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An all-new Doctor Who adventure featuring the Second Doctor and reimagined in the style of Roger Hargreaves.
It’s mayhem in the museum as Dr. Second and his companions find themselves on the run from some abominable baddies.
These storybook mash-ups, written and illustrated by Adam Hargreaves, combine the iconic storytelling of Doctor Who with the whimsical humor and design made famous by his father, Roger Hargreaves.
Dr. Second continues this series of witty and tongue-in-cheek storybooks—each featuring one of the twelve Doctors.
It’s mayhem in the museum as Dr. Second and his companions find themselves on the run from some abominable baddies.
These storybook mash-ups, written and illustrated by Adam Hargreaves, combine the iconic storytelling of Doctor Who with the whimsical humor and design made famous by his father, Roger Hargreaves.
Dr. Second continues this series of witty and tongue-in-cheek storybooks—each featuring one of the twelve Doctors.
32 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2017
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Adam Hargreaves
346 books48 followersAdam Hargreaves is an English author and illustrator. The son of Roger Hargreaves, he continues his father's popular Mr. Men series of children's books. Hargreaves also served as inspiration for the series. When at the age of six he asked his father "What does a tickle look like?", Roger used that question to create the first book, Mr. Tickle.
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February 20, 2023
"Oh my giddy aunt!"
The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe visit a museum, where they discover nerfious activity. I loved that the Doctor's playful nature came across. The 2nd Doctor in his bowtie before he established or he secretly knew all long that 'Bowties are cool!' It was a fun, quick read that captured the era.
The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe visit a museum, where they discover nerfious activity. I loved that the Doctor's playful nature came across. The 2nd Doctor in his bowtie before he established or he secretly knew all long that 'Bowties are cool!' It was a fun, quick read that captured the era.
December 7, 2017
A Museum of Mystery
7 December 2017 - Adelaide
Don't you just hate it when you give something five stars and then read the second offering and find that it is even better than the first. I guess that means that I am going to have to lower my first review to four stars so that I can give this one five stars. Look, it wasn't as if the first was was deficient in anyway, it was just that the story in this one was so much better, and much more funnier, than the first one, even though the first one had some pretty cool surprises in it – such as the cat.
So, now we are onto the Second Doctor, and it turns out that he also likes bow-ties, though he never went as far as running around claiming that 'bow ties are cool'. Then again this was probably back in a time when more people wore bow ties than they tend to do today. Actually, you hardly see anybody wearing bow ties at all, and if you do it is either because it is at a fancy dress party (and you are going as one of the Doctors), you are incredibly rich and are going to a Hollywood style incredibly rich party, or you are simply old fashioned (which is what the Doctor is supposed to be).
So, they land in a museum and automatically assume that because they had landed here then there must be something bad going on, so they decide to explore. However, it really comes down to the question as to whether the Tardis is either broken, or simply just wrong, and there is a long running debate between the Doctor and his companions as to whether this is the case (and the Doctor has the utmost faith in his Tardis). Then his companions start to go missing, which forces him to start looking for the bad guy. Of course the reality is a surprise that I won't reveal since it is pretty cool.
As I suggested in my previous review, this is pretty cool, though I'm not sure if I am going to go out of my way to actually get the other ones, because even though they are pretty quite, considering that they really only take five minutes to read, and that their re-readability is not the best (well, at least where I'm concerned because when I was much younger I would re-read a lot of my books multiple times). Still, it would be cool to read a few more if the option arises.
7 December 2017 - Adelaide
Don't you just hate it when you give something five stars and then read the second offering and find that it is even better than the first. I guess that means that I am going to have to lower my first review to four stars so that I can give this one five stars. Look, it wasn't as if the first was was deficient in anyway, it was just that the story in this one was so much better, and much more funnier, than the first one, even though the first one had some pretty cool surprises in it – such as the cat.
So, now we are onto the Second Doctor, and it turns out that he also likes bow-ties, though he never went as far as running around claiming that 'bow ties are cool'. Then again this was probably back in a time when more people wore bow ties than they tend to do today. Actually, you hardly see anybody wearing bow ties at all, and if you do it is either because it is at a fancy dress party (and you are going as one of the Doctors), you are incredibly rich and are going to a Hollywood style incredibly rich party, or you are simply old fashioned (which is what the Doctor is supposed to be).
So, they land in a museum and automatically assume that because they had landed here then there must be something bad going on, so they decide to explore. However, it really comes down to the question as to whether the Tardis is either broken, or simply just wrong, and there is a long running debate between the Doctor and his companions as to whether this is the case (and the Doctor has the utmost faith in his Tardis). Then his companions start to go missing, which forces him to start looking for the bad guy. Of course the reality is a surprise that I won't reveal since it is pretty cool.
As I suggested in my previous review, this is pretty cool, though I'm not sure if I am going to go out of my way to actually get the other ones, because even though they are pretty quite, considering that they really only take five minutes to read, and that their re-readability is not the best (well, at least where I'm concerned because when I was much younger I would re-read a lot of my books multiple times). Still, it would be cool to read a few more if the option arises.
