- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (7 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563486163
- ISBN-13: 978-0563486169
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 814,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There is a gala opening for a new exhibition at the Tate Modern - 'The Tomorrow Windows'. The concept behind the exhibition is simple - anyone can look through a Tomorrow Window and see into the future. They can see what will happen next week, next year, or next century, and leave the exhibition having got The Gist Of Things To Come. Of course, the future is malleable, and so the future you see will change as you formulate your plans. You can the see the outcome of every potential decision, and then decide on the optimum course of action. It's a feedback loop that accentuates the positive. According to the press pack, the 'Tomorrow Windows' will bring about world peace and save humanity from every possible disaster. So, of course, someone decides to blow it up. There's always one, isn't there? As the Doctor investigates and unravels the conspiracy, he begins a Gulliver's Travels-esque quest, visiting bizarre worlds and encountering many peculiar and surreal life forms...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jonathan Morris wrote this Eighth Doctor novel as a homage to Douglas Adams but as previous reviewers have said it is not really worthy of the great writer. An engaging enough read, it at least avoids the almost constant 'story arcs' that have blighted much of this series.
The novel's glaring gothic cover suggests an intense and humourless read but this is far from being accurate. Jonathan Morris has indeed created a pastiche of Douglas Adams's but at least his homage is well written. Morris leaves no stone unturned in his quest to lampoon Doctor Who itself, but his is an affectionate tribute rather than an attack.
The Doctor is much more likeable here and his young Londoner companion Fitz also continues his recent welcome character development. Trix, the other current member of the TARDIS crew is also much more interesting than in previous outings; she has now started to become a complex and interesting person in her own right.
The Tomorrow Windows is ultimately a lighthearted and shallow story but one that compensates by making the reader laugh at themselves and by being a well written and decidedly fun novel.
The novel's glaring gothic cover suggests an intense and humourless read but this is far from being accurate. Jonathan Morris has indeed created a pastiche of Douglas Adams's but at least his homage is well written. Morris leaves no stone unturned in his quest to lampoon Doctor Who itself, but his is an affectionate tribute rather than an attack.
The Doctor is much more likeable here and his young Londoner companion Fitz also continues his recent welcome character development. Trix, the other current member of the TARDIS crew is also much more interesting than in previous outings; she has now started to become a complex and interesting person in her own right.
The Tomorrow Windows is ultimately a lighthearted and shallow story but one that compensates by making the reader laugh at themselves and by being a well written and decidedly fun novel.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Tomorrow Windows is - at last - the first truly standalone Eight Doctor novel in a few years, and concerns a group of protected 'heritage' planets, and an alien estate agents plan to manipulate the indigenous populations into self-destruction so he can sell on the planets. This is very obviously a comedy in the Douglas Adams fashion (there's even some Slartifartbast-style planet designing), and though it's nowhere near as amusing as Adams work the frantic pace of the novel and the huge range of locations and bizarre aliens means this book is never boring. A bit hit and miss, and the plot is so far-fetched it would never survive in a non-comedy book, but all in all this is an entertaining and enjoyable read.
Format:Paperback
This is one of my favourite ever Who books. It's ingenious, witty, strange and has a new idea every few pages. After a fashion, it's even about something. If you like Gareth Roberts there's a very good chance you'll like this.
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