Book info

• Title Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos
• Author Gary Russell
• Year 2008
• Genre Science Fiction

Wilfred Mott is very happy: his granddaughter, Donna, is back home, catching up with family and gossiping about her journeys, and he has just discovered a new star and had it named after him. He takes the Tenth Doctor with him to the naming ceremony. But the Doctor soon discovers something else new, and worryingly bright, in the heavens – something that is heading for Earth. It’s an ancient force from the Dark Times. And it is very, very angry...

Thoughts

I really enjoyed this book in the Doctor Who series. For this adventure, we are joined by Donna and her family, who are always good value, especially Wilf. The audiobook was read by Bernard Cribbens so it was lovely to hear his voice doing the beloved character again. For the plot, it’s not the first time that we’ve had aliens abusing the human obsession with technology, but I thought there was a great additional dimension with one of the characters having dementia and how that played out towards the end. A good read.

Rating: 4 / 5