FREE DOCTOR WHO: THE COMING OF THE TERRAPHILES PDF Michael Moorcock | 352 pages | 18 Oct 2011 | Ebury Publishing | 9781849901406 | English | London, United Kingdom Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles : Michael Moorcock : In order to avert the impending collapse Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles the Multiverse from the mysterious "dark tides" that have begun to appear, the Doctor and Amy join the Terraphiles, a group of humans in the far future obsessed with recreating Earth's distant past and reenacting medieval Earth sports or rather, unknowingly comic misinterpretations of the same. The Doctor and his new friends compete in a Grand Tournament in the Miggea star system, which lies on the border of parallel realities. The prize of the contest is an ancient artifact called the Arrow of Law, sought also by the Doctor's old foe Captain Cornelius and his crew of space pirates. Moorcock stated that he wrote the book because he felt he would enjoy writing an original adventure; he likes the main character because he is unrationalised and ambiguous. However he was concerned about what the hardcore fans would make of his work. Reviews were mostly positive, calling the book "a demented P. Wodehouse pastiche Although the characterisation of the Eleventh Doctor was praised as "pretty convincing," [4] it was criticised by others as being generic and "Tom Baker in tone". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November Retrieved 26 October Scotland on Sunday. Strange Horizons. Financial Times. Den of Geek. Total Sci-Fi Online. Archived from the original on 1 November Bibliography of Michael Moorcock. England Invaded Before Armageddon. Doctor Who New Series Adventures. Engines of War. Night of the Kraken Terror Moon. Doctor Who : Judoon stories. Doctor Who Live. Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from June Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Dust-jacket from the first edition, designed by Lee Binding. PaperbackHardback and Audiobook unabridged Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles read by Clive Mantle. Dead of Winter. Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble® Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Doctor Who by Michael Moorcock. The cusp between this universe and the next. A point where space-time has worn thin, and is in danger of collapsing And the venue for the grand finals of the competition to win the fabled Arrow of Law. Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles Doctor and Amy have joined the Terraphiles - a group obsessed with al 'There are dark tides runing through the universe The Doctor and Amy have joined the Terraphiles - a group obsessed with all aspects of Earth's history, and dedicated to re-enacting ancient sporting events. They are determined to win the Arrow. But just getting to Miggea proves tricky. Reality is collapsing, ships are disappearing, and Captain Cornelius and his pirates are looking for easy pickings. Even when they arrive, the Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles and Amy's troubles won't be over. They have to find out who is so desperate to get the Arrow of Law that they will kill for it. And uncover the traitor on their own team. And win the contest fair and square. And, of course, they need to save the universe from total destruction. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Doctor Whoplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Sep 13, Dan Schwent rated it it was ok Shelves:doctor-whosfgreat-if-it-didn-t-suckmoorcock. In the far future, The Doctor and Amy fall in with a group of historical reenacters, the Terraphiles, and join them in their competition to win the Arrow of Law, an artifact that may be the key to saving the multiverse. But what does the Arrow of Law have to do with the notorious space pirate Captain Cornelius or the theft of Mrs. Banning-Cannon's hideous new gargantuan hat? On the surface, this looks like slam dunk for me. Doctor In the far future, The Doctor and Amy fall in with a group of historical reenacters, the Terraphiles, and join them in their competition to win the Arrow of Law, an artifact that may be the key to saving the multiverse. Doctor Who - Good. A strong P. Wodehouse feel remniscent of The Code of the Woosters - Good. Too bad it wasn't. The ingredients are Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles there. At the core, this feels like a P. Wodehouse book set in space. Bingo Lockesley is a lot like Bertie Wooster and Mr. Banning Cannon could easily be someone that puts Bertie up to a hare-brained scheme. Moorcock even writes this more like a Wodehouse book than his normal style. It's very remniscent of Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles at the End of Time in that respect. The Arrow of Law is a lot like the maguffin in many of Moorcock's Eternal Champion books and the Cosmic Balance winds up playing a big part. Captain Cornelius is likely an aspect of the Eternal Champion and one of the more interesting characters in the book. I like what Moorcock's Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles with the th century and its denizens. My main reason for 2-ing the hell out of this is the lack of The Doctor and Amy Pond. The Doctor and Amy are barely in it and don't do Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles whole lot. It reads like Moorcock had a Wodehousian novel set in the future already written and just crossed out two of the character's names and changed them to The Doctor and Amy Pond. As a Michael Moorcock book, I'd give this a high three. As Doctor Who book, it's barely a two. The humorous parts were suitably humorous but not Who-ish. To sum up, it's a case of the ingredients not coming together properly, like stirring the missing eggs and vanilla into the rest of the cake batter after it's already baked for ten minutes. I will think hard before I pick up another Doctor Who tie-in. Unless Neil Gaiman or John Scalzi should happen to write one. View all 16 comments. Nov 06, Ken rated it it was ok. I was really excited by the idea of an established Sci-Fi author writing for Doctor Who. This book has several issues. Issue 1: Not the book's fault, but the Doctor Who Reference Guide places the story before 'The Time of Angels,' when it actually takes place after 'Cold Blood' Amy has forgotten that she's engaged, and therefore the story must happen after Rory has been erased from time. Issue 2: This is the book's fault - it makes very little narrative sense. It's the kind This book has several issues. It's the kind of danger that the Doctor could defeat in his sleep, which makes it slightly irritating that the story is dragged out to full novel length. It belongs in a Short Trips anthology, where its plot holes are less likely to be noticed. Issue 3: It has almost nothing to do with Doctor Who. The Doctor and Amy are relegated to minor character status through most of the book, the Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles is concealed for no readily apparent reason, the only other Whoniverse elements Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles make an appearance are the Judoon also for no apparent reasonand the rest of the plot hinges on concepts originated in some of Moorcock's other works, without giving a novitiate reader any indication of what those works are. Apart from those things, the book is entertaining enough, a sci-fi P. Wodehouse-style romp through a distorted future vision of Edwardian England. It reads more like a work by Pip and Jane Baker than by Michael Moorcock, with copious overuse of language that occasionally puts even 'the catharsis of spurious morality' to shame. This is part of what makes the book too long, especially when the Doctor settles down to lengthy expository speeches that don't actually do anything to further, or even explain, the plot. The most involving element is not so much discovering what the threat is or how the Doctor is going to stop it, but rather what the rules to the game of 'whackit' are supposed to be. It is, nevertheless, a charming and potentially fun read, as long as one does not expect something of too much substance. What it absolutely isn't is an 'event' book, which unfortunately the BBC seem to be marketing it as, what with Moorcock's name being significantly larger on the cover than the book's title. Aug 24, Marcus Gipps rated it it was amazing. Not everybody is a Doctor Who fan, for a start. And even among the millions of people Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles watch the TV series, very few want or need to buy a book based on it.