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A review by iphigenie72
Doctor Who: The Wages of Sin by David A. McIntee
3.0
The 3rd Doctor, Liz Shaw and Jo Grant visit Russia on the eve of Rasputin assassination.
On the Doctor Who level, I was a little disappointed; I don't think the author had the tone of the third Doctor right and neither Jo or Liz for that matter. I was really attracted to this story because I love the third Doctor, but this book felt like a Doctor-lite episode there were too many characters and so it turned this into a political intrigue book with a sprinkling of Doctor Who. I also think that the author should have chosen between Jo or Liz, one of those could have done all of what the two characters do (maybe with the help on a minor female character). I was glad Liz finally got a spin in the TARDIS, but I think she deserved better.
I am a big fan of this period in Russian history and I think that didn't help me get in the story... I was always looking up something that I thought might be wrong. I forgot to use my suspension of disbelief.
Now that was the negative, the positive : as a political intrigue it was interesting, well paced with nice twists. All in all a quick read that was set in a fascinating time.
On the Doctor Who level, I was a little disappointed; I don't think the author had the tone of the third Doctor right and neither Jo or Liz for that matter. I was really attracted to this story because I love the third Doctor, but this book felt like a Doctor-lite episode there were too many characters and so it turned this into a political intrigue book with a sprinkling of Doctor Who. I also think that the author should have chosen between Jo or Liz, one of those could have done all of what the two characters do (maybe with the help on a minor female character). I was glad Liz finally got a spin in the TARDIS, but I think she deserved better.
I am a big fan of this period in Russian history and I think that didn't help me get in the story... I was always looking up something that I thought might be wrong. I forgot to use my suspension of disbelief.
Now that was the negative, the positive : as a political intrigue it was interesting, well paced with nice twists. All in all a quick read that was set in a fascinating time.