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'As long as people have lived here, they've gone out of their way to avoid the woods...'
Two teenage girls disappear into an ancient wood, a foreboding and malevolent presence both now and in the past. The modern motorway bends to avoid it, as did the old Roman road. In 1917 the Doctor and Amy are desperate to find out what's happened to Rory, who's vanished too.
But something is waiting for them in the woods. Something that's been there for thousands of years. Something that is now waking up.
I rather enjoyed this little ditty. I took a slow evening and a bit to read it which is generally the case for these. They tend to be a little slight but also usually good fun.
There's something about the woods; no one goes there, no one talks about it and even the motorway avoids it. People have been going missing in there for years and every 50 years or so someone doesn't come home.
In 1917 Emily Bostock disappears into woods but luckily for here she's accompanied by a shy young man called Rory who has friends who are looking to put an end to the shenanigans. Unfortunately, The Doctor has been arrested and Amy is having trouble talking the woods' last victim into putting herself at risk. But eventually all the pieces fall into place and the problem is revealed and easily remedied in characteristic 11th Doctor style.
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