If you don't like this, you must be very crabby indeed. -- Richard McGinlay, Sci-fi-Online
There are some very silly ideas in Shell Shock, which could have been made to work had the story been told in a tongue-in-cheek, B-movie style, but Simon A Forward instead chooses a serious approach that does not sit well with the subject matter. -- Roger J. Pocock, The Doctor Who Review
This is a good piece, and if all Doctor Who fiction were of this quality the world would be a better place. -- Nicholas Whyte, Infinity Plus
Reading a good Who story is like listening to a good blues song. -- Andy Sawyer, The Alien Online