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PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus

TV: Logopolis

Timewyrm: Apocalypse

I may be coming in with a hot take here, but I honestly think this is the best book of the tetrology so far. Granted, it's not hard to beat the low bar of Genesys, but while Exodus was a step up, I think Apocalypse is leagues above.

One thing that this book does that many may dislike but I think works in it's favour - the Timewyrm is barely in it! I am an avid Timewyrm HATER I think the Timewyrm is such a boring villain, and I wish they were a one-time villain as opposed to being the antagonists of the first four books. While they are clearly the antagonist here, I actually forgot we were in this arc at times, and it made me enjoy the book so much more.

That being said, this book is still certainly lacking. While it felt more consistent than Exodus, the pacing was not great, we had large chunks of nothingness while people just sort of walked around. Something that has been happening all too often in the VNAs so far.

We also had a lot of characters. It took me a while to remember who was Miril and who was Huldah. Revna and Reptu, etc. I was more or less on top of it by the end but it took me some time. I'm not sure if this was a problem with my ebook, but it kept changing Mirils name to Mint. Not sure why.

Lastly, I thought the ending was a bit underwhelming. We had a reveal that the person the Timewyrm was possessing was somebody the Second Doctor met, and I assumed they were in an episode of the show, turns out they were only in this book, with their debut being in Chapter 2 for a couple paragraphs. Not the dramatic reveal that it felt like the book was trying to do. We also had Raphael, great character who I thought was perhaps going to be a companion, or maybe a recurring character. He kind of just... Turns into a God then blips himself out of existence. That all happened in two chapters.

Overall, a fun and interesting story, and the highlight of the VNAs so far. Unfortunately bogged down by a number of issues that make it still far from perfect.

Top Quote

"Come with us," they cried. "There lies death for you!" "Accept the Panjistri; join the Brotherhood!"

Ace picked up a handful of stones which she threw at them. "Bog off, wimps!"