- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (5 Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563555963
- ISBN-13: 978-0563555964
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.9 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 912,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There's a serious reality breach in the 1950s American town of Lychburg, as the second Doctor discovers when the TARDIS unexpectedly lands there, and he discovers it to be a city of anachronisms and temporal contradictions.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic stuff. Great fun.,
By lazersharks@yahoo.com (Chester, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: Heart of Tardis (Paperback)
If you liked Paul Magrs' 3rd Doctor novel 'Verdigris', you'll love this. If you're the sort who can talk about contradictions in Dalek history for seven hours or until someone bludgeons you to death with your own duffel coat, then let's be honest, you probably won't. Yes, the author takes the startlingly original stance that Reagan and Thatcher's politics might have been a bit, you know, evil. But if you grew up exposed to the (mostly Left wing) 80s/90s British media then you'll probably be surprised at how little he actually touches upon it. He confines it to the narrative rather than place words in the characters mouths, and it really isn't jarring. The ending has been mentioned negatively in several reviews, but I personally believe that if you complain about the ending(s) you've missed the point, just a tad. Overall, this book shines with love for it's subject matter, even after spending 280 pages subverting and poking fun at 'Dr Who?' it was never cruel, and managed to turn out a Second Doctor passage that in a few sentences was more genuinely touching than many of the 'serious' 'Dr Who?' novels I've read. And let's be honest. Anyone who can attempt to raise Vince to a canonical character gets my lifelong repect and admiration.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Multi-Doctor Story Ever,
By A Customer
This review is from: Doctor Who: Heart of Tardis (Paperback)
What a wonderful book from Mr Stone. Great fun all the way through, I honestly couldn't put it down.This is how multi-doctor stories should work - subtly and without the usual shoving together for a half-hearted plot (or, in the case of BBC books first release 'The Eight Doctors', no plot at all). If you've been put off the Past Doctor BBC books by the atrocities such as 'Divided Loyalties' then give it another go with Heart of TARDIS. The Past Doctor books certainly seem to be coming out of the quality rut they've been stuck in the the last year or so...'Heart of TARDIS' and before that 'Verdigris' and 'Tomb of Valdemar'...it's a good time to be reading Who. btw, to the Guy who doesn't know why it's called HoT....hint - try thinking about what happens at the climax of the book. ;-)
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good Ideas...Poor Execution,
By sgorman@phx.com (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: Heart of Tardis (Paperback)
Seeing the Second Doctor in Middle America opens possibilities that are nearly endless. The pairing of the Second and Fourth Doctors is a great combination even though they never meet in this book, and given the plot, don't really need to either. Reading the synopsis of this book will get any Who fan excited, but unfortunately here the fantastic ideas fall by the wayside of either hurried writing, poor editing, or a lack of sound exposition. Honestly, there are about seven or eight stories happening at once and not enough time is given to any of them. I'll be the first to admit that some Doctor Who episodes and adventure books have baffled me, but a second round with the material usually clears up previous confusion. If you are puzzled with this book, you are not alone. The end goes at a mile a minute, giving no time to explain what is happening, where it's happening, and to whom it's happening. In the prelude, Stone reinforces his affinity for stopping prose in climatic midstream for the sake of dramatic zest. Unfortunately, he does it so often and so inappropriately that it totally loses its affect and more often than not perplexes and frustrates the reader. This book goes everywhere all at once and it's regrettable that the reader can't come along.
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