Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor: Four Stories from the TARDIS by Susan CalmanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
A fun little book for Doctor Who fans, looking at the times when the Doctor's companions have saved the day. Does make you realise how good it is that we now have a female Doctor Who. There is a sense of "making do" with the sidekicks being the heroes for once because the top job is out of reach.
I was a bit disappointed with Calman's entry. She isn't an experienced writer and it shows - her version of Clara was fine but wasn't one that was in tune with the TV series. Jenny T Colgan, who uses the "T" in her name when writing Sci-Fi novels, is an established writer of Doctor Who novels and did a much better job with her Rose story. In fairness to Calman, though, Clara (in terms of the TV series) is probably the least interesting companion of the four - so she didn't have much to work with.
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