Product Description

Further adventures of the 2nd Doctor Who with Jamie and Victoria, together on a barren asteroid - with a stranger in a mask.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #711029 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-03
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Atmospheric Troughton Who
Justin Richards does it again with this atmospheric novel about politics and war. Anyone who has since listened to his Big Finish CD "The Whispers of Terror" will keenly note the parallels. His characterisation of the Doctor is spot on. Jamie and Victoria come off well too and are given a lot ot do. The most powerful aspect of the book is the carefully woven chess imagery which pulls the plot together. Despite the static setting, this is a fast paced Who which I would have loved to have seen on screen as part of the 1967-68 season.

Dull, workmanlike SF
Dreams of Empire finds the 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Victoria landing in a rather Star Wars-esque universe, with a plot to transform a galactic republic into an empire, and a hideously burnt would-be Emperor having to don a Darth Vader style faceplate. The story conforms to the basic 'base under siege' standard format, with the TARDIS crew caught in the efforts of a group of revolutionary robots to free their imprisoned leader. The plot is functional with the requisite number of twists and turns, but the writing is workmanlike and the single setting of an asteroid prison soon gets dull. Not a complete misfire, just a rather dull pulp SF novel with little to really engage or excite the reader.