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Loading... Doctor Who and the enemy of the world (edition 1981)by Ian Marter
Work InformationDoctor Who and the Enemy of the World by Ian Marter
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David Troughton reads this exciting novelization of a classic TV adventure for the Second Doctor, as played by Patrick Troughton.In the year 2030, when the world is hit by a series of terrible natural disasters, only one man seems to know what action to take. Salamander's success in handling these monumental problems has brought him enormous power. But what more lies behind his public persona? From the moment the Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria land on an Australian beach, they are caught up in a struggle for world domination--a struggle in which the Doctor's startling resemblance to Salamander plays a vital role. David Troughton, who has played several roles in the TV series, reads Ian Marter's novelisation of the 1967 TV serial by David Whitaker. No library descriptions found. 
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This was the first time Marter had tried to squeeze a six-episode story into 127 pages, so obviously some cuts were necessary, but the result feels very jumpy. Some lovely dialogue between Victoria and Salamander's chef has been completely cut by Marter; so too, more happily, has an unconvincing exchange about why they are guarding the prisoner in the corridor. (Slightly off-topic, but is this the only Doctor Who story with scenes set in Hungary???) Apparently a substantial chunk from the underground caverns in the last episode was cut too. The various deaths by shooting are, of course, more gory than on screen. It does have a rather striking cover though, the second best of the lot I think; for some reason this was only the sixth Second Doctor story to be published in novel form. (