Stories Book BBC Books New Series Adventures Big Bang Generation 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 2 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, September 10, 2015 Written by Gary Russell Pages 240 Time Travel Past, Present, Future Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) The Glamour Chronicles Location (Potential Spoilers!) Sydney, New South Wales, El Diablo (planet), Australia Synopsis "I'm an archaeologist, but probably not the one you were expecting." Christmas 2015, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Imagine everyone's surprise when a time portal opens up in Sydney Cove. Imagine their shock as a massive pyramid now sits beside the Harbour Bridge, inconveniently blocking Port Jackson and glowing with energy. Imagine their fear as Cyrrus "the mobster" Globb, Professor Horace Jaanson and an alien assassin called Kik arrive to claim the glowing pyramid. Finally imagine everyone's dismay when they are followed by a bunch of con artists out to spring their greatest grift yet. This gang consists of Legs (the sexy comedian), Dog Boy (providing protection and firepower), Shortie (handling logistics), Da Trowel (in charge of excavation and history) and their leader, Doc (busy making sure the universe isn't destroyed in an explosion that makes the Big Bang look like a damp squib). And when someone accidentally reawakens the Ancients of the Universe — which, Doc reckons, wasn't the wisest or best-judged of actions — things get a whole lot more complicated... 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 Twelfth Doctor Bernice Summerfield Ancients of the Universe Peter Summerfield Ruth Spring Heeled Jack Keri Pakhar Show All Characters (7) How to read Big Bang Generation: Books Big Bang Generation Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: 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 2 reviews 18 April 2025 · 176 words Review by Guardax Spoilers This review contains spoilers! The idea of the Twelfth Doctor crossing over with Bernice Summerfield seemed so incongruous when I heard about it, but here we are. The only problem for me is that this book needs a phD in Benny lore to understand what's even going on. I spent some time wondering 'am I supposed to know who this person is?'. On top of that it's a pretty complex story, with there being an evil pyramid run by the Ancients of the Universe that needs to be restored with the Glamour or the universe will explode. Finally, some of this didn't quite feel like the Twelfth Doctor specifically to me, maybe a side effect of him being put in Benny land. After all the negativity though, this book is extremely snappy and well-written as you'd expect from Gary Russell. Despite all the complexity it's a zippy read and you're never bored at any point. If I knew the full Benny backstory I could see this getting to a four for me, but it seemed pretty impenetrable at points. Guardax View profile Like Liked 0 17 March 2025 · 24 words Review by ash.hnt 1 this was cool. complicated, but cool. a sort of love letter to Big Finish. i screamed at certain name drops of companions. really cool! ash.hnt View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating38 members 3.39 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating643 votes 3.22 / 5 Member Statistics Read 65 Favourited 6 Reviewed 2 Saved 7 Skipped 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote