Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (Doctor Who #96) [Paperback]

Terrance Dicks (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Target (July 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0426201663
• ISBN-13: 978-0426201663
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,758,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very good novelization, April 21, 2011

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (Doctor Who #96) (Paperback)

When the (third) Doctor journeys to Stangmoor Prison to observe a demonstration of the Keller Machine, which is designed to take away a convicts negative emotions, he is appalled by what he sees. There is something evil about the machine and the Doctor must convince the powers that be that it must be destroyed. Meanwhile, it appears that someone is trying to sabotage the World Peace Conference, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart wants the Doctor to help him get to the bottom of it. Little do either realize that the same evil mastermind is behind both plot - the Doctor's old nemesis, the Master. Can the Doctor defeat the Master's evil plan and prevent a catastrophe of global proportions?

This is a very good novelization the Doctor Who serial of the same name that originally aired from January 30 to March 6, 1971. Author Terrance Dicks did a good job of novelizing the show, making it quite readable and enjoyable. As a Doctor Who fan, I was quite pleased with this book and highly recommend it!

3.0 out of 5 stars Worst threat ever, July 13, 2005

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Bill Huebsch (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (Doctor Who #96) (Paperback)

In the midst of this one the Doctor makes a statement something along the lines of "this is the most dangerous enemy ever". Wait a minute, he says that in an awful lot of stories, I'd hate to see the most most dangerous enemy ever.

The Doctor, along with Jo as his companion, are still stuck on Earth in this one. Unfortunately, so is the Master. The Master hatches yet another plot with the invention of a machine that can remove the evil from a hardened criminal. How can this be a world dominating move? Hmmm, guess for that you need to read the book.

I found this one a bit less interesting than many of the other novelizations I've read, but still an OK story. It takes less than two hours to read, so there are certainly worse ways to spend your time.

3.0 out of 5 stars The Master vs. the world, November 2, 2000

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"grrreg" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (Doctor Who #96) (Paperback)

A bit of an oddity in Doctor Who's eighth season, 'The Mind of Evil 'actually has a plot with multiple levels. It is adapted here by Terrance Dicks who was the script editor at the time.

The Doctor and Jo visit Stangmoor Prison to witness a new method for rehabilitating criminals: the Keller Process, which drains all evil impulses from the minds of criminals. But something goes wrong with the first British test subject, who dies. Little do they realise, but Professor Emil Keller is none other than the Master, and the Keller Process is only one of many strands to his complex web.

This story is more in line with Doctor Who's season seven, and may very well be more suited to presentation as a novel than on video (where the serial exists only in black and white) where it is a little slow moving and shows the limited budget of the show.