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Who Killed Kennedy

door David Bishop, James Stevens

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Written in the style of a journalistic expos e, this book takes a humorous yet informative look at the UN IT years of Doctor Who. The Doctor''s ever-popular nemesis, t he Master, is featured in the action. '
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Surprisingly well written and put together. Comes across as a gripping piece of journalism, yet respectably follows and adds to established canon while maintaining the accuracy of real life events. ( )
  thoroughlyme | Apr 23, 2021 |
I read this years ago. And though I can't remember enough to offer a detailed review, I do remember it as being one of my favorite Doctor Who books! ( )
  DanNimak | Jan 22, 2018 |
This is a brilliant book that expertly weaves Doctor Who continuity into the death of president John F. Kennedy and subsequent real life events. Long time fans of Doctor Who will aprreciate all of the references and cameos by many of the series regulars.
The story is narrated by James Stevens who is a journalist investigating UNIT and their mysterious scientific advisor known only as the Doctor. His investigations lead him to believe that their is something sinister going on at UNIT. The fun here is the reader knows the truth (long before Stevens discovers it) and will be entertained by the wrong conclusions Stevens comes to.
All in all this is one of the best of the many Doctor Who books over the years. ( )
  Roddy | Dec 6, 2007 |
http://nhw.livejournal.com/810487.html?#cutid4

An unusual spinoff novel this: investigative journalist James Stevens (fictional, though listed on the cover as a co-author) decides to write up The Truth about UNIT and the mysterious set of individuals going by the code name of "The Doctor". He ends up playing a very "Rosencrantz and Guidenstern are dead" role, as the man on the far end of the Brigadier's yelling at journalists in seasons 7 and 8; and Bishop explores what the TV adventures would have looked like from the outside point of view - how the authorities would have covered it all up. Dodo comes into the picture because the very first Doctor Who story set in the "present day", The War Machines, sees her brainwashed and written out of the series by being sent to the countryside to recuperate. Who Killed Kennedy? picks up her tragic story from several years later. Bishop describes her as "a late addition to the cast of the [book] and was originally only going to appear in [one] chapter, passing on information to Stevens. But once she appeared on the page Dodo wanted to stick around. It's a strange experience when a character takes charge of their own destiny while you're writing and Dodo was the first time this had happened to me." Certainly the relationship between Dodo and the narrator is a core element of the story, in a way that (as the author admits in his on-line notes) the actual assassination of JFK, which is after all the title, is not. Some would probably accuse this novel of too much "fanwank", ie obsessive references to continuity with the TV series, but I think that would be unfair; Bishop is actually doing something very different here, telling familiar stories from a different angle, and I think it largely works.

His commentary and notes for the online publication of the book seemed to me more engaging than any others I have read. I wonder if this is because Bishop, a native Kiwi, was writing for the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, rather than for the BBC; so it's a letter home about the book that he wrote, rather than an extra element in the official website for the programme.

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2946666.html

Bishop has now rewritten the last chapter (still available on the New Zealand Doctor Who fan Club website) to give the book a different (and happier) ending, bringing in the Twelfth Doctor to enable the dénouement. I agree with him that it works better now. ( )
  nwhyte | Feb 10, 2007 |
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