Synopsis:
The return of Omega and Tegan, and another re-write for Gallifrey
Ugh:
The entire episode
Review:
Omega's return! And boy has my opinion changed on this one. There are two plot threads (both Gallifrey and Amsterdam) and I'm not quite sure how they're supposed to be connected. However, at least both of them are interesting... ish. Honestly, I think I would be more appreciative if this had only one plot thread. 6/10
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Monday, December 16, 2019
Fight Club
Synopsis:
Well, i guess it's somewhat like Fight Club?
Ugh:
It's a comedic episode, but i guess maybe Mulder getting dragged into the sewer is somewhat gross
Review:
It's bad, very bad.
But it's so bad it's good!!
It's the Room of The X-Files; with twins who cause mayhem when combined, another banger soundtrack, and Bob Danofus (who we deserve more of), honestly, all this needs is Tommy Wiseau and it would be legendary.
Even if it wasn't meant to be a comedy, it most definitely is, and it is one of the more comedic failures at comedy, and it's a sight to behold.
Not exactly recommended for people who like serious X-Files, but people who liked Je Souhaite and the Room would definitely like this one.
5/10 and 5/10
Well, i guess it's somewhat like Fight Club?
Ugh:
It's a comedic episode, but i guess maybe Mulder getting dragged into the sewer is somewhat gross
Review:
It's bad, very bad.
But it's so bad it's good!!
It's the Room of The X-Files; with twins who cause mayhem when combined, another banger soundtrack, and Bob Danofus (who we deserve more of), honestly, all this needs is Tommy Wiseau and it would be legendary.
Even if it wasn't meant to be a comedy, it most definitely is, and it is one of the more comedic failures at comedy, and it's a sight to behold.
Not exactly recommended for people who like serious X-Files, but people who liked Je Souhaite and the Room would definitely like this one.
5/10 and 5/10
Aubrey
Synopsis:
A murderer comes back from the dead in the form of his granddaughter
Ugh:
B.J's victims (including herself) having either "sister" or "brother" carved into them
Review:
One of the more slasher-like X-Files, coming before Irresistible; it definitely has competition, but it is somewhat equal to Irresistible.
Featuring a serial killer from the 1940s comes back as his grand-daughter (even though he is still alive), his granddaughter, Detective B.J. Morrow, seeks out to finish his crimes, starting with a victim he only raped and ending with him.
The episode starts with B.J. unearthing the bones of the FBI Agents killed by Harry Cokely, with Mulder and Scully trying to figure out what happened to them, with B.J. having visions/nightmares of the original 1942 murders (including of the Special FBI Agents assigned to his murders, Sam Chaney and Tim Ledbetter), and then waking up to find the word sister carved into her chest, Harry's calling card
The action builds up to the climax, where B.J. breaks into each of their houses, failing with Linda Thibedeaux; with Mulder and Scully finding out that B.J.'s grandfather was Harry, and that her grandmother was Linda, with B.J. breaking into Harry's house, killing him, and then trying to kill Mulder, thinking that he is one of the agents, with Scully and Lieutenant Tillman, her father, stopping her.
Definitely recommended to introduce people to the X-Files, and one of the best episodes of Season 2
9/10
A murderer comes back from the dead in the form of his granddaughter
Ugh:
B.J's victims (including herself) having either "sister" or "brother" carved into them
Review:
One of the more slasher-like X-Files, coming before Irresistible; it definitely has competition, but it is somewhat equal to Irresistible.
Featuring a serial killer from the 1940s comes back as his grand-daughter (even though he is still alive), his granddaughter, Detective B.J. Morrow, seeks out to finish his crimes, starting with a victim he only raped and ending with him.
The episode starts with B.J. unearthing the bones of the FBI Agents killed by Harry Cokely, with Mulder and Scully trying to figure out what happened to them, with B.J. having visions/nightmares of the original 1942 murders (including of the Special FBI Agents assigned to his murders, Sam Chaney and Tim Ledbetter), and then waking up to find the word sister carved into her chest, Harry's calling card
The action builds up to the climax, where B.J. breaks into each of their houses, failing with Linda Thibedeaux; with Mulder and Scully finding out that B.J.'s grandfather was Harry, and that her grandmother was Linda, with B.J. breaking into Harry's house, killing him, and then trying to kill Mulder, thinking that he is one of the agents, with Scully and Lieutenant Tillman, her father, stopping her.
