About book Dr Who: Nothing O'Clock: Eleventh Doctor: 50th Anniversary (2000)
Everyone probably knows this already, but for those who don't Neil Gaiman is a huge Doctor Who fan, and he has already had the pleasure of writing two episodes for Matt Smith's run as the eleventh Doctor. It's no surprise then that he can write a really, really good Doctor Who short story. It, honestly, felt exactly like an episode from the show. One of the good ones. The idea of a single entity that can move through time in small increments as easy as walking, and thus fill up the entire universe with a race of the same creature in different times is pretty great. It also makes perfect sense that the timelords would've imprisoned it instead of killing it (since that would technically be genocide and they try to be peaceful) and that our Doctor would be the one to pull the trigger now that he's the last of his kind and that option isn't viable anymore. I like that it wasn't a big mystery, really. It seemed like The Doctor knew exactly what he was going to do with the Kin as soon as it stepped foot on the TARDIS, and any timelord could've probably done it, but like I said--ours is the one who finally pulled the trigger. The one thing I will say is that Amy, sadly, did very little in the story and there was a bit of a cheap plot device that The Doctor used to get himself and the Kin to "Nothing O'Clock" (before the big bang, and before time existed) and then it, naturally, gets destroyed in the process so that everything can go back to exactly how it was. It felt unnecessary. Why not just have the Doctor say, "I can only do this once because my TARDIS is so old" or something? Another good quick read in this series of short stories released in 2013 to tie in with the 50th anniversary of Dr Who.They've done it - they saved the best for last with this one. Characterisation of the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) is spot on again, and this story has the right level of menace and "timey-wimey" stuff to satisfy any Dr Who fan. Good to see Amy back by the Doctor's side challenging him and questioning him from time to time.Really enjoyed this story, but like all the others, it's way too short.
Do You like book Dr Who: Nothing O'Clock: Eleventh Doctor: 50th Anniversary (2000)?
My only complaint is that I rather wish it had been a longer story. It felt a bit rushed, to me.
—4angels
Very nice story of The Doctor and Amy. something to hold me over until the new season begins!
—mamu
Definitely my favorite of the 11 books/11 Doctors series released for the 50th anniversary.
—kh902
A brilliant idea written fantastically. I would love to see anepisode based on this story.
—kapu
