Stuck in the end of a hyperspace tunnel lies a huge, chaotic, space city known as the G-Lock -- the end product of the most terrible intergalactic traffic jam in history. It has now been transformed into a death-themed park, where the major attraction is a death-simulator known as the Beautiful Death. However, the power generated by people enjoying the ride is being diverted to a mysterious destination. A creature called the Repulsion is on the loose, offering resurrection in two hundred year's time to anyone who will surrender to it, allowing it to exist in the real world. Can the Doctor defeat it, and escape from the G-Lock before the interface between hyperspace and real space collapses?
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After reading the incredibly plot heavy Interference I wanted something that I could enjoy and hopefully, have a laugh at. "Festival of Death doesn't disappoint. It has the exact humour of season seventeen. Jonathan Morris does an absolutely incredible job with the Doctor and Romana, getting their characters perfected to a tee. The interplay between them was just as it had been in the TV series. I understand that this is Mr Morris' first novel, in which case it makes his achievement seem even more succesful. The plot was good. It does become quite hard to keep track of the timeframes but my advice would simply be dont try. Just sit back and enjoy a highly entertaining novel.
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This was something really, really special. Something quite unique that takes a hugely complex idea and manages to make it delightfully simple. The idea of the Doctor and Romana finding that they've already been, when in fact that experience is still in their future has never been explored in such an attractive and entertaining way. I could not really fault this book, save for sometimes having to remind myself from time to time just how many times the Doctor and Romana had gone back in time, and which time it was now. If you see what I mean? Lovely characters, lovely story, lovely concept. I'm fervently hoping now that Jonathan Morris has got a few more aces up his sleeve, because this one is truly a winner all the way. Something of a stroke of genius. Buy it now! Enjoy to the limit! Just don't try and analyse each layer to death time-wise like I did-it'll drive you mad!
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"Festival of Death" is a novel set just before the last season of the most popular of Doctors, Tom Baker. It's an odd place - Baker's second last season is (in my opinion) one of the worst in the show's history, while his last was a return to the excellence that accompanied Baker's arrival in the role.
This book therefore manages to combine some of the odd humour of season sixteen with the better production quality of season seventeen. Into the bargain, a story idea that should have been used in the show at some time is featured. The Doctor, Romana and K9 arrive at a place where they have just been, and must travel back in time to carry out the activities that they have been told they have done.
Like the last month's Past Doctor novel, Imperial Moon, the Doctor has some foreknowledge of what is happening but must act to preserve the web of time. And in this case, the Doctor is told he sacrificed his life to save the day.
Given the crossing of the timelines inherent in the story, Jonathan Morris does an excellent job in making the story plain when it could have been confusing. He does this in two ways: firstly, with strong and memorable scenes which stay in the reader's mind; and secondly, by use of somewhat cliched characters. Obviously, I approve of the former but the latter is another harking back to season sixteen.
"Festival of Death" is a good read, and given the similarity of theme to "Imperial Moon" it is interesting to compare and contrast the two different incarnations of the Doctor in their approaches.
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Complex but rewarding
There is much in this novel that is derivative - the recreational exploration of death from Flatliners; a manic computer lifted from 2001 A Space Odyssey, yet another Lovecraftain... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2006 by Jane Aland
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Hi all! I've just finished reading the above book. I've only just got into these new stories, as I was really only interested in reading the books that have specifically been... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2005 by Robert Cotterill
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Wow. I've read a good heap of recent Who fiction and if you only read one of the bunch I'd say make it this one. Read more
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I... Don't Get It?
I must be one of the few people on the entire planet who can't for the life of them see the apeal in Jonathan Morris's 'Festival of Death'. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2001
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Excellent and Cunning
Fantastic stuff. Though it can get a bit confusing in the middle, everything ties up to a very satisfactory conclusion, with some great "cunning plans". Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2000 by James
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Faced-past, funny and fascinating. Enough fs, already!
Jonathan Morris' first DW book is a delight. Unlike some books, it leaps straight in at the deep end and doggy-paddles like mad 'til the end, making you turn those pages to find... Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2000
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Brilliant Dr Who novel
This is so well written, if you are a fan then you MUST buy this. The 4th Dr comes alive from the page and the characters are so well drawn. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2000
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Tom Baker lives! Funny, witty and inventive nostalgia trip
Jonathan Morris has written a wonderful Doctor Who novel that, for once, makes a clever use of the idea of time travel to tell a story in reverse order. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2000
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