Wally K. Daly (1940–2020)
Author of The Ultimate Evil
Works by Wally K. Daly
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1940-11-13
- Date of death
- 2020-04-30
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- writer for radio and television
playwright
actor - Organizations
- Writers' Guild of Great Britain (Chair, 1988-1989)
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Grangetown, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England
- Places of residence
- Grangetown, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England
London, England, UK - Associated Place (for map)
- UK
Members
Reviews
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This is an odd case - probably the best of the three Missing Episodes books considered as a story (so it's unfortunate that Big Finish won't be doing it), but the worst written by some way; Daly, who is basically a TV and radio scriptwriter, has followed the by-the-numbers novelisation method of the Target books at their least compelling.
The story, as I said, is decent stuff: there is a planet whose two halves are at an uneasy peace with one show more another; there is a bad guy who is using Evil Tech to make them go to war and has subverted an ambitious aristocrat in one of the planet's hemispheres; the Doctor is also subjected to mind control, and Peri almost gets some romance from a guy whose girlfriend, presumed dead in the first chapter, she resembles. I thought the Doctor let the bad guy off a bit lightly in the end, but basically enjoyed it apart from the clunky style. show less
This is an odd case - probably the best of the three Missing Episodes books considered as a story (so it's unfortunate that Big Finish won't be doing it), but the worst written by some way; Daly, who is basically a TV and radio scriptwriter, has followed the by-the-numbers novelisation method of the Target books at their least compelling.
The story, as I said, is decent stuff: there is a planet whose two halves are at an uneasy peace with one show more another; there is a bad guy who is using Evil Tech to make them go to war and has subverted an ambitious aristocrat in one of the planet's hemispheres; the Doctor is also subjected to mind control, and Peri almost gets some romance from a guy whose girlfriend, presumed dead in the first chapter, she resembles. I thought the Doctor let the bad guy off a bit lightly in the end, but basically enjoyed it apart from the clunky style. show less
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his evil influence on the Russian Royal family.
Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his evil influence on the Russian Royal family.
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his evil influence on the Russian Royal family.
Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his evil influence on the Russian Royal family.
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his evil influence on the Russian Royal family.
Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his evil influence on the Russian Royal family.
Statistics
- Works
- 12
- Members
- 157
- Popularity
- #133,742
- Rating
- 2.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 5