Colgan's Chasing the Dawn features the 11th Doctor and Amelia Earnhardt - in a story narrated to Yaz by the 13th Doctor - and it's a lot of fun seeing such an aloof Doctor interact with someone like Earnhardt. And Star Tales is filled with the best kinds of celebrity historicals - the ones that do something interesting with the historical figure. I'm always a fan of the "Celebrity Historical" episodes of Doctor Who and Star Tales consists of nothing but celebrity historicals, so you can imagine I was pretty pumped about that. Star Tales is a really fun collection of short stories. (Mild spoilers for the stories within Star Tales.) How are the stories in this collection? They're pretty good and definitely worth reading if you're a fan of this era of the show. This go 'round, we get our first collection of stories that primarily focuses on the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions - Ryan, Yaz, and Graham - save for one story, early on. Star Tales is no exception, especially as it finally unveils some of the stories behind the Doctor's frequently referenced encounters with celebrities. Some of the most creative Doctor Who adventures have come from these collections of short stories (see the recently published Target Collection for examples) and I always look forward to them when they come out. They provide authors with a nice ability to tell the kinds of stories that maybe wouldn't quite work as an episode of the show and are too short to support an entire novel. I've said it before and I'll say it again: short stories are a great medium for Doctor Who tales. I chuckled out loud with this mistake as you can tell it was written by a British writer. One being that when we take a break in America it is a coffee break and not a tea break. This was a quick read that had some highlights and some problems including me with a couple of nitpicks. That is usually the case with a short story collection.
There were a couple of others that were enjoyable and a couple that fell flat. This one was worth reading the whole book. My favorite one was the story with Elvis as this showcases how something can change the course of history. I also liked the idea of some of the stories showing these famous people seeing different incarnations of The Doctor. If you watch the show you know The Doctor can be the biggest name dropper and I was looking forward to seeing the interactions between them. I liked the concept of this novel with the short stories and celebrities. These people range from Roman mathematicians to Elvis Presley. In this one, The Doctor tells her companions about the times that she met famous people. This is a short story collection that is based on the television show.
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