The Thirteenth Doctor #14

'Gatecrashers' (2019) from The Target Storybook.

Feels like a story that fits in well thematically with Series 11 as well as with other short stories of Thirteen's already. Disconcerting that she really feels like she's killing people left and right though. So tonally jarring for her happy-go-lucky character.

Love it! JOY WILKINSON MY BELOVED DOES IT AGAIN! She is so brilliant writing for 13. A really fun Story, I really like the Worldbuilding and it’s just a really fun Story!

story was pretty cute, was gonna give it 7, then i realized it was maybe a bit too close to a simplified version of the long game, but still enjoyable and the prose had some fun lines so i thought maybe i'll score it 6, then the ending came around and i settled on 5. what is it with 13 and killing people, going "oof that sucks", and moving on?

THE TARGET STORYBOOK: STORY 1

The Target Storybook kicks off in style with Gatecrashers, a Thirteenth Doctor tale by Joy Wilkinson, of The Witchfinders fame.

This short story is different in many ways to Wilkinson’s television episode, but it is just as good.

Gatecrashers is a very fun adventure with a very interesting concept.

The description in the story makes you feel immersed, and when I finished it, it felt like I had read a whole novel. There is a large amount of detail, which works in the story’s favour.

However, the part of the story that interested me the most, the mystery of Iz’s death, is resolved poorly and underwhelmingly.

Thankfully, that didn’t let Gatecrashers down.

A good story has been chosen to kick off the collection. Hopefully, the other stories will continue with this quality, perhaps even be better!