Doctor Who: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead: Time Lord Victorious

The only issue I have is that my book's pages came in a little damaged. It was on time and has such a cool cover. The story is great!

The Time Lord Victorious storyline is a really good idea and awesome Doctor Who thing to make. It is a few years since "The Water of Mars" Special happened and where the 10th Doctor first said that line, but during this bad time of Doctor Who right now, it is good we got an awesome alternate storyline like this to make it better. This first book of the series was so awesome and the cliffhanger ending was so awesome, I had to order the next book right away. I can't wait to see what the next book is like and where will this story go from here. The "Big Finish" audio stories for TLV are awesome as well and I got to get around to reading the comics as well.

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If you're looking at this feeling intimidated by the brand Time Lord Victorious thinking you can't enjoy yourself reading this, then don't worry. This book stands on its own, and you don't need any prior knowledge (except one for a spoilerific reason; the novel relies heavily on The Waters of Mars, taking place after it and is the basis of the story).Upon reading, it felt fast-paced, which never felt like an issue, but the reading experience is pretty quick overall should make it easier for the reader not having to struggle reading it. You can pretty much finish this in a day or two.The narrative brings the Doctor in the Dark Times, trying to cope after the death of Adelaine Brooke. However, the Andalians have been judged by the Kotturuh, giving them life spam, thus wiping them out. This puts the Doctor into conflict with them as well as dealing at the hands of death. Whereupon on this adventure, he meets an Ood called Brian, an assassin who wears a suit and carries an orb translater where he commonly refers to it as Mr Ball, part of his personality disorder.The story overall has been pretty strong, especially author Steve Cole gives his characterisation of the 10th Doctor some growth throughout this book. He takes the Doctor who is still having to reel from the events of the Waters of Mars, using his writing depicting his struggles through trauma for his actions, and the novels give on insights of him trying to deal with death. To me, this shows the true potential of his darker side, and at the end of the novel, he becomes the very worse becoming the Time Lord Victorious. This story goes with an interesting approach, especially the ending with the revelation of the 10th Doctor's arc. This made the book goes to a darker direction as the climax sees him committing genocide on the Kotturuh.But what makes it more exciting is the cliffhanger where 10th Doctor is now pitted against the 8th and 9th Doctor teaming up with the Daleks and the Great Vampire. A Fascinating concept and keeps you invested in getting "All Flesh is Grass" in December. Very much hyping for readers for wanting more.The Kotturuh are written a genuine threat, and they do give a creepy impression in the way they speak calmly. Also, the prologue shows the readers how freighting they could also be. They are written very well as good antagonist, especially the stakes they can do to a spice using their lifespans.Brian the Ood is a pretty entertaining character, easily making him the best character throughout this book having him complying with the Doctor as the companion. He is written so well, making you feel you ain't sure to trust him whenever sometimes he does unexpectedly at his actions. However, he can be unpredictable, being unsure if he is on your side or whatnot.The Knight, The Fool and The Dead as a lot to unpack and keeps you engage by turning every page, wanting to know what happens next.

A new Doctor Who novel. Telling an all new story for the Doctor which hasn't been told in any other medium before.It runs for one hundred and seventy eight pages. It has a prologue. sixteen chapters. And three interlude chapters. Considering the books in this range used to run up to seventy pages longer, the length is a bit disappointing. But getting a slip jacket cover over it does perhaps make it look neater and it may last longer. Too bad they cost more than they used to as well, but that's life.This feature the Tenth Doctor. It is set after the events of the tv episode 'The Waters of Mars', and if you are reading this you have doubtless seen that. If not, it's eleven years old, so you've had the time. But in the unlikely event you haven't it may not prevent you getting into anyway.Thus the Doctor has no companion here.It is part of a series of stories all being called 'Time Lord Victorious' which see the Doctors - eight nine and ten - all fighting aliens called the Kotturuh. Who judge other beings. and impose finite lifespans on them.You don't need to have read or heard or looked at anything else in that range, and there's a lot of it, to get into this.The story sees the Doctor getting caught up with the fight against the Kotturuh when trying to save a young girl from them. With the assistance of a certain Ood, a quest across space and time awaits. As do some very hard decisions....As ever with these books, the characterisation of the Doctor is spot on. With lines you could imagine him saying on tv. It also really fits the period for the Tenth, as he gets very caught up in dealing once again with the issues that he faced in the Waters of Mars. And the issues the Kotturuh present him with as well.There's also one great little bit of characterisation with the girl early on, that's a good bit of writing.This really does utilise the prose medium to be as they often say 'too broad for the small screen'. But in doing that, it doesn't quite have the focus of tv episodes or most of the other novels, which were short scale. After a great start, I was rather having to work at this in order for it to keep my attention. Which wasn't always the way with this.Although it does have a plot development in the middle, or just beyond that to be exact, that does manage to get it up to the next level of plot nicely. And it does know where it is going. What happens in the final third fits everything, both the plot and the way the Doctor is behaving throughout.And the ending is utterly utterly brilliant.Then comes a cliffhanger.Which will be resolved in a novel called 'All Flesh is Grass' that is out in two months at the time of writing.So all in all worth a look. It wasn't the smoothest ride at times, but the ending made it worth the journey.