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Title: The Murder Game (Dr. Who Series) by Steve Lyons ISBN: 0-563-40565-1 Publisher: London Bridge Mass Market Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great story with interesting new aliens
Comment: Another story featuring the underutilised TARDIS crew of the second Doctor, Ben and Polly.
The TARDIS arrives on a space station in 2146. Originally a luxury hotel, it has fallen on hard times and is being used to host a murder mystery hotel. However, someone is taking the "murder" aspect of the game far too seriously...
Waiting in the wings are the Selachians, an alien race with a serious axe to grind after years of persecution, who are after something in the hotel which will help them revenge their mistreatment. They are quite complex, rather than being simple killing machines that many alien races are depicted as in Doctor Who.
The novel features good portrayals of Ben and Polly, who show stronger feelings for each other than have otherwise been portrayed. This doesn't surprise me, as they more-or-less flirted with each other at various points.
While the story is not as complex as many Doctor Who novels, however this suits the period of the show in which this story is set. It doesn't require familiarity with the show to be enjoyed.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Doctor Who Mystery
Comment: This was a great cross-over book, mystery to science fiction. Doctor Who, Ben and Polly, receive a distress call and materialize on a mostly abandoned hotel ship, where a mystery weekend is being sponsored with a handful of guests. The presence of the Doctor and his companions make just enough people on the ship for the participants to play the game. Until real dead bodies begin to turn up! The only part about this book I didn't like were the baddies, the Selachians; shark-like aliens who stomp around the hotel ship in their own version of astronaut suits which provide the Selachians with the watery atmosphere they need to survive. I thought this was a bit _too_ wierd, but they did their job as bad guys well enough!
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Title: Goth Opera (Doctor Who: Missing Adventures) by Paul Cornell ISBN: 0426204182 Publisher: London Bridge Mass Market Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Reckless Engineering (Doctor Who) by Nick Walters ISBN: 0563486031 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Suns of Caresh (Doctor Who) by Paul Saint ISBN: 0563538589 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Fear of the Dark (Doctor Who) by Trevor Baxendale ISBN: 0563538651 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Crooked World (Doctor Who) by Steve Lyons ISBN: 0563538562 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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