Doomsday Weapon/Doctor Who Series Number Two [Paperback]

T. Dicks (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pinnacle (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558171894
• ISBN-13: 978-1558171893
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,758,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The two renegade Time Lords, March 7, 2006

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This review is from: Doomsday Weapon/Doctor Who Series Number Two (Paperback)

_I found this to be a quite enjoyable revisitation with the good Doctor. While I remember the original airing of this episode, the book fleshes things out a bit better. It reads quickly and with few let downs in interest or action.

_It was especially nice to have the Doctor's assistant, Jo Grant, introduced for the first time. But then you have a wealth of the Who universe introduced here: the Doctor himself, Jo Grant, the T.A.R.D.I.S., U.N.I.T., the Time Lords, the Master... If you are unfamiliar with the Who mythos this would be a good place to start- and if you are familiar then it is a pleasant nostalgic reminder.

_Here you have the tale of the two renegade Time Lords. One, the Doctor, broke with the Time Lord code of noninterference to end suffering and bring justice to the Cosmos. The other, the Master, broke with the same code to bring sadistic suffering and personal power to the same Cosmos. It is this that brings them both to a remote planetary colony in the year 2972, and the conflict between a band of agrarian nonconformists and an evil Interplanetary Mining Corporation. Yet, none of them guessed at the ancient, monstrous evil slumbering beneath their feet...