‘Doctor Who: The Heralds of Destruction’ – Cornell, Jones, Hi-Fi (Titan Comics)

 

Page Count: 128 Pages

I’ve been rubbish at getting out of the house, these last few days, so yesterday lunchtime, I took myself for a little walk over to Blackheath and got some sunshine for my efforts. Actually, I need to do that more often, I think it did me some good :o)

And after yesterday’s talk of not buying so many books… I ended up buying a couple of books during my wander through Blackheath. That’s the problem with second hand bookshops… If a book catches your eye, you don’t know if it will be there next time so you have no choice in the matter, you have to get it :o)

And that’s what I did when I saw ‘The Heralds of Destruction’. I ended up working a little later than expected, last night, so figured it would be a good book to read over what remained of the evening. And… Maybe I should have chosen something else to read. Oh well, it happens…

The Third Doctor finds himself up against a ‘hive mind’ robotic intelligence that is capable of recreating itself out of literally anything it can lay its hands on. And if that wasn’t bad enough an old enemy stands behind the Hive Mind, working to fulfil their own ends…

Luckily the Doctor has allies of his own, but how may of them are an even older enemy in disguise…?

I usually try and have a bit to say about what I read but honestly, there’s not a lot to tell here. There are a couple of neat twists but while one reveals a decent villain, the other… well, not so much, not as far as I was concerned anyway. Lets just say that they worked pretty well as a ‘one off’, in their own story but the effect was lessened this time round. It’s one of those ‘it may well work for you, just didn’t work for me’ moments. And apart from those twists, the rest of it was a little too straightforward to really hold my attention.

It wasn’t all bad, I enjoyed some of the little nods to continuity but it felt like they came at the expense of the plot being fleshed out more. Again, if that’s what you’re after then you’ll probably love this book but it felt unbalanced from where I was sat (over in the ‘grumpy chair’ apparently, sorry…)

You know what? Not every book is meant for you, the fun is in finding out. ‘The Heralds of Destruction’ didn’t work for me, lets see how the next book goes.

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  1. Bookstooge25 February 2026 at 09:46

    How many of these Dr Who books are there anyway? Any idea?

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