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A review by kribu
Doctor Who: Salt of the Earth by Trudi Canavan
4.0
Salt of the Earth, the fourth instalment in the Time Trips series of Doctor Who short stories, is the first one I enjoyed pretty much with no problems at all.
Of course, if I'm quite honest, if this hadn't been a Three story, I'd probably give it three stars. I did like it, just that as far as the plot (all there in the blurb) and the writing goes, it's nothing particularly special or sublime. A good, solid effort, one that I could well see working on TV in Three's era.
However, it was a Three story, and there are so few of those around these days that it's like throwing a bone to a starving dog. I'll gobble down anything that has Three in it, and if it's at all adequately written, I'm more or less guaranteed to love it, so... well, there you go.
Even better, it was a Three & Jo story. One that had them be adorable together. Adorable being on holiday together. Adorable racing over a salt desert in blokarts together, Three being adorable and offering Jo sun lotion, adorable in being his wonderful arrogant self, in shirtsleeves, being all caring and... oh dear, my Three/Jo shipper side is showing, I fear. Can't be helped. Sniffle.
Of course, if I'm quite honest, if this hadn't been a Three story, I'd probably give it three stars. I did like it, just that as far as the plot (all there in the blurb) and the writing goes, it's nothing particularly special or sublime. A good, solid effort, one that I could well see working on TV in Three's era.
However, it was a Three story, and there are so few of those around these days that it's like throwing a bone to a starving dog. I'll gobble down anything that has Three in it, and if it's at all adequately written, I'm more or less guaranteed to love it, so... well, there you go.
Even better, it was a Three & Jo story. One that had them be adorable together. Adorable being on holiday together. Adorable racing over a salt desert in blokarts together, Three being adorable and offering Jo sun lotion, adorable in being his wonderful arrogant self, in shirtsleeves, being all caring and... oh dear, my Three/Jo shipper side is showing, I fear. Can't be helped. Sniffle.