Stories Book 2 in 1 Books Terminal of Despair 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Written by Steve Lyons Publisher BBC Books Pages 199 Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Terminal 4000 Synopsis In Terminal of Despair, the TARDIS crew is quarantined in Terminal 4000, where the hideous Desponds have destroyed the hopes of all awaiting passengers. Can the Doctor and his friends help them escape without succumbing to despair themselves? 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 Eleventh Doctor Amy Pond Desponds Rory Williams Show All Characters (4) How to read Terminal of Despair: Books Sightseeing in Space Books Terminal of Despair 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 18 February 2025 · 162 words Review by Yar_Nazarenko Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Honestly, at the beginning, I had the highest hopes of all three novels I read in this series, but in the end I lost to The Water Thief because the same plot twist was repeated several times in different versions. It's a cool story set in a confined location, which, surprisingly, conveys very well how scummy people become even more scummy under the influence of stress, the prospect of death and confined space (my respect). And although the main antagonists don't look so threatening at the beginning, the author does a great job with them and adds tension. Surprisingly, this plot section is divided into not two, but three branches, each separately for the Doctor, Amy and Rory. And Rory's adventures are the most interesting in the whole book. Basically, a cool story that is weaker than The Water Thief, but stronger than Heart of Stone. I would call Rory's adventures and the way the author works with human characters its strength. Yar_Nazarenko View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating42 members 3.90 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating42 votes 3.90 / 5 Member Statistics Read 12 Favourited 1 Reviewed 1 Saved 3 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote