A review by iphigenie72
Doctor Who Short Trips: The Centenarian by Richard Salter, Brian Willis, Ian Farrington, Stel Pavlou, Simon Guerrier, Joseph Lidster, John Davies, Andrew Stirling-Brown, Ian Mond, Stephen Hatcher, Steven Savile, Samantha Baker, James Parsons, L.J. Scott, Gary Russell, Benjamin Adams, Lizzie Hopley, Glen McCoy

4.0

This is my fourth short trips read, and for now, it's my favorite. There's always a theme in this anthology series of short stories and this one is about one man, Edward Grainger, whom we follow through the years and his encounters with The Doctor. I liked having somebody else chronology to follow than The Doctor's because the thing that got me in my last short trips read was 5 stories in a row with the Fifth incarnation; in The Centenarian, the different incarnations are well represented and there's a good balance (about 2 stories per Doctor). We really get to experience all the major events of Edward's life: birth, marriage, children, career. The only story that I found very confusing was the last one: Forgotten by Joseph Lidster, but at the same time, it makes sense it is like that because the main character is old and confused himself; and we come full circle too since the last story explains the first (I had to reread the first, Prologue by J.L. too, to really understand the premise). A really good read for fans out there who love all of the faces of The Doctor - not forgetting though that this series deals only with the First to the Eighth incarnations.