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The script book filled in some things that were missing in the movie. But still, both the script and the novelization could have been better.
What can I say about the story that started it all? It still holds up well after all these years. A great buy if you can get it!
A creepy and entertaining story with a surprisingly violent side and many memorable moments, such as Harry attacking Sarah with a pitchfork, and the Zygon being hunted through the woods. The only fault is the Skarasen which never convinces the viewer, and ultimately spoils the climax of this very fine story.
| What: | Time-Flight (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | Mira Bhai, New Zealand |
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| Date: | Monday 1 May 2006 |
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| Rating: |  10 |
I agree with the first reviewer. I have also watched this video many times but I cannot find anything wrong with it. I don't know what all the nit picking is about. I have all of the 5th Doctor episodes on Video or DVD and they all have mistakes, but some of them, even pointed out by Peter Davison himself I have not noticed. Just watch and listen to the story. If you like Peter Davison as the Doctor, and Nyssa and Tegan as his companions, buy the video and vote for it, because with the bad press it is getting, it will never come out on DVD. Yes, give it a go!
| What: | The Pertwee Years (BBC Years videos) |
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| By: | the doctor, gallifrey |
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| Date: | Thursday 27 April 2006 |
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| Rating: |  4 |
this is okay but i don't like the daemons ep5 in b/w.
| What: | Only Human (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Manny, Los Angeles, California, America |
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
A good book that doesn’t rate as well as the other Doctor Who books but it does give a nice adventure to curl up to. Though what was lacking in this book is what I found in the other books, a sense of description.
This is a fast paced book and in it’s right a sense of description is perhaps the last thing you need, though it felt like it was needed here. But that should not let you down, this book has some great moments. Safe to say that Das and Caption Jack steal a great deal of them.
You'll fine tons of moments that will make you laugh out loud.
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 | Yet another Dalek story... |
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A rubbish excuse for yet another Dalek story. This is a predictable and continuity-obsessed story, making it less enjoyable for anyone without full knowledge of most of the previous Dalek adventures. Despite this, it is a strangely enjoyable book that is very easy to read.
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| A lovely fuffy light-hearted run-around! |
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| What: | The Stone Rose (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | David Yates, Reading, Berkshire UK |
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
An enjoyably sweet adventure that had bouncing ball of a plot. Nice to see time travel used in an imaginative way, rather than a device just to get the Doctor and Rose in and out of the story.
I’m a little unsure as to whether the gladiator’s arena really needed to go on quite so long as it did, but that’s a minor quibble as it was exciting enough.
The relationship between the Doctor Ten and Rose is lovingly portrayed, David Tennant's Doctor seemed a fully realised character that left me in no doubt as to which Doctor I was reading about.
Easily the most enjoyable book of the new series since Garth Roberts’s ‘Only Human’.
Recommended.
| What: | The Resurrection Casket (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | David Yates, Reading, Berkshire UK |
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
A heck of an improvement over 'The Deviant Strain'.
Though a little denser prose-wise then ‘The Stone Rose’ this still felt like an ‘any Doctor’ story - with the exception of Kevin, who was a pure 2006 post-Buffy monster. Not that that’s a bad thing, in fact it made what could’ve been a fairly pedestrian novel into pretty good one.
Indeed compared to the lightness of touch that Jac and Garth both put into their last stories, this one seemed pretty run of the mill. They both seem to have got the hang of the fast paced 'RTDness' of the new show, which this didn't seem to have.
Though all that said, I liked the echo of Treasure Island (If you’re gonna nick something nick from the best) and Justin Richards is certainly a reliable writer, that's to say - you know what you’re gonna to get when you read one of his books. A good solid, a well worked out plot, with a couple of nice twists.
So, nothing to write home about, but for the couple or so hours that it took me to read I thoroughly enjoyed it
A well written, entertaining story with equal focus on regulars and supporting characters.
| What: | The Clockwise Man (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Manny, Los Angeles, America |
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| Date: | Sunday 16 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
The Clockwise Man is another book that really reads past well and into great. It had all the elements that keep you turning page after page.
It was a real treat, to see the Doctor and Rose go back to London in 1920 and know what London would be like now; years from the 1920s. At times when those moments are told in the story, it also feels as if you were there too. A nice wink if you’ve ever been to London.
The other characters in this book are also not just there to tell the story but there to pull you in. You grow to the point of feeling for them and getting your heart to race when the danger rides in.
A great book and one that shouldn’t be passed down.
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| Confusing and long-winded |
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| What: | Loving the Alien (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Karina, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Date: | Saturday 15 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 4 |
This was the first Dr Who novel I had read, and frankly I was disappointed. It started well, but once I hit the sixth chapter it was hard-going. It introduced characters that it was assumed I knew from previous novels/episodes. Multiple-dimensions and killing off Ace at the beginning just left me cold. I had to struggle to finish it. Maybe it's just the way my brain is wired. :0)
| What: | Players (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Karina, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Date: | Saturday 15 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
This was the second Dr Who book I have read. It captured the relationship between the Dr & Peri very well. The character of Winston Churchill and Wallis Simpson were believable and enjoyable. The Players as characters however, and mostly annoying.
