Doctor Who: The Invasion
by Ian Marter
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An unabridged reading of an exciting classic novelization, based on a TV adventure featuring the Second Doctor, as played by Patrick Troughton. Materializing in Outer Space, the TARDIS is attached by a missile fired from the dark side of the moon. Back on Earth, the newly-formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT), led by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, is disturbed by a series of UFO sightings over Southern England. Meanwhile, a large consigment of mysterious crates is delivered to show more the headquarters of International Electromatix, the largest computer and electronics firm in the world. These three seemingly unconnected events are in fact the preparations for a massive Cyberman invasion of Earth, with one aim: the total annihilation of the human race. Duration: 5 hours approx. show lessTags
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The TV original of this story has just been released on DVD. This was an eight-part story when first broadcast, here cut down to 160 pages, so a rather extreme rate of compression. But somehow Marter makes it work as he failed to with "The Enemy of the World"; better material to work with, true, but I actually found the plot somewhat easier to follow in the novel as well. The villainous Tobias Vaughn, brilliantly brought to life by Kevin Stoney on screen, is better in some ways here, with several hints that he has already become more (or perhaps less) than completely human, and his change of heart at the end of the story (when he takes on the Cybermen) more consistently portrayed as a fanatic show more changing targets rather than as a human being brought to his senses we saw on TV. At the same time, no written description can possibly convey Stoney's sinister drawl. show less
The TV original of this story has just been released on DVD. This was an eight-part story when first broadcast, here cut down to 160 pages, so a rather extreme rate of compression. But somehow Marter makes it work as he failed to with "The Enemy of the World"; better material to work with, true, but I actually found the plot somewhat easier to follow in the novel as well. The villainous Tobias Vaughn, brilliantly brought to life by Kevin Stoney on screen, is better in some ways here, with several hints that he has already become more (or perhaps less) than completely human, and his change of heart at the end of the story (when he takes on the Cybermen) more consistently portrayed as a fanatic show more changing targets rather than as a human being brought to his senses we saw on TV. At the same time, no written description can possibly convey Stoney's sinister drawl. show less
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- Canonical title
- Doctor Who: The Invasion
- Original publication date
- 1985-05
- People/Characters
- The Doctor (2nd); Jamie McCrimmon; Zoe Heriot; Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Brigadier); Jimmy Turner (Captain); John Benton (Corporal) (show all 17); Jack Tracy (Corporal); Isobel Watkins; Tobias Vaughn; Packer; Mark Gregory; Walters [in The Invasion] (Sergeant); William Routledge (Major-General); Perkins [in The Invasion] (Private); Bradwell (Squadron Leader); Peters [in The Invasion] (Flight Lieutenant); Harris [in The Invasion] (Private)
- Important places
- London, England, UK
- Original language
- English
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- 242
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- 133,661
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.28)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 2
