The human race stands at a worrying political crossroads. UNIT is up to its ears in alien sightings, reporting of UFOs and threats from other worlds - and for good reason - the devil goblins from Neptune have landed.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not too bad at all,
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This review is from: The Devil Goblins from Neptune (Dr. Who Series) (Paperback)
Wish I could say more than "not bad", and the truth is it ISN'T a bad book, but it isn't quite the Doctor Who we're used to. It almost feels as if Ian Fleming or Ken Follet contributed to this book, lots of "spy stuff" and policital intrigue. It's good to see UNIT back, with Lethbridge- Stewart, Yates, and Benton, but it's all a bit strange, Key to the story are an American spy who infiltrates UNIT for information, leaving a trail of bodies and destruction behind him; and Russian guerillas determined to abduct the Doctor to solve their problems of a mysterious mine in the tundra, from which no human investigators return. Meanwhile, the Doctor is being jumped upon and nibbled on by--you guessed it--Devil Goblins from Neptune. There's a bit too much Spy VS Spy-type activity, and not enough of the Doctor, who seems to be unconscious through quite a bit of the book. Once or twice I began to wonder if the author had forgotten the Doctor altogether. It picks up towards the end when the Doctor becomes more active and prepares to avert a nuclear attack by the Devil Goblins. If you find it a bit hard to start on, as I did, I recommend you keep going, the pace changes frequently enough to keep you interested and hanging on, but not so quickly that you can't keep track of what's happening. I was pleasantly surprised with a book I thought I would end up laying aside, and thoroughly enjoyed as it went on.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Elements of the 3rd Doctor,
This review is from: The Devil Goblins from Neptune (Dr. Who Series) (Paperback)
An exciting and intriguing plot told with dialogue and characterizations that ring true to all the beloved early Pertwee years Dr. Who characters: Liz Shaw, Yates, Benton and Lethbridge-Stewart. Pertwee's Doctor was always concerned with social issues that blended into adult plotlines without ever overshadowing the story and characters. Like Pertwee TV stories, this book mixes scifi, espionage, and a taste of horror (which was later exploited fully in the Baker years) and delivers all of these elements with style and vigorous pacing that never allows any single element or character to get in the way of an exciting tale. It is a guilty pleasure that surpasses expectations. Like the early Pertwee stories, it offers a satisfying plot, fully-developed characters and the same sense or reality that made the first seasons of the third Doctor seem so relevant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stupid title, good story.,
This review is from: The Devil Goblins from Neptune (Dr. Who Series) (Paperback)
This is a great who novel with the third doctor. It really flushes out a lot of Unit history and helps to understand unit's place in the bigger international picture. Russian Unit includes a great women charecter and Liz and the Doctor are written in such a way that I could hear them speaking the dialogue. As usual with Who novels, I felt the ending was just thrown togetheras an after thought, but I have come to expect that. A great page turner, this reads like Terrance Dicks better books, but with the introspection of Mark Gaitiss. Try this novel and you will be happy.
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