Review: Excellent little Third Doctor & Jo adventure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2013
I approached The Spear of Destiny, the third short story in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary short story series, with some hesitation: the Third Doctor is my absolute favourite incarnation of the Doctor, and while Marcus Sedgwick is a name that was vaguely familiar, I had never read any of this previous books so to me, he was a bit of an unknown quantity.I'm glad to say that my worries were unfounded: The Spear of Destiny was a lot of fun. My one and only gripe about this was that it was so short!Yes, I know, these stories all are, and they're supposed to be, but... I'd have loved for this particular one to be longer. Especially as it felt a little bit unbalanced, as if setting up the story (as well as explaining this incarnation of the Doctor and his circumstances to new/young readers not familiar with him) took up considerably more time - and was actually more detailed and more satisfying, in a way - than the ending/resolution, which all happened a bit too suddenly.But that aside, I loved it. The Third Doctor was recognisably himself, Jo was adorable, the Master's appearance, while far too brief, was appreciated, and there were some really lovely moments with the Doctor and Jo.