Stories Book The Eighth Doctor Adventures (Books) Camera Obscura 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes 2 Overview Released Monday, August 5, 2002 Written by Lloyd Rose Pages 280 Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) Dartmoor, Devon, Earth, England, Wales Synopsis The Doctor sat alone and listened to the beat of his remaining heart. He had never got used to it. He never would. The single sound where a double should be. What was this new code hammering through his body? What did it mean? Mortal. No, he'd always known he could die. Not mortal. Damaged. Crippled. Through his shirt, his fingers sought the thick ridge of his scar. Human... The Doctor's second heart was taken from his body — for his own good, he was told. Removed by his sometime ally, sometime rival, the mysterious time-traveller Sabbath. Now, as a new danger menaces reality, the Doctor finds himself working with Sabbath again. From a seance in Victorian London to a wild pursuit on Dartmoor, the Doctor and his companions work frantically to unravel the mystery of this latest threat to Time... Before Time itself unravels. 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 Eighth Doctor Fitz Kreiner Octave Sabbath Dei The Angel-Maker Anji Kapoor Show All Characters (6) How to read Camera Obscura: Books Camera Obscura 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 1 review 29 May 2025 · 52 words Review by greenLetterT There are very few people out there doing it like Lloyd Rose and I fear there will be few people ever to do so again. Her way of blending darkness and humour works really well, and her character dynamics are just excellent. Camera Obscura is the book of all time to me greenLetterT View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating25 members 4.24 / 5 Member Statistics Read 42 Favourited 5 Reviewed 1 Saved 10 Skipped 2 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Speech DOCTOR: Break, damn you! Break! You've never had a spanner like this thrown in you! Chew on me till your teeth crack. Grind me up till your gears lock. I'm the nail in your tyre, the potato jammed in your exhaust pipe, the treacle poured in your petrol tank. I'm the banana peel beneath your foot, the joker that ruins your straight flush, the coin that always comes up heads and the gun you didn't know was loaded. I am the Doctor! — Camera Obscura Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window