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Michael Moorcock (Author)
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Publication Date: 4 Aug 2011 | ISBN-10: 1849901406 | ISBN-13: 978-1849901406 | Edition: Reprint

The Terraphiles are a group obsessed with Earth's past and dedicated to re-enacting ancient sporting events. The Doctor and Amy join them on a trip to Miggea, a star on the very edge of reality, and venue for a competition to win the fabled Arrow of Law. But the Terraphiles' grasp of Earth history and customs is dubious to say the least, and just getting to Miggea is going to prove tricky.

For reality is falling apart, ships are disappearing, and Captain Cornelius and his pirates are looking for easy pickings. And the Doctor and Amy have to find out who is so desperate to get the Arrow of Law that they will kill for it.

A thrilling Doctor Who adventure featuring the Doctor and Amy, as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television written by the acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author Michael Moorcock

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books; Reprint edition (4 Aug 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849901406
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849901406
  • Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"A marriage made in heaven, or perhaps Gallifrey. As a teenager Michael Moorcock was my favourite author, and Doctor Who my favourite TV programme. Why no one has ever put the two of them together before I don't know" (Charlie Higson )

"Delicious. The modern genre's most original voice has invited the Doctor into his multiverse for an adventure sparkling with wit and peril... Authentic Moorcock. Authentic Who. An essential read" (Stephen Baxter )

"A combination of Moorcockian multiverse and Wodehousian Comedy filigreed into something magical and unexpected. It's Doctor Who written by the most important living British fantasist, and it's as good as I'd hoped, and much funnier" (Neil Gaiman )

"Delightfully good-humored... an authentically Moorcockian take on both Doctor Who and that most whimsical of themes - the coming of ultimate chaos and the annihilation of the universe itself!" (Alastair Reynolds )

"We are astoundingly lucky to have Michael Moorcock. In his range, his skill, invention and his passion he exemplifies the very best of more than one literary tradition" (China Mieville )

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Cross over or spin-off? 26 Oct 2010
By Tony Jones VINE™ VOICE
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Cards on table: I am a big Dr Who fan and a Moorcock fan from the 70s / 80s devouring all the Eternal Champion books wherever I found them. When I heard of this novel I was both astounded and apprehensive - would this be a Dr Who novel written by Moorcock or a Moorcock novel with Dr Who in it?

Well the novel is littered with the Moorcock trademarks - arrows of law, law vs. Chaos, cosmic balance, multiverse and a character named Cornelius. We also need to bear in mind Moorcock's novel for the film Great Rock and Roll Swindle for which he (essentially) reproduced a Jerry Cornelius tale (though a good one!).

We then need to think back to the good Doctor - I am just listening to the Big Finish Key2Time series, and it is clear that the Doctor as well uses the language of law/order vs. Chaos, multiverse, the Key to Time itself is a balance, so actually the language is not that far away.

The novel itself is well paced, very readable and very funny. In fact I was most struck by the sense that the fantastic comic prose describing the bizarre archaic psuedo-cricket / darts / jousting games of the 'plot' (ignoring the hat) could as well have been outpourings of the pen of the most credible of Dr Who champions Douglas Adams.

As a Moorcock fan, I thoroughly enjoyed the look back to Earth history from the distant future - pure Dancers at the End of Time for those that know their Moorcock.

Why only four stars? Well I think too much was added to the Who universe to set the backdrop for the story; Amy was left as a cypher until suddenly taking her place as a key character for the final third; the Doctor himself seemed to have all the faults of the Matt Smith character (appearance over content) and didn't quite capture his strengths of timing and expression. I also didn't like the self-referential ending which also reminded me of the Runaway Train post-ending (i.e. setting up the story by going back in time after the story happened).

I leave though this thought - we've had the Coming of the Terraphiles, what price the Return of the Terraphiles?
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars "We're living in a permanent melodrama. I'm the madman in the box." 3 Nov 2010
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
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First the good news. After a disappointing run of cash-in audio adventures that were light on plot and ideas, The Coming of the Terraphiles is an honest-to-goodness novel - and has been published as such - running just short of 11 hours on nine CDs, complete with fully drawn characters and worlds and an ambitious plot written by a `hard' scifi writer with impeccable credentials. The bad news is that despite Clive Mantle's generally excellent reading, it feels like it's often a little too fully realised to work on audio, with the prologue and opening chapters taken up with so much florid backstory and character detail, often conveyed with plentiful nonsensical wordplay that even Edward Lear might have balked at, that the story seems to take forever to get started and often gets lost in the purple prose when it does. All too often it seems as if even the smallest of actions leads to yet more lengthy description and backgound that would work better on the printed page where you could read (and just as importantly, reread) at your own pace to keep your bearings. Moorcock too often seems more interested in engineering worlds than telling a story: you can't fault the detail even if it is overfamiliar, but you do find yourself wanting him to just get on with it at times.

At times this is more of a Moorcock novel complete with his trademark obsessions and characters - another variation on Jerry Cornelius, more Multiverses, more Arrows of Law - with the Doctor sidelined to a minor player who almost feels shoehorned in, never quite commanding the story and often feeling subordinate to it and the author's already long-established worlds. As such it may well disappoint or alienate some fans of both the series and Moorcock. Certainly it's hard to make a case for this working better as an audiobook than it does on the printed page: this one just doesn't seem quite right as a listening experience and not just because, like other readers before him, Mantle has difficulty with Amy's Scottish accent...
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars A wasted opportunity 23 Mar 2011
By Kirsty at the Overflowing Library VINE™ VOICE
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Let me begin by saying I have been a fan of Doctor Who for many years - I followed the classic series and then was overjoyed when it returned to the screen in 2004. I have also read widely of the works of Michael Moorcock and have greatly enjoyed his dark surreal fantasy novels with fascinating characters, anti-heroes such as Elric and Corum. I was therefore, after my initial disbelief, very excited to hear that the BBC had commissioned Moorcock to produce a DW novel.

Unfortunately this failed to satisfy me as EITHER a Doctor Who or Michael Moorcock novel - yet alone both. Doctor Who references were minimal, while characterisation of both the 11th Doctor and Amy was poor. From a Michael Moorcock perspective there were myriad references to "the multiverse" and the battle between "law and chaos", but it was a far cry from the intelligent writing I associate with Moorcock.

The setting was comedic and nonsensical, the characters farcical and the conceptual science bizarrely ridiculous. An awful lot of time was spent playing weird sports events which the rules and terms were never really adequately defined so it was very hard to keep track of who was winning and how they were doing it.

To my mind Moorcock has taken the worst elements of Doctor Who and his own writing rather than the best. From Doctor Who he incorporated the sometimes childish plots and characterisation that is occasionally present in the series but none of the rich history that the series has established, from his own writing he took some of the bizarre conceptual theories but none of the depth of characterisation or sense of epic adventure.

I really regret that this is the case. I was looking forward to this so much.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Deeply disappointing
Why 2 stars? One star would imply it could not be worse, and three stars would imply it was, under some circumstances, worth buying. This is not. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Philip W
1.0 out of 5 stars hate it
when i read this book i did not warm to it . was not able to finish the book im fan of doctor who this was the worst adventure that i i ever read Michael Moorcock could not get... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Doctor Who The Coming of the Terraphiles
'There are dark tides runing through the universe...'

Miggea - a star on the very edge of reality. The cusp between this universe and the next. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars The Coming of the Terraphiles
When I first discovered Michael Moorcock's writing many years ago, I found a new world of exciting opportunities in reading. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Keen Reader
1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute guff
I've never written a review before but after reading this I thought I should. I read alot of different book subject abd love the Dr Who seriese but reading this was painfull. Read more
Published 7 months ago by mutahal
4.0 out of 5 stars all things considered
Absolutely Bonkers but great fun, witty, charming, occasionally completely incomprehensible - if you like both Moorcock and Doctor Who its a frothy clever confection, ideal for... Read more
Published 9 months ago by behindthesofa
3.0 out of 5 stars For older fans
I was hoping my young son - an avid Doctor Who fan - would enjoy this, but he gave it up fairly early on. Having listened myself, I can see why. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ray Blake
2.0 out of 5 stars One for Moorcock fans
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles

If you're a fan of Michael Moorcock, you'll probably enjoy this story a lot. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Michele Fry
1.0 out of 5 stars A Terrible Mess
Sorry, but I hated this and couldn't finish it.

I have a lot of respect for Moorcock and I have mostly enjoyed his books over several decades, and I love Doctor Who. Read more
Published 22 months ago by John W
4.0 out of 5 stars An 11th Doctor adventure
Featuring the 11th Doctor and Amy The Coming of the Terraphiles seems to have more in tune with a Tom Baker era story. Read more
Published 22 months ago by D. Evans
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