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Doctor Who: The Coming Of The Terraphiles

By: Michael Moorcock
Narrated by: Clive Mantle
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Miggea – a world on the very edge of reality. The cusp between this universe and the next. And the venue for the grand finals of the competition to win the fabled Arrow of Law. The Doctor and Amy have joined the Terraphiles – a group obsessed with Earth’s history, and dedicated to re-enacting ancient sporting events. They are determined to win the Arrow. But just getting to Miggea proves tricky. Reality is collapsing, ships are disappearing, and Captain Cornelius and his crew of pirates are looking for easy pickings. Even when they arrive, the Doctor and Amy’s troubles won’t be over. They must find out who is so desperate to get the Arrow of Law that they will kill for it. And uncover the traitor on their own team. And win the contest fair and square. And, of course, they need to save the universe from total destruction... Featuring the Doctor and Amy as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in the hit series from BBC Television. Adventure Science Fiction Fiction
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With the exception of Captain Cornelius' Dutch accent Clive Mantle is woefully poor at accents. God alone knows why he chooses to do an impression of one of the Crankies for Amy's accent! And he is really a rather poor choice as narrator, Peter Kenny would have done it far better justice.
I have been a fan of Moorcock for years, other fans will recognise the recurrent themes (The Rose, Colour, the Balance etc...), and there are some nice subtle little touches in this, but to be frank they are likely to be lost on many listeners.
If you are only here for Dr. Who then this probably isn't for you, but if you like Moorcock then a listen won't hurt - but be warned; Pyat or Elric it ain't!

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I'm afraid I struggled to get through this and only finished through a sense of duty. I bought it because I am a fan of both Dr Who and of Moorcock. I enjoyed the Elric and Eternal Champion novels but sadly this audiobook was a disappointment. I think it was a combination of problems. The story didn't really seem to have much to do with Dr Who. Both the Doctor and Amy characters seemed shoehorned into some totally separate story, not the main subjects of it. There were too many other characters none of whom were particularly interesting and quite a few of them were just plain annoying. It was too whimsical - as others have stated, perhaps akin to Douglas Adams crossed with PG Wodehouse, but totally unsuited to Doctor Who. The other problem is I think with the narration. There were too many OTT characterisations, some of the voices were almost unitelligible. They all had regional accents which didn't seem to make sense. Why would an alien taxi driver have a Scouse or Yorkshire accent? The worst was Amy - it is very difficult when the listener has a clear internal picture of what she should sound like from the TV series and then in the audiobook she is nothing like her screen counterpart. This is inevitible in a DW story but it was a constant irritation for me.

A shame, Moorcock & Dr Who seemed like a match made in heaven, but it was not to be.

Somewhat of a disappointment

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This book is Michael Moorcock let loose with the keys to the TARDIS and we are left with an uneven and intreging adventure which seems to take place in a P.G Woodhouse parody world reminiscent of the Douglas Adams years of the original series.

If you like Moorcock and you like the more absurdist Doctor Who stories you will probably enjoy this.

What you will not enjoy is Clive Mantle's woefull over acting. I can only assume he thought he was in some over the top 1930's farce and needed to ham up every single line. His Amy is unrecognisable and Doctor lifeless the less said about his supporting characters the better. I was so distracted by them it completely disrupted the story for me.

As someone who loves audiobooks and think they bring a wonderful life to a story for this one I suggest you go buy the paper book and hear the Doctor in your own mind.

Overacted in the extreme

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A good story plot, with a theme of comedy-irony 'old Earth' historical errors and a twist at the end of the tale. Enthusiatically read, but spoilt by a poor attempt at a Scots accent for Amy and an OTT 'Yorkshire' accent of another character, although it has occurred to me that the later 'might' be deliberate, to be in keeping with the the historical farce that runs on & off through-out.

Accents???

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Pretty awful. I felt sorry for Clive Mantle. Doctor Who just isn't a good fit for Moorcocks multiverse.

Poor, poor Clive Mantle.😣

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