Legacy of the Daleks

[Original blog post on Tumblr: June 9th, 2015]

Some highlights of the latest EDA I’ve read (Legacy of the Daleks).

This isn’t exactly a review, more like some sort of retroactive liveblogging, since I took these screens while reading, along with my reactions.

I kinda liked this one too, even if it was yet another The Daleks Invasion of Earth remake/sequel. On one hand, I don’t really like the writing (please stop ending chapters with “…”, people, I beg you), it’s far too slow and it doesn’t do anything new or interesting with the Daleks ; on the other hand, some scenes are rather priceless, it offers explanations for some old plotholes… and also I’d like to change the title of this book and name it “HOLY SHIT SUSAN” instead. 4/10

This book starts with kittens and it better not kill said kittens or I’ll be very angry.

Introducing Donna the knight. Sadly, she’s blond, not ginger.

Susan’s husband gets older and she doesn’t, they adopted kids that are starting to look older than her too, and -

YOU NAMED TWO OF YOUR KIDS IAN AND BARBARA I’M FLAILING A BIT RIGHT NOW OH MY GOD

 I want to hug Susan for, like, an hour

I also want to hug Eight for, like, an hour

You’d better get used to talking to yourself because there’s a lot of that in the future.

Maybe she wouldn’t sulk if you’d stop hitting the console you useless nerd

Of course the Doctor and Donna should get along just fine.

“It’s where I store it”

That Maxil guy looked suspiciously like your sixth incarnation though.

Awkward

Okay so I took this screenshot just because in French “craddock” can be understood as a very familiar way to say “disgusting”.

Next.

OH WHAT A DAY WHAT A LOVELY DAY

Sorry

No comment necessary

WAIT WHAT

YOU ARE THE MASTER AREN’T YOU WHY DIDN’T I NOTICE THE NAME “ESTRO” SOONER IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE MAESTRO I FEEL STUPID

YOU DON’T SAY

This conversation was rather cute until David decided to drop a metric ton of angst on it, way to go David

Thank you for your contribution Doctor

Master you are still a little shit aren’t you

Or should I say “already” because this is Delgado!Master? This is confusing.

Meanwhile Donna is talking about royal marriages gone horribly wrong, violence, abuse, and also possibly suicide. Holy shit.

I love how that implies he isn’t really a ‘man’ per say.

HOLY F█CKING SHIT ARE YOU TWO FLIRTING IN ESPERANTO NOW

YOU ARE THE BIGGEST NERDS I'VE EVER SEEN

I have no words

Doctor don’t pretend you’re completely genre-savvy when it took you so long to understand what was going on.

Somehow I doubt this is the worst thing that’s gonna happen to him in this book if the previous ones are any indication

Do-you-think-we’re-going-to-tell-you-our-plaaaaaans

Oh-well-we’ll-tell-you-a-part-of-them-anywayyyyyyy

Donna straight up murdered the guy who used to abuse her and she compLAINS HIS DEATH WAS TOO QUICK, you go Donna

Accidental premonition of that one scene from Death in Heaven.

Wow, Susan. Wow.

Holy shit, Susan.

I KNEW IT I KNEW THAT PUNCH WOULDN’T BE THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENS TO EIGHT IN THIS BOOK

THAT DRINKING GAME WASN’T KIDDING

“The Doctor gets injured: take a shot + one sip for each article of clothing lost”

HARSHER IN HINDSIGHT

HOLY SHIT SUSAN

“THE MASTER OBEYED”

HOLY. SHIT. SUSAN.

HOLY.

SHIT.

SUSAN.

Also the book ends with kittens. I have nothing against that kind of ending.