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Eighth Doctor Adventures #40
Doctor Who: Endgame
Feliks, an acquaintance of the Doctor's, is killed in an accident. He leaves the Doctor a coded message. With difficulty, the Doctor decodes the message and finds himself caught up in the middle of a dangerous, world-threatening conflict.
249 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2000
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Terrance Dicks
326 books219 followersTerrance Dicks was an English author, screenwriter, script editor, and producer best known for his extensive contributions to Doctor Who. Serving as the show's script editor from 1968 to 1974, he helped shape many core elements of the series, including the concept of regeneration, the development of the Time Lords, and the naming of the Doctor’s home planet, Gallifrey. His tenure coincided with major thematic expansions, and he worked closely with producer Barry Letts to bring a socially aware tone to the show. Dicks later wrote several Doctor Who serials, including Robot, Horror of Fang Rock, and The Five Doctors, the 20th-anniversary special.
In parallel with his television work, Dicks became one of the most prolific writers of Doctor Who novelisations for Target Books, authoring over 60 titles and serving as the de facto editor of the range. These adaptations introduced a generation of young readers to the franchise. Beyond Doctor Who, he also wrote original novels, including children’s horror and adventure series such as The Baker Street Irregulars, Star Quest, and The Adventures of Goliath.
Dicks also worked on other television programmes including The Avengers, Moonbase 3, and various BBC literary adaptations. His later work included audio dramas and novels tied to Doctor Who. Widely respected for his clarity, imagination, and dedication to storytelling, he remained a central figure in Doctor Who fandom until his death in 2019, leaving behind a vast legacy in television and children's literature.
In parallel with his television work, Dicks became one of the most prolific writers of Doctor Who novelisations for Target Books, authoring over 60 titles and serving as the de facto editor of the range. These adaptations introduced a generation of young readers to the franchise. Beyond Doctor Who, he also wrote original novels, including children’s horror and adventure series such as The Baker Street Irregulars, Star Quest, and The Adventures of Goliath.
Dicks also worked on other television programmes including The Avengers, Moonbase 3, and various BBC literary adaptations. His later work included audio dramas and novels tied to Doctor Who. Widely respected for his clarity, imagination, and dedication to storytelling, he remained a central figure in Doctor Who fandom until his death in 2019, leaving behind a vast legacy in television and children's literature.
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November 25, 2023
I maybe should have revisited Players before continuing my EDA re-read (this time in story order) as this follows on from that Sixth Doctor tale.
There's something nicely comforting about Dicks writing that made this both engaging and educational with the Cold War setting including some historical figures.
Whilst this isn't the strongest story in the 'Earth Arc', I liked how Dicks handles the apathetic amnesiac Eighth incarnation.
There's still some nice nods to the past. It also helps that plot is quite breezy and action-packed, it's always a pleasure to read something by Uncle Terrance.
There's something nicely comforting about Dicks writing that made this both engaging and educational with the Cold War setting including some historical figures.
Whilst this isn't the strongest story in the 'Earth Arc', I liked how Dicks handles the apathetic amnesiac Eighth incarnation.
There's still some nice nods to the past. It also helps that plot is quite breezy and action-packed, it's always a pleasure to read something by Uncle Terrance.
November 14, 2021
The last Eighth Doctor novel to be written by Terrance Dicks was The Eight Doctors, the inaugural novel in the range and a book that was a total mess with no real direction. Since then, the book range has evolved in response to different authors taking the Eighth Doctor into new places. Dicks contributed a second novel, Endgame, smack bang in the middle of the time where an amnesiac Eighth Doctor is stuck on Earth with no TARDIS and lives throughout the 20th century. This book brings the audience to what would be part of Dicks’ own childhood, the early Cold War of the 1950s and especially the Red Scare in the United States of America. The Doctor is attempting to stay out of it, but behind the scenes are the Players, the alien, time travelling interferers who like to use human beings as pieces in their intergalactic game. Endgame increases the callousness that Dicks introduced in Players by portraying the Players themselves as completely alien, just viewing humanity as pieces and the game as something that must be done. They are entering their Endgame which involves getting President Harry S. Truman to investigate psychic phenomenon and play against the fear of Russian and communist agents in the United States.
