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geofisch's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
waldowade's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
freesien's review against another edition
4.0
Ich muss endlich mal mit Classic Who anfangen, der vierte Doktor und Romana sind einfach nur geil ^^
Auch wenn mir persönlich Shada besser gefallen hat.
Auch wenn mir persönlich Shada besser gefallen hat.
jarichan's review against another edition
4.0
Kann man einen Doctor mögen, ohne bisher eines seiner Abenteuer gesehen zu haben? Kann man. Der vierte Doctor ist mir bisher nur aus kurzen Clips und Szenen bekannt, doch schon aus diesen kurzen Schnipseln kann ich mir zusammenreimen, dass er mir sehr sympathisch ist.
"Die Stadt des Todes" ist eines der Abenteuer mit eben diesem vierten Doctor und gehört laut Nachwort zu den bekanntesten Episoden mit Tom Bakers Doctor. Wer jetzt die Augen verdreht und an all die schlecht geschriebenen Werke denkt, die auf Serienfolgen basieren, tut James Goss Unrecht. Denn dieses Buch ist ein kleines Extra für alle Fans.
Douglas Adams (ja, DER Douglas Adams) hat das Originaldrehbuch der Folge geschrieben, basierend auf einer Kurzgeschichte von David Fisher, und meiner Ansicht nach hat Goss den Stil Adams' sehr gut eingefangen. Während des Lesens hatte ich stets das Gefühl, dass Douglas Adams im Untergrund die Fäden zieht. Was er in gewissem Sinne ja auch tut.
Ausserdem hat Goss versucht, auch Dinge ins Buch einfliessen zu lassen, die in der Serie dann anders umgesetzt oder weggelassen wurden. Nur schon deswegen lohnt sich die Lektüre für jeden Whovian. Für jene, die bisher noch keinen Kontakt mit den älteren Folgen hatten, könnte sich dieses Buch zum ersten Kennenlernen eignen. Durch die Lektüre kann man eine frühere Inkarnation des Doctors kennenlernen, ohne dass man sich mit der vielleicht ungewohnten Erzählform der damaligen Serien auseinandersetzen muss.
Spass macht das Lesen auf jeden Fall (Hinweis: Douglas Adams). Es gab schon damals viel Gerenne, der Doctor improvisiert wie gewohnt, und die Menschen sind verwirrt. Zudem erfahren wir eine alternative Menschheitsgeschichte und wer weiss - vielleicht ist sie ja sogar wahr?
Nun möchte ich noch dringender als zuvor die "Doctor Who"-Folgen mit Tom Baker sehen...
"Die Stadt des Todes" ist eines der Abenteuer mit eben diesem vierten Doctor und gehört laut Nachwort zu den bekanntesten Episoden mit Tom Bakers Doctor. Wer jetzt die Augen verdreht und an all die schlecht geschriebenen Werke denkt, die auf Serienfolgen basieren, tut James Goss Unrecht. Denn dieses Buch ist ein kleines Extra für alle Fans.
Douglas Adams (ja, DER Douglas Adams) hat das Originaldrehbuch der Folge geschrieben, basierend auf einer Kurzgeschichte von David Fisher, und meiner Ansicht nach hat Goss den Stil Adams' sehr gut eingefangen. Während des Lesens hatte ich stets das Gefühl, dass Douglas Adams im Untergrund die Fäden zieht. Was er in gewissem Sinne ja auch tut.
Ausserdem hat Goss versucht, auch Dinge ins Buch einfliessen zu lassen, die in der Serie dann anders umgesetzt oder weggelassen wurden. Nur schon deswegen lohnt sich die Lektüre für jeden Whovian. Für jene, die bisher noch keinen Kontakt mit den älteren Folgen hatten, könnte sich dieses Buch zum ersten Kennenlernen eignen. Durch die Lektüre kann man eine frühere Inkarnation des Doctors kennenlernen, ohne dass man sich mit der vielleicht ungewohnten Erzählform der damaligen Serien auseinandersetzen muss.