Definitely recommended to introduce people to the X-Files, and one of the best episodes of Season 2
9/10
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Field Trip
Summary:
"you're inside of a hallucination, inside a hallucination, inside a hallucination"
Ugh:
The idea of being digested by a giant fungus isn't really a pleasant one, also Skinner leaking fungal fluids in the last hallucination is unsettling.
Review:
This may be one of the if not the only X-Files episodes i will review (who knows), but it's definitely a confusing one. Now I don't think that's a bad thing, but it's both psychological horror and physical horror. Mulder walking in on his own wake, the cave lights which could have very well have been Scully's flashlight, and the supposedly dead Schiffs appearing in the cave; i generally find that it's a surrealist horror show (and coming right before Biogenesis and The Sixth Extinction). and I find that it's one of the better X-Files episodes 9/10
"you're inside of a hallucination, inside a hallucination, inside a hallucination"
Ugh:
The idea of being digested by a giant fungus isn't really a pleasant one, also Skinner leaking fungal fluids in the last hallucination is unsettling.
Review:
This may be one of the if not the only X-Files episodes i will review (who knows), but it's definitely a confusing one. Now I don't think that's a bad thing, but it's both psychological horror and physical horror. Mulder walking in on his own wake, the cave lights which could have very well have been Scully's flashlight, and the supposedly dead Schiffs appearing in the cave; i generally find that it's a surrealist horror show (and coming right before Biogenesis and The Sixth Extinction). and I find that it's one of the better X-Files episodes 9/10
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Paradise Towers
Summary:
The Doctor and Mel decide to visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its residents. However, the establishment is far from what its name suggests. A conflict persists among the Kangs, humanesque, multicolour beings who gather in opposing gangs based on which colour of the rainbow they bear. Furthermore, killer cleaning robots prowl the halls, and a secret in the complex's basement poses the greatest threat of all
Review:
One of the three classic stories i have on DVD, and my first exposure to Seven and classic who, as well as the only one that i both have a novelization and DVD of, this one gives me fond memories.
It's also completely bonkers! With the Kangs (basically, young girls divided by color and playing a game where you take over the other color's base), the Caretakers (obvious name meaning), Kroagnon (the main villain, basically the architect of Paradise Towers, vengeful of people ruining his work, and sealed away, now technically a spirit), and the menacing Cleaners (basically giant roombas).
As well as being Sylvester Mccoy's second TV episode and first post-regeneration episode, it's a shame that we don't get many references (the only one i could really find being in Lucifer Rising), and with the character of Pex, a manly man who may or may not be related to Big Finish exclusive Seven companion Hex/Hector Schofield, who fled during a war (presumably the Thousand Day War) and now lives in Paradise Towers, who later sacrificed himself to stop Kroagnon.
Generally one of the most underrated gems of Seven's run, and with one of the best musical scores of Seven's run (along with Delta and the Bannermen), this is one you should add to your watchlist
10/10
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Summary:
The Doctor and Sarah arrive back in the TARDIS to find London completely deserted – except for the dinosaurs. Has the return of these prehistoric creatures been deliberately planned and, if so, who can be behind it all?
Review:
One of the last stories of the Third Doctor era, i generally enjoy this one, with action-filled sequences, Mike Yates betraying UNIT (and getting extended sick leave), time-travel, and a conspiracy within the government. With a fake spaceship and (of course) dinosaurs, this is generally an exciting 2 and a half hours of Television, as well as the novelization being a fun read.
The only problem i have is the cheap-looking dinosaurs, but even then you can ignore it because it isn't that big of a deal
10/10 for both the Novelization and the TV versions
Time-Flight
Summary:
While investigating a vanishing Concorde at Heathrow Airport, the Doctor and his companions are thrown millions of years back in time, where a mysterious alien called Kalid is trying to control the ancient powers of the Xeraphin.
