- Paperback: 250 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (1 Feb 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 056355567X
- ISBN-13: 978-0563555674
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 536,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the wastes of Siberia to the intrigue of the imperial court at St. Petersberg, 1916, the Third Doctor, Jo and Liz are involved in the machinations of the mad monk Rasputin.
As history plunges onward inexorably, the Doctor's companions realize that history books can lie. But the Doctor can see the threads that hold all time together -- can he and his companions escape the depravities of this decadent Russia without unraveling the history of Earth?
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Format:Paperback
David A Mcintee's prose veers oddly from book to book, between supremely readable to overly clunky. Fortunately he's back with the former style here.
The third doctor and jo take liz shaw on a long promised tardis trip. They plan to head to tunguska in 1908 so she can see exactly what hit it, but instead end up in a pre revolution moscow and get to meet rasputin.
An interesting historical with a well rendered setting. And it fits the era perfectly. Who else but the third doctor would chase someone along the roof of a train in the middle of the russian winter?
A strong ending reminds us that the doctor isn't quite human and has to preserve the web of time, and this is spot on characterisation. A very good read.
The third doctor and jo take liz shaw on a long promised tardis trip. They plan to head to tunguska in 1908 so she can see exactly what hit it, but instead end up in a pre revolution moscow and get to meet rasputin.
An interesting historical with a well rendered setting. And it fits the era perfectly. Who else but the third doctor would chase someone along the roof of a train in the middle of the russian winter?
A strong ending reminds us that the doctor isn't quite human and has to preserve the web of time, and this is spot on characterisation. A very good read.
Format:Paperback
I've just finished this book and, like all the best Doctor Who historical stories, this whetted my appetite to find out more about the period it was set in.
Rasputin, known widely as The Mad Monk, was neither mad nor a monk, and the author does a good job of making his readers reassess what propoganda and Hollywood has fed us over the years.
Pertwee's Doctor is captured perfectly, and its nice to see Liz Shaw get a spin in the TARDIS at last.
Highly recommended.
Format:Paperback
This book, with its bleak evocation of pre-revolutionary Russia, conclusively demonstrates that the decision to drop purely historical stories from the TV series was a lamentably short-sighted one. Pertwee would certainly have lapped them up! I certainly had no difficulty whatsoever picturing him enacting the scenes in 'The Wages of Sin'. The Doctor's hair's-breadth escape from the train was particularly exciting, I thought, and typical of the third Doctor. Where the other characters were concerned, Prince Felix and Rasputin provided an extended helping of nail-biting tension where Felix is attempting to administer a fatal dose to the mad monk. I was a trifle disappointed that we didn't meet Czar Nicky at all: it might have been interesting to have his point of view to contrast with that of Alexandra, piously attempting to conceal her fancy for a bit of rough beneath a veneer of saintly good works. Jo Grant and Liz Shaw rubbed along together rather uneasily; perhaps it might have been better to include one or the other, or even neither, for their contribution to the plot was rather marginal. The best character of all was the engaging Kit Powell, who played the role of the Doctor's companion far more effectively than either of the two women. I was really concerned in case he got himself wasted somewhere along the way! Perhaps the Doctor didn't manage to 'drop him off at Whitehall' quite immediately?
I hope I can safely leave that little hint with David A. McIntee.
I hope I can safely leave that little hint with David A. McIntee.
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Atmospheric but aimless
The Wages of Sin is an aimless narrative of loose ends. McIntee could have tried something daring here but instead decides to primarily concentrate on toning down Rasputin's... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2000 by andypriestner@mail.com
This is a dull book
David A. McIntee tries so hard to write good Who, yet time and time again he fails. This is another example of failure. The story is dull. The characters are dull. Read more
Published on 23 July 2000
Sci-fi shenanigans in pre-revolutionary Russia.
If you're a fan of Jon Pertwee's Doctor and are sick and tired of watching that old worn out video of The Daemons, then look no further than David A McIntee's novel. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2000 by mogger@fsbdial.co.uk
Very memorable
This is a very thought-provoking book from one of the masters of Doctor Who fiction, David A. McIntee. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 1999
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