Product Description

When daring criminal, Jack Chance masterminds the heist of a precious national treasure from the planet Veltroch, it is the first step in a chain of events that could lead to the destruction of two civilizations. This is a Doctor Who novel featuring the sixth Doctor and Frobisher.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #785314 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

An awful mess
Far too much happens in this book, and very little of it is any good. Muddled characterisation, over-complex plotting, and general ineptness ruin a reasonably good idea. Only David McIntee could have Frobisher the shape-changing penguin return and immediately make him as boring as every other character in this soggy, silly mess.

Enjoyable
Once again David McIntee delivers an enjoyable read. This would have made a good addition to the comic strip series in the Dr Who magazine (its great to have a book featuring the 6th Doctor's shape changing penguin companion - Frobisher). The addition of Glitz and Dibber make for a wonderful team. Its good fun, but some of the story threads remain as mere threads, begging to be woven into a fuller story. Other parts of the book hurry along, but overall this is a nice book to read and if this is McIntee at his worst I have no complaints.

needs pictures
This book tries to replicate the style of the sixth doctor comic strips. But those were so great because they had amazingly good visuals. In print, you need great prose to conjure up the same images in the reader's mind.

This does not have great prose, and is not an easy read. As a result, it's a dreadful, cluttered, hardgoing mess of a book. And it's not worth your time