Psi-Ence Fiction (Doctor Who)

Rating:
Summary: a fun read
Review: this is the latest dr. who novel from chris boucher, writer of several dr. who scripts during the 4th doctor/leela time period of the series. overall, it's a fun read. parts of it were genuinely spooky and suspenseful, although several of the stock-suspense sequences weren't as successful, perhaps because of their stock-ness. the characters are witty, although at times the wittiness got a bit annoying--the characters are perhaps a little too pleased with themselves. oddly, the characterization of the doctor and of leela seem off to me, albeit not by much--although boucher created leela to begin with! still, the characterization is strong in places, and there are some laugh-out-loud lines, especially near the end, that i can pretty much hear tom baker saying (no spoilers here, but they're the lines to the rats and regarding evolution). i found the ending a bit of a letdown, but i was quite pleasantly entertained throughout, and although i could put it down, i eagerly returned.