Second to fifth paragraphs of third chapter of Eric Saward's novelisation:'You were mistaken,' said Grigory.
Natasha tugged at the body-bag. 'Unwrap him.'
'Are you sure you want to see this?'
'There is no other way of proving he's actually here.'
Second paragraph of third chapter of Jon Preddle's novelisation:Grigory took a hand-scanner from his ( Read more... )

There's a new novelisation out of the Fifth Doctor story Resurrection of the Daleks by Eric Saward, which prompted me to go back and rewatch the original 1984 story on which it was based, and also to reread the fan novelisation published some years ago by Paul Scoones ( Read more... )

I've given a partial answer to this with the earlier question about books I hate; I have seen no merits in Dan Brown, J.D. Salinger, Stefenie Meyer, Arthur Golden, Alice Sebold, Paulo Coelho, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jodi Picoult or Anne Rice worth celebrating.

So I'm going to veer into my own specialist interest, and single out three Doctor Who ( Read more... )

There is a minor character in this novel who is an unsuccessful author: When Horace's book was finally published, it was viciously attacked by the critics. This was sad, as no-one had been able to disprove anything he had written. It was even sadder that the critics, blinded by their own prejudice, could not see the energy, grace and skill that had ( Read more... )

( 21) Doctor Who - the Twin Dilemma - incredibly bad )

Continuing my project, these are the novelisations of the Season 20 stories, plus one that got away from Season 19 and the anniversary special. A number of these confounded my expectations.

( 5) Doctor Who and the Visitation, by Eric Saward - better than expected )

1) Doctor Who Short Trips [6]: Past Tense, ed. Ian Farrington

A bit more of a mixed bag than the two other collections I've read in this series, with some real turkeys - the nadir of the collection, interestingly, is an eight-page sketch which doesn't appear to have been properly finished, by none other than Eric Saward. But there are some very ( Read more... )