The Doctor is back on BBC One, in the shape of bandy-legged nutjob Matt Smith.

With his debut on TV comes a somewhat inevitable range of spin-off novels for the Eleventh Doctor.

Its been perfectly preserved in ice for thousands of years, so how on Earth is it alive?

Thankfully, my fears were allayed by Brian Minchins excellent prose and dialogue for the character.

Nevertheless, her double act with the Doctor is preserved.

Indeed, at this relatively early point in the series, its enhanced.

Only without the Iron.)

However, on the strengths of this, Im eager to read the other two recent releases.

Its quirky, funny and is definitely fit to bear the same brand as the reinvigorated series.

Doctor Who: The Forgotten Armyis out now andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.

Rating:

4 out of 5