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starryworlds's review
1.0
DNF at 90 pages.
The first 50 pages of this book were alright but I started to lose interest after that because neither the doctor or his companions are in the majority of the stories that I read. What it says on the blurb of this book: "the good Doctor in his many incarnations is on hand to guide us through the terrible events" is misleading because the doctor isn't in the majority of the stories. Some of the stories were slow paced as well, which is surprising considering it is a short story collection. Maybe I would have liked this book a lot more if I had listened to the audio drama.
The short stories are all connected to the Daleks invasion of a galaxy whether before, during and after it. Also when the doctor does appear, he tries to stop it from happening and also fights it during the invasion.
The first 50 pages of this book were alright but I started to lose interest after that because neither the doctor or his companions are in the majority of the stories that I read. What it says on the blurb of this book: "the good Doctor in his many incarnations is on hand to guide us through the terrible events" is misleading because the doctor isn't in the majority of the stories. Some of the stories were slow paced as well, which is surprising considering it is a short story collection. Maybe I would have liked this book a lot more if I had listened to the audio drama.
The short stories are all connected to the Daleks invasion of a galaxy whether before, during and after it. Also when the doctor does appear, he tries to stop it from happening and also fights it during the invasion.
nwhyte's review
2.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1386420.html
It's a bit variable, to be honest; I was not blown away by the three Dalek Empire series of audio plays, and about half of these stories are explicit tie-ins to it (and it also includes the script for the Seventh Doctor crossover into that series, 'Return of the Daleks', which has a rather implausible though well-conveyed denouement). The standout pieces for me were Simon Guerrier's 'The Eighth Wonder of the World' (despite its unexpected revelation that Evelyn Smythe is an archaeologist as well as a historian) and James Swallow's 'Museum Peace', which I already knew as it was released as a Big Finish audio freebie late last year.
It's a bit variable, to be honest; I was not blown away by the three Dalek Empire series of audio plays, and about half of these stories are explicit tie-ins to it (and it also includes the script for the Seventh Doctor crossover into that series, 'Return of the Daleks', which has a rather implausible though well-conveyed denouement). The standout pieces for me were Simon Guerrier's 'The Eighth Wonder of the World' (despite its unexpected revelation that Evelyn Smythe is an archaeologist as well as a historian) and James Swallow's 'Museum Peace', which I already knew as it was released as a Big Finish audio freebie late last year.
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