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Doctor Who: Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Paul Magrs

 
Description: ISBN 0563538457 / Author: Paul Magrs / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / An old Oxford professor, Ronald Tyler, has retired to write his fantasy opus. He has created a whole mythology about a world of warring factions. After his mysterious disappearance, the Doctor is perturbed and ... more
Doctor Who: Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Paul Magrs ... determines who is responsible.

Newest Review: ... came out that should have been ‘Star Wars’. Has this bizarre change of events got anything to do with a planet populated by ... more

 ... poodles and why does Noel Coward keep popping up? The Doctor and his companions must split up over three different time lines to try and unravel what is happening. Once again the Doctor and his companions descend into an adventure of paradoxes and impossibilities, but this time it’s meant to be funny. The first thing that will strike you about this book is that it is far too confusing. I do not mind reading a complex book that deals with several storylines at once, as long as the narrative is well structured an...more

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Premium Review Doctor Who: Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Paul Magrs: Dogs With Tiny Human Hands (like Yoda Dog?) (818 words)
by samueltyler - written on 23/04/07 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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Comedy and Science Fiction are strange bedfellows. The high concepts that sci fi involve means that they are ripe for parody, but because so many TV shows, films and books in the genre are so cliché already, any attempt at humour could undermine them. There have been a few great successes in combining comedy with space adventures – ‘Red Dwarf’ and ‘Galaxy Quest’ for example. There have also been a few authors that have managed to pull off the mix e.g. Robert Rankin, Terry Pratchett and Tom Holt. However, just because a few successes have occurred does not mean that the job is easy, I would argue that the above are the exception that proves the rule and that the vast ...

 

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