Camera Obscura (novel)

For other novels with the same title, see Camera obscura (disambiguation).

Camera Obscura

Author	Lloyd Rose
Series	Doctor Who book: Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release number	59
Subject	Featuring: Eighth Doctor Fitz and Anji
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	August 2002
Pages	280
ISBN	0-563-53857-0
Preceded by	History 101
Followed by	Time Zero

Camera Obscura is a BBC Books original novel written by Lloyd Rose and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.^[1]

Plot

The Doctor's second heart was taken by his ally time traveler Sabbath. But because of new danger he starts to work with Sabbath again to pursue Dartmoor to unravel his new mysteries.^[2]

Continuity

The storyline concerning the Doctor's missing heart is resolved in this novel.^{[clarification needed]}

George Williamson reappears in Time Zero. The previous seven Doctors appear in the time machine's mirrors.

Reception

In a 2003 Interzone review, Matt Hills writes, "The novel certainly carries a weighty, portentous sweep: rarely has the Doctor descended into Hell and confronted Death. This style of theological fantasy may be at odds with the science-fictional perspective of History 101, but Camera Obscura does what so many recent BBC Worldwide Who books have done: it brings an adult, knowing perspective to the pleasures of a format that was sometimes rather more childlike while on TV."^[3] In a 2002 Interzone review, Paul Beardsley writes, "The interaction between the TARDIS crew and Sabbath is enjoyable, and the prose is good too, but the novel reads like an early draft submitted in haste. Lloyd Rose is capable of much better."^[4]

References

1. "Camera Obscura". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
2. "Camera Obscura (Doctor Who) by Lloyd Rose". www.fantasticfiction.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
3. Hills, Matt (February 2003). "'Neo-Retro' Tales of a Time Lord". Interzone. No. 186. p. 58. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
4. Beardsley, Paul (2002). "Masters, Magicians and Moon Landings". Interzone. No. 184. p. 57. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

External links

• Camera Obscura title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database