In a far future Chicago, Amy, Rory, and a robot called Daryl are dodging the end of the world while the Eleventh Doctor is doing the same in the virtual world of Parallife. An all-ages adventure with an uplifting ending, typical of the Doctor.

[I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.] ( )

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The Doctor is trapped inside the virtual world of the game Parallife, the world of which is about to get wiped. The real world at the same time is also endangered.

This was another very quick adventure for the 11th Doctor, Amy and Rory. I find that I quite like the stories that are set in virtual reality after I read The Three Body Problem. Even though I felt the characters were not caught as well as in some of the Doctor Who novels I've read, it was not difficult to imagine the story as an episode of the television series.

It's a short and fast paced read and in the 'real' world there is more than enough happening as well. I found it an enjoyable read.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ( )

I used to read a lot of Star Trek novels, back in the day, until I finally grew tired of the high percentage that used Star Trek trappings without achieving the atmosphere, the ambience, the characterization of the original - - all the things that made Star Trek such a part of my life. But there were a number of really amazing books in the series, the ones that felt like unfilmed episodes, that nailed the characters' voices and the feeling of living and serving aboard a Constellation class ship. (That's the stuff I always loved, show and books: where would I go when my shift was over, where would I eat and get a new book and sleep and recreate?) So I kept reading 'em ... and maybe it's not surprising that Doctor Who novels spark the same ambivalence. Except I haven't read as many, and I don't think I've ever read one which got it just right. (Not even Ben Aaronovitch's, so far.)

Still, there were three available through Netgalley, and I figured … what the heck.

I'm still looking.

System Wipe is an Eleventh Doctor adventure (which for me is a small strike against it – far from my favorite Doctor, him). He, along with Amy and Rory, arrive in Earth's future to find it apparently depopulated, and discover a virtual reality which has taken on a life of its own – but which is being decimated. And of course the Doctor flings himself into the situation to fix it.

"‘But how does that –’ Rory began, but Amy interrupted him."

I don't remember being that annoyed on the show with her interrupting him so much. By which I mean constantly.

The Doctor: ‘I’ll shut up now.’ Uh, no. I'll take "things the Doctor would never say" for a thousand, Alex. Especially Eleven.

The usual disclaimer: I received this book via Netgalley for review. ( )