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it's a good book the illistrations are except the ones of the master and brigideer.
This book i got for $3(aus) and have been reading it ever since. it has very good stories as well as illistrations.
Another fantastic book (I get the best luck when I buy books). This book keeps you guessing to the stories climactic end. The characters are in their usual style. The sixth Doctor never really got to meet the brig in the actual series, so it was inevitable that he would feature in this story. What really impresses me about this book is the tremendous dedication and research that Richards and Cole have so obviously poured into their writing. Wow!
| What: | Imperial Moon (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | tom webster, London |
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| Date: | Sunday 23 January 2005 |
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| Rating: |   8 |
finally we get to see what chameleon can actually do, instead of falling on the floor screaming like a cybernetic version of David Bowie ten minutes into the story. The Doctor's survival on the freezing dark side of the moon is exciting stuff, the scary Warden gave me nightmares and the Vrall are the stuff of nightmares. Very good.
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| What: | Storm Harvest (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | tom webster , London |
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| Date: | Sunday 23 January 2005 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This is a stunning book. Mike Tucker and Robert Perry again have written something that rivals any other classic Doctor who novelisation (even Matrix). This book reminds me so much of the Alien films, the Krill aren't too Dissimilar to the Aliens either. The Cyothsi are scary too. Sigorney Weaver eat your heart out.
| What: | Players (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Tom webster, London |
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| Date: | Sunday 23 January 2005 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
I loved this book, another classic Terrance Dicks book, which pits the Doctor and Peri against some mysterious Foes, and they're powerful too. This book keeps you thinking right to the bitter end. Stunning.
| What: | Catastrophea (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Tom webster , London |
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| Date: | Sunday 23 January 2005 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
When I finsihed reading the blurb I thought it sounded rubbish (truth), however I decided to read it, mainly because it was written by Terrance Dicks and I'm now glad I did read it. It's a book where nothing really happens and the story line isn't that clever either. What really made me like this book was it's excellent characterisation of the doctor and Jo grant. The writing is also a fantastic example of what Dicks can do. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable book throughout.
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The first few minutes are good but quickly turns into a re-hash of the others before it (not someone controlling my mind again). The story is basically weak, with little or no atmosphere, lots of talking and litte/no action, should have been the standard 2 discs. I was hoping for something more punchy to finish, after the last couple in this series got better and better, its all ended with a dull thud.
It's six parts long. With some stories, this can prove to be too much and you find yourself daydreaming, but that is not the case with this story.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
Plenty of plot twists and turns, a distinguished supporting cast, (most notably, Milton Johns as Kelner) and the departure of one of the sexiest companions there ever was - Leela. Oh, and K-9 too.
Go and buy it!
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A great double pack of stories from Peter Davison's tenure as the good Doctor.
First off, 1984's two parter, The Awakening manages to pack a great deal of dialogue, action, horror and suspense into it's fifty-odd minutes. Some memorable supporting characters, most notably, Keith Jayne (BBC1's original Stig Of The Dump) as Will Chandler. It's also one of the earliest stories that i remember, so it holds a soft spot for me. Great stuff!
Second comes the four part Frontios. I don't think that this story holds it's pace very well. The production team would have been better off affording The Awakening another episode and reducing this story to three. That said, the Tractators are well realised, you get to see Janet Fielding's underwear (they're white!) and the sets are wonderful. There is some excellent dialogue; particularly between the Doctor and the Gravis, and a couple of interesting turns to the plot.
In all, i'd say that this would be the best three hours you could spend in the company of Davison's Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Turlough.
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This story gets a hell of a lot of bad press and i can't see why. I must have seen this story around a dozen times now, and i still find myself enjoying it immensely!
My favourite TARDIS crew doing battle with the Master (as portrayed by the late Anthony Ainley) with Concorde (also late of this world!) and vanishing passengers and crew! Excellent stuff.
Davison is on true form here, as is the lovely Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka. It's just a shame that this was the season's final story, had only a miniscule budget and suffered from Peter Grimwade's sometimes dire dialogue. But considering that, the production team and cast pulled together and delivered a job well done.
Give it a go!
| What: | The Face of the Enemy (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Gordon, Oldham, Lancs. UK |
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| Date: | Monday 10 January 2005 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This is such an excellent book. What would UNIT do without the Docor? You'll find out in this one. Great supporting cast of characters from the third Doctor era. It makes you wonder why no-one has published a string of UNIT novels. Well? Anyone up for it?
This is a very good third Doctor story. One can almost imagine it being a lost TV story albeit with a bigger budget. It also serves to develop the supporting characters; particularly Liz & Mike Yates. A very good read
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| What: | Deadly Reunion (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Gordon, Oldham, Lancs. UK |
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| Date: | Monday 10 January 2005 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
This effort is definitely a two-hander. I'm no expert, but it seems to me that barry Letts wrote the first half and tacked it onto Terrence Dick's second half. I don't know if this is actually the case or not, but the first half about Lethbridge Stuart's Early Military life is quite boring. With better writing (and better aliens) it could have been much more interesting. The second half is more like the third Doctor stories we know & love except were still stuck with those boring aliens! Only buy it if you're a third Doctor fan and then take it with a BIG pinch of salt.
Brilliant book; a sort of annual for grown-ups. There's something for everybody. There isn't a duff story, there's poetry (- even a song!), a game (with counters to cut out) and yuletide recipes too. My favourites are the UNIT Chritmas parties and the ghostly stories.
| What: | The Next Life (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Phil Ince, Highbury, London |
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| Date: | Friday 7 January 2005 |
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| Rating: | 4 |
Incoherent anthology of intentions for a story arc which the manufacturers decided to cut short in the light of the 9th Doctor's casting. Daphne Ashbrook is terrific and works wonderfully with McGann but the rest is only partly worked out, contradictory and far from self-explnatory. A real shame ... but no worse than the other post-Zagreus entries (barring Scherzo and natural History). Long-winded bollocks.
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The War Games is as you probaly know the last Patrick Troughton video of his era although he later appeared in The Three,Five and Two Doctors .
The Doctor,Jamie and zoelands in nomans land in the middle of a war later on he finds that the war Is run by a group of aliens (one is A timelord) and sends A distress calll to the Timelords but they don't save him they send him to Earth In Exhile where he regenarated into the third doctor(Jon Pertwee)and sent Zoe back to the wheel and Jamie to his war with the English redcoats
The Ark In Space is Original because the baby wirrn are made out of bubblewrap and Inside the Ark is the same setting as Inside the beacon in The Revenge Of The Cybermen this video is a tiny bit funny If you like this you'll probaly like Genisis Of The Daleks and The Giant Robot 10/10
My Review Is That It's Great . This Is another Doctor Who Video where the doctor has to fight another timelord and save his own neck literally This story takes place between seeds of doom and The Android Invasion . I would recommed this If you like The Claws Of Axos I give this video10/10
