Book info

• Title Doctor Who: Peacemaker
• Author James Swallow
• Year 2007
• Genre Science Fiction

The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for 'the healer'. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets... In the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman who's patent medicines actually cure his patient. But when the Doctor and Martha investigate they discover the truth is stranger, and far more dangerous. Caught between the law of the gun and the deadly plans of intergalactic mercenaries, the Doctor and Martha are about to discover just how wild the West can become...

Thoughts

As this story started to unfold, I could absolutely picture the TV adaptation of it that could exist if anyone ever did that. A firm Western style story, there’s everything - the Sheriff, the bad guys, the threat of disease and unhelpful medicine, guns and, as it’s Doctor Who, a bit of intergalactic stuff as well. It didn’t hit the highs that the previous story did for me, but still worth a look.

Rating: 3 / 5