Book info

• Title Doctor Who: Nuclear Time
• Author Oli Smith
• Year 2010
• Genre Science Fiction

Colorado, 1981. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in Appletown - an idyllic village in the remote American desert where the townsfolk go peacefully about their suburban routines. But when two more strangers arrive, things begin to change. The first is a mad scientist - whose warnings are cut short by an untimely and brutal death. The second is the Doctor... As death falls from the sky, the Doctor is trapped. The TARDIS is damaged, and the Doctor finds he is living backwards through time. With Amy and Rory being hunted through the suburban streets of the Doctor's own future and getting farther away with every passing second, he must unravel the secrets of Appletown before time runs out...

Thoughts

Not a fan of this Doctor Who story, which is quite surprising because I usually love a story that messes about with the structure of time. But I couldn’t quite my head around this character going backwards through time while everyone else was going forward, and it didn’t read very well. I’m also not sure there was enough balance between the Doctor and his companions, did they even do anything? Not sure. Happy to have done this one, crossed it off the list, and now move on to the next.

Rating: 2 / 5