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andystehr's review
3.0
A fairly good Doctor Who book. Good villians, a fine premise and a good supporting cast. i'm not really find of the American Southwest as a setting, nor the 50's really, but I'll take it.
nwhyte's review
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1928098.html
Rather a good Seventh Doctor romp, with Benny and Ace involved with an attempted alien invasion coinciding with the start of the Space Race in late 1957. It felt from the start rather like The Claws of Axos, only done much better, a feeling intensified by a plot twist about halfway through; it also has the general frenetic pace of a televised New Who story, to the point that I could see it as the basis for a decent script. Good fun.
Rather a good Seventh Doctor romp, with Benny and Ace involved with an attempted alien invasion coinciding with the start of the Space Race in late 1957. It felt from the start rather like The Claws of Axos, only done much better, a feeling intensified by a plot twist about halfway through; it also has the general frenetic pace of a televised New Who story, to the point that I could see it as the basis for a decent script. Good fun.
nukirisame's review
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
hammard's review
2.0
Even though I read this relatively recently I realised I had basically no memory of it. Even now I am struggling to recall it in immense detail. Mostly it is overstuffed with references and filled with run-arounds that go nowhere.
It improves in the final 1/3 when it is revealed to Major Kreer is The Master (for which McIntee would go on to write much better books) where there are some great interactions, if a fairly standard plot.
Unfortunately it continues to have the problems of McIntee's other early writings and is unfortunately near the bottom of the pack for the virgin books I have been reading so far.
It improves in the final 1/3 when it is revealed to Major Kreer is The Master (for which McIntee would go on to write much better books) where there are some great interactions, if a fairly standard plot.
Unfortunately it continues to have the problems of McIntee's other early writings and is unfortunately near the bottom of the pack for the virgin books I have been reading so far.
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