An Eighth Doctor novel, the Doctor, Anji and Fitz are trapped on a Fairy Tale world where wishes are power and the planet itself is alive.

re-read 3/15/2023 ( )

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A rather odd Eighth Doctor Adventure, with the Doctor, Fitz and Anji trapped in a fantasy world where fairy-tales (hence the 'Grimm' of the title) are more or less true. Some good Anji moments in particular, and a few nice descriptive passages, but this has been done better elsewhere. ( )

Grimm Reality is an Eighth Doctor Adventure, with companions Anji and Fitz. Anji and Fitz are probably one of my favorite TARDIS teams. While I did think the book was a little muddled at times, it was pretty enjoyable. The TARDIS lands on a world of fairy tales. There are wishing boxes and witches and giants and sleeping princesses in castles and other fairy tale things. But it's mostly the real kind of fairy tale, where people get eaten by wolves and the kindly woodcutter never comes along, because children need to know about the horrors of the world.

About as soon as the crew exits the TARDIS, the whole thing is swallowed by a bunch of trees. So right off the TARDIS is rendered unavailable, and then by about thirty pages later the Doctor, Anji, and Fitz are all split up. A traditional Doctor Who plot! Anji is even kidnapped! And then the aliens come in. Not that the planet isn't alien, but a bunch of space explorers show up, on a ship crewed by three different races. Human, insectoid, and something looking like pink hippos. They think the planet has something they want, so various members of the crew are sent down to get it. The "magical" aspects of the planet collide with technology, and the whole thing turns into a mess.

Can the Doctor save the day while being chased by giants? Can Fitz find the Doctor and Anji and figure out what's going on with the wolf pelt he's wearing? Can Anji get out of servitude to a household of mean sisters and maybe win a beauty competition? Did that one guy really turn into a fox? Will the princess ever wake? All good questions! All answered in the book! ( )