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Whilst the plot isn't original, I've seen simular in Star Trek, Star Gate and Doctor Who. Mirror effect is a great story, with a real atmosphere and grips you throughout.
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The Belotron incident builds up a strong plot, giving you a sense of time and place. A race to the goal in a hostile world, with a strong cast this a great story. It would have been a 10 but the ending was just a little sudden and too easy.
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| Good but too much screaming |
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Draconian rage starts as an interesting story, creating an image of a great empire, along the lines of ancient rome, together with the politics and mad men. Benny's suffering after a while hurts the ears and weakens the story, it's well acted but just too full on.
Poison Seas failed several times to take advantage of its ingrediants. The voices of the Sea Devils like the ice warriors can struggle to come across on audio, so dialog needs to be strong, which it wasn't. Without giving the plot away the enemy wasn't anything original, further making this a weak story.
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| An Epic crammed into 2 disks |
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To get the full benefit of this story you must have read the book, if not you will often feel lost. Death & the Daleks is a strong story, of occupation, residence and family. It coul have made the plot for a whole series (which may have been better). At times skipping great events and timelines made a great story feel crammed and lost some of the fun, but still a good story.
For many years, this was the best of those synopsis style books. Where this edges in front of those others (despite some small niggly mistakes) is the fun being poked at our favourite show. Not in any way nasty, but more of the laugh-out-loud variety. If it's still available, make this an amusing addition to your (chronologically ordered, of course) Doctor Who library.
This is now one of my most favorite Doctor Who Books of all time! The Wayfarer Crew were all brilliant characters, especially Koral and Cuttin Edge. Dalek X was Amazing! And the plot was great! It was perhaps a little rushed at the end but its forgivable because overall its such a great book. Its inspired me to write a Doctor Who Book!
| What: | Image of the Fendahl (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Jamie Hardwick, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 2009 |
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| Rating: |   6 |
When I found out this was the last 'gothic' story, I was looking forward to seeing it. But it disappointed me. The story takes a while to get going and some of the cliffhangers are pointless. The 4th Doctor and Leela work well together, especially in this story, but that can't redeem it for me. This is still one of the best stories in its season, though.
The Slitheen Excursion by Simon G. was great. The Slitheen family are causing mischef in Greece, full of monsters, excitment what else could you ask for?
June's charcter was good for a once off character, but wouldn't be good for further adventures. Still great to like.
Full of earthquakes, paradoxs, greek mythology and history, it's a must read!
This was my first listern to a big finish adventure, and on the strengh of this, i have bought more.
I am still waiting to see David Tennant or soon Matt Smith battle the zygons,so it was good to see the zygons re-emerge from the depths. Interesting story, well done to all,
A straight forward telling of the first story.
Manages to catch the excitement & mystery of the very first Doctor Who story.
| What: | The Eight Doctors (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Trevor Smith, Nottingham, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Monday 20 April 2009 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
I was not really enjoying this book very much but there is a fantastic twist at the end which clears up the beginning of the TV movie. Stick with it.
This book is pretty good. But at times its a little hard to understand. I like the idea of the doctor going back and forth to the same place in different times. The Slitheen lived up to there usual habits and the past humans were explored well. But still I can't help feeling let down by Simon G.
A great collection of companions! even though it was published on the 2nd of april (a week before the easter special) at the very end theres an article on Lady Christina. If you want to know anything about the doctors companions this is the book for you! :D
Beautifully drawn and lovingly written by someone who really understands each Doctor's voice. As for the story itself, a perfect mix of nostalgia and menace to create a true Doctor Who adventure which would be a perfect 'real' episode if only it could be made.
i recently purchased copies of both DWB books, and apart from a few pages at the back of each, it is all doctor who. a selection of lovely, all new material not found in any other book.
10/10.
i recently purchased copies of both DWB books, and apart from a few pages at the back of each, it is all doctor who. a selection of lovely, all new material not found in any other book.
10/10.
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| What: | Image of the Fendahl (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 March 2009 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
But one thing Doctor Who seemed to very well more times than not is to create really good effects with limited resources. And here is yet another example to highlight this. This creepy story shows you dont have to have millions to have a cracking good tale.
What is really good is the fendahleen, made out of that good thing we all love to have in our front room called carpet i do believe. And yet they creeped the hell out of me when i first saw them a long time ago. And that prop skull has to be one of the best prop skulls ive ever seen in my whole life. Skulls are so scary. Skulls are freaky. Doctor Who always did skulls, apart from when it came to Silence In The Library, where it looks pretty fake. SO muich for more money. Cant even make a skull as creepy as the one in Image of the Fendahl.
And considering the fact that many seem to think the Graham Williams period is where doctor who started on its downward spiral, im afraid i have to admit that this is utter rubbish. There are plenty of great stories during his reign as producer, in fact some of the best and most memorable stories of all, like The Pirate Planet, Stones Of Blood, City Of Death and all that and this story im now reveiwing of course.
What i like too is that Leela gets to do a little more, lots of stories the companions seem to fade into the background and become paillid and might as well not even been in the show for the use they are to the rest of the story. But Chris Boucher created Leela, so he actually gives her a sizeable chunk of story. And Louise Jameson is on fine form, a great companion.
Tom Baker is at his authoratative best i think in this story. The way he just strides in and takes complete control of the situation is well performed and written. And i do not believe that episode three is totally all just filler, how can it be when it has one of my all time favourite cliffhangers in doctor who?
The supporting acts on this story too are very good indeed, especially Wanda Ventham, giving a really good performance.
Doctor Who is a show, or used to be, with little money but great representation and effect. Many stories engage the mind and get the viewer to think about the points the story is trying to make. Intelligent and gripping storytelling, with a good monster and good cliffhangers. This story really does have it all.
This was first introduction to fan fiction anthologies. I bought the original spiral bound version and then the perfect bound follow-up with two extra stories. I'd never dabbled in fan fiction and was new to the internet when this came out and, gee, wasn't it great? Authors from the NAs stacked side-by-side with unknown names who become future authors in the official range. Great fun. Not every story is my cup of tea but every story has a purpose and I can see why every story was chosen. This was fan fiction, professionally made. Damon
First up a confession - I'm one of the authors in this. But the book is so big that doesn't matter. In fact, its greatest strength is its variety. There is something for everyone here. Plus there are a few short stories from Craig Hinton that remind us what a tremendous loss he was. I have always found the fan made short story collections to be more adventurous, more diverse, and usually much, much more fun than the official releases. Read it, enjoy it, support it. It is big. It's bold. It has more courage per square story than anything else in the Whoniverse you are likely to read this year. You may not love everything but you will love something. Damon
