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Who Goes There by Nick Griffiths

ravencrantz's review

2.0

I was hoping for more Doctor Who related reading but wound up hearing more about his life than the actual locations. I mean, it was interesting enough, I was just expecting something completely different than what I got.

I've also yet to see most of classic who, which is what he focuses his Doctor related talk about, so I wa quite lost. I think I'll give it another go after I've seen all of classic who.

nwhyte's review

http://nhw.livejournal.com/1120418.html[return][return]This is a brilliant book, and I think could be enjoyed even by non-Who fans provided they have at least a mild interest in southern England (and Wales). Griffiths sets off on a quest to find Doctor Who locations - not to do a comprehensive listing, because that has alreay been done, but to check out the places that linger most vividly in the memory, from the years between Spearhead from Space and Destiny of the Daleks, and from the four years of the new series (this book, written between November last year and September this year, is already in the shops).[return][return]Some of the locations of the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker years have disappeared (buildings get demolished; quarries get filled in); some cannot be found despite the best efforts of Griffiths and his long-suffering family; but about half of the places he looks for can indeed be located and retain a certain ineffable Who-ness. Examples: the villages of The Android Invasion and The D