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Doctor Who: Ghost Town: The Team TARDIS Diaries, Volume 2
A brand new series of adventures for the Doctor and her TARDIS team! Something has gone wrong with time, and the Doctor - alongside her friends Yaz, Ryan and Graham - is determined to investigate. The trail leads to a dusty mining town at Hallowe'en - and something scary is lying in wait for them ...The second in a new series of illustrated adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor, as portrayed by Jodie Whittaker!
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112 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 4, 2021
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July 15, 2025
A bit of a come down from its predecessor Paper Moon, but still kid-friendly fun.
Doctor Who: Ghost Town is the second and apparently final book in the Team TARDIS Diaries series. Day, like Stowell before her, has a strong grasp of the Thirteenth Doctor and her 'fam' though she doesn't quite utilise them as well.
Ghost Town is a climate fiction plot involving ships bound for the sun and nanotechnology gone rogue. When the TARDIS will not move past the date of Halloween 2019, the Doctor seeks out an old friend Tomiko Handa and her revolutionary Super-K neutrino emission detector. However, Handa is no longer in Japan but Greensville, a tired oil town in America. So begins an investigation into Handa's latest project, a billionaire's obsessive mission to do right by his eco-minded daughter and a gross misunderstanding of how neutrinos work.
Though the plot draws attention to this last factor, it still feels like a fumbled attempt at sci-fi. Not only this, it's quite complex for a middle grade audience who either just want some Doctor Who levity or are more interested in the science of reversing climate change. The plot lost me about halfway through as it switched gears to introduce the animator virus as a concept, which probably should have been at the core of the story from the word go.
Paper Moon had a clear intention from the start: to learn more about the psychic paper that the Doctor uses. Ghost Town, however, is less clear: flitting between spooky halloween adventure, eco cautionary tale and technology let loose. Perhaps this old fuddy duddy reader can't see what plenty of kids can, but I don't think Ghost Town was as focused or fun as it could have been.
Nevertheless, Doctor Who: Ghost Town is part of a limited run of Thirteenth Doctor books so I am very glad that it exists. Also it perfectly demonstrates the appeal of a light-hearted Doctor surrounded by friends. As such I recommend it to those who read Paper Moon and have an interest in the chaos that scientific endeavours can wreak.
Doctor Who: Ghost Town is the second and apparently final book in the Team TARDIS Diaries series. Day, like Stowell before her, has a strong grasp of the Thirteenth Doctor and her 'fam' though she doesn't quite utilise them as well.
Ghost Town is a climate fiction plot involving ships bound for the sun and nanotechnology gone rogue. When the TARDIS will not move past the date of Halloween 2019, the Doctor seeks out an old friend Tomiko Handa and her revolutionary Super-K neutrino emission detector. However, Handa is no longer in Japan but Greensville, a tired oil town in America. So begins an investigation into Handa's latest project, a billionaire's obsessive mission to do right by his eco-minded daughter and a gross misunderstanding of how neutrinos work.
Though the plot draws attention to this last factor, it still feels like a fumbled attempt at sci-fi. Not only this, it's quite complex for a middle grade audience who either just want some Doctor Who levity or are more interested in the science of reversing climate change. The plot lost me about halfway through as it switched gears to introduce the animator virus as a concept, which probably should have been at the core of the story from the word go.
Paper Moon had a clear intention from the start: to learn more about the psychic paper that the Doctor uses. Ghost Town, however, is less clear: flitting between spooky halloween adventure, eco cautionary tale and technology let loose. Perhaps this old fuddy duddy reader can't see what plenty of kids can, but I don't think Ghost Town was as focused or fun as it could have been.
Nevertheless, Doctor Who: Ghost Town is part of a limited run of Thirteenth Doctor books so I am very glad that it exists. Also it perfectly demonstrates the appeal of a light-hearted Doctor surrounded by friends. As such I recommend it to those who read Paper Moon and have an interest in the chaos that scientific endeavours can wreak.
August 9, 2022
Another quick, breezy read.
This book follows on the ecological theme that has been prevalent in the Thirteenth Doctor's iteration of the Doctor. Time has stopped and their adventure leads them to the US, where a billionaire wants to send landfill to the moon. Noble idea, but of course this is Doctor Who and there's problems with it.
It looks like there's only been two books in the Team TARDIS Diaries, which is disappointing as I thought the concept was fun. The ending seems to suggest that the Fam need to get rid of the diary, as that's causing part of the time issue.
Oh, well. I'm really not the age group of these books!
This book follows on the ecological theme that has been prevalent in the Thirteenth Doctor's iteration of the Doctor. Time has stopped and their adventure leads them to the US, where a billionaire wants to send landfill to the moon. Noble idea, but of course this is Doctor Who and there's problems with it.
It looks like there's only been two books in the Team TARDIS Diaries, which is disappointing as I thought the concept was fun. The ending seems to suggest that the Fam need to get rid of the diary, as that's causing part of the time issue.
Oh, well. I'm really not the age group of these books!
March 11, 2021
Something is wrong with time, as Hallowe'en keeps repeating itself. The Doctor and her Companions rush to investigate.
Day uses the psychic diary format well to encourage young reluctant readers.
Day uses the psychic diary format well to encourage young reluctant readers.
December 26, 2021
Disappointed by the ending
August 9, 2025
Lovely charming illustrations. All the main characters are likeable and clearly articulated. This is a wonderful text for young readers and those who appreciate 13 and her Fam.
December 10, 2025
I knew it was for kids, I just didn't know it was THAT much for kids. Also I got a bit lost. And I'm 29
August 13, 2025
Thirteen and "Team TARDIS" (yes, apparently that's an in-universe term) find themselves in a state where time doesn't move, or something. Yeah, it's pretty vague on that. Anyway, they end up travelling to a Texas oil town gone bust where some eccentric scientist guy is building a spaceship to...sigh, take Earth's garbage into the sun, using electrons (the basic idea being that quantum mechanics means that a sub-atomic particle in one place will link to another particle across great distances). I know, it's a kid's book, but I can honestly barely even remember the plot. Still, as kid's books go, it's okay, if only because "Team TARDIS" has a psychic diary (similar to the Doctor's psychic paper) which has a mind of its own, which provides running comentary.
Anyway, it's fine.
Anyway, it's fine.
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