I enjoyed this. It was fun to meet Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling and see how the author of this DW book imagined them to be. I really liked the idea of mixing human and animal together that reminded me of The Island of Doctor Moreau. Good happy ending.

http://nhw.livejournal.com/765775.html[return][return]A glorious Victorian romp featuring the young Arthur Conan Doyle (just after I discovered my own obscure family connection with him) and an even younger Rudyard Kipling, combined with affectionate references to those classic Fourth Doctor stories, "Horror of Fang Rock" and "The Talons of Weng-Chiang".

I absolutely loved reading this. This is the first Doctor Who book I have been able to read and it was so much fun to read. The voice of the Doctor came through so well and I enjoyed how the book showed how much of life is intertwined through the way that the Doctor and Sarah encountered both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. The way the author fluidly inserted the Doctor's adventure into a 'true' timeline was masterful and I look forward to reading more of his books.

Well not as bad Timewyrn Genesys. Though not significantly better. Largely the 4th Doctor hanging out with Arthur Conan Doyle to do a Hound of the Baskervilles pastiche whilst Sarah pointlessly hangs out with a creepy teenage Rudyard Kipling. In no way really interesting.