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TARDIS Guide

Overview

Released

Monday, March 5, 2001

Written by

Jacqueline Rayner

Pages

288

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Dinosaurs

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

EarthWorld, New Jupiter

Synopsis

Anji Kapoor has just had the worst week of her entire life, and things aren't getting any better. She should be back at her desk, not travelling through time and space in a police box with a couple of strange men.

The Doctor (Strange Man No. 1) is supposed to be returning her to Soho 2001 AD. So quite why there are dinosaurs outside, Anji isn't sure. Sad sixties refugee Fitz (Strange Man No. 2) seems to think they're either in prehistoric times or on a parallel Earth. And the Doctor is probably only pretending to know what's going on — because if he really knew, surely he would have mentioned the homicidal triplet princesses, the teen terrorists, the deadly android doubles (and triples) and the hosts of mad robots?

Anji's never going to complain about Monday mornings in the office again...

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Earthworld has a interesting premise. 'How accurately will our history be remembered?' may not be a question we regularly ask ourselves but it's hard to deny it's not a interesting thought. And this is something Earthworld explores well.

The book largely focuses on the triplets of a future president and their murderous ways. We are led to believe that they are the book's villains, however things aren't quite what they seem. There is a clever twist towards the end of the book that really takes you by surprise and sheds some new light on the triplet's behavior. In fact, a large part of this book seems to feature things not quite being what they seem. It's a complex story at heart and one that requires a strong attention span. I wouldn't really recommend this book to those who find the Moffat era complicated but if you enjoy a complicated narrative, then this book is definitely for you.

Earthworld's historical inaccuracies allow for a lot of humorous moments that you're sure to remember afterwards. One of my favourites is Elvis Presley described as the 'king of Earth'. It's this kind of amusing take on Earth's history being misremembered that really adds to the enjoyment of the book.

The companions are new creations that have never been featured on TV, Anji and Fitz. Overall, I found Anji pretty likeable and I found myself agreeing with a lot of her thoughts. However, Fitz was a little too arrogant for my liking and I basically just wanted a T-Rex to eat him.

So overall, Earthworld is a entertaining(if complicated) read with original companions. However, if you don't like the Moffat era, you're probably better off buying a different book.

 

 

 

 


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