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| What: | Match of the Day (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, outside mcdonald's |
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| Date: | Friday 26 May 2006 |
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| Rating: |   7 |
Not too bad, but was a bit silly.
| What: | To The Slaughter (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Hatman, somewhere... |
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| Date: | Friday 26 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 4 |
Not very good. good feng shui, though
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A terrific novelization by Terrance Dicks. Maybe I am slightly biased, but because only one episode survives and the "loose cannon" reconstruction is forthcoming, I just love this story. Why is this a great story in my opinion? Dicks' captures the feeling and mood of this era so well. In addition, Dicks keeps the action level high. Every page was a pleasure, and I was sad that the book came to an end. In addition, the drawings included help the reader feel like he is witnessing the story.
The early Dicks' novelizations are well respected by fans because they were not just words copied from the script. Dicks' elaborated and refined the author's ideas. This is the case with the Abominable Snowman. A true glimpse into the past history of a great show, with Dicks' at the top of his game.
Treat yourself, pick up this story and relive a by-gone era of characterization and exposition. Take that Russell T. Davies.
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| The crown jewel of Throughton |
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| What: | The Invasion (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Denis LeBlanc, Moncton, Canada |
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
This is the most enjoyable Throughton story I've ever seen (although I haven't seen seen the "missing" stories, I do have most of the audios). Every time I watch this gem, it gets better and better. The scene where the Cyberman goes insane is one of my all-time favorite moments!
| What: | The Tomb of the Cybermen (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Denis LeBlanc, Moncton, Canada |
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
Only second to "The Invasion", this is my favorite Throughton story. Creepy, with great filming innovation and enjoyable characters, this story is a great treasure that should be in every Whovians' collection. Who can forget Toberman's performance?
| What: | The Web Planet (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Denis LeBlanc, Moncton, Canada |
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
I totally agree with the last review. I consider this story to be one of the best of the early Doctor Who. The depth and imagination that were put into the plot and the relation between the different creatures are quite astonishing, for Doctor Who.
| What: | Time-Flight (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Denis LeBlanc, Moncton, Canada |
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 3 |
I can't carelessly bash this one, since the regular cast did a great job. I just can't stand the whole Master/Kalid deal. Why not just have the Master be revealed as the villain? He has no reason to hide his identity.
| What: | The Gunfighters (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Denis LeBlanc, Moncton, Canada |
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 1 |
I've tried to love all that is Doctor Who and, in this case, I just can't fulfil my vow. I can get over the horrible Wild West American imitations or the empty plot, but that song... Why would they continue stabbing us in the ear with that stupid "Last chance saloon" diddy after what seems like each and ever scene? Seriously?!?
| What: | The Horns of Nimon (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Denis LeBlanc, Moncton, Canada |
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
Alright, it isn't an "Inferno" or a "Seeds of Doom", but it remains, for me, one of the stories I remember most fondly from childhood. What child didn't cringe before the towering Nimon, bad costume or not!
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| The Doctor is back...for 13 episodes |
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I will begin with a short synopsis of each episode before reviewing the series as a whole, along with the boxset's extras.
ROSE
Shop girl Rose Tyler is saved from shop window dummies that have come to life by an alien traveller with a Northern accent - the Doctor.
Faced with the decision of staying on Earth and living out her humdrum life, or seeing the universe, Rose joins the Doctor.
THE END OF THE WORLD
The Doctor takes Rose to the the year Five Billion, where delegates are gathering to watch the Earth die...
THE UNQUIET DEAD
In 1869, the dead are walking and an alien race made of gas are on the loose, the Doctor and Rose investigate with a curious Charles Dickens in tow.
ALIENS OF LONDON
While the Doctor seriously messes up his dates, farting aliens begin to take over the British Government.
WORLD WAR THREE
Rose, the Doctor, and Harriet Jones (MP for Flydale North) are trapped in Downing Street and the only way to stop the Slitheen family is to aim a missile at themselves...
DALEK
The Doctor comes face to face with a Dalek, which goes on a killing rampage...
THE LONG GAME
The time/space travellers, accompanied by quite rubbish companion Adam go to space station Satellite Five where the earth's news broadcasts are being manipulated by a lump of meat in the ceiling with a ridiculously long name.
FATHER'S DAY
Rose prevents her dad from dying in a car accident therefore condemning hummanity to death by the savage Reapers...
THE EMPTY CHILD
The Doctor searches for a crashed ship while Rose dances with conman Captain Jack on the roof of his spaceship tethered up to Big Ben.
THE DOCTOR DANCES
As the gas masked people draw near, the doctor's going to need more than his dancing skills to save the world...
BOOM TOWN
Margaret Blaine (alien last seen being blown up in Downing Street) attempts to destroy Cardiff in a nuclear explosion in order to ride the shockwave out of the galaxy on a pan-dimensional surfboard.
BAD WOLF
The Doctor's in the Big Brother house, Rose plays The Weakest Link, and Captain Jack gets a makeover.
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
While the Doctor sends rose home, Jack and a handful of people prepare to battle the Daleks.
The CGI and design work is always fantastic, as are the actors, with special mention to Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper...and of course - Russel T Davies for bringing back the greatest show ever.
