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Loading... Doctor Who: The Reign of Terrorby Ian Marter
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Great 1st Doctor book. The history is first rate in this one and the excitement never lets up. Ian Marter was one of the best writers in the Target books. He doesnt pull any punches. If something violent happens he doesnt hold back. Depicts a fascinating part of history during the Terror. All the characters are well developed and it doesnt feel as if it is just a retread of a script. These books are an easy read for the most part and perfect for nothing too thought provoking. Perfect for the ride into work on the train. Can usually finish one or two a week if a read both ways. ( ) http://nhw.livejournal.com/763482.html A good novelisation of the six-part story which ended the very first season of Doctor Who back in 1964. It features gruesome implied violence - which Marter is quite subdued in writing up, apart from the historically accurate detail of Robespierre having his jaw blown off just before the end of the story. The whole atmosphere of a Paris living under horrible oppression is well conveyed; as with any Doctor Who story, the main characters get split up to follow different bits of the action, but Marter conveys very well their panic and disorientation in this dangerous environment. Purists will feel robbed that the Doctor's speech about destiny at the end of the last scene has been replaced with some banter between him and Ian Chesterton, but I suspect this may one of those cases where what worked on the screen would not have worked so well on the page. It also has a great cover. no reviews | add a review
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Jamie Glover reads a thrilling novelisation of an adventure in history for the First Doctor. It's 1794, and the TARDIS materialises some distance from Paris during the French Revolution, the scene of the infamous Reign of Terror. Soon the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara find themselves caught up in the tangled web of historical events. Who is James Stirling, the master-spy to whom Ian must deliver a message? What world-shattering events are being discussed in a deserted inn off the Calais road? And can the Doctor and his friends escape a violent and bloody death at the dreaded guillotine? Jamie Glover, who played William Russell in BBC TV's An Adventure in Space and Time, reads Nigel Robinson's novelisation of the 1964 TV serial by Dennis Spooner. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd No library descriptions found.
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