Loving this series of Doctor Who books, the Monster-Mashups. Worth buying for the covers alone. Two of the High church Horrors here, all right. Dracula! and then Frankenstein. the gothic trappings of both characters lend themselves so well to the life, and lives, of The Doctor. It has visited both sources before yet not quite as directly as it does in this instance.
Good choice of Tardis crew for this particular cross pollination of horrors. The gruesome qualities, lacking in the dark romance of vampirism, are a meatier choice for this literary pairing. From The Brain Of Morbius to The Haunting Of The Villa Diodata the television show has mined the mines Frankenstein with its vein of riches. And does so once more, with this book written by Jack Heath (Did he use to be an infamous Highwayman?) Frankenstein and The Patchwork Man to give it its full title. It wears its science fiction tropes on its sleeve, comfortably so and also does great service to the short, but influential, era its set in. It does not skirt the unpleasant notion of a body comprised of body parts of others and feels more timely than ever with an amazing looking adaption of Mary Shelley's classic about to be releashed by visionary storyteller Guillermo Del Toro.
Another great choice for this time of year.