December 22, 2019
Funny «adaptation» of Doctor Who with the Mr and Miss collection. I enjoy it. It's simple but always fun. I've read four of them and mostly enjoy them all.
August 30, 2017
Can't. Stop. Giggling. Super cute. I love this series. It's like mini-cakes. Just right, bite-sized tales of The Doctor. Very entertaining. And this doctor says "Oh, my giddy aunt" a lot, which cracks me up.
November 26, 2017
Another in the Doctor Who / Mr Men mash-up. This time focusing on Troughton's incarceration.
These are such fun reads that really captures that era of the show.
These are such fun reads that really captures that era of the show.
May 27, 2021
A significant improvement on Dr. First. I suspect Patrick Troughton is the first doctor that Adam Hargreaves saw as a kid. The illustrations look even less like Troughton than Dr. First looks like Hartnell, but the dialogue is very definitely the second doctor. At least the Yetis are an iconic monster from the Troughton era, but they come a distant third behind the Cybermen and Ice Warriors. Jamie looks nothing like Jamie, but the tartan hat and late-Beatles haircut is hilarious.
September 17, 2017
Nuova avventura del Dottore, realizzata da Adam Hargreaves, con protagonisti secondo Dottore, Jamie e Victoria.
Semplice e divertente come i precedenti e filologicamente corretto nei riguardi della serie tv.
Semplice e divertente come i precedenti e filologicamente corretto nei riguardi della serie tv.
November 24, 2018
Dr. Second is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Adam Hargreaves and is a part of the Doctor Who Meets Mr Men and Little Miss series, which tells a story about the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield exploring a museum on Earth. Today is National Dr Who/T.A.R.D.I.S. Day (23 November) and I thought it would be apropos to read this today.
The text is rather simple and straightforward. Hargreaves aptly captured the essence of the Second Doctor’s impish nature fairly well. The illustrations are a perfect combination between the Doctor Who and the Mr Men and Little Miss universes. The Second Doctor depicted really looks like Patrick Troughton from the Mr Men and Little Miss universe.
The premise of the book is rather straightforward. The story opens with the T.A.R.D.I.S. landing on an Earth Museum with the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield investigating something peculiar about the Museum – after all the T.A.R.D.I.S. would send them there if everything was alright. They eventually discovered cybernetic Yetis around and together they managed to subdue them.
All in all, Dr. Second is a wonderful children's book about the Second Doctor and the perfect amalgamation of Dr. Who and the Mr Men and Little Miss universes.
The text is rather simple and straightforward. Hargreaves aptly captured the essence of the Second Doctor’s impish nature fairly well. The illustrations are a perfect combination between the Doctor Who and the Mr Men and Little Miss universes. The Second Doctor depicted really looks like Patrick Troughton from the Mr Men and Little Miss universe.
The premise of the book is rather straightforward. The story opens with the T.A.R.D.I.S. landing on an Earth Museum with the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield investigating something peculiar about the Museum – after all the T.A.R.D.I.S. would send them there if everything was alright. They eventually discovered cybernetic Yetis around and together they managed to subdue them.
All in all, Dr. Second is a wonderful children's book about the Second Doctor and the perfect amalgamation of Dr. Who and the Mr Men and Little Miss universes.
June 28, 2020
I read this to the girls, too. I told them the second Doctor wears a bow-tie and plays a recorder. I also explained how Jamie is a Scottish man who wears a kilt--which is like a plaid skirt.
I also attempted to describe how the Doctor regenerates so he's the same person using the TARDIS--not a second guy who now has the first guy's TARDIS.
In a fascinating twist, the girls understood the TARDIS being bigger on the inside than the outside because stepping through the door grants them access to another dimension which can be as big as it wants to be more than they understood the regeneration.
They thought it was absolutely hilarious that the second Doctor kept saying, "Oh, my giddy aunt"!
I also attempted to describe how the Doctor regenerates so he's the same person using the TARDIS--not a second guy who now has the first guy's TARDIS.
In a fascinating twist, the girls understood the TARDIS being bigger on the inside than the outside because stepping through the door grants them access to another dimension which can be as big as it wants to be more than they understood the regeneration.
They thought it was absolutely hilarious that the second Doctor kept saying, "Oh, my giddy aunt"!
April 1, 2021
"[The TARDIS] does have a habit of dumping us in the middle of danger and then leaving us to it."
Oh, my giddy aunt! I never really warmed to Patrick Troughton like I did some of the other iterations of the Doctor, but this story was fun and I could see it working as an actual episode. Jamie and Victoria (once again, companions I've completely forgotten over time) were very cute in their tam o' shanters.
Oh, my giddy aunt! I never really warmed to Patrick Troughton like I did some of the other iterations of the Doctor, but this story was fun and I could see it working as an actual episode. Jamie and Victoria (once again, companions I've completely forgotten over time) were very cute in their tam o' shanters.