Review:
Surprise, Surprise! i actually like this story!
While yes, it does suffer from "22-pound budget" syndrome, it at least is an interesting story featuring the Master (spoilerz!!) disguised as Kalid the Magician, the Xeraphin (a race who fused themselves into one, time-travel and mind control shenanigans, Nyssa being somewhat possessed by the Xeraphin, and Tegan's first goodbye (she would later leave in Ressurection of the Daleks).
And, while yes, the Plasmatons look like potatoes on legs, and the landscape of prehistoric Earth does look suspiciously like a quarry, they at least try with it.
and the Novelisation doesn't have these issues (because it's on paper and doesn't need a set to be shot on), and is somewhat superior
7/10 for the TV version, 9/10 for the novelisation
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Very Short Doctor Who Summaries
Note: This will be edited to add more
The Dimension Riders:
The Doctor and Benny at Oxford
First Frontier:
The Greys from The X-Files in Doctor Who
The Krillitane Storm:
Krillitanes in the Middle Ages
The Eyeless:
Glass people and an ultimate weapon
The Doctor Trap:
Hunting the Doctor
The Sunmakers:
Pluto is made into the opposite of a tax holiday
Trading Futures:
Time-Travelling Rhinos in the near future
Ghosts of India:
Ten and Gandhi meet
Original Sin:
The start of the Chris and Roz adventures
Sky Pirates!:
Doctor Who comedy, no seriously
The Many Hands:
Hand related horror with Zombies!
Palace of the Red Sun:
Six and Peri find themselves on a garden planet kept to by robot gardeners and slaves
Divided Loyalties:
This defies all explanation
Sting of the Zygons:
People hunting a Skarasen in the early 20th century
Snowglobe 7:
The Doctor in Martha in a conservational snowglobe in Dubai
The Three Doctors:
It's literally in the title
The Murder Game:
The first appearance of the Selachians
The Slow Empire:
Enter, with the Doctor, Anji and Fitz, an Empire where the laws of physics are quite preposterous — nothing can travel faster than the speed of light and time travel is impossible.
Dead of Winter:
Doctor Who as a series of letters and other prose
Time's Crucible:
Ancient Gallifreyan mind-bender
The Ribos Operation:
"I sell planets!"
Borrowed Time;
Selling more time, what could possibly go wrong? duhrr
Dark Progeny:
Alien babies and terraforming
City at World's End:
Sarath's moon is going to crash into it, and the Doctor is stuck on it without his TARDIS
The Seeds of Doom:
"His blood's turning into vegetable soup"
The Pit:
William Blake in an alien hell, apparently it would be made into TV
The Crusaders:
DEUS VOLT!!!
Destiny of the Daleks:
A semi-comedy on Skaro
Transit:
Doctor Who, but with more of the f-word
Paradise Towers:
People are going missing in Paradise Towers, could it be the Kangs, the Chief Caretaker, or the mysterious architect Kroagnon?
Last of the Gaderene:
a Third Doctor novella featuring a giant alien worm, an aerodrome involved with a plan to colonize Earth, and the Master; it's always the Master.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen:
A Paul Magrs novel featuring satire of J R R Tolkien, some alien poodles, andIris Wildthyme Brenda Soobie
The Dalek Generation:
The Doctor saves some children from the Daleks, but finds out that they've made the people of the Sunlight Worlds think that they are their friends
The Visitation:
The Great Fire of London in Doctor Who
Full Circle:
While returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor and Romana find that they've landed on the planet Alzarius, but the scanner shows Gallifrey and the co-ordinates match Gallifrey's.
Meglos:
An alien shape-shifting cactus steals the Dodecahedron, a power source that also serves as a weapon, while in the form of the Doctor.
Molten Heart:
Alien Crystal People!
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street:
A Doctor Who story structured like a historical text, also, the Doctor's second heart is RIPPED OUT!!
