Stories Book Time Trips A Handful of Stardust 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, April 3, 2014 Written by Jake Arnott Pages 45 Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Celebrity Historical Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England Synopsis The TARDIS is diverted to England in 1572, and the Sixth Doctor and Peri meet John Dee — "mathematician, astrologer, alchemist, magician, and the greatest mind of our time". ("Only of your time?", the Doctor asks, unimpressed.) But what brought them here? When the Doctor discovers that Dee and his assistant have come across a "great disturbance in the cosmos, in the constellation of Cassiopeia", he realises that they are all in terrible danger. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Sixth Doctor Peri Brown John Dee The Tremas Master Show All Characters (4) How to read A Handful of Stardust: Books Time Trips Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 26 May 2025 · 54 words Review by 6-and-7 1 A fascinating tale that covers desire for knowledge, survival, colonialism, and the moral cost of them all. The pleasure parasites/incubi are as fascinating as they are disgusting, both in and out of narrative, and the parallels between the Doctor and Dr. John Dee (and between Peri and Thomas) really compelled me as well. 6-and-7 View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating105 members 3.53 / 5 Member Statistics Read 17 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
