David A. McIntee
Paperback | Pages: 281 pages Rating: 3.83 | 178 Users | 23 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Face of the Enemy |
| ISBN: | 0563405805 (ISBN13: 9780563405801) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Past Doctor Adventures #7, Adventures of the 3rd Doctor #34 |
| Characters: | Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, The Master (Doctor Who), Harry Sullivan |
Description To Books Doctor Who: The Face of the Enemy (Past Doctor Adventures #7)
The Doctor and Jo have gone off in the TARDIS, leaving the Brigadier and UNIT facing a deadly mystery - and a moral dilemma...Robbery and murder are on the increase in Britain as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. The Master seems inextricably linked to the chaos - despite the fact he is safely under lock and key.
Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered - contaminated with radiation and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on Earth.
As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy...
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| Title | : | Doctor Who: The Face of the Enemy (Past Doctor Adventures #7) |
| Author | : | David A. McIntee |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 281 pages |
| Published | : | January 1998 by BBC Books |
| Categories | : | Media Tie In. Doctor Who. Science Fiction. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 178 Users | 23 ReviewsJudgment Out Of Books Doctor Who: The Face of the Enemy (Past Doctor Adventures #7)
Review here: https://fsfh-book-review2.webnode.com...Didnt really enjoy this book.
I have to say I disagree with fan consensus on this novel, which seems to see it as one of the best all time stories.This is definitely McIntee on the upswing, much better than his first three Doctor Who novels. And it is also quite exciting as it comes together at the end and The Master and Brigadier make a good pairing to play against each other.The disappointment is that there is still so much fanwank in this it overwhelms everything else. And whilst it becomes good at some points there are
McIntee has written many spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as one each based on Final Destination and Space: 1999. He has also written a non-fiction book on Star Trek: Voyager and one jointly on the Alien and Predator movie franchises. He has written several audio plays, and contributed to various magazines including Dreamwatch, SFX, Star Trek
McIntee has written many spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as one each based on Final Destination and Space: 1999. He has also written a non-fiction book on Star Trek: Voyager and one jointly on the Alien and Predator movie franchises. He has written several audio plays, and contributed to various magazines including Dreamwatch, SFX, Star Trek
McIntee's novel, set between Day of the Daleks and The Sea Devils, is the rare Doctor Who novel that features not the Doctor but instead his nemesis The Master. In our hero's absence, the Master teams up, albeit very reluctantly, with those stalwart men of UNIT, Sergeant Benton, Captain Yates, and the Brigadier, against a common and deadly foe, a mysterious group known as the Conclave. UNIT also calls in a favor from the now-married former companions of the First Doctor, Ian and Barbara
"The Face of the Enemy" is fairly typical McIntee, high on action, low on probability. Alright, this novel is a deliberate fan wank, designed as such, and so pulls off that questionable job admirably enough. The Doctor and Jo are gone, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is left to deal with an alien menace on his own, except that it is not really alien and he doesn't go it alone. Instead, he finds himself recruiting help from Ian and Barbara and the Master. The story itself mixes equal parts of
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