Hope:
A city in a former waste dump in the far future
Anachrophobia:
Clock People possessing people
The Dimension Riders:
The Doctor and Benny at Oxford
First Frontier:
The Greys from The X-Files in Doctor Who
The Krillitane Storm:
Krillitanes in the Middle Ages
The Eyeless:
Glass people and an ultimate weapon
The Doctor Trap:
Hunting the Doctor
The Sunmakers:
Pluto is made into the opposite of a tax holiday
Trading Futures:
Time-Travelling Rhinos in the near future
Ghosts of India:
Ten and Gandhi meet
Original Sin:
The start of the Chris and Roz adventures
Sky Pirates!:
Doctor Who comedy, no seriously
The Many Hands:
Hand related horror with Zombies!
Palace of the Red Sun:
Six and Peri find themselves on a garden planet kept to by robot gardeners and slaves
Divided Loyalties:
This defies all explanation
Sting of the Zygons:
People hunting a Skarasen in the early 20th century
Snowglobe 7:
The Doctor in Martha in a conservational snowglobe in Dubai
The Three Doctors:
It's literally in the title
The Murder Game:
The first appearance of the Selachians
The Slow Empire:
Enter, with the Doctor, Anji and Fitz, an Empire where the laws of physics are quite preposterous — nothing can travel faster than the speed of light and time travel is impossible.
Dead of Winter:
Doctor Who as a series of letters and other prose
Time's Crucible:
Ancient Gallifreyan mind-bender
The Ribos Operation:
"I sell planets!"
Borrowed Time;
Selling more time, what could possibly go wrong? duhrr
Dark Progeny:
Alien babies and terraforming
City at World's End:
Sarath's moon is going to crash into it, and the Doctor is stuck on it without his TARDIS
The Seeds of Doom:
"His blood's turning into vegetable soup"
The Pit:
William Blake in an alien hell, apparently it would be made into TV
The Crusaders:
DEUS VOLT!!!
Destiny of the Daleks:
A semi-comedy on Skaro
Transit:
Doctor Who, but with more of the f-word
Paradise Towers:
People are going missing in Paradise Towers, could it be the Kangs, the Chief Caretaker, or the mysterious architect Kroagnon?
Last of the Gaderene:
a Third Doctor novella featuring a giant alien worm, an aerodrome involved with a plan to colonize Earth, and the Master; it's always the Master.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen:
A Paul Magrs novel featuring satire of J R R Tolkien, some alien poodles, and
The Dalek Generation:
The Doctor saves some children from the Daleks, but finds out that they've made the people of the Sunlight Worlds think that they are their friends
The Visitation:
The Great Fire of London in Doctor Who
Full Circle:
While returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor and Romana find that they've landed on the planet Alzarius, but the scanner shows Gallifrey and the co-ordinates match Gallifrey's.
Meglos:
An alien shape-shifting cactus steals the Dodecahedron, a power source that also serves as a weapon, while in the form of the Doctor.
Molten Heart:
Alien Crystal People!
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street:
A Doctor Who story structured like a historical text, also, the Doctor's second heart is RIPPED OUT!!
Hope:
A city in a former waste dump in the far future
Anachrophobia:
Clock People possessing people
Saturday, December 7, 2019
The Crusaders
Summary:
Peril in Palestine...
The TARDIS lands in twelfth century Palestine, near the city of Jaffa. Barbara is soon kidnapped by the mighty Saracen leader, Saladin, and Ian sets off to rescue her. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Vicki are taken to the court of Richard The Lionheart, who is leading the crusade against the Saracens.
Review:
Now, this is a review of the Novelisation, not of the actual stories, because it was wiped by the BBC.Oh god, how do i put this... it's boooooring. Now i usually expect breaks in the chapters, and yes, this one does have them, but it barely has any. and yes i know that this is a book made in the 60s, but scenes that should have breaks in-between them but they don't, though stuff does happen, i do have to say. Also, i haven't even finished this book, and i started it months ago. So yeah
3/10
Amorality Tale
Summary:
When gangster Tommy Ramsey is released from prison, he is determined to retake control of his East End territory. But new arrivals threaten his grip on illegal activity in the area. An evangelical minister is persuading people to seek redemption for their sins. A new gang is claiming the streets. And a watchmender called Smith is leading a revolt against the Ramsey Mob's protection racket.
