Dr. Eighth (Doctor Who / Roger Hargreaves)

Of all the classic Doctors Mr. Hargreaves has to come up with tales for, the eighth Doctor is probably the most difficult. With his single appearance there’s not a lot to work with. Still, he manages.In fact, he probably had more freedom to do what he wanted with this one than with any other. He seems to enjoy throwing a few things at us, taking us from cliché high stakes to low stakes fun. It’s a good answer to a problematic doctor.

I hear Paul McGann's voice very slightly but also feel the playfulness... Oh dear, what am I doing? A grown adult reviewing a children's book... 😅

It's the Doctor and my childhood. Enough said.

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Great book. I had fun reading it to my kids

The fun merging of the two enjoyable franchises continues with a further four Doctors be given the Mr. Men treatment.This one sees the Eighth Doctor having to deal with a sequence of problems including a rogue computer, a spaceship in peril and a dispute between alien species (all things that the Doctor is more than used to dealing with). It packs a fair bit into such a small story.I wasn’t so sure on the portrayal of the Doctor in this one. But then the Eighth Doctor hasn’t got so many distinctive characteristics to latch onto and his portrayal does seem to waver between the different media (even his two television appearances). It doesn’t help that unlike the other Dr. Men books the caricature doesn’t really have the appearance of the Eighth Doctor so much.It is interesting to note that this story merges ‘classic’ and ‘new Who’ by featuring the new version of the Silurians with the Sea Devils.

Bought for a Dr Who and Mr Man fan, for Christmas they look fun and think he will enjoy the story in each book I purchased just have to wait for the ones not out yet.

Love the eighth doctor. Love Mr Men.

I’m a total Whovian and so had to have this to add to my collection.Loved the Mr Men books as a child too

I like it but I thought it would be more mature