This is a book which is a reflection of The Turing Test with the Doctor still not quite recovering from the way things ended with Alan Turing, and that novel is intertwined with this one, despite the moving forward in years. Dicks takes a very interesting position, far from the standard view of Britain and the United States during the 1950s, that they were just as at fault if not more at fault than the Soviet Union would be, despite Stalin’s crimes against humanity. The Red Scare is examined as a source of paranoia where people were going against their neighbors and friends, and Dicks also brings in ideas of the Lavender Scare, a similar situation with LGBT people, with a few characters defecting because of their sexualities where it was technically better. The Doctor is portrayed as almost an impartial observer, being portrayed almost like a politician on his own, going across the globe and only really getting involved when its clear there is something alien going on throughout the story. He is written as almost in a deep depression, sad due to being unable to save Turing and knowing just how the Cold War is going to go, so there is this sense that he is interfering because he has to. What’s interesting is that he doesn’t remember the events of Players but understands just why they must be stopped. It’s deaths that spur the Doctor into action and outside of the Players there are the intelligence agencies who once becoming aware of the Doctor begin to put together just what might be off.
The Endgame itself is one involves attempting to make the Cold War hot with burst of aggression from people you wouldn’t be expecting. This is an interesting analysis from Dicks about the anger and it is taken to its complete endpoint where if President Truman was infected with this aggression to make the world end in a nuclear holocaust. There is something very human with the double agents not being treated as evil, but as people just trying to see the war to a peaceful and cold end. There is this beautiful scene where the Doctor shares a moment building a model train with the child of a member of the CIA which is very short, but it’s something that is in isolation. Dicks does fall apart with some of the pacing, this being a fairly short book that at points it feel like Justin Richards’ editing might have made some of the original work feel padded instead of a natural length which is a shame as Dicks’ prose is genuinely great. Overall, Endgame continues the great trend of the Eighth Doctor on Earth arc doing the obvious continuation of The Turing Test that only falls apart due to the editorial state of the story, something that Dicks acknowledges at the end, but is something that still works and provides a tense Cold War thriller. 8/10.
This is a book which is a reflection of The Turing Test with the Doctor still not quite recovering from the way things ended with Alan Turing, and that novel is intertwined with this one, despite the moving forward in years. Dicks takes a very interesting position, far from the standard view of Britain and the United States during the 1950s, that they were just as at fault if not more at fault than the Soviet Union would be, despite Stalin’s crimes against humanity. The Red Scare is examined as a source of paranoia where people were going against their neighbors and friends, and Dicks also brings in ideas of the Lavender Scare, a similar situation with LGBT people, with a few characters defecting because of their sexualities where it was technically better. The Doctor is portrayed as almost an impartial observer, being portrayed almost like a politician on his own, going across the globe and only really getting involved when its clear there is something alien going on throughout the story. He is written as almost in a deep depression, sad due to being unable to save Turing and knowing just how the Cold War is going to go, so there is this sense that he is interfering because he has to. What’s interesting is that he doesn’t remember the events of Players but understands just why they must be stopped. It’s deaths that spur the Doctor into action and outside of the Players there are the intelligence agencies who once becoming aware of the Doctor begin to put together just what might be off.
The Endgame itself is one involves attempting to make the Cold War hot with burst of aggression from people you wouldn’t be expecting. This is an interesting analysis from Dicks about the anger and it is taken to its complete endpoint where if President Truman was infected with this aggression to make the world end in a nuclear holocaust. There is something very human with the double agents not being treated as evil, but as people just trying to see the war to a peaceful and cold end. There is this beautiful scene where the Doctor shares a moment building a model train with the child of a member of the CIA which is very short, but it’s something that is in isolation. Dicks does fall apart with some of the pacing, this being a fairly short book that at points it feel like Justin Richards’ editing might have made some of the original work feel padded instead of a natural length which is a shame as Dicks’ prose is genuinely great. Overall, Endgame continues the great trend of the Eighth Doctor on Earth arc doing the obvious continuation of The Turing Test that only falls apart due to the editorial state of the story, something that Dicks acknowledges at the end, but is something that still works and provides a tense Cold War thriller. 8/10.
October 11, 2018
Terrance Dicks' second (and final) entry into the Eighth Doctor Adventures pays homage to the Cold War spy genre. Set during that Doctor's long exile to Earth with amnesia and no TARDIS, Endgame has the Cold War finally catching up with the Time Lord in 1951. Opening with shades of John le Carre classics like The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Smiley's People, the Doctor is reluctantly drawn into events by a friend living in exile. Eventually connected with the soon to be infamous Kim Philby, he becomes involved with the Cambridge spy ring before finding himself caught up in the secret machinations of the superpowers. Except someone else is involved, trying to push both sides towards nuclear war: the Doctor's old foes the Players, if only he could remember them.
The resulting novel is a fun, breezy Cold War spy thriller that runs the length of that genre from serious to spy-fi, all the while held together by a firm characterization of Paul McGann's Doctor as the reluctant hero who nevertheless finds a missing purpose in being involved. If you're a Who fan who also likes spy fiction, you'll very much appreciate it for what it is. Otherwise, it's an enjoyable outing from Doctor Who's most dependable writer.