August 31, 2017
Another amusing mashup! I love how the author manages to capture both the Doctor Who-iness and the Mr. Men-iness and blend them into a pure delight. Jamie may be my favorite Mr. Men-ized rendering yet! LOL, and I loved the image of the Doctor puzzling out the remote control. And Jamie's smugness. Bravo!
December 13, 2018
"Oh, my giddy aunt!"
Reading a Doctor Who adaptation intended for children certainly was an experience and I did try to avoid questioning the story's logic, but it was difficult. Still, this was a fun and kid friendly read that may or may not have supported how great the TARDIS is.
Reading a Doctor Who adaptation intended for children certainly was an experience and I did try to avoid questioning the story's logic, but it was difficult. Still, this was a fun and kid friendly read that may or may not have supported how great the TARDIS is.
February 29, 2024
Doctor Who/Mr. Men collaboration originated by Roger Hargreaves.
I love this comical little series of books. We’ve been collecting them over the years. I’ve been catching up on the ones I bought for my son at Christmas.
Dr. Second is very protective over his TARDIS when he and his companions, Victoria and Jamie, visit a museum. Unbeknown to them, yetis are lurking nearby.
I love this comical little series of books. We’ve been collecting them over the years. I’ve been catching up on the ones I bought for my son at Christmas.
Dr. Second is very protective over his TARDIS when he and his companions, Victoria and Jamie, visit a museum. Unbeknown to them, yetis are lurking nearby.
January 17, 2019
This was a nice little run of geekery and nostalgia as Doctor Who mixes with Mister Men. Each was a cute little Whovian story featuring that Doctor in the iconic Mister Men style of storytelling and artwork. Perfect for Doctor Who fans with young Whovians at home.
February 24, 2020
What a hoot! The hubs and I are finally reading this series I bought for him at Xmas. Both of us being Whovians, and me being a librarian and fond of the quirky “Little Mr./Miss/Ms.” series, we are amused.
October 14, 2020
Hargreaves’ mash-up of Doctor Who and Mr. Men remains more of a conceptual than an actual triumph, but on this occasion the characterisation—of Jamie, Victoria and the Doctor—is quite good, as are the illustrations and (to an extent) the storyline.
September 15, 2017
Another book in this brilliant series. As a Doctor Who fan I love the detail that is included in these books. I can't wait to read more.
October 21, 2017
An excellent short fun read, lifted my mood on a busy train.
December 26, 2017
Can’t really give these books any less than five stars because they’re just so cute. Jamie looks great as a Mr Man and the Doctor gets to say “Oh my giddy aunt!” multiple times.
January 5, 2018
a nice fun adventure for the 2nd Doctor, Victoria and Jamie with the Yeti, one fun thing to note, instead of giving Jamie his usual kilt he has a tam o'shanter hat
February 7, 2018
Mayhem in the museum for the Second Doctor.
A fun children's mashup between Mister Men and Doctor Who.
A fun children's mashup between Mister Men and Doctor Who.
April 4, 2018
Really enjoyed this one. Mr Men Jamie and Victoria were adorable! (Though do wish it had been Zoe!) A fun story with Yetis!
June 18, 2018
I thought the First Doctor was funny, and then I found the Second Doctor saying my giddy aunt a lot and Jaime being smug. It was really fun reading.
December 6, 2018
Oh my giddy Aunt! How cute!!! This series is fantastic.
January 2, 2019
Troughton's Doctor is my favourite Doctor of the first coming of Doctors. And Doctor Who is always fun. So what not to like?
February 22, 2019
I totally loved this one! It includes Victoria and Jamie as companions. Everyone seems in character. Best of all there's yetis. Oh my giddy aunt!
April 28, 2019
Cute book
May 18, 2019
One of the better ones in the series. I liked the yetis and the doctor. Would have preferred Zoe to Victoria, but you can't have everything.
July 11, 2019
DR. SECOND
Two British icons mash-up!
In Dr. Second, the Doctor is wearing a bow-tie and leads his companions into a museum..
"Oh, my giddy aunt"
Two British icons mash-up!
In Dr. Second, the Doctor is wearing a bow-tie and leads his companions into a museum..
"Oh, my giddy aunt"
January 15, 2021
あらすじ
ターディスで博物館に到着したドクターとジェイミィとヴィクトリア。ジェイミィにターディスがいつも自分たちをトラブルの渦中に連れていくと言われ、ドクターはすっかり機嫌を損ねてしまう。
感想
ドクターのターディス愛が炸裂しまくりの一品。
ターディスで博物館に到着したドクターとジェイミィとヴィクトリア。ジェイミィにターディスがいつも自分たちをトラブルの渦中に連れていくと言われ、ドクターはすっかり機嫌を損ねてしまう。
感想
ドクターのターディス愛が炸裂しまくりの一品。
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