- Paperback: 238 pages
- Publisher: Virgin Publishing Ltd; paperback / softback edition (21 July 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0426204182
- ISBN-13: 978-0426204183
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 664,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is one of a series of "Missing Adventures" - original stories featuring old Doctors. Set in Manchester in 1993, the vampires of Great Britain have received a message: the long-awaited arrival of their evil messiah is imminent. Its time for a recruitment drive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The first and one of the best of the missing adventures series,
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This review is from: Goth Opera (Doctor Who Missing Adventures) (Paperback)
Some of paul Cornells earlier doctor who books were a little dull, however later he definatly became one of the best authors of the new and missing adventures of doctor who.
This book may be his best doctor who book to date, and there is no doubt it is one of the best of the missing adventures. The writing style is fast paced, with the main character's personalities captured perfectly. The books is connected to the events which occur in "The new adventures - Blood Harvest" by Terence Dicks, however Goth Opera seems to capture a far darker atmosphere more suitable for a vampire story. (by the way, You dont need to read blood harvest first to understand it) In my opinion a fair number of the new and missing adventures were a little dull, but this one I would definatly recomend reading.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Doctor Who meets Buffy???,
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This review is from: Goth Opera (Doctor Who Missing Adventures) (Paperback)
This book is interesting due to it being the first of the missing adventures series and because of it's link to Terrance Dicks enjoyable 'Blood Harvest'. Other than that it is fairly mediocre. It certainly isn't Paul Cornell's best work (the excellent Human Nature for example). There's plenty of running around and action but it all feels a little pointless and lacks the atmosphere of Blood Harvest or State of Decay. It feels less like a Doctor Who and more like a modern look at vampirism. In fact, as a teenage vampire novel it would work much better. The inclusion of yet another renegade Timelord in Ruath seems unnecessary and Yarven is simply not a deep or original enough villain to be featured again in this.
Not a great book but still worth reading due to it's importance within the Doctor Who novels - the start of seeing more adventures from the old Doctors we loved who hadn't been on television for decades.
3.0 out of 5 stars
felt like a 80s story,
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This review is from: Goth Opera (Doctor Who Missing Adventures) (Paperback)
first of all i love the 5th doctor all the space storys is one of my fave doctor who styles clausticphobia ect i know this isnt a space story but i love it all the same.
the story is set between earthshock and timeflight ( i think ) and this could easyly be the highpoint of the season if done right and derected by jhon carpenter . it has that feel to it very twisted the vampire baby being the standout choosing nyssa for sireing is the right choice as tegan has a nasty side to her and nyssa is the goody two shoe so to bring her in to the darkness is something i aprove of tegan and the doctor dose the normal investigating this syping on the enemy nothing much to say on that part well i laugh out loud at the thought of tegan and the doctor playing battleships sticking with nyssa i love her p.o.v of things going on with yarvern and ruath her unwellingnes to come to terms with whats happens to her her talks with hugo lang ( same with madeline) nyssa was the standout of the book for me the screen with the baby outside nyssa window screams salams lot ruath for me is the more intresting villain i dont want to spoil things too much but what she dose for her goals is very disturbing yarvern has hammerhouse all over him and i found him too boring to say the least hugo lang is a guy who beleaves what he beleaves and takes to extremes to fufill it and his fate is one of the best endings i have ever read in a dr who book period madiline and jake cute couple for vampires i like them very funny in a dark way and i love dark humour very entertaining the whole book feels right for a doctor who slot and i hope stephen moffort picks this story for an adaption ***
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