- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Dr Who; Television tie-in edition edition (20 Jun 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0426204743
- ISBN-13: 978-0426204749
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 344,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Doctor takes his new companion, Grant, b ack home to Agora only to find a world in the thrall of old and deadly foes. The Cybermen have taken control and set up a breeding colony to propagate their own race. '
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
There are what seem like hundreds of Doctor Who novels, most written during the hiatus between 1989 and 2004. I came by this one purely for the fact that it went a little more into the conversion process into a Cyberman, a rather different and subtle process to the recent "Alternative Earth" ones portayed in the recent TV episode "Age Of Steel"...
The adventure itself is very well put together and I found it captivating from the start. The Cybermen themselves come across rather better than the "Revenge" ones on which they're based, with a fair amount of menace in their actions. The sixth Doctor too is written well, making me wish that Colin Baker had been given a fairer stab at his TV incarnation all those years ago (he's superb in the audio adventures he's done). The ArcHivist is also well realised, experiencing the ultimate "conclusion" to her research...
Well worth reading, if like me you're a fan without the money or physical space to collect all "tie in" novels.
The adventure itself is very well put together and I found it captivating from the start. The Cybermen themselves come across rather better than the "Revenge" ones on which they're based, with a fair amount of menace in their actions. The sixth Doctor too is written well, making me wish that Colin Baker had been given a fairer stab at his TV incarnation all those years ago (he's superb in the audio adventures he's done). The ArcHivist is also well realised, experiencing the ultimate "conclusion" to her research...
Well worth reading, if like me you're a fan without the money or physical space to collect all "tie in" novels.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Superb action-orientated novel. Quickly paced, with an intelligent plot. Steve Lyons' interpretation of the Sixth Doctor is faultless, and his new companion Grant Markham is compelling and believable. The Cybermen are used well, as is the ArcHivist. The story is accessable to readers new to Doctor Who, while being enjoyable to long-term fans. One of the high points from Virgin's Missing Adventures series.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
From the atrocious depictions of the Sixth Doctor and his latest travelling companion Grant Markham on the front of this novel, to the generic plot and tired concept; Steve Lyons' fourth original Doctor Who story is a real stinker. The characters are unengaging; The Cybermen dull clichés of themselves and the Timelord's new companion instantly forgettable.
Having read all previous `Missing Adventures' from cover to cover (not always without some perseverance) this is the only one I just couldn't finish.
Having read all previous `Missing Adventures' from cover to cover (not always without some perseverance) this is the only one I just couldn't finish.
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