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Doctor Who: Byzantium! (Doctor Who) (Mass Market Paperback)
by Keith Topping (Author)

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Mass Market Paperback: 283 pages
Publisher: BBC Books (2 Jul 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0563538368
ISBN-13: 978-0563538363
Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 2 cm

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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 98,501 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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A First Doctor novel. The Tardis arrives in 64 AD close to the ancient capital of Byzantium. The Doctor warns of the brutality and corruption to be found here, only to see his party split up. Each believe that the others are dead and must cope with the complexities of the city.

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Dr Who preserves the spirit of the Gospel of St. Mark, 21 Nov 2001

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I must say I expected this novel to be something of a send-up when I saw it described as 'I, Claudius meets The Life of Brian at the pub'. This almost persuaded me not to buy it! Thankfully I did, and avoided missing the wonderful passages where Dr Who (yes I will call him that if I want to) criticises the three pompous scribes for robbing St.Mark's writing of its soul as a side-effect of their translation. The book is influenced by I, Claudius in a way I found hugely enjoyable, and the input from The Life of Brian was happily understated. I did find it difficult to imagine that schoolmaster hero of my childhood, Ian Chesterton, stripped naked and being chased around a bedroom by the lascivious Antonia, though I felt confident throughout that Barbara would be never be betrayed by her champion to the extent of Ian actually bedding this strumpet from antiquity. I didn't like the top and tail of the novel with its glimpses at a future, henpecked Ian, but then I never have cared for this sort of inclusion: it disrupts the flow of the adventures, especially if one tries to read them in their logical order. Overall, though, a delightful little tome, and its content a welcome change from one new alien race after another being trotted past us, often the case in post-Hartnell Dr Who.