Product Description

Arriving on a jungle planet, Doctor Who and Leela soon find themselves hunted by a hideous alien lifeform, which appears to be some kind of robot with a taste for human flesh.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #649064 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-07
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Leela as she should have been
One of he better Who novels. I find some of the characterisations of the Doctor a bit bland in the novels. Not here! The wit and ecentricity Tom Baker leaps off the pages - perhaps helped by the fact that the author scripted for the TV series in the mid 70s. In fact the author came up with the character of Leela for the TV episodes and I get the feeling that here he is portraying Leela as he would have wanted her for he TV. Her character comes out as more rounded and more convincing. She is the only companion I would describe as scary. Give it a go and if you like it, try Corpse Maker by the same author and with the same characters

Enjoyable but unspectacular adventure
Chris Boucher's first Doctor Who novel finds the 4th Doctor and Leela becoming unwittingly involved in the birth of an interplanetary revolution when they stumble into an alien biological weapons testing site. Boucher handles the regulars well (as he should being Leela's creator), and some bickering class divided investigators bring to mind the relationships he explored with the Sandminer crew in Robots of Death. The plot is generally enjoyable, but the emphasis seems all wrong, with a rather rushed finale and the story of the revolution being underwritten. Some good action scenes and a fast easy pace make this a mostly enjoyable if undemanding read. Flawed, but not too bad.

Disappointing because of the high hopes I had...
I had been looking forward to this novel for some time, thinking we would get a gothic horror adventure that was fun. I as wrong. We get a long drawn out plot that should have been shortened for publication - it just gets so boring to read. I had to keep putting the book down for a while before carrying on with it. That said though, it does have it's charming points that at least start to make up for the plot, like the insights into Leela's thoughts. Not recomended for the non-Who fan, but if you are a Who fan it might be an Ok read. But if you are wanting Chris Boucher at his best, read Corpse Marker, which is much more fun and has a touch of that charming Dr Who comedy.