Plum Pudding Reviews

  The Sixth Doctor and Peri Volume One This is one of those releases that I'm not sure why it exists, but you know, I'm not going to complain about it at all. I rather like The Sixth Doctor and Peri. Sure. Give em a set. Why not? I'll listen.  In all actuality, this boxset is part of the "Mildly Older Peri" arc, an arc that started in the Main Range with The Widow's Assassin trilogy, and as of the moment, currently possesses no conclusion. It's a push to call it an arc even, as there is no story connecting threads other than the character drama between Six and Peri that comes to a head in Conflict Theory, by Nev Fountain, arguably the reason the set exists. The batch of stories are a tad eclectic in taste and tone beyond this - The Faceless Ones tackles colonialism through a Classic Who lens, while Like is perhaps one of the most modern Doctor Who tales out there, bordering on some of the territory of "Technophobia," "Smile," or perhaps...

  The Seventh Doctor New Adventures ""Volume One"" The Seventh Doctor is so often misused. People love to make him a little ominous fella who loves killing or a silly little goblin man who loves juggling and spoons. For regrettably too many authors, there is no inbetween. I was a little cautious going into The New Adventures ""Volume One"" based on this. Are these not, the infamous books that helped to bolster the Seventh Doctor's darkest characterization?? I was surprised to find that The New Adventures may be my favorite Seventh Doctor release by miles, an inviting TARDIS team worthy of appreciation who deliver an excellent balance of stories in tone, atmosphere and setting. This is a seriously good boxset, and it's a shame that it will probably be the only one like it. Sometimes you just don't realize what you have...  The Trial of a Time Machine by Andy Lane Andy Lane wrote for the VNAs back in the day, and he did it very well, th...