A review by poetkoala
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock

2.0

When it comes to reading book adaptations of television shows or movies, I'm always a little leery. This book was no different when I started it. I had a difficult time getting into the voice of The Doctor and Amy, but it actually helped when I watched an episode so I could hear them better. Names of characters were mentioned as if expecting the reader to know what's being talked about without explanation, and some things were over-explained by backtracking a little bit to explain and then continuing with the story. The perspective jumped a bit amongst characters, and I was disappointed that we didn't spend much time in The Doctor's head. I think that if we had stayed in Amy's perspective, it might not have given me motion sickness. Overall, it was a little bit of a fluffy read, I thought the resolution wouldn't have given the reader a chance to figure it out for themselves, but the heroics of Bingo were not lost on me.

I think that it felt kinda like an episode of Doctor Who on paper, trying to be a novel. Though I think there could be merit in that, I think that the way things were described was lacking and would be better suited for the screen than the page.