Book info

• Title Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop
• Author Simon Guerrier
• Year 2007
• Genre Science Fiction

The Doctor's been everywhere and everywhen in the whole of the universe and seems to know all the answers. But ask him what happened to the Starship Brilliant and he hasn't the first idea. Did it fall into a sun or black hole? Was it shot down in the first moments of the galactic war? And what's this about a secret experimental drive? The Doctor is skittish. But if Martha is so keen to find out he'll land the TARDIS on the Brilliant, a few days before it vanishes. Then they can see for themselves... Soon the Doctor learns the awful truth. And Martha learns that you need to be careful what you wish for. She certainly wasn't hoping for mayhem, death, and badger-faced space pirates.

Thoughts

I really liked this Doctor Who story, featuring the Doctor and Martha landing on a ship that seems to be stuck in some kind of time situation. That’s as best I can explain it because what I really liked about this one wasn’t so much the story or the peril but the characters. They were well drawn, a lot of fun, and it’s always interesting to have a band of pirates who aren’t necessarily the bad guys, even though that’s how they first appear. A good read.

Rating: 4 / 5