Nuova avventura per il cinquantesimo compleanno del Dottore, questa volta dedicata alla sua quinta rigenerazione e scritta da Patrick ness, ancora non molto conosciuto in Italia. Il Quinto Dottore e Nyssa sembrano marginali nella storia, più incentrata sul protagonisti terrestri. Compaiono per risolvere la situazione prima che peggiori definitivamente ma, nell'ottica del racconto, questo va più che bene. Il solo "difetto" è che potrebbe essere una storia adatta a qualsiasi coppia Dottore/Companion. I have mixed feelings about this story. As a short story it is pretty good and has some great ideas in it. But this series of e-shorts is surely all about celebrating each Doctor and their companions yet the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa barely appear! The story is set in Maine in 1945 and focuses on two children who are both outsiders. The latest craze in the town are truth-tellers, devices which attach to people's head and tell the truth. But there is something much more sinister behind them...For the Doctor and Nyssa this is set between Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity. Adric and Tegan get a mention but really this e-short could have had any Doctor and companion in, it really wouldn't have mattered. So, this is actually a really good story but it just doesn't work as a 50th anniversary celebration!
Do You like book Tip Of The Tongue (2013)?
Enjoyable-but limited Doctor & companion time in this one.
—peter
