The Adventure of the Blue Police Call Box
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| Title: | The Adventure of the Blue Police Call Box |
| Publisher: | Agent With Style |
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| Author(s): | MJ |
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| Date(s): | May 2012 |
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| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Sherlock Holmes/Doctor Who (WhoLock) |
| Language: | English |
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The Adventure of the Blue Police Call Box is a 139-page slash Doctor Who/Sherlock novel by MJ.
It was nominated nominated for a 2013 FanQ award.
Summary
From the publisher: "In London, women suddenly start *dying* to be thin, and Mycroft Holmes can find no connection between the deaths. When Mycroft asks his brother Sherlock to investigate, Sherlock and John Watson cross paths with the Doctor, whose TARDIS is down for the count... again. The Doctor joins forces with Sherlock and John to solve the mysterious deaths while locating a suspected alien incursion -- and is determined to meddle in matchmaking for his two oblivious new companions.
Will Sherlock and John finally realize the truth about their feelings? Can Anthea help her boss, Mycroft, find love with his diet doctor? Will the Doctor ever get that vacation on Mars? And will Sherlock and the Doctor survive meeting their closest counterparts on this planet -- each other?"
Reactions/Reviews
The Adventure of the Blue Police Call Box by MJ is a 139 page spiral-bound, digest-sized, one-column zine released in 2012 by Agent With Style. It contains 1 story, which is Holmes/Watson (BBC-verse).The notion of throwing together current Dr. Who and current BBC Sherlock is obviously appealing. However, I found this story works only on a basic level. The main characters and relative back stories seem a tad one dimensional, with some inaccuracies of detail (e.g. Amy and Rory never cared for an infant River Song, as they are apparently doing while this story occurs. She was abducted as a newborn and next met her mother as a teen--unless this is meant to place us in a parallel reality?)
I am more of a canon-verse Sherlock fan so maybe I am not the best audience for this story. But at the same time I am familiar with both modern shows being mixed here... and I think so much more could have been done with combining them. But I did enjoy the charming little Mycroft/other subplot. [1]
I was gifted the above 'zine as an early birthday present and I loved it. It read like a Doctor Who episode and was just a lot of fun from beginning to end. In fact, I'll likely sit down with a cup of tea and read it again this weekend."[2]
References
- ^ Excerpt from Emily Veinglory's review dated Jan 7, 2013: here, Archived version.
- ^ slyprentice's Quick Thoughts About A Few Books + A Fanzine Rec dated May 2, 2012.
- ^ annlarimer's twitter post dated June 2, 2012.