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A review by notthesandpaper
Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor: Four Stories from the TARDIS by Dorothy Koomson, Jenny T. Colgan, Susan Calman, Jacqueline Rayner
2.0
When reading a book called "The Day She Saved the Doctor", I would expect the women to actually save the Doctor rather than be kidnapped or drugged and then by chance come up with a solution for the crisis du jour.
Sarah jane and the Temple of Eyes
I can't really say how accurate the characterization was here, but of the four stories, this one had the least amount of saving the day by the companion. Sarah Jane gets drugged, kidnapped and almost blinded and memory-wiped, and is basically just a bait to lead the Doctor to the villain who turns out to be a woman who is tired of oppression.
Rose and the Snow Window
The best of of the bunch even though Rose's main function in the story is to fall for a Russian gentleman that she has known for about two hours. But at least both Rose and the Doctor sounded and acted like their TV counterparts.
Clara and the Maze of Cui Palta
A story that might have worked as a children's book, a Clara who had nothing in common with Jenna Coleman's Clara and was just a Generic Companion, and a flanderized version of the Eleventh Doctor. Easily my least favourite of the four stories.
Bill and the Three Jackets
An OK story, even if Bill seemed oddly casual about spending money and the girl who she 'fatted up' in the Pilot accepted the existence of aliens and shapeshifters conviniently easily.
Sarah jane and the Temple of Eyes
I can't really say how accurate the characterization was here, but of the four stories, this one had the least amount of saving the day by the companion. Sarah Jane gets drugged, kidnapped and almost blinded and memory-wiped, and is basically just a bait to lead the Doctor to the villain who turns out to be a woman who is tired of oppression.
Rose and the Snow Window
The best of of the bunch even though Rose's main function in the story is to fall for a Russian gentleman that she has known for about two hours. But at least both Rose and the Doctor sounded and acted like their TV counterparts.
Clara and the Maze of Cui Palta
A story that might have worked as a children's book, a Clara who had nothing in common with Jenna Coleman's Clara and was just a Generic Companion, and a flanderized version of the Eleventh Doctor. Easily my least favourite of the four stories.
Bill and the Three Jackets
An OK story, even if Bill seemed oddly casual about spending money and the girl who she 'fatted up' in the Pilot accepted the existence of aliens and shapeshifters conviniently easily.