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Now we're ginger!
Greig, or DarthG1nger to his cohorts, is a bonafide geek with such iron-clad credentials as an encyclopaedic knowledge of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a sith-themed online moniker and of course Ginger hair, which shaped his geeky-destiny before he was even born.
Accordingly his father took note of these proclivities and at a young age shoved him in front of an episode of Dr Who to shut him up for a while. His eyes widened, his pulse quickened and his palms grew sweaty as he admired the deep blue of the most unassuming yet most powerful spacecraft yet conceived: The TARDIS.
A fascination was born.
Here, as someone who's only experienced The Doctor through the TV set, Greig chronicles his journey through the Dr Who books, sharing his thoughts, frustrations and revelations.
Greig, or DarthG1nger to his cohorts, is a bonafide geek with such iron-clad credentials as an encyclopaedic knowledge of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a sith-themed online moniker and of course Ginger hair, which shaped his geeky-destiny before he was even born.
Accordingly his father took note of these proclivities and at a young age shoved him in front of an episode of Dr Who to shut him up for a while. His eyes widened, his pulse quickened and his palms grew sweaty as he admired the deep blue of the most unassuming yet most powerful spacecraft yet conceived: The TARDIS.
A fascination was born.
Here, as someone who's only experienced The Doctor through the TV set, Greig chronicles his journey through the Dr Who books, sharing his thoughts, frustrations and revelations.
TimeWyrm: Genesys Review
Part 1: The author isn't getting any
It's hard for me to get excited about the 7th Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. Scottish, like David Tennant but not forced to sound like some effeminate cockney. That's about all I can recall with fondness about the guy. I watched his series when I was but a youngster; untouched by alcohol, facial hair and, yes, women.
Whilst the patron of the Dr Who Reprint Society, Al, considers McCoy “his” Doctor, I remember him [Full review here]
Whilst the patron of the Dr Who Reprint Society, Al, considers McCoy “his” Doctor, I remember him [Full review here]
TimeWyrm: Genesys Review
Part 2: The author still isn't getting any
It’s getting better.
The Doctor is still aloof and snide, the Baddie is macabre and hammy. Dot however, through whom much of the story is told, isn't terrible and is clearly intended to connect with the reader. A reader who may be cast adrift at this point in a sea of bare [Full review here]
The Doctor is still aloof and snide, the Baddie is macabre and hammy. Dot however, through whom much of the story is told, isn't terrible and is clearly intended to connect with the reader. A reader who may be cast adrift at this point in a sea of bare [Full review here]
TimeWyrm: Genesys Review
Part 3: He has an umbrella and he's not afraid to use it
After a punishing winter, gruesome festive and even harder last few chapters, I return to complete my review. As I battled a frigid Britain and an even more objectionable bout of flu, questions kept surfacing in my distracted (and slightly overworked) mind: [Full review here]
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