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Title: Doctor Who: The Five Doctors by Terrance Dicks ISBN: 0-426-19510-8 Publisher: Carol Pub Group Pub. Date: January, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Five into one can go, but not in an original way
Comment: To celebrate Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, a special program was arranged. This is the novelisation of the anniversary story, adapted by the script writer, Terrance Dicks.

From the title, you will be unsurprised to hear that the story teams up the first five incarnations of the Doctor (well, more or less - on TV, Tom Baker wasn't interested in returning so soon to the show, so the Fourth Doctor's role in negligible) against a big threat, the nature of which I can't reveal in this review for those who don't know the story.

As well as five Doctors, we have numerous companions and old enemies in roles of varying importance - some are cameos, others (like contemporary companions Tegan and Turlough, the Doctor's granddaughter Susan, the Brigadier, and Sarah) have more substantial parts to play.

The story also probes more into the history of Gallifrey and the Time Lords.

In many respects, the results is sometimes like a "best of" Doctor Who, but there are some surprises. But it isn't challenging, and it isn't amazingly original. But it is a celebration of the most successful science fiction show ever on TV.

Rating: 5
Summary: Superb
Comment: I had never read Doctor Who Books before, when one day I saw The Five Doctors in my school library. Once I had read it I became an instant Doctopr Who Fan. I recommend it to anyone!

Rating: 3
Summary: The TV episode in print.
Comment: One by one, the earlier four incarnations of the doctor are being plucked out of the space-time continuum, and placed into the dreaded Death Zone. Originally used by the Time Lords for organizing gladiatorial matches between various races, Rassilon closed the Death Zone, and forbade the use of the Time Scoop. So, who is doing this, and more importantly, why? It's up to the Doctor (all of them) to figure it out.

This Doctor Who book is based on the episode of the same name. Although "based on" might be generous. This book is the episode in print, which means that it does not contain any surprises for anyone who has seen the show. That said, it is an exciting, well-written book, and I enjoyed it immensely.