Doctor Who: The Spear of Destiny: Third Doctor

Marcus Sedgwick

Mar 2013 · Doctor Who: 50th Anniversary Short Stories Book 2 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

Eleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.
The Third Doctor and Jo Grant are trying to track down the magical spear of Odin when they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle between two Viking tribes. But one of the Vikings is even more dangerous than he appears to be. Can the Doctor stop the spear getting into the wrong hands before it's too late?

Ratings and reviews

This is the 3rd book in the 50th anniversary line of short stories being published by Penguin and written by well known children's authors this year. Fittingly being the 3rd book in the line it follows the 3rd Doctor and Jo Grant and has to be the best of the series so far. Unlike the previous two books Marcus Sedgwick has really captured the voice of the 3rd Doctor and Jo Grant, and has weaved a nice little tale here. My only complaint is that this story is just too short. It comes in at only 40 pages, which is just a tad too short for the tale being told. If you have a spare £2 it's worth a purchase.

I actully own the 50th aniversary book with all 11 doctors in it and im reading this one now its really cool :)

About the author

Marcus Sedgwick was born in East Kent, England. He is primarily a young adult author. His books include She Is Not Invisible, White Crow, Revolver, and The Ghosts of Heaven. He won the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for Midwinterblood. His first adult novel, A Love Like Blood, was published in 2014.