The twentieth of the 10th Doctor books is a strange mix of humour and violence. The Doctor dies twice, as does Martha, Mrs Wingsworth dies many, many times, as does most everyone else.The story revolvers around a lost spacecraft called 'Brilliant' which is simultaneously caught in a time horse-shoe (like a time-loop but with a bit missing) and being attacked by space pirates badgers.
The three main pirate characters are the stars of the book. Archie is great fun with his new found obsession with canopes. Jocelyn and Dashiel also slowly come around to the light side. Jocelyn's 'I do n'all' was a great line.
The story reminded me of the old multi-part storylines but told at modern break-neck speed. It's got a strong storyline and a solid cast and the nice ambiguous touch at the end was a cool way to go out. One of my favourites of this series so far.
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