Doctor Who: Salt of the Earth (Time Trips)

Can the Doctor figure out what's creating the salt and stop it before he and Jo become the next salt statues? Of course he can! I got this from Netgalley. Salt of the Earth, is the latest of the Time Trips series and the best one yet. It reads like the script of an unproduced half hour episode starring Jon While blokarting on holiday in Australia, The Doctor and Jo Grant run across a bizarre type of salt that turns any life form it touches into a statue made of salt. It reads like the script of an unproduced half hour episode starring Jon Pertwee.

While blokarting go-karts with sails, used in the Australian salt flats , the encounter some curious salt statues. From there, all the usual Doctory things happen. The characters rang true to me and the writing was the best I've encountered in a Doctor Who story so far. I loved that one of the POV characters was a cattledog named Smithy.

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The third Doctor gets down to business in short order and solves the salt problem, as The Doctor is wont to due. I had a feeling I knew what was behind the salt problem but there are only so many ways a Doctor Who episode can go so it wasn't a disappointment. As I've already said, best Time Trip so far. Four out of five stars. View all 5 comments. But there's something very interesting about this desert. It seems to be turning people into salt I loved this story!

The 3rd Doctor is my favorite older series Doctor so I will pretty much love any story he's in to be honest. P But even with my previous bias I would have loved this story anyway. It was quick, fun "You said you were taking me on a holiday! It was quick, fun, and full of sass and adventure. Wish it had been longer because I hated to see it end!

Salt of the Earth , the fourth instalment in the Time Trips series of Doctor Who short stories, is the first one I enjoyed pretty much with no problems at all. Of course, if I'm quite honest, if this hadn't been a Three story, I'd probably give it three stars. I did like it, just that as far as the plot all there in the blurb and the writing goes, it's nothing particularly special or sublime.

A good, solid effort, one that I could well see working on TV in Three's era. However, it was a Three sto Salt of the Earth , the fourth instalment in the Time Trips series of Doctor Who short stories, is the first one I enjoyed pretty much with no problems at all. However, it was a Three story, and there are so few of those around these days that it's like throwing a bone to a starving dog.

I'll gobble down anything that has Three in it, and if it's at all adequately written, I'm more or less guaranteed to love it, so One that had them be adorable together. Adorable being on holiday together. Adorable racing over a salt desert in blokarts together, Three being adorable and offering Jo sun lotion, adorable in being his wonderful arrogant self, in shirtsleeves, being all caring and Aug 30, F. At first it is a bit jarring, but both characters are captured so well that before long any awkwardness is overcome and the whole just really, really works.

May 23, Hilary rated it really liked it Shelves: A minor error in navigation lands the TARDIS in the middle of Australia rather than the beach, where they stumble into a mysterious problem with some vicious salt. Bonus points for the canine assistance! As with some of the other stories, it benefits from the science in later Who episodes rather than being strictly in touch there, but this also benefits from a local writer.

I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Mar 08, Dan rated it liked it Shelves: The Third Doctor is perhaps my favorite Doctor thus far and whilst he and companion Jo Grant are characterised fairly well here this doesn't feel much like a Third Doctor story, with no UNIT, no Master yet still set on virtually contemporary Earth.

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The TARDIS lands on a salt lake in Australia in where they discover strange statues made of salt which look worryingly like people. I really liked the setting and the idea of the Third Doctor 'blokarting'- being a man of action I could picture Jo The Third Doctor is perhaps my favorite Doctor thus far and whilst he and companion Jo Grant are characterised fairly well here this doesn't feel much like a Third Doctor story, with no UNIT, no Master yet still set on virtually contemporary Earth.

I really liked the setting and the idea of the Third Doctor 'blokarting'- being a man of action I could picture Jon Pertwee doing that- but this lacks in some of the key elements a really good Doctor Who story needs. The first of these is a villain, or at least a strong sci-fi element, which this story doesn't really have. Another is a strong guest cast- here we only really have one woman and a dog and oddly quite a high proportion of the story is told from the dog's point of view.

I could see that Trudi Canavan had chosen a place that she knows and loves because the setting is really strong here but it feels a bit like he had a setting and then tried to build a Doctor Whos story around it, and didn't do a terribly good job. In fact the solution is almost identical to one of the Ninth Doctor stories.

