gus@Shasta.ARPA (10/21/85)
> For that matter, what Dr. Who books have you seen, read, > bought, etc., and what do you think of them? I have bought about 10 Dr. Who books at a recent convention, and have read about half of them. I found them extremely light reading, and did not realy add anything to the TV versions other than let me catch a few lines that I couldn't follow when seeing the episode. There was one exception, however... The Liesure hive. I actually read the book before seeing the episode which appeared on KTEH, San Jose CA, a few weeks ago. I was honestly disappointed by the TV version. It left a lot out that was covered in detail in the book. The book talks about an entire Mafia- like organization which "buys" planets but never follows a contract through and always manages to obtain the planets when the original owners are beset by some seemingly natural disaster. The TV version only scratches the surface and honestly leaves a lot unexplained. I was honestly comfused by the first episode, or rather, thought that anyone that did not read the book would be comfused. The style seemed quite different, and perhaps too fast paced. The fourth and last episode, on the other hand, seemed to drag on with very little content. This was, incidentally, the first episode of a new season, and the first to use the new music and title sequences. Gus Fernandez
percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (10/25/85)
> For that matter, what Dr. Who books have you seen, read, > bought, etc., and what do you think of them? My overall impression is that the novelizations do not follow the storyline of the episode well enough. The only author I've read (but I have NOT read much!) who actually does a good job with this sort of thing is Terrance Dicks, especially so with his own stories -- most notably "The Five Doctors." Otherwise, no comment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . ------- |-----| A. G. Percus |II II| (ARPA) percus@acf4 |II II| (NYU) percus.acf4 |II II| (UUCP) ...{allegra!ihnp4!seismo}!cmcl2!acf4!percus |II II| -------
percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (10/30/85)
> For that matter, what Dr. Who books have you seen, read, > bought, etc., and what do you think of them? My overall impression is that the novelizations do not follow the storyline of the episode well enough. The only author I've read (but I have NOT read much!) who actually does a good job with this sort of thing is Terrance Dicks, especially so with his own stories -- most notably "The Five Doctors." Otherwise, no comment. . ------- |-----| A. G. Percus |II II| (ARPA) percus@acf4 |II II| (NYU) percus.acf4 |II II| (UUCP) ...{allegra!ihnp4!seismo}!cmcl2!acf4!percus |II II| -------