- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (5 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563538279
- ISBN-13: 978-0563538271
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 516,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji novel. The first settlers of New Jupiter were a handful of humans, with androids to help make the planet habitable. Many generations down, the New Jupitan President, John F Hoover, faces a challenge to his hereditary role. His popularity is threatened by the Association for New Jupitan Independence - ANJI - who want to establish New Jupitan Independence. So Hoover has set up an Earth Tneme Park - EarthWorld. It is nearly complete and will enormously boost the planet's income from off-worlders - and thus the President's popularity. He has no intention of telling anyone that there are people entering EarthWorld who are mysteriously never seen again. Meanwhile the President has three triplet daughters to succeed him in his hereditary role. Unbeknown to him, they have been tampering with EarthWorld's androids - but why? And can the Doctor find out before the problems on New Jupiter get out of control?
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the Doctor's first trip into a futuristic galaxy for some time.
The story is set on New Jupiter and 'Earthworld' is their glorified ( and gigantic!) theme park.
Having materialised in the prehistoric zone, the TARDIS crew are soon separated and are faced with homicidal triplet princesses, teen terrorists, crazy androids, a pathetic president and an Elvis impersonator.
Jacqueline's novel focuses on the character of Anji and her introduction to the TARDIS team. We follow her antics through the pages, looking through her eyes and relating all too well to another recent addition to the Doctor Who companion list.
Anji tries desperately to avoid thinking of her recently murdered boyfriend and Fitz comes to term with his carbon-copy self. The Doctor meanwhile still hasn't got his memory back, but he's worked out how to get his sonic screwdriver working again.
The plot is relatively simple, it's easy to read and a refreshing change from the heavy dramatics we have been used to; of which I do not complain! Doctor Who is such an expansive concept - that's its beauty.
Well done Jacqueline! A very successful first attempt!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Jaqueline Rayner's 'Earthworld' marks the beginning of the next phase of the Eighth Doctor stories and sees the Doctor teaming with Fitz and new companion Anji on the planet New Jupiter where the Earthworld theme park is about to open. But people are dying there, and the androids seem to be the only people who could be responsible.
I'd enjoyed the stranded on Earth arc that dominated the books prior to this title, and this novel continues their trend of providing solid entertainment. Earthworld is an excellent read with some good writing and plotting. The story itself serves as Anji's introduction to the time and space travel game as much of the focus is on her. Introducing new companions into these books has never been an easy task for the range, but Jaq Rayner really builds on what was established about Anji in Escape Velocity to make her into a really interesting character. Her thoughts about her boyfriend Dave who died in the previous novel dominate her thoughts, and although the idea of using a diary type device to show this characters thoughts about something has been done before in Who fiction (with Bernice in the NA's mainly), there is a different spin on this with Anji sending Dave e-mails throughout the novel. I'm not quite sure I like the Doctor's current characterisation much - he's the Doctor but he doesn't remember much about specific details - but hopefully he'll regain his memory in time. Fitz works really well in this book as he confronts what he discovered about himself in the Ancestor Cell and finds a new purpose in his travels.
Overall, Earthworld is an excellent book. It's got some good humourous scenes in it, particularly the one where Fitz Fortune and an android Elvis duel each other, and some good advancement of character with Anji. Highly recommended.
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You can't expect a mind-blowing book filled with numerous unexpected plot-devices concerning Time Lords and future wars every month, and I doubt there are people out there who would like this. Equally, we cannot always come to expect a gritty book filled with realism at every offering. Every so often we must remember exactly what it is we are reading about; Doctor Who. In Doctor Who, often all the aforementioned things were pushed aside in favour of a jolly well-written romp (for lack of better words). Both Fitz and Anji were dealt with wonderfully, jumping off the page as three dimensional characters with whom it is easy to sympathise. It doesn't matter if the supporting characters are stereotypical, that's all just part of the novel's appeal. It's Doctor Who. It's well-written and it's fun. Buy it, read it and love it.
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Wheres Yul Bryner?
This book has been written through the eyes (for the mast part) of the new companion Anji in a style that totally ruins any chance the book had of being likeable. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2001
A welcome break.........
This is Jacqueline Rayner's first attempt at a Dr Who novel and I have to say, despite some of the previous reviews, I enjoyed it. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2001 by john@jduncan10.freeserve.co.uk
Travelling in space and time once more
Following on from the events of 'Escape Velocity', the Doctor, Fitz and Anji find themselves back in Earth's prehistoric past encountering, is short order, a dinosaur and a... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2001 by "grrreg"
Travel To New Jupiter At Your Peril!
This has got to be one of the worst novels ever to be published under the name of 'Doctor Who'. It's probably trying to be humourous, zany, wacky, eccentric, etc., etc. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2001
Poorly written but some half decent moments
Aside from the odd highlight, this is a good idea badly done. The whole thing becomes very dull after about 30 pages as the joke wears off and you realise that the plot is so weak... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2001
Mediocre
The previous Eighth Doctor book, Escape Velocity, had a stereotyped plot redeemed by great writing. Earthworld, on the other hand, has a host of good ideas dragged down by flat... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2001
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