For those keeping score at home, I'm now about a third into Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines, the first book of the "Hungry City Chronicles." It's set way, way in the future, where most of Earth's major cities are now mobile, and crawl across the planet devouring smaller towns. There are kid adventurers, mysterious plots involving strange devices, thrilling escapes, and all sorts of derring-do, and it's absolutely nothing like Lord of the Rings. And, today, as I'm waiting for my lunch, I come across a line that just screams Doctor Who influence. How cool is that?