The resulting novel is a fun, breezy Cold War spy thriller that runs the length of that genre from serious to spy-fi, all the while held together by a firm characterization of Paul McGann's Doctor as the reluctant hero who nevertheless finds a missing purpose in being involved. If you're a Who fan who also likes spy fiction, you'll very much appreciate it for what it is. Otherwise, it's an enjoyable outing from Doctor Who's most dependable writer.
December 20, 2025
Terrance Dicks gives us his version of the Cold War in this inevitably pulpy romp, which acts as a sequel to his Sixth Doctor book, Players.
The sequel part is oddly one of the weaker elements — neither book can really be bothered to explore his idea about sportsmanlike time travelling miscreants, which is a pity as it had potential. Dicks also has some bizarre ideas about how to characterise the Eighth Doctor, opting (as he has done previously) for whizzo fighting skills and an apparent ease with murder. WTF. That said, he makes an interesting fist of the amnesia arc, and it’s always fun to watch the Doctor run rings around the baddies.
The plot is minuscule and half-hearted, but the pace is terrific, and some of the supporting characters (like Guy Burgess) are cartoonishly enjoyable. I had fun here, although I still wish that Uncle Terry would occasionally push himself as a novelist.
The sequel part is oddly one of the weaker elements — neither book can really be bothered to explore his idea about sportsmanlike time travelling miscreants, which is a pity as it had potential. Dicks also has some bizarre ideas about how to characterise the Eighth Doctor, opting (as he has done previously) for whizzo fighting skills and an apparent ease with murder. WTF. That said, he makes an interesting fist of the amnesia arc, and it’s always fun to watch the Doctor run rings around the baddies.
The plot is minuscule and half-hearted, but the pace is terrific, and some of the supporting characters (like Guy Burgess) are cartoonishly enjoyable. I had fun here, although I still wish that Uncle Terry would occasionally push himself as a novelist.
September 24, 2019
The late Terrance Dicks wrote a superb spy thriller with the 8th Doctor? Who knew? I certainly didn't! I really enjoyed Endgame, but it was very different from any of the other Doctor Who novels I've read. And that's good because you have a chance to view the Doctor from a different angle.
The story is set in real events of the Korean War era when McCarthy was suspecting everyone and amping up his Red Scare in the United States. But since the Doctor spends much of the time in England, the US is more of an afterthought. There are double, and maybe even a triple spy or two, a mysterious Shadow organization that desperately wants to provoke nuclear war, and then there's the Doctor. He'd love to know where and why he fits into any of this, but he barely knows his name, alter and that that blue box is important to him for some reason....
The story is set in real events of the Korean War era when McCarthy was suspecting everyone and amping up his Red Scare in the United States. But since the Doctor spends much of the time in England, the US is more of an afterthought. There are double, and maybe even a triple spy or two, a mysterious Shadow organization that desperately wants to provoke nuclear war, and then there's the Doctor. He'd love to know where and why he fits into any of this, but he barely knows his name, alter and that that blue box is important to him for some reason....
December 1, 2025
So after the dumpster fire of a book that was Turing Test, honestly, it was nice to just have a book that was easy and fast to read.
This book has an unwilling 8th doctor in 1951 being essentially roped into a situation where he has to stop aliens from escalating the tensions in the cold war and causing a nuclear war.
That may sound a little dry, and at times, it is, but it reads well enough and there's enough doctor in it to make it interesting. There's some action to be sure, but not a lot. Like Turing Test, there's a lot of conversations over tea and a lot of politics, but this one stands out from the previous book because this one i was actually able to focus on and it wasn't complicated.
I don't know why these who authors overall feel the need to make such complicated stories, but Terrance seems to get it and writes a fun, short, easy to follow story. This probably stems back from his days of working on the show, but overall, it was a fun experience.
The side characters weren't great in this one i have to say. It was one of those where i completely forgot who was who, with the exception of the one character where they felt they needed to remind you he was gay every 3 pages. it's like "okay, we get it. move on".
There's an old group of villains from the doc's past, so that was kind of interesting, and it was cool to see a story where there wasn't a bloodbath of innocent people. Honestly in the whole story i think like.... 2 random people died. So extraordinarily low body count for one of these books and that's refreshing. Not every doc who book needs to be a bloodbath.
After Turing, this one was a breath of fresh air and pulled me out of the doc who reading slump turing put me in. So that's a good. Finished this book in like 3 days and quite enjoyed it.
