- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books; paperback / softback edition (3 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563405988
- ISBN-13: 978-0563405986
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 863,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Further adventures of the 2nd Doctor Who with Jamie and Victoria, together on a barren asteroid - with a stranger in a mask.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Atmospheric Troughton Who,
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This review is from: Doctor Who: Dreams of Empire (Paperback)
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.
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The good doctor,
By Michael Finn (Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Doctor Who: Dreams of Empire (Paperback)
The Second Doctor finds himself in that oh so familiar siege situation again but this time the writer manages to pull it off with admirable flare. The Tardis crew are brilliantly brought back to us in a book that is easily the best yet from this era of the show. It just has a rightness to it that makes it a pleasure to read. It's an exciting actioner that manages not to leave its brains at the door. If you haven't read any of these books yet you could do a lot worse than starting with Dreams of Empire.
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Dull, workmanlike SF,
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This review is from: Doctor Who: Dreams of Empire (Paperback)
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.
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