Review:
Amorality Tale has one of the highest death counts of all of Doctor Who, of course, being set during the Great London Smog, which had a very high death count.
Featuring Three and Sarah (which didn't have nearly as many TV adventures), as well as mobster Tommy Ramsey, and features the underrated and underused Xhinn.
I actually really love this one. the characters are very well characterized, the villains are very evil, and it's well-paced.
Even the introduction of the History Collection is pretty good, a winner from David Bishop. 10/10
Thursday, December 5, 2019
The Last Dodo
Summary:
The Doctor and Martha go in search of a real live dodo, and are transported by the TARDIS to the mysterious Museum of the Last Ones. There in the Earth section, they discover every extinct creature up to the present day, all still alive and in Suspended animation.
Review:
The Last Dodo is one of the more loopy stories, featuring Ten and Martha in a museum of extinct species, the last Dodo who the Doctor naves Dorothea (a nod to the Doctor's companion Dodo), and Martha accidentally releasing every single one of them trying to save the Doctor from stasis,and many twists.Yes, Jacqueline Rayner does write this with an anti-animal cruelty message, but, honestly, i share this message so i don't have a problem with this (even though i don't exactly like PETA, they are one organization, not all of them), and i find the I-Spyder fun (though why it only includes Earth animals in it is beyond me) 9/10
Snowglobe 7
Summary:
Earth, 2099. Global warming is devastating the climate. The polar ice caps are melting.
Review:
Snowglobe 7 is one of the more forgettable stories from the Ten and Martha NSAs, though, it is somewhat entertaining. The Flisk isn't the best alien race (and could be replaced with psychic humans), Snowglobe 6 and 7 is one of the more forgettable locations, and Beth Cowley isn't nearly characterized enough. However, i do think the Gappa are an interesting villain, that Twelve and Ku'ra are good pseudo-companions, and that the ending scene is somewhat memorable.The most memorable part had to be the scene with the "zombies" in the hospital room of Snowglobe 6, however, that isn't that memorable either, all in all i give this a 6/10
Revenge of the Judoon
Summary
The TARDIS brings the Tenth Doctor and Martha to Balmoral in 1902. Here they meet Captain Harry Carruthers — friend of the new king, Edward VII. Together they head for the castle to see the king — only to find that Balmoral Castle is gone, leaving just a hole in the ground. The Doctor realises it it the work of the Judoon — a race of ruthless space police.
Review
Revenge of the Judoon is a somewhat misleading title, as it's more a prequel and features the Judoon being used as foot soldiers to Challoner and the Peacemakers, who are shape-shifting aliens, as well as Balmoral Castle being kidnapped and moved to the Arabian desert, with Martha and Harry Carruthers sneaking into the Peacemakers, and the Doctor getting into the castle.Revenge also features Arthur Conan Doyle (and a Peacemaker pretending to be him)
This is the third Quick Read, and we have the first historical, however, i don't have I Am A Dalek unfortunately, and i find this one... eh 7/10
Hope
Hope is the second of the Mad Dogs to Trading Futures quadrilogy and the first solo novel by Mark Clapham, it's definitely a story for Anji, featuring her trying to bring back Dave, ultimately trading it for information about the TARDIS with supposed ally Silver.
