The Doctor: His Lives and Times

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• Markieb Posts: 1,496

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  04/10/13 - 23:14 #2

  Any good?

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,229

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  04/10/13 - 23:17 #3

  Markieb wrote: »

  Any good?

  
  It looks decent enough, but I've only just pulled it out of the bag with the rest of the Friday night shopping
  
  It seems to have got 4 and 5* reviews on Amazon (which I avoid buying from if possible, due their tax arrangements).

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• bp2 Posts: 1,117

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  04/10/13 - 23:32 #4

  Grisonaut wrote: »

  It seems to have got 4 and 5* reviews on Amazon (which I avoid buying from if possible, due their tax arrangements).

  
  Good luck finding a company that doesn't do any tax avoidance.

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• TEDR Posts: 3,413

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  04/10/13 - 23:42 #5

  bp2 wrote: »

  Good luck finding a company that doesn't do any tax avoidance.

  
  Maybe if you still have a local bookshop?

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• andy1231 Posts: 5,100

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  05/10/13 - 13:33 #6

  I was thinking about buying this - let us know what it is like please.

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  05/10/13 - 23:15 #7

  andy1231 wrote: »

  I was thinking about buying this - let us know what it is like please.

  
  I will. Just finishing up a novel and then I'll be into the book.

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  09/10/13 - 03:34 #8

  OK, the format seems to be a collage of scripts, exposition, facsimile items/ephemera and so on, for each Dr, and then some first-person accounts of each Doc's run.
  
  It's all very well designed, with some great photos too. I really want to see more of the first Cybermen.
  
  For a fan like me, fractured in and space, or having a nice lie-down, it's quite confusing; eg. the 10th and 11th quotes I've seen on Confidential. Or YouTube.
  
  So if I can spot that stuff, I'm thinking a hardened Whovian will spot all of it.

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  15/10/13 - 20:22 #9

  Update: I've finished the first-person recollections/musings.
  
  Interesting (for me, especially the early stuff) but the later Drs entries seem rushed. As I said in the previous post, I think most of the quotes from the Moffat era are culled straight from social media.
  
  Overall a bit confusing for a newbie, and probably a bit annoying for a dedicated fan.
  
  And, for the record, Moffat mentions Space Badgers twice in the last dozen or so pages..

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  15/10/13 - 20:36 #10

  Grisonaut wrote: »

  And, for the record, Moffat mentions Space Badgers twice in the last dozen or so pages..

  
  All hail our overlords, The Space Badgers!

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  18/10/13 - 20:09 #11

  So I'm thinking about buying either this book or "Doctor Who: Essential Guide to 50 Years" by Justin Richards, can someone recommend which would be a better choice? His Lives and Times has more pages and I quite like the sound of how interactive it is, but the Essential Guide one has a friendlier price.

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  18/10/13 - 23:23 #12

  Eighth Doctor wrote: »

  All hail our overlords, The Space Badgers!

  
  Careful now Dr 8th, some of the more po-faced FMs will get very cross if they see any flippant comments in a thread
  
  I mean, it's not like this is supposed to be any fun is it?

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