Spass macht das Lesen auf jeden Fall (Hinweis: Douglas Adams). Es gab schon damals viel Gerenne, der Doctor improvisiert wie gewohnt, und die Menschen sind verwirrt. Zudem erfahren wir eine alternative Menschheitsgeschichte und wer weiss - vielleicht ist sie ja sogar wahr?
Nun möchte ich noch dringender als zuvor die "Doctor Who"-Folgen mit Tom Baker sehen...
pinarnia's review
4.0
Okuduğum diğer Doctor Who kitapları gibi bu da son derece keyifliydi ama beni çok rahatsız eden bir iki nokta oldu:
1-Diziye göre (en azından benim izlediğim modern seriye göre) Shakespeare ile Doktor ilk kez 10. Doktor karşılaştı ama kitap boyunca yapılan çeşitli göndermeler Doktor'un Shakespeare ile çok daha önce tanıştığına ve samimiyet kurduğuna işaret ediyor. Bu tutarsızlıktan çok rahatsız oldum, özellikle de bu kısımların çok gereksiz olduğu düşünülünce...
2-İnsan ırkının yaratılışından tutup da tarihine yön veren çok önemli gelişmelerin hepsinin tek bir uzaylıya dayandırılması fikri beni çok rahatsız etti.
3-Kitaptaki ana karakterlerden yegane insan olan Dungan iyi niyetli ama her şeyi şiddetle çözmeye çalışan, biraz aptal bir karakter. Tamam, herhangi bir uzaylı ırkının bu kitabı okuyup da insanlık hakkında bir hükme varacağını sanmıyorum ama...
4-Sanatın biriciklik ilkesine aykırı hareket edilmiş. Leonardo Da Vinci bile aynı resmi yedi kez çizemez, hele ki bu resim Mona Lisa olsun.
Eleştirilebilecek bir iki yanı daha var ama benim eğlenerek okuduğum bir kitap oldu, dizi bölümünü de izlemek isterim.
1-Diziye göre (en azından benim izlediğim modern seriye göre) Shakespeare ile Doktor ilk kez 10. Doktor karşılaştı ama kitap boyunca yapılan çeşitli göndermeler Doktor'un Shakespeare ile çok daha önce tanıştığına ve samimiyet kurduğuna işaret ediyor. Bu tutarsızlıktan çok rahatsız oldum, özellikle de bu kısımların çok gereksiz olduğu düşünülünce...
2-İnsan ırkının yaratılışından tutup da tarihine yön veren çok önemli gelişmelerin hepsinin tek bir uzaylıya dayandırılması fikri beni çok rahatsız etti.
3-Kitaptaki ana karakterlerden yegane insan olan Dungan iyi niyetli ama her şeyi şiddetle çözmeye çalışan, biraz aptal bir karakter. Tamam, herhangi bir uzaylı ırkının bu kitabı okuyup da insanlık hakkında bir hükme varacağını sanmıyorum ama...
4-Sanatın biriciklik ilkesine aykırı hareket edilmiş. Leonardo Da Vinci bile aynı resmi yedi kez çizemez, hele ki bu resim Mona Lisa olsun.
Eleştirilebilecek bir iki yanı daha var ama benim eğlenerek okuduğum bir kitap oldu, dizi bölümünü de izlemek isterim.
ellen_mellor's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
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
5.0
elizafiedler's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.0
wordsareweapons's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fairly quick fun read. Took me a little bit to get into just because it jumps between a lot of characters in the first chapter. Once the story got going though I enjoyed it.
phileasfogg's review against another edition
5.0
'City of Death' is the greatest of all 'classic' Doctor Who serials, an effervescent, funny, fast, clever thriller about Time, art and burglary. Set in Paris, parts of it were filmed there, and about half of the viewer's delight in the story comes from watching the lead actors, in love and in Paris, enjoying themselves.
