Hugh E.Oxburgh
I thought this was an excellent novel. It was easy to see how the Seventh Doctor had become much darker and more manipulative than in his last season on television.
Mark Michalowski creates a not one but two convincing new alien menaces, the Tulks and the Annarenes. I was rather disappointed by the return of the 'UNIT soldier hates Doctor/Brigadier' motif though, and I found the two versions of Ace slightly confusing.
Having said that, this was a highly readable and enjoyable first novel from a writer new to the range. It succeeded for three main reasons. He managed to capture the characters of the Doctor and Ace perfectly, managed to avoid borrowing too much from the series' mythology, and last but by no means least no irritating spelling or grammatical errors which can spoil the enjoyment of reading a novel.
David V
Well, there is nothing in the book about Time Lord dementias beyond one comment, which is sort of a tease.
The visuals the plot calls to mind are quite vivid and alarming. Is it just me or has Doctor Who gotten a little more gory?
Not an A plus book, but it has a nice internal tie-in. And the action moves non-stop throughout the novel.
It is good to see a writer fleshing out one of the possibilities of time travel, and fans of Sophie and Sylvester will enjoy this.
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