I've got mixed views about this book. I guess my problem is while it's nice that distinguished science-fiction authors like Michael Moorcock, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds are writing Doctor Who novels, it doesn't mean they're good Doctor Who writers like Mark Gatiss, Gareth Roberts or Gary Russell. Dan Abnett for me falls somewhere in between those two categories.
The Silent Stars Go By didn't really grab me until the last 100 pages when the Ice Warriors turned up and things really got into gear (a bit like some Eleventh Doctor episodes). The bit where the Doctor confronts the Ice Lord was a classic Matt Smith moment. Still it was better than Moorcock's The Coming of the Terraphiles where I thought he got more caught up in the exposition rather than the action.
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