It also cost ten pounds more than any of the titles in the regular range of Eleventh Doctor novels.
Its a Christmas gift of a book, essentially.
Theres a decent groundswell of support for the Ice Warriors to come back in the revived series ofDoctor Who.
Theyre green men from Mars, but in the true tradition ofWho, their history is nothing so simple.
Abnetts prose makes them fearsome and real its an astute update of a classicDoctor Whocreature.
Its a nice touch when even a near miss is powerful enough to give Rory a nosebleed.
Its very well written, and the action is as pulse-pounding as words on the page can be.
Once they start having discussions with people, their threat feels somewhat diminished.
The Morphans themselves are retro-futuristic creations a relatively primitive human society existing on an alien planet.
Theyre intergalactic villagers, substituting God for the mysterious Guide (Guide help us) and deeply distrusting strangers.
Long story short, it winds up with the Doctor and Amy temporarily banged up.
The winter festival stuff is pretty much disposable, giving way to a romping Ice Warrior confrontation thereafter.
In the meantime, this is close enough, and at least its sort of festive.
The Silent Stars Go Byis out now andavailable from the Den Of Geek store.
Rating:
3 out of 5
