- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (8 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563538104
- ISBN-13: 978-0563538103
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 715,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Doctor is living alone in a farmhouse, with his books, experiments and cats for company. He still doesn't know who he is, but the blue Police Box outside looks vaguely familiar.
Giving private tuition to a dazzlingly gifted ten-year-old named Miranda, the Doctor learns that she and her family have fled the planet Klade. There was a bloody revolution there, in which all the imperial family was slaughtered, with the exception of the infant Miranda. Her nanny brought her to Earth, to save her from the atrocities of the Republicans, but the Imperialists are after her too.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book was so eagerly anticipated. The cover blurb promised much (the Doctor with a daughter!), Lance Parkin was the writer, could it really be as good as we thought it would be? The answer is a resounding YES.
From its beginnings in rural Derbyshire, to the space sequences at the end this is pure Doctor Who in all its glory. The story begins with the Doctor still trapped on Earth. He has lived three quarters of the century, his memory has not returned, but he knows he is not of this planet. He is living in a Cottage taken straight from Withnail and I. A Police Box sits in the garden. When UFOs start to be seen in the neighbourhood, he inevitably gets involved. We are introduced to Debbie, a local schoolteacher. She has an interesting pupil named Miranda who has two hearts. And so the adventure has its foundations.
The characterization of the Doctor is wonderful. You can hear and see McGann delivering the lines. You feel his emotions - this is a Doctor who wears them on his Velvet sleeve. The 8th Doctor has never been portrayed more vividly. The supporting characters are the richest. This Earthbound story arc of the last 5 books revels in marvelous personalities. This book is the pinnacle of it. From the everywoman depiction of Debbie, her brash husband Barry, through to Miranda, 80's teenager but something more - these are characters you can identify with and relate to. The book sucks you in and you become part of the world it depicts. Abounding in 80's references it took me back to that decade.
Doctor Who is about magic, about the wonders in life - an imaginative world second to none. This book has all these elements in abundance. The whole Earthbound arc has been a revelation, a return to the best kind of Doctor Who. This book is the pinnacle of that arc - and indeed the pinnacle of the 8th Doctor series to date. Brilliant
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Lance has actually made use of the time element the Doctor is faced with i.e. he has based the story over the 80s decade. I was hoping an author would utilise this factor at some point in this chapter in the Doctor's life, rather than sticking to just one point in time. Reading novels set 20 years apart rather makes one wonder what the Doctor had been up to. The clever plot and colourful characters keep the interest levels up, along with the different settings in each of the three 'Acts'. The thought-provoking material goes hand-in-hand with the tradgedy and I found myself living in the 80s once more. I even imagined the suggested soundtrack playing in the background of the scenes. As the penultimate story in this set of novels, it makes good reading and I hope Colin Brake can put the cherry on the cake in Escape Velocity.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
There isn't much to say, except: 'go out and buy this novel'. If you're not hooked on Who by the end of this wonderful book you might as well start knitting, because you're going to have a very long and boring life.
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My Stepfather's An Alien.
Simply lovely, especially the first part. It tends to lose its way a bit in Part 2, but picks back up for the third act.
Published on 8 Mar 2001
One of the best
This is the best 8th Doctor book in quite some time-let down by a disappointing last third which does not continue the wonderful plot and prose that has gone before. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2001
The second 5 star book in the earth Arc
Like The Turing Test, this one tries to do something different, and succeeds. It is well written, includes a lot of interesting hints at the future, and is thoroughly worth... Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2001
The eighties - a decade to forget
I tried really hard to find something I liked about Father Time. After having taken a break from reading the rest of the "Doctor-without-a-past" because they sounded far... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2001 by wattsa@croner.cch.co.uk
Outstanding novel and addition to the Eighth Doctor Series!
The "Caught on Earth" story arc has been incredible, and Lance Parkin's entry is nothing short of just that. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2001 by Julio Angel Ortiz
Who book with actual plot shock
Lance Parkin's latest is an actual novel which might be read with pleasure by someone totally ignorant of Dr Who. While there are continuity references they are worn lightly. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2001
A Mixed Blessing
Parkin is generally a good writer for the programme but he hasn't quite got it right with this work. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2001 by Booksmith
Father Time - The Return Of Lance Parkin
Father Time is the penultimate novel in the current Doctor Who arc series and sets things up nicely for the final part Escape Velocity. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2001
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