Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks [Paperback]

Terrance Dicks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1979

Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks

Product Details

• Paperback: 141 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books (March 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0523419864
• ISBN-13: 978-0523419862
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,760,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fair beginning, February 3, 2000

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Kevin L. Nenstiel "omnivore" (Kearney, Nebraska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (Hardcover)

The book was not my introduction to Doctor Who but seeing the video in a catalog clarified for me just how much I had missed the Doctor. This is a good introduction to the Doctor, his principal enemy the Daleks, and the subtlly intellectual nature of the Doctor Who series. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. A masterpeice of the battle between good and evil, September 22, 1997

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This review is from: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (Hardcover)

I found this book an excellent story, one that should go down in history as a classic. It covers not only obvious evil (the Daleks), but an evil emerging that exxceeds even that of the Daleks themselves -- the 22nd century mercenaries, whose plan it is to destroy the beginning of their struggle 200 years back but actually bring it upon themselves

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Novelization, July 12, 2009

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Nancy A. Fox (West Covina, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (Pinnacle Doctor Who #1) (Paperback)

This is a good novelization of a Doctor Who story from the early 1970s. Terrence Dicks, Doctor Who's script editor from 1970-1974, has done a nice job keeping the story moving and fleshing out the characters more than we get to see in the television serial.

This is a good story from the Doctor's exile on Earth, involving time travel, hairy beasts, human resistance and of course the Daleks. Guerrillas from the future travel to the 20th century to stop a great war from happening, so that the Daleks can't conquer the Earth. The Doctor of course gets involved and is able to time travel to the guerrillas' future, due to some borrowed alien technology. There are some lovely plot twists and turns (nothing too strenuous as this is a young adult's book) and some interesting characters.

I'd have to say the weakest part of the story is actually the Daleks. I actually think the story would have worked better with some different/new alien menace. However, the Daleks are the Doctor's oldest foes, and the creatures that put Doctor Who on the map, so to speak, so I can understand the desire to trot them out again for the fans. Another tiny problem I had was with the cover artwork. O.K., I can accept that the drawing of the Ogron is probably what the production team would have wanted to create if they'd had the time and budget, but what's up with the UNIT spaceship?

You don't have to have seen this particular story to enjoy this book, and you probably don't need to be familiar with the Doctor and his exploits. If you get the Pinnacle edition, Harlan Ellison has written a wonderful introduction to the Doctor and his exploits for the uninitiated. It is a fun story, engagingly written and a fun way to spend an afternoon.