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alasdair_smith's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
joe_spracklen17's review
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Part 2 of the novelisation of The Daleks Master Plan. This part is just as good as the first.
There is a small time skip between this part and the last which isn't clearly stated in the original TV story. But I enjoy how it's shown Sara has been travelling with the Doctor for a while now and I like how it helps inform her character. All the characters are still amazing here and Sara specifically has a great arc and a very sad ending in this story.
The Daleks are still great and this story even re-introduces another of the Doctors villains that I don't feel gets in the way of the Daleks as the main villains. The Daleks are still as deadly as ever and I enjoy their growing rivalry with Mavic Chen, there is an interesting back and forth between them, Mavic Chen thinking he's tricking the Daleks but I enjoy how the Dalek's cunning is shown to be greater.
This is probably one of the Darkest endings to a Doctor Who story and it definitely sits with you afterwards. I think this is a story all fans should read!
There is a small time skip between this part and the last which isn't clearly stated in the original TV story. But I enjoy how it's shown Sara has been travelling with the Doctor for a while now and I like how it helps inform her character. All the characters are still amazing here and Sara specifically has a great arc and a very sad ending in this story.
The Daleks are still great and this story even re-introduces another of the Doctors villains that I don't feel gets in the way of the Daleks as the main villains. The Daleks are still as deadly as ever and I enjoy their growing rivalry with Mavic Chen, there is an interesting back and forth between them, Mavic Chen thinking he's tricking the Daleks but I enjoy how the Dalek's cunning is shown to be greater.
This is probably one of the Darkest endings to a Doctor Who story and it definitely sits with you afterwards. I think this is a story all fans should read!
hidekisohma's review against another edition
4.0
So i got in the second part of the two part series, and i have to say, i actually enjoyed this just as much as the first half. It was short, concise, and to the point. And after reading the schlog that was "Sorcerer's Apprentice" it was nice to read a who novel that focused the majority of the writing on the actual doctor with very little meandering.
There's a part towards the beginning where the Doc, Steven, and Sara run through a hollywood studio and get into a pie fight and it's really quite hilarious and i'm sure looked even funnier in the actual show (curse you BBC and copying over your earlier stuff!)
I appreciate how John Peel specifically says that there's a few months in between part 1 and 2, so that if someone would like to write a novel with Sara and Steven they can. That's really cool of him.
Since it was only 150 pages, it never overstayed its welcome and told the story it needed to tell. It continued to cut out all unnecessary filler that would have been in the episodes and only kept the good stuff.
Overall, it was as fun read and a good brain cleanser after the nonsense that was the previous who book i read. 4.5 out of 5 rounded down to a 4.
There's a part towards the beginning where the Doc, Steven, and Sara run through a hollywood studio and get into a pie fight and it's really quite hilarious and i'm sure looked even funnier in the actual show (curse you BBC and copying over your earlier stuff!)
I appreciate how John Peel specifically says that there's a few months in between part 1 and 2, so that if someone would like to write a novel with Sara and Steven they can. That's really cool of him.
Since it was only 150 pages, it never overstayed its welcome and told the story it needed to tell. It continued to cut out all unnecessary filler that would have been in the episodes and only kept the good stuff.
Overall, it was as fun read and a good brain cleanser after the nonsense that was the previous who book i read. 4.5 out of 5 rounded down to a 4.
imakandiway's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
bribriny's review against another edition
good novelization of a mostly missing series
nwhyte's review
http://nhw.livejournal.com/1026018.html?#cutid3[return][return]The Daleks' Master Plan is simply too long to constrain inside a single pair of covers (at least at Target length), so Peel wrote it up as two separate novels, though you would be well advised to read Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown first. Here again we have a grand panorama of Stuff Going On: the Doctor's compatriot, the Meddling Monk, reappears; Mavic Chen passes from hubris to nemesis; the Doctor must accept another death among his closest circle. Peel's treatment of the second half of the story takes slightly more liberties with the version as broadcast, mostly for good reason: the breach of the Fourth Wall at the end of episode 7 is removed, we get a bit more information as to what happens to everyone else after the Doctor leaves, and we get a Steven/Sara spark that will gladden the hearts of Hartnell-era shippers (including the assertion that they spent months together in the Tardis). He does the complex narrative more than justice.
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