DOCTOR WHO: NOW WE ARE SIX HUNDRED

released 14 sePTeMber 118 pages | Hardback/ebook Author James Goss Publisher bbC books

This “collection of Time Lord verse” bears a remarkable resemblance to AA Milne’s Winnie-ThePooh collection Now We Are Six.

Cue a collection of poems in a similar style, but centred on a certain Time Lord, his companions and adventures.

Some are modelled after specific poems, such as “The Flower Sour”, which plays on Milne’s “Daffowdowndilly”, but describes the Nestene’s deadly plastic daffodils.

Others are original, including the Adricreferencing “The Boy Wonder”: “I’m very good at maths/So why does no-one like me?” (We snickered.)

The poems are fairly charming, but the conceit gets tired pretty quickly.

The illustrations – by former showrunner Russell T Davies – are magical; sweet and whimsical, and guaranteed to bring a smile to the most cynical face. Could we buy some prints please?