Not a complete failure but my least favorite of the Time Trips stories so far. Jun 30, Becky rated it it was amazing Shelves: Trudi Canavan is the fourth author in the Time Trips series, bringing Doctor number three Jon Pertwee and his companion Jo Grant back for this particular adventure. The Doctor promised Jo a trip to the beach, but she didn't expect a salt lake in Australia. The year is and folks in the area have been going missing for some time. Sunny believes it's the "bad salt" but until the Doctor arrives no one really listens to her concerns.

It helps that the Doctor and Jo both witness a strange statu Trudi Canavan is the fourth author in the Time Trips series, bringing Doctor number three Jon Pertwee and his companion Jo Grant back for this particular adventure. It helps that the Doctor and Jo both witness a strange statue of a man crumbling in the wind shortly after their arrival.

This one might just be my favorite so far. I'm not sure exactly why - the setting, the premise, the characters I've never actually seen Jon Pertwee's Doctor but the interplay between him and Jo here was a lot of fun. Mar 06, Timothy Pecoraro rated it really liked it. As always, I love Time Trips.

I believe these are the next best things to having Doctor Who Episodes to watch. But reading this certainly made me nostalgic for those days. Trudi Canavan, as expected, weaves an awesome story. One that I read rapidly and in sitting. While I did really like the story, as usual it was a bit short to communicate th As always, I love Time Trips.

While I did really like the story, as usual it was a bit short to communicate the flavor of the generation. But considering the price, I would say that this book is a must buy for any Doctor Who fan. Jun 05, Karen Cole rated it liked it. Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Doctor was a little before my time and whilst I've seen some of his performances I'm not familiar enough with them to say whether the Trudi Canavan accurately captured his portrayal of the character or his relationship with Jo.

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Therefore this was the first of the series I've read without any preconceptions and it was the plot more than the characterisat 3. Therefore this was the first of the series I've read without any preconceptions and it was the plot more than the characterisation that would hook me. So did it succeed? The answer is a hesitant yes.

Set in Australia the Third Doctor was of course exiled on Earth by the Time Lords for some time , we are first introduced to a local farmer who despite his dog's obvious fear tries to rescue some stranded sheep. Something is terribly wrong though and slowly but with no hope of escape he is turned to salt. Meanwhile the Doctor and Jo are intending to have a beach holiday but instead the Tardis lands them in the outback. Whilst blokarting they come across macabre salt statues of a man and some sheep. The Doctor quickly realises something is not right and after meeting local hobby farmer, Sunny learns about the "bad salt" responsible for turning people into statues before they're destroyed by the elements.

What follows is the Doctor's investigation into what is causing this phenomenon. I enjoyed the idea of the already harsh environment turning against its inhabitants and felt the emotion and stress of living in constant fear of the immediate surroundings suddenly becoming mortally dangerous was well handled. However, as is sometimes the case with short stories I just found the explanation and conclusion was dealt with too swiftly and easily meaning the narrative lost its sense of menace. I understand the constraints of these novella formats but still can't help wishing the denouement was a bit more complex.

In the end I felt it was an enjoyable story that didn't quite live up to it's early potential. Thanks to the publishers for my free copy through NetGalley in return for my honest review. Jul 11, Andrea Guy rated it really liked it Shelves: It is really one of the most intriguing stories from this series. The Doctor and Jo arrive in Australia in and they discover strange salt statues. So much for the vacation that Jo was promised. They now have discover what is turning people and animals into pillars of salt.

I absolutely love the Third Doctor and I could easily picture him and Jo blokarting across the sad. Actually any Doctor with Sarah Jane gives me the happies I really could feel this story being an episode, especially back in the 70s during Pertwee's tenure on the show. It suited his portrayal of our favorite Time Lord.

I also loved how the dog played a huge part in the story.

I was so glad nothing happened to him, when his owner turned to salt! I wish this one were a bit longer than its 30ish pages, because the ending felt more than a bit hurried. It is still an overall good read for Whovians. Mar 11, Wayne McCoy rated it really liked it. The Doctor promises Jo a vacation and she thinks she is going to a beach resort. She is understandably upset to find herself in the sandy Australian outback of to go 'blokarting,' a type of windsurfing on sand. The discovery of mysterious figures carved from salt halts the vacation and starts the mystery. Grotesque, distorted figures twisted in pain.

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