Book info

• Title Doctor Who: Autonomy
• Author Daniel Blythe
• Year 2009
• Genre Science Fiction

Hyperville is 2013's top hi-tech 24-hour entertainment complex - a sprawling palace of fun under one massive roof. You can go shopping, or experience the excitement of Doomcastle, WinterZone, or Wild West World. But things are about to get a lot more exciting - and dangerous... What unspeakable horror is lurking on Level Zero of Hyperville? And what will happen when the entire complex goes over to Central Computer Control? For years, the Nestene Consciousness has been waiting and planning, recovering from its wounds. But now it's ready, and its deadly plastic Autons are already in place around the complex. Now more than ever, visiting Hyperville will be an unforgettable experience...

Thoughts

Dipping back into the world of the Doctor, and I loved this one. It was set in a futuristic shopping centre which was interesting in itself, however as you might imagine, there was an alien element about to intervene and present a pretty danger to humankind. It’s up to the Doctor to intervene, and he does that with some excellent sidekicks. It was nice there were a couple of callbacks to previous episodes of the show, as we’ve seen the Nestene Consciousness before, and it really felt like this linked into the wider Whoniverse.

Rating: 4 / 5