Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who: The Eaters of Light 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, July 14, 2022 Written by Rona Munro Publisher Target Books Pages 177 Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Romans, LGBTQIA+ Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Missy's Redemption Location (Potential Spoilers!) Aberdeen, Earth, Scotland Synopsis "To protect a muddy little hillside, you doomed your whole world!" The Doctor takes Bill and Nardole back to 2nd century Scotland to learn the fate of the 'lost' Ninth Legion of the Imperial Roman Army. 5,000 soldiers vanished without explanation - how? The search for the truth leads the Doctor and his friends into a deadly mystery. Who is the Guardian of the Gate? What nightmare creature roams the wildlands, darkening the sky and destroying all in its path? A threat from another dimension has been unleashed on the Earth, and only a terrible sacrifice can put things right... 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 Bill Potts The Eaters of Light Missy Nardole Show All Characters (5) How to read Doctor Who: The Eaters of Light: Books The Eaters of Light 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 13 July 2024 · 106 words Review by WhoPotterVian Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! Still far from the strongest Doctor Who story, but the Target novelisation affords Rona Munro some added depth for the Ninth Legion characters. We get more of Kar's backstory, and the Picts and Legion's attempts to guard the portal, which means their decision to step through the portal to keep the titular monster at bay has more impact. Bill comes across as weirdly confrontational in the way she's described in the text, particularly at the beginning, when challenging the Doctor's views on what happened to the missing Ninth Legion. Overall, however, this story works much better in prose than it did as a TV episode. WhoPotterVian View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating28 members 3.50 / 5 Member Statistics Read 51 Favourited 2 Reviewed 1 Saved 5 Skipped 10 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Doctor Who S10 • Episode 10 The Eaters of Light Rating: 3.11 Story Skipped Television Reviews(3) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Series 10 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Twelfth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
