The Monsters Inside - 7/10

The Doctor stared at Ermenshrew. ‘But why? Why d’you need such a big hole?’ ‘You’ll find out for yourself soon enough.’ Her dark eyes glittered.

The Monsters inside is a good doctor who romp. Nothing deep going on here but The Doctor and Rose are well characterised with a good memorable side cast.

Positives

Strong characterisations: For how early in the range this was, it gets rose and the doctor spot on. Rose especially gets a lot here that i could see happening on TV, becoming a legend among the prisoners and being able to control them when the doctor couldn't was a highlight.

A secret sequel: Getting to be a sequel for the current series at the time of publication is actually quite a big deal if you ask me, and I love the Slitheen so I am happy to get more of them. Unfortunately this reveal was something I already knew going in.

Negatives

Conclusions:  A lot of the end relies on technobabble about gravity and quite frankly it just wasn't very interesting.

Not much depth: I imagine this will be on the negatives for many NSAs but i just can't score it that high because it isn't TRYING to be anything amazing. It just wants to be some fun extra doctor who, which I think it does achieve, but should these books aim for a bit more than that?

Odd comments: At the end of the book, flowers picks several male personal assistants for herself because she thinks they're hot. This is obviously meant to be a joke, but it does not land well imo.