Douglas Adams wrote the script, and it's a hybrid of all that was best in his work and all that was best in Doctor Who. You might say it's the story that most lived up to the potential that was always there in the series, but was seldom realised.
It made me a fan, and has loomed large in my imaginative life in the decades since I first saw it as a wide-eyed eight-year-old. When I visited Paris for one day last year, I spent most of the time looking for locations used in the story.
Next time I should probably try to see the Mona Lisa, that dreadful woman with no eyebrows who wouldn't sit still.
Many years after most classic Doctor Who was novelised as a series of children's books which I liked very much at the time, 'City of Death' has been adapted by James Goss as a novel that is not especially for children, but could doubtless still be enjoyed by many.
You might think I'm an easy sell. As a fan of the series and of this story in particular, I have to love this book. If so, how little you know fans! Fans are the hardest audience to please, because we have the most to lose if something turns out to be shite. As someone who has imagined the world of 'City of Death' since childhood, and revisited it on a regular basis, I'm ready to be outraged by a trespasser in my imagination. A novelisation of 'City of Death' that isn't written by Douglas Adams has to be pretty special to avoid making me cross.
And it is. He is standing on the shoulders of giants, of course, but Goss has produced a very well-written, much-expanded version of the TV story that captures all its fun and ingenuity and adds more.
While remaining remarkably faithful to the original--though a few lines of dialogue are subtly altered--the author has added much depth and provided many characters, even the most minor, with well-imagined additional life.
What he does with Count Scarlioni's inner life might be controversial amongst readers who think they know the story well. I bristled slightly at first, and then decided that maybe Goss is right--nothing on screen explicitly contradicts it. The last few times I watched the story I was struck by a few odd details in Scarlioni's behaviour and dialogue that would certainly be explained by the revelation in the book. Perhaps this was Adams's intention all along? Finally, I was entirely persuaded, and delighted that I could still be surprised by a story I knew so well.
Being a mere TV novelisation will, sadly, discourage many readers who would love this funny, clever science fiction thriller. It shouldn't.
Douglas Adams wrote the script, and it's a hybrid of all that was best in his work and all that was best in Doctor Who. You might say it's the story that most lived up to the potential that was always there in the series, but was seldom realised.
It made me a fan, and has loomed large in my imaginative life in the decades since I first saw it as a wide-eyed eight-year-old. When I visited Paris for one day last year, I spent most of the time looking for locations used in the story.
Next time I should probably try to see the Mona Lisa, that dreadful woman with no eyebrows who wouldn't sit still.
Many years after most classic Doctor Who was novelised as a series of children's books which I liked very much at the time, 'City of Death' has been adapted by James Goss as a novel that is not especially for children, but could doubtless still be enjoyed by many.
You might think I'm an easy sell. As a fan of the series and of this story in particular, I have to love this book. If so, how little you know fans! Fans are the hardest audience to please, because we have the most to lose if something turns out to be shite. As someone who has imagined the world of 'City of Death' since childhood, and revisited it on a regular basis, I'm ready to be outraged by a trespasser in my imagination. A novelisation of 'City of Death' that isn't written by Douglas Adams has to be pretty special to avoid making me cross.
And it is. He is standing on the shoulders of giants, of course, but Goss has produced a very well-written, much-expanded version of the TV story that captures all its fun and ingenuity and adds more.
While remaining remarkably faithful to the original--though a few lines of dialogue are subtly altered--the author has added much depth and provided many characters, even the most minor, with well-imagined additional life.
What he does with Count Scarlioni's inner life might be controversial amongst readers who think they know the story well. I bristled slightly at first, and then decided that maybe Goss is right--nothing on screen explicitly contradicts it. The last few times I watched the story I was struck by a few odd details in Scarlioni's behaviour and dialogue that would certainly be explained by the revelation in the book. Perhaps this was Adams's intention all along? Finally, I was entirely persuaded, and delighted that I could still be surprised by a story I knew so well.
Being a mere TV novelisation will, sadly, discourage many readers who would love this funny, clever science fiction thriller. It shouldn't.