Doctor Who: Caged
15th Doctor Novel

Considering the length, it might be closer to 4 of 4.5 stars...but I'm rounding up for the achievement. Given far more limited page/word count, Una McCormack takes the challenge and produces a wonderful story that channels sci-fi's most Asimov sensibilities to produce a story about avoiding genocide......more

A solid Doctor Who adventure, mostly notable for the entirely non-humanoid cast outside of the Fifteenth Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday. That's the sort of approach I love to see from the wider canon of this franchise, taking advantage of the freedom from visual budget constraints to go wild w......more

Do aliens ever get abducted by other aliens? That’s the question at the heart of Una McCormack’s “Doctor Who: Caged”. Featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, “Caged” tells a story of first contact, xenophobia, and hope. As is often the case with these more recent “Doctor Who” books, “Caged”......more

2018 52 Reading Challenge - 52) A Book About A Current World Issue I don't really have much to say about this novel. It was a standard, average Doctor Who novel, which honestly makes it a little bit of a disappointment because Una McCormack normally writes decent Doctor Who novels, however, this wou......more

Much preferred this to Ruby Red & read it in one sitting! The Doctor & Ruby aren’t fully themselves but this must have been written before they’d appeared on-screen so Una could only know so much about their personalities at the time. A cute, interesting story that left me pondering how I could crea......more