Invasion of the Cat-People (Doctor Who the Missing Adventures) [Paperback]

Gary Russell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 259 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Pub (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0426204409
• ISBN-13: 978-0426204404
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars awful stench from the litter box, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Invasion of the Cat-People (Doctor Who the Missing Adventures) (Paperback)

Horrendous. Simply god awful. Like the last few seasons of Doctor Who (Ghostlight, Happiness Patrol, Delta and the Bannermen), there seems to be a faction within Who fandom that have decided that Doctor Who stories must make no sense and be numbingly violent and stupid. As bad as THE MAN IN THE VELVET MASK and that's bad. For the reader, I will identify the exact spot where the book just dies. When "Tim" tells Ben and Polly that he's an alien. From that point on the story ceases and the reader is treated a mishmash of events just slapped together. It's as if the author just had something better to do. The book is very PC. If that helps.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gary, come on, try!, July 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Invasion of the Cat-People (Doctor Who the Missing Adventures) (Paperback)

Following on from his excellent "Legacy", Russell follows with a drab, self-indulgent effort which does not fit in with the era of the Second Doctor. Poorly written, characterised and structured.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre, fantastic, and exciting, September 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Invasion of the Cat-People (Doctor Who the Missing Adventures) (Paperback)

Gary Russell manages to capture both the charm of the early days of Doctor Who and the sophistication of the later episodes & novels. The characters are odd, the science is wonky, and the plot is strange, but it is all very intertaining. Perhaps one of the best parts of the book is the reactions of Ben & Polly, two characters from the 1960s, to the 1990s. Having traveled to the fictional far future and the distant past without so much as a shrug, we get to see these characters' reactions to the real future of England awaiting them in 30 years time: CDs, personal computers, and McDonalds hamburgers!