This story happens in the far future, on the planet Endpoint, a galactic waste dump and also has cities in it, the largest being the titular Hope, ruled over by Silver. People are being killed by some of the last humans in the universe, the Doctor stops this and finds a terraforming device and uses it to make Endpoint habitable. Now this where Hope could have ended, but it doesn't, and while the story could have gone bad in the second half, but it doesn't. However, i haven't got to it yet in my re-reading, so expect a sequel to this. 8/10
This story happens in the far future, on the planet Endpoint, a galactic waste dump and also has cities in it, the largest being the titular Hope, ruled over by Silver. People are being killed by some of the last humans in the universe, the Doctor stops this and finds a terraforming device and uses it to make Endpoint habitable. Now this where Hope could have ended, but it doesn't, and while the story could have gone bad in the second half, but it doesn't. However, i haven't got to it yet in my re-reading, so expect a sequel to this. 8/10
Anachrophobia
Anachrophobia is one of the more horroresque stories that Doctor Who has brought up, featuring the equally scary Clock People (who send you back in time to a moment you would like to change, and make you negate your own future), the Plutocratic Empire; which started a war for profit, and the AT and DT fields; which could either freeze you in time, or age you to death in less than a minute. This could be a futuristic horror movie, with Mr. Misltetoe being somebody i would like to personally slap clear across the room, however, the end portion could very well have been removed and this story would still function, however i admire Morris for having the Clock People take over an entire city, and the twist that Mr Mistletoe is Sabbath is something that you wouldn't see coming, this being Sabbath's second (or third, he may have appeared in The Slow Empire) appearance, it was clear that he would become a recurring villain. 9/10
Trading Futures
Trading Futures is basically the James Bond version of Doctor Who, featuring the Doctor surviving the flooding of Athens in a bank vault, fake and real time travel, Fitz being kidnapped by space rhinos who fill the gap made by the Time Lords; killed off in The Ancestor Cell; and pretending to be the Doctor, and Anji on a boat!
This is one of the most thrilling Doctor Who novels, coming after Anachrophobia by Justin Richards, a horror story, and with The Book of the Still by Paul Ebbs (which i haven't been able to find a copy of) coming afterwards. I should mention that this is written by Lance Parkin, and features two Time Agents(one being a member of Sabbath's crew) and the reccuring character of Control, who last appeared in Escape Velocity.
If you want to introduce your James Bond fan friend to Doctor Who, i would recommend this
10/10
This is one of the most thrilling Doctor Who novels, coming after Anachrophobia by Justin Richards, a horror story, and with The Book of the Still by Paul Ebbs (which i haven't been able to find a copy of) coming afterwards. I should mention that this is written by Lance Parkin, and features two Time Agents(one being a member of Sabbath's crew) and the reccuring character of Control, who last appeared in Escape Velocity.
If you want to introduce your James Bond fan friend to Doctor Who, i would recommend this
10/10
Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
The first in the Cat's Cradle series, and it's bloody marvelous. One of the first stories to explore ancient Gallifrey, and featuring ancient Gallifreyan time-travellers from before they became Time Lords, the Process; a giant leech and the villain, a city separated in time (which is actually the TARDIS), the Doctor going missing for about 100 pages, and the Pythia scenes.
This is an adventure that you need your mind for, and if you don't want that then this book isn't for you, but i definitely did, and it was rewarding
10/10
This is an adventure that you need your mind for, and if you don't want that then this book isn't for you, but i definitely did, and it was rewarding
10/10
Molten Heart
Molten Heart is one of the shortest of the NSA range, clocking in at only 193 pages, but it is a very imaginative novel, featuring rock-people who live in the core of the planet (and no not Steven Universe's rock people), killer steam jets, and the Doctor and "fam" trying to survive, also they haven't had any contact with outsiders, and while The Krikkitmen became a xenophobic "we hate everybody but ourselves, and maybe even ourselves" race, the rock people of Adamantine don't, they still are shocked by it, but they aren't scarred by it.
Also, the world-building in this is very good, i just wish we had more of it
9/10
Also, the world-building in this is very good, i just wish we had more of it
9/10
The Murder Game
It's only the second PDA, and the BBC have made a recurring monster in the form of the Selachians (the Waro should make a second appearance though)
The Murder Game starts out as a murder mystery inside a fictional murder mystery on the Hotel Galaxian, something which reminds me of that one Rick and Morty episode featuring Zigerian scammers, however, a bomb goes off (literally), causing the Hotel Galaxian to de-stabilise and start falling towards earth (it's a space station), and then the Selachians arrive.
