DOCTOR WHO AND THE ANDROID INVASION [Mass Market Paperback]

Terrance Dicks (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books; First Edition edition (1980)
• ISBN-10: 052340641X
• ISBN-13: 978-0523406411
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,218,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Lack of surprise follows lack of surprise, November 28, 2000

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"grrreg" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (Paperback)

The Doctor is still trying to get Sarah back to Earth, the TARDIS arrives outside the village of Devesham, not too far from the Space Research Station which, for some reason, UNIT are now set up at. However, something is wrong. There are mysterious happening and unlikely coincidences which point to the fact that something else is happening.

I have this view that, while not all of Terry Nation's Dalek stories are wonderful, whatever else he writes for Doctor Who is worse. While not as bad as 'The Keys of Marinus', this story isn't too flash either.

Labelling the story 'The Android Invasion' goes quite some way to telling the reader (and viewer of the original TV serial) what is happening here. Terry Nation's use of fairly simple characters doesn't help, and his portrayal of returning UNIT regulars Harry Sullivan and RSM Benton is flat and bland, and since these were the last appearances of these characters (at least on TV), a fairly poor sending off.

In the season in which this story appeared, this story was the low point. Novelisation didn't change that.

4.0 out of 5 stars A good novelization of a classic story, May 24, 2001

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M. Konczewski (Havertown, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who #009: Android Invasion (Mass Market Paperback)

"The Android Invasion" was one of the classic Tom Baker stories from the BBC-TV days. While the climax didn't quite take off, the opening was quite memorable. The Target novelization does a fine job in creating the flavor fo feel of the old story, and has the advantage of not being hampered by sub-par special effects ;-). No hard-core Who fan should be without it.