I got to read his page turner of a Rose adaption, a novel based on his own script. Its as energetic and enjoyable as you could wish for. A few updates are included including a glimpse of The Doctor's incarnation to come and a couple we most likely never see. Although..
He also manages to take the infamous Graham Norton, infamous in rarefied Doctor Who circles that is, incident in which he awkwardly interrupted a tense scene involving an Auton and Rose in a spooky late night department store basement, and make it canon. Well sort of make it canon.
So much depended on that first episode of the new series and even in hindsight it turned out so much better than we could have hoped for. Sure a few of the effects have not aged well but aren't special effects often the first thing to date in any movie or telly series. That is a statement not a question.
The original Target series of books were among my very favorite reads growing up. Now that I am in fact grown up I remain optimistic this new series will have a similar effect on my crumbling palette.
Just look at that amazing cover.
