My Review of "Doctor Who: Deep Time"

Trevor Baxendale's Doctor Who: Deep Time is the first part of the Glamour Chronicles trilogy (all of which are due out this fall). The storyline itself shouldn't be confused with the episode, "Deep Breath". But this story involves a wealthy man (Raymond Balfour) and his hired crew going on an exploratory expedition on board his brand new ship the Alexandria. Their mission? To scope out a wormhole that was allegedly used by an ancient alien race known as the Phaeron. To make matters more interesting, one of the crew members (Marco) is joining the trip to try and discover if there is a link between a missing ship (the Carthage) that contained his mother and the wormhole.

As Whovian readers expect, Clara and the Twelfth Doctor manage to join the expedition as well. The Doctor suspects bad things await the crew and he is hoping to protect them. Alas, things spiral out of control once the Alexandria travels through the wormhole and crash lands on a mysterious planet that houses the dangerously alluring glamour (which grants a person whatever he, she, or it desires). How do the wormhole, Carthage, Phaeron, and glamour tie together?

The answer to that question is left to your reading.

Doctor Who: Deep Time is a refreshing Doctor story. From page one, Baxendale has the Doctor getting into situations that classic Whovians will expect for the Doctor. The Doctor and Clara are true-to-character, too.

There's no doubt this is a real page-turner. It's worth the "deep time" it takes to enjoy it.

I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.

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