BEST EP: The Parting of the Ways
WORST EP: The Long Game
BEST BIT: The Doctor's hologram goodbye to Rose
EXTRAS: the commentaries and featurettes are entertaining, but thee is a distinct lack of extras. The BBC BREAKFAST interview with Chris Eccleston is worth a look however, especially when he is asked about how long he will be playing the role.
The first of the UNIT audios concentrates more on introducing the characters than the time disruption plot, which is probably for the best as the story involving a series of experiments creating shifts in time and space is confused and never properly explained. Despite this, it is an entertaining audio giving a glimpse of what we can expect from the future UNIT productions.
| What: | The Pescatons (Target novelisations) |
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| By: | Denis LeBlanc, Moncton, NB, Canada |
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| Date: | Friday 19 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
As a non-televised adventure, the novel was the first chance I had to experience The Pescatons. I found the story riveting and written in true Doctor Who style. Years after having read the novel, I was finally able to get my hands on an Audio copy of The Pescatons. Although excellent, the Audio format pales in comparison to the wonderful novelisation.
| What: | I am a Dalek (Quick Reads books) |
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| By: | Piers, Lancashire, UK |
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| Date: | Friday 19 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
First off, I was never expecting this to be a masterpiece due to the nature of the book, but I was surprised at how enjoyable it was. The Dalek here is well represented, and it's always fun seeing the good Dalek 'catchphrases' from the old series getting a look in.
The only gripe is that the plot has more than a few similarities to the recent episode 'Dalek': inactive lone Dalek from the Time War found in an underground bunker; reawoken by a girl's touch; determined to inform the Doctor they are more alike than he would like to admit; defeated through reasoning etc...
That aside, this book is a fun read, and taken at that level it is more than successful.
| What: | Cat's Cradle: Warhead (New Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Kenny Rutgers, Woodridge, IL, USA |
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
I would have like this book a lot more if it were not for chapter 4. I mean how many times can you use the name Bobby Prescot in one chapter? It annoyed the heck out of me!
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| the green death.great book. |
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storyline:a company controlled by the B.O.S.S. pumps chemicals into the ground mutating maggots into giant maggots. they have to stop them before its to late.i could not put this book down. doctor: john pertwee.
I thought this book was a very well structured book and one of the best ive ever read.it has a great storyline and i thought the best part is where noah's being turned into a wirrn. i could not put this book down.
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| Stealers of Time more like it |
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I was looking forward to reading this book from the moment that I saw it. The back cover of the book made me dive into this read from the moment I got home.
Though the story and the book do not do the same. I had to put this book down half way, it was a real disappointment to find it boring and to have to stop reading it.
It went very slow and it did not seem like a Doctor Who book. That is to say there was no point in what I read of the book that made me want to continue reading. Rather it just gave me a dizzy spell. The characters sort of wonder in who they are for a better part of the story.
If anything that did get my attention was the ‘Bad Wolf’ reference. That was the most amusing bit in the whole story.
Avoid this book if you can, the Doctor Who books that came before it are a better read. This one is only a read if you must. Other wise, it'll steal your time.
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| A great end to a great series |
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| What: | Survival (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Nick, Australia |
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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
It was a shame that the series ended in 1989, after quite a few poor seasons, Doctor Who finally came back with a vengance with Season 26, one of the best ever seasons I think. Stories like Ghost Light, Curse of Fenric, and Survival. Survival was an excellent end, a story about survival (DUH!) and barbarianism. Ainely gives his best ever performance as the Master, without all the Ham and cheesynes. The only problem with this Story, much like Ghostlight, is that despite being superb, it was given only 3 episodes, making a very rushed and anoying conclusion. But despite all this, Survival is one of the best stories and a great way to end the series until it came back in 2005.
| What: | I am a Dalek (Quick Reads books) |
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| By: | David Yates, Reading, Berkshire |
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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Similar in style to the stories in last years Doctor Who annual. If you liked those you’ll like ’I Am a Dalek’
I did expect something a little funnier from our Mr Roberts I must admit. His short stories elsewhere have been little gems - the one in the BF anthology, The Muses springs to mind as being particularly effective. But that’s hardly a criticism, as this effective enough without having to be being roll around funny.
The Dalek is respectfully portrayed and in keeping with the current TV series. Being a xenophobic unstoppable war machine, in fact the violence just as cold and brutal as they have been on the telly.
The two main supporting characters, Kate and Frank are surprisingly fleshed out considering the page count and that’s a testament to Gareth Roberts deft hand at making them believable with a few short sentences. Frank in particular gets a nice little piece at the end of the story.
So, in summing up: hardly a Gareth Roberts masterpiece to match A Very English Way Of Death (but what is?) and considering that it’s part of the Quick Reads initiative it does its job amicably well.
Very enjoyable.
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| Good but by no means the best! |
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| What: | Pyramids of Mars (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Rob, Wolverhampton |
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| Date: | Friday 12 May 2006 |
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| Rating: | 1 |
Sorry but this is the most over rated story in the history of the series. The first time I watched it I fell asleep. I don't really think it's as awful as a 1 out of 10. I only gave it a 1 to try and drag the average mark down a bit. I'd really give it a 6. On re-watching it I enjoyed it more than my viewing. Still way over rating though. Watch 'The Robots of Death' instead. Now that's a quality!
