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Loading... The Forgotten Armyby Brian Minchin
   Books Read in 2010 (233) No current Talk conversations about this book.  dookdragon87 | Oct 25, 2021 |    ) spellbindingstories | May 24, 2018 | It's a fun book, with a nice line in good ridiculous and some wonderful descriptions. There's a wonderful bit at the beginning of the book that makes New York seem as alien and awesome as a completely different world. I thought the ending was a bit rushed, but that might just be me. But the real stars are the Vykoids, who are just the most glorious, impossible-to-do-on-TV (or impossible to do well) villains. They're just ... listen, I know they're actually horrible and mean but I too am short so I am taking notes. They're just so well done. In terms of continuity, there's a nice call back to the Daleks of Manhattan, and a wonderfully sinister reference to Nile penguins. A good, fun romp. (  ) redfiona | Jul 13, 2017 |  ) SMG-SLieberman | Mar 9, 2011 | It is a good yarn. The Doctor and Amy land in contemporary New York, where a newly discovered mammoth in the Natural History Museum comes to life and starts causing chaos - but turns out to be harbouring a much more dangerous secret; and an army of Vykoids brings chaos to Manhattan even if they are only seven centimentres tall. It's aimed at a younger readership - more so than the Ninth and Tenth Doctor novels I have read - but that just means you get it for your 8-13 year old friends or relatives and then borrow it back. Or read it first yourself. Or just forget to give it to them. As you would hope from the show's script editor, the novel catches the Doctor and Amy perfectly, particularly when the Doctor is put out of action for a couple of chapters and Amy has to take over the narrative. Trinity Wells, famous American newsreader, gets gratifyingly namechecked, and there are references also to mysterious cracks (qv) and to Nile Penguins (which baffled me but looked Significant). (And apparently the great centres of learning include Yale, Harvard and Aberystwyth.) This is a good start to the Eleventh Doctor's career in dead tree format. ( ) nwhyte | Apr 29, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: 'Let me tell you a story. Long ago, in the frozen Arctic wastes, an alien army landed. Only now, 10,000 years later, it isn't a story. And the army is ready to attack.' New York - one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth... But what's going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly Mammoth rampaging down Broadway? An ordinary day becomes a time of terror, as the Doctor and Amy meet a new and deadly enemy. The vicious Army of the Vykoid are armed to the teeth and determined to enslave the human race. Even though they're only seven centimetres high. With the Vykoid army swarming across Manhattan and sealing it from the world with a powerful alien force field, Amy has just 24 hours to find the Doctor and save the city. If she doesn't, the people of Manhattan will be taken to work in the doomed asteroid mines of the Vykoid home planet. But as time starts to run out, who can she trust? And how far will she have to go to free New York from the Forgotten Army? A thrilling, science fiction adventure featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy, as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in the spectacular hit Doctor Who series from BBC Television .No library descriptions found. 
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It is a good book. The Doctor and Amy land in 2010 New York, where a newly discovered mammoth in the Natural History Museum comes to life and starts causing chaos - but turns out to have much more dangerous secret; and an army of Vykoids brings chaos to Manhattan even if they are only seven centimentres tall.
Like my previous Doctor Who book as I was reading it was like watching an episode in my head. I loved how Amy’s cheeky side comes out in this book. In a couple of chapters the Doctor is out of action and Amy takes the lead which I thought was great! I have to say Brian Minchin did a great job on this book! (