tolerable.
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