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julesjones78) Jacqueline Rayner -- Doctor Who: The Stone Rose
Seventh of the tie-in novels to go with New Who, and the first featuring the Tenth Doctor. Mickey finds a Roman-era statue of Rose in the British Museum, so Ten and Rose go on a trip to make sure she's around to act as the model. But the first thing that happens when they arrive is getting mixed up in a missing persons case. A wealthy man is searching for his son, who was last seen going for a appointment to put the finishing touches on a statue of him.
It's not hard for the reader to guess how the sculptor is achieving his astonishing output of exquisitely detailed statues, but that's not the point of the story. The real meat of the story is in the Doctor's quest to find the source of the sculptor's powers -- and, of course, rescue a few people along the way. There are some good plot twists, and nice handling of time travel paradoxes in this story. Raynor does a good job of bringing ancient Rome to life in this book.
One of my favourites of the new series tie-ins so far, and the second of Raynor's which I've enjoyed. I'll have to look out for more of hers.
LibraryThing entry
Seventh of the tie-in novels to go with New Who, and the first featuring the Tenth Doctor. Mickey finds a Roman-era statue of Rose in the British Museum, so Ten and Rose go on a trip to make sure she's around to act as the model. But the first thing that happens when they arrive is getting mixed up in a missing persons case. A wealthy man is searching for his son, who was last seen going for a appointment to put the finishing touches on a statue of him.
It's not hard for the reader to guess how the sculptor is achieving his astonishing output of exquisitely detailed statues, but that's not the point of the story. The real meat of the story is in the Doctor's quest to find the source of the sculptor's powers -- and, of course, rescue a few people along the way. There are some good plot twists, and nice handling of time travel paradoxes in this story. Raynor does a good job of bringing ancient Rome to life in this book.
One of my favourites of the new series tie-ins so far, and the second of Raynor's which I've enjoyed. I'll have to look out for more of hers.
LibraryThing entry