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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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!
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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.
By howard
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I had a hard time with this book, nowhere near as easy a read as most of these reissues have been however the eighth doctor stories are equally great and bad the story fails to paint any vivid memories for me unusual for the audience author as I have enjoyed hers in the past.
By A Customer
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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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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. Sure, in comparison with the majority of the eighth Doctor novels it's a bit light.....or you could interpret that as meaning it doesn't wallow in self-importance like a good few in the range. So what if not all of the humour completely hits the mark?
I wouldn't like to see every novel in the range written in this fashion, but then we wouldn't want "Interference" every month either, would we? As far as Doctor Who is concerned, variety is the spice of life and 'Earthworld' for me makes a good refreshing break after the six 'stuck on Earth' books. I'm quite sure we'll get back to the heavy stuff soon enough. However, it seems some people just like to trot out the same cliched critiscisms 'one dimensional characterisations' etc etc. When was the last time a character had as much attention lavished on them as Anji?
Good work Jacq.
By "grrreg"
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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 caveman. Since these two are from different periods, it is plain something is wrong. They soon pass through barriers to other time periods, which also show a similar degree of wrongness. What has caused this? And are they even on Earth?
The first new adventure of the Doctor travelling through time and space following the stranded on earth story arc borrows significantly from the past: we have a beginning that looks like the changeover between the first two episodes of the TV series, a world set up not dissimilar to that in 'The War Games', a Doctor without his memories like 'Spearhead from Space', and so forth. And then it borrows from a movie, the name of which I won't reveal to avoid giving away the plot, but it is something-world, too.
So with all these references, how does the book stand up? Very well, thanks. Despite them, the novel is very much itself - its tone is nothing like those it recalls, and Jac Rayner is obviously in control. The story contains a variety of humorous elements, ranging from light to quite black, but the humour doesn't unduly dominate.
Perhaps most importantly, the characters of Fitz and Anji receive a lot of focus. This is Anji's first book as a full-fledged companion, and she wasn't the most sympathetic character in her first appearance. She ends up far more rounded, and the repeated literary device of her composing imaginary emails to her dead boyfriend helps to deepen both her and her now lost relationship.
Fitz has been out of the books for a while, and there are some facts about the character that really haven't been given due attention.
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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
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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
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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
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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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