The Selachians are one of the only PDA original monsters to get a second appearance (mentions in VMAs don't count), and for good reason because they aren't actually sharks, they actually are fish people in mecha shark suits, but you wouldn't exactly think about it with how action-packed it is, so, what are the Selachians after? The ultimate weapon, basically it's Total Recall's asteroid in two CDs (god i love outdated Sci-Fi), and in the very electronicallized future of 2146 (according to the cover, though it apparently happens in 2136) this would very well indeed be an ultimate weapon.
Props to Steve Lyons, i actually had a messenger conversation with him, apparently, it's a five-part adventure with cliffhangers every three chapters(don't know if this is common knowledge or not, doubt it is though) 9/10
The Murder Game starts out as a murder mystery inside a fictional murder mystery on the Hotel Galaxian, something which reminds me of that one Rick and Morty episode featuring Zigerian scammers, however, a bomb goes off (literally), causing the Hotel Galaxian to de-stabilise and start falling towards earth (it's a space station), and then the Selachians arrive.
The Selachians are one of the only PDA original monsters to get a second appearance (mentions in VMAs don't count), and for good reason because they aren't actually sharks, they actually are fish people in mecha shark suits, but you wouldn't exactly think about it with how action-packed it is, so, what are the Selachians after? The ultimate weapon, basically it's Total Recall's asteroid in two CDs (god i love outdated Sci-Fi), and in the very electronicallized future of 2146 (according to the cover, though it apparently happens in 2136) this would very well indeed be an ultimate weapon.
Props to Steve Lyons, i actually had a messenger conversation with him, apparently, it's a five-part adventure with cliffhangers every three chapters(don't know if this is common knowledge or not, doubt it is though) 9/10
Ghosts of India
A story set in 1940s India with Gandhi and Ten might sound like fanfiction, but it's actually a real novel (though it isn't ero-fanfiction, it's an officially licensed New Series Adventure novel, you swine)
The horror of the Zytron energy and the Gelem Warriors (four people being made into one unstoppable killing machine, it was so bad that it was banned). The Sympathetic character of Veec-Ellen-Savareen-Jal 9 (can we just stick to Veec 9, like the author did?), a rogue Jal Karath being hunted down by the Jal Karath hive
and speaking of which, the (mostly) comedic elements, such as the seaweed Jal Karath (even if they aren't meant to be funny, the image of one of these thinking he's defeated the Doctor, only to be eaten by an elephant gives me a laugh) and a more energetic Ten (somebody should really cut down on his sugar).
Not the most memorable, but i give it a solid 8/10
The horror of the Zytron energy and the Gelem Warriors (four people being made into one unstoppable killing machine, it was so bad that it was banned). The Sympathetic character of Veec-Ellen-Savareen-Jal 9 (can we just stick to Veec 9, like the author did?), a rogue Jal Karath being hunted down by the Jal Karath hive
and speaking of which, the (mostly) comedic elements, such as the seaweed Jal Karath (even if they aren't meant to be funny, the image of one of these thinking he's defeated the Doctor, only to be eaten by an elephant gives me a laugh) and a more energetic Ten (somebody should really cut down on his sugar).
Not the most memorable, but i give it a solid 8/10
The Doctor Trap
I should be mad that this story has two Doctors! (spoilers: one isn't the real Doctor), i should be mad that the other hunters are surgically removed from this story until the end, i should be mad that i'm reading a book basically made for middle schoolers.
But i'm not
The Doctor Trap has a lot to offer, a plot device similar to some of Seven's plan (Remembrance, anyone?), people hunting the Doctor for basically sport, a Doctor "stan" in the form of Baris (and him switching with Baris).
The only real criticism i have to offer is the fact that we don't see nearly enough of Donna, although her "explanation" of the Doctor Trap to Sebastine is brilliant. 9/10
But i'm not
The Doctor Trap has a lot to offer, a plot device similar to some of Seven's plan (Remembrance, anyone?), people hunting the Doctor for basically sport, a Doctor "stan" in the form of Baris (and him switching with Baris).
The only real criticism i have to offer is the fact that we don't see nearly enough of Donna, although her "explanation" of the Doctor Trap to Sebastine is brilliant. 9/10