| What: | The King of Terror (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Friday 14 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 5 |
This one got a thrashing on other Doctor Who review sites, though the one other review here, so far, praised it. I lean more towards thrashing, but will not exactly take that course. Here is the basic premise - an international conglomerate that has swiftly taken over the communications systems of earth is really a bunch of aliens. The idea goes back at least as far as John Carpenter's underrated film "They Live" and has appeared in other Doctor Who novels. To give the notion some novelty, Topping has included a second group of aliens bent on wiping out the first. Earth is merely part of their strategies. The first seek domination and enslavement, while the second seek total annihilation. This is fine and provides plenty of room for cloak and dagger play. However, cloak and dagger requires carefully controlled and tight plotting, which "The King of Terror" utterly lacks. Far too much in this book is throw-away. For instance, there is a useless prologue involving an interview with an ancient Brigadier, which provides no clues at all about the rest of the novel. Much of the early going involves two UNIT operatives following a courier of illegal plutonium from Amsterdam to Los Angeles. Then, they get stopped, the courier makes his delivery, gets blown away, and that is the end of it. The whole carefully described extravaganza is merely a novelist's excuse to get our two UNIT men to L.A. Similarly, Tegan gets sent on a useless trip to the desert that again serves no particular plot purpose other than the convenience of having her see a UFO. There is a throwaway reference to a pop star that we are supposed to infer is the son of Ian and Barbara and who apparently had some kind of relationship with Tegan in his past but her future. This last incident is only one of the many pointless diversions in order to give a wink to the fans. The main characters are mostly wasted. Turlough spends 3/4 of the novel being imprisoned and tortured. Tegan spends 3/4 of the novel arguing with everyone and being utterly useless. The Doctor and the Brigadier spend most of their time chatting to this person, then that person, and not much else. Finally, there is the matter of numerous references to one of Topping's previous books, with Martin Day, "The Devil-Goblins From Neptune." The only actual carryover from that book is the head of the CIA, Control (yes, I saw "The Equalizer" too). In this case, I believe, there are some heavy hints that the CIA is not the Central Intelligence Agency, but really the Celestial Intervention Agency, or at least Control is. Again, what for? All in all, it is a frustrating read because of all the things it could have been.
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| PAUL McGANN IS BRILLIANT!!! |
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| What: | The Movie (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | George Atkinson, Manchester |
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| Date: | Thursday 13 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
The Story was rubbish a very bad and awfuly written story. However The TARDIS was brilliant and was much better than the New 9th and 10th Doctor Control room. Paul McGann has to be one of the best Doctors ever his Edwardian look and beautifal personality was Brilliant and perfect for the part i'm very angry that the BBC didnt have him for a series!!
Description of Rome is fantastic.
Jacqueline Rayner has the Doctor down perfectly. She is also very good with Mickey and Rose.
Not as good as Winner Takes All.
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| Chilling, Goosebumps story |
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| What: | Spare Parts (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | TED SCHNITZLER, avondale pa usa |
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Yes we know the cyberman saga from the 10th planet on and we know the outcome of various events in history, but getting there is just the fun. I'm a new fan to the doctor and am catching up, this audio kept me riveted start to finish. From the ominous overtones of the "final solution" for Mondas, the doctor's involuntary contribution, that poor family with thier cyberchild, and probably one of the best incidental soundtracks make this the best BF audio. My son and I listened to this traveling and almost every "scene" had us going Wow! Still gives us nightmares and goosebumps thinking about it.
After the somewhat leaden 'Vampire Science', this novel is an enjoyable page turner with likeable characters and a good plot. With the book range now reverted to the BBC, this story is keen to make links with the show's history: the Zygons from 'Terror Of The Zygons' and Litefoot from 'Talons Of Weng-Chiang' both appear. This means the book lacks a little in originality, and really these elements could have been new creations; you don't need any past knowledge to understand the story, so their presence here is little more than 'continuity porn'. This can be overlooked, however, as Doctor Who really lends itself to Victorian settings, both on screen and in print, this being no exception. A strong side to the story is seeing how the Doctor deals with the fact that his 'ideal plan' backfires disastrously. This was a good twist in what would otherwise have been quite obvious plotting.
On the negative side, this book did frustrate me a little. A particularly gruesome scene, where a young man is made to eat glass, feels very out of place for 'Doctor Who', and the descriptions of the organic nature of the Zygon ship are way over the top. Without spoiling the last chapter, how the climax of the story is not recorded into history for Sam to be aware of is quite beyond me. Even UNIT would have had a hard time covering these events up!!
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| Great book for New Whovians |
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| What: | Salvation (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Ted Schnitzler, Avondale,pa. USA |
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| Date: | Saturday 8 April 2006 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
Having only recently joined the Whovian ranks, I started on the 1st doctor books. In the Tv novelizations they didn't explain how they "aquired" Dodo, and I went and bought this book, my 1st BBC outing and Wowsers!! This was a great story, great character developement for Dodo, Steve shines as well and The Doctor is fantastic. I agree with the previous review, the Gods weren't completely explained as I'd like, and there Homeworld chapters seemed alittle underdeveloped or explained. Could be my Yankee unfamiliarity with the Doctor. But as a 1st BBC book this was an excellant read.
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| Quick, behind the sofa!!! |
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A well designed and presented book with plenty of pictures and info on the new series. Some of the choices of old monsters are a bit strange though.
