This is an interesting Doctor Who adventure. The book certainly has it's flaws, but there are elements of the story that I really liked, especially the elements relating to the Second Doctor attempting to pass a message along to the Seventh.

This story also shows a lot of what they can do now that they're freed from the constraints of BBC standards and practices. The first book in the series amped up the sexuality somewhat to something more frank than pretty much anything that the original series had discussed.

The semi-love triangle between Ace, Raphael and that other girl whose name I can't remember, feels rather forced.

On the minus side, the semi-love triangle between Ace, Raphael and that other girl whose name I can't remember, feels rather forced. Similarly, most of the Panjistri and the Kirithons aren't particularly fleshed out, and the ones who do get some serious development are also the ones who get to be killed off.

Still, fans of Doctor Who - especially fans of the Seventh Doctor, should get something out of this book. ( )

The third Timewyrm novel is the worst yet. While Genesys was shitty, Apocalypse is just boring, filled with non-characters doing uninteresting things, one of those books you can't even remember what you didn't like about it because your main memory of reading it is your eyes gliding over the pages as you hoped it came to an end soon. Generic and tedious.

The first one was amateur, the second trite. This "Timewyrm" is just boring. It is completely Doctor Who-by-numbers - no surprises whatsoever. Its link to the overall Timewyrm concept is even more tenuous than the last book. The only real saving grace is the occasional Troughton-era flashback, but those are far and few between. Skip it. ( )

http://nhw.livejournal.com/772832.html

Not really great literature: Doctor and Ace on far future planet, where not all is as it seems, and the plot depends on an untold story from the Doctor's past. ( )