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nivek1385's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
marcyewebb's review against another edition
4.0
one of the best televised stories and one of the most fun novelisations, wonderfully narrated by the late Caroline John and her cavalcade of Irish, Scottish and nasal English accents
justiceofkalr's review
3.0
Classic Doctor Who with the Third Doctor and the Brigadier. What more could you possibly want? The story is not bad and the novelization is decent. Features the Autons as the baddies for this episode/book, so it's probably pretty readable for those who are only familiar with the new series, although a bit of background on the Doctor's exile might be useful.
xander56781's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
harryhobbit's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
alysmw's review
5.0
Really thoroughly enjoyable. Best one of these I've read so far! Characters were brilliant, plot was good and fast paced, some fantastic and hilarious references in there! Very impressed.
alasdair_smith's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-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
3.0
mischiefphantom's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
nwhyte's review against another edition
http://nhw.livejournal.com/1032344.html?#cutid1[return][return]This was the first original Target novelisation (published after the three 1960s First Doctor novels had been reissued) and the first of over sixty novelisations by Dicks (plus a dozen spinoffs). It's not actually one of his better ones (and it's interesting that I often find myself writing that about Dicks' novelisations of Robert Holmes' stories). In particular, the joke of Sam Seeley being a funny little man from the country grates even worse on the printed page than it did on screen, and there is not enough clarity about who the viewpoint character is meant to be. I had fond memories of this from when I first read it as a child, but it didn't really live up to them.
ianbanks's review against another edition
4.0
Ah, if only the quality of the Target novelisations could have kept this up. Mr Dicks adds a lot of detail and background to make it feel like a “proper” novel but it does still feel a little bare on the important details: we don’t really get a decent description of the Brigadier or Liz or many other characters but we do get a proper look into their characters which are fleshed out wonderfully. Dicks also recaps the conclusion of The War Games to give us an explanation for why the Doctor is on Earth in the first place. It’s quite gripping, just a little threadbare on some details.