Doctor Who - The Last Dodo

by Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who and Freema Agyeman

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Format:: CD Album
Distributor:: Bbc
Category:: Science Fiction
Release Date:: 02 July 2007
Running Time (minutes):: 145.00
Number of Discs:: 2
EAN:: 9781846071775

Description

Freema Agyeman reads this spine-tingling story of a bizarre museum, extinct animals and danger for the Doctor. The Doctor and Martha go in search of a real live dodo, and are transported by the TARDIS to the mysterious Museum of the Last Ones. There, in the Earth section, they discover every extinct creature up to the present day, all still alive and in suspended animation. Preservation is the museum's only job - collecting the last of every endangered species from all over the universe. But exhibits are going missing...Can the Doctor solve the mystery before the museum's curator adds the last of the Time Lords to her collection? This title features the Doctor and Martha, as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television, written by Jacqueline Raynor.

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Doctor Who - The Last Dodo On Two CD's (145:00)

Reader Reviews

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I really like that this book is angry (well, mildly annoyed) at the real life issues of conservation and extinction, even if some of thosee points are directly lifted from Ghost Light. It's refreshing for one of the NSAs to have something to say without being too didactic rather than just being an escapist runaround. Although yes, it's still an entertaining enough escapist runaround too. There's some nice subtle references to the old series for the long term fans and the Doctor going up against sabre toothed tigers, dinosaurs and bomb planting dodo clones is exactly the sort of thing these books should be giving us since they're beyond the scope of the telly. Loved the last chapter too, answered a question that was nagging at the back of my mind from the start.But...I'm not sure what the point of the first person Martha narration was - there didn't seem to be any particularly good reason for switching to first person and seemed just there to liven up what might otherwise have been a slightly dull first half although, on the plus side, Rayner nails the Doctor's character to the point her own characters are sketches in comparison. Oh, and the I Spyder and animal description just looked like pure padding to an otherwise skimpy narrative to me, yes they're largely educational but don't serve the story at all and seem a bit clunky. And I'm not sure the premise holds together if you look too closely. Not bad but not great - I still think Jac comes up with some great ideas but doesn't exploit them in the way other Who writers (such as Steve Lyons) do.

3.00 out of 5

JonArnold

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