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At 5:15pm on November 23rd, 1963, Doctor Who premiered. Happy Doctor Who Day!

Great story! I also literally LOLd at the little intro story in the first part of the collection.

We've come to Durham for a few days' break, which means that the country has had a typical month's-worth of rain in one day! 🌧️☔ Expecting such weather as our usual lot, at least there's lots of indoor things to do.
Books will be bought on this trip, starting with these two that I got from the supermarket charity table ½ mile from my front door when we stopped for takeaway coffee for the journey 🤦‍♂️

Haven't been reading this weekend. I finally finished these two pieces that I'd promised to the two tagged friends a year and a half ago.

Nerds of the world, unite!

#arting #doctorwho #fanart #tardis #notreading

These collected essays from Sandifer‘s Doctor Who blog have each series/season of the show deconstructed with critical reflections of the social & political climate at the time of release on both a personal & wider level. This isn‘t always as dry as it sounds but I did skip a few filler essays. This volume is number 4 but the 2nd I‘ve read (I wasn‘t born during Hartnell/Troughton years so skipped those books). I watch the show as I read the essays

80/150 I love Doctor Who, and I've enjoyed many of his written adventures, but this isn't one of them. Slow and tedious, I thought the author was building atmosphere, but then nothing much happened. The Cybermen never really come off as a scary threat, lumbering along like slow zombies, ultimately defeated by some last second techno babble on the Doctor's part. Also, I felt the story suffered because the Doctor was without a companion. ⬇️

In a landscape blend of all colour, Stefan was digging his own grave.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

This installment features David Tennant in a pre-Doctor role, adding a little bit of extra fun to what are very grave proceedings indeed. The stinger line at the very end was perfect, and overall I liked the pacing and was intrigued by what the Daleks are up to. Looking forward to reading on!

#CoverLove
#silver

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@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I‘m not sure about the monsters of the week but the writing was so spot on that I could hear the characters in my head ... the Doctor & Jo Grant … even though the narrator was nothing close to them. Good narration, good writing, fun story in multiple times! I love the Master and the spin the author gives to him was something I‘ve wanted to see again. The Master coulda been good. I‘ll listen to this again!!

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