Doctor who: Apollo 23 (book)

when my obsession with Doctor Who started verging in to fangirl territory I started collecting the Pandorica action figure set, each of which comes with one of a two part audio story set and I decided (as I was already collecting the new comics) I would try my hardest not to miss a doctor who story, whether it be a book, comic or audio story (but not the podcasts because only british people are allowed to download them). So I went out and bought this...

and I started my venture. On the whole I find this Doctor Who story incredibly interesting but completely derivative. The language I think is designed for a lesser mind (ie children) but the ideas are completely captivating. The basic premise is that the American's (who else) have stumbled upon something they don't quite understand, that allows them to walk from the earth to the moon. This allows them to set up a kind of top secret prison base on the moon where they can "process blanks". I won't spoil what that is all about but the whole premise of the experiments they perform on the moon base (for how could America set up a secret prison base on the moon and not run experiments on the prisoners) questions what it means to be human. Throughout their visit to the moon Amy and the Doctor are faced with many life threatening situations, but it's when the Doctor gets stranded on Earth with Amy and the TARDIS still on the moon when the shit really hits the fan.
Overall I found this story light, easy and enjoyable, an interesting adventure for the Doctor and his current companion. I found that Justin Richards struggled a little with the personality of the new Doctor as I imagined the David Tennant Doctor on many occasions throughout and not the Matt Smith Doctor. This should change after another season when people start to turn to camp Smith.