Just imagine the Doctor trying to outwit the most clever hunters in the universe. The search for the last Time Lord is exciting.

The Doctor Trap failed to deliver on its promise. Action is in the background. The author failed to explore the Doctor's character and rushed and muddled the plot.

A failed attempt at developing a complex and intriguing case of “mistaken identity with a twist.” Its length prevents it from providing the details needed to solve the mystery. One of the biggest flaws in the whole story is the key element which makes up a “fake” Doctor. Sebastiene brought in this “fake” Doctor to hunt him down as a “dangerous species” on his own planet as part of his plan to hunt the Doctor down.

Sebastiene and the impostor are not serious threats because their plans lack reasoning, and they are egotistical. It was also very frustrating to see Donna; instead of being assertive and compassionate, she was mis-characterized as selfish and whiny.

Throughout the book, Donna is absent from the story. The Doctor and his companion were separate, but Donna was nowhere to be found. The book was too reliant on outside characters and the middle part was boring. Despite her role being reduced to a minor one, Donna’s absence left an unsettled feeling. The book lacked her distinctive perspective and energy. Something was missing.

I'd recommend it solely if you've finished reading every Who book.

( )

Got a bit confused at some parts but generally was an ok read ( )

This addition in the New Series Adventures was a bit confusing. I did enjoy it, but I feel like the author was trying to make it more complicated than it should have been. It was okay, just not what I was hoping for. I give it three out of five stars. ( )

"Read" as an audiobook. ( )

As it happens with other Doctor Who books that belong to the new series, some knowledge of the characters is required to fully understand what is happening and the characters’ behaviour may seem a bit odd otherwise. But this doesn’t mean that readers who have never watched an episode won’t understand the plot.
The Doctor and Donna, two time travellers, land once again on a foreign planet where they split up while trying to help some people. They wake up alone on a completely different place: Donna is a guest in a hotel that is not as peaceful as it looks and the Doctor is being chased by several people he has never met before and he does not know why.

The person responsible for their situation is Sebastiene, a man who hides a secret he himself is unaware of, but can change everybody’s lives. Sebastiene is a hunter who wants to be the one who kills a Time Lord.

The Doctor and Donna have to find each other before Sebastiene kills the Time Lord...

Although these books can be read by people of all ages, the plot may seem to be confusing to younger readers. It is a very good plot and everything is explained in the end, but younger readers may find it difficult to notice the little details that lead to the explanation.

The thing that is confusing is that there are two Doctors; one is real and the other is just a boy who wanted to be the Doctor and who now looks like him. Neither of them know at first if they are the real Doctor and the reader faces the same problem, as some of the chapters focus on one Doctor and others, on the other one. But it is not until close to the end that the reader and the real Doctor learn who is the Doctor and who is just a boy who wants to live his dream.

This plot is very well written. Enough things are hinted so that readers think they know who the real Doctor is but also there are at the same time enough clues to make them doubt of the identity of who they think is the real Doctor. This happens with both Doctors.

It is a great Doctor Who novel that successfully challenges the readers' attention! ( )