Haunted

Every year the Doctor Who website runs an "Adventure Calendar" during December and as part of that releases a new short story. This year we have the brilliant Haunted, released in three parts. 

It's really good. 13 year-old Ross is dared to go into the school basement where a ghost is thought to exist. Next thing he knows he meets a man called the Doctor and finds out whether ghosts are real. 

The plot of this is rather good. You can't do a traditional Doctor Who story in a short story, there isn't really time, and Lidster wisely gives us something a little different. It's well told, both managing to be convincing as something written by a 13-year-old but still flowing well. 

The characterisation of the Twelfth Doctor is perfect. He's that grumpy version of the Doctor, but still Doctor-ish. It's also completely in continuity after the Series 9 finale so there's a couple of neat little references to that.

I suspect these short stories aren't read by that many people but this one deserves to be because it's excellent.

Download for free:  Part One    Part Two    Part Three