All in all, 3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4. Just because it's so nice to see a doc who book that actually had me WANT to keep reading out of interest rather than obligation.
This book has an unwilling 8th doctor in 1951 being essentially roped into a situation where he has to stop aliens from escalating the tensions in the cold war and causing a nuclear war.
That may sound a little dry, and at times, it is, but it reads well enough and there's enough doctor in it to make it interesting. There's some action to be sure, but not a lot. Like Turing Test, there's a lot of conversations over tea and a lot of politics, but this one stands out from the previous book because this one i was actually able to focus on and it wasn't complicated.
I don't know why these who authors overall feel the need to make such complicated stories, but Terrance seems to get it and writes a fun, short, easy to follow story. This probably stems back from his days of working on the show, but overall, it was a fun experience.
The side characters weren't great in this one i have to say. It was one of those where i completely forgot who was who, with the exception of the one character where they felt they needed to remind you he was gay every 3 pages. it's like "okay, we get it. move on".
There's an old group of villains from the doc's past, so that was kind of interesting, and it was cool to see a story where there wasn't a bloodbath of innocent people. Honestly in the whole story i think like.... 2 random people died. So extraordinarily low body count for one of these books and that's refreshing. Not every doc who book needs to be a bloodbath.
After Turing, this one was a breath of fresh air and pulled me out of the doc who reading slump turing put me in. So that's a good. Finished this book in like 3 days and quite enjoyed it.
All in all, 3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4. Just because it's so nice to see a doc who book that actually had me WANT to keep reading out of interest rather than obligation.
June 7, 2024
Insane to me that this is by the same person as The Eight Doctors. I know that Terrance Dicks is much more than either of these books -- a longtime writer of the show and like eight zillion Target tie-in novels -- but The Eight Doctors was so bad it stopped me in my tracks the first time I tried to read the EDAs, and I loved this. Despite the technical brilliance of the last book in the series, The Turing Test, this was the first time in the entire Earth/amnesia arc that I have really felt I was with the Doctor. We finally get his POV on his whole situation, and in summary: dude's depressed. Near suicidal with no interest in anything -- or in anyone, in the world anymore.
Until he crosses paths with, of all people, Kim Philby, and from there you get a wonderfully silly spy novel, with some impressive action (Eight is channeling Three at this stage of his amnesia) and just enough emotional weight in the Doctor's personal journey. He also gets a sexy haircut and a bunch of fun outfits. Just call him Smith, John Smith.
I had a blast.
The Eighth Doctor Is Tall Count: 1, from a woman who's down bad for him, so much like Fitz, she may just be delusional.
Until he crosses paths with, of all people, Kim Philby, and from there you get a wonderfully silly spy novel, with some impressive action (Eight is channeling Three at this stage of his amnesia) and just enough emotional weight in the Doctor's personal journey. He also gets a sexy haircut and a bunch of fun outfits. Just call him Smith, John Smith.
I had a blast.
The Eighth Doctor Is Tall Count: 1, from a woman who's down bad for him, so much like Fitz, she may just be delusional.
October 25, 2025
The whole "wartime spy" novel typically isn't my genre, but Dicks did a commendable job here. The Doctor is center stage once more, and taking an active role in the unfolding events of the main story. The narrative begins in 1951, with the UK involved in the Cold War with Russia and on other fronts with Korea. The Doctor unwittingly becomes a spy for the Brits when he finds himself to be in possession of an encrypted letter meant for a double/triple agent. Strange pockets of aggression are also happening across the world, and the Doctor suspects there is an other-worldly or paranormal cause. He is initially reluctant, but eventually forced, to unravel the mystery.
The story moves quickly, it's written well, and I found myself interested in spite of myself. We're now coming to the end of the Doctor's amnesia and exile on Earth, and I'm intrigued to find out what will happen in the next novel.
The story moves quickly, it's written well, and I found myself interested in spite of myself. We're now coming to the end of the Doctor's amnesia and exile on Earth, and I'm intrigued to find out what will happen in the next novel.
June 20, 2024
I enjoyed this quite a lot, primarily due to the surrounding settings. The Cambridge spy ring has always been an interest of mine since seeing/reading Alan Bennett’s plays about Anthony Blunt (who isn’t in this book) and Guy Burgess (who is) and this reminded me that I still need to find/read a definitive book on the group.
November 4, 2020
Nice blend of the historical and fantasy. Classic Dicks!
February 5, 2022
Terrance Dicks has a certain way of writing that just makes a story flow easily. That being said I still don't know or understand why The Doctor has amnesia
June 20, 2023
A nice blend of Doctor Who and a spy novel based in the 1950's.
(Razor didn't understand agents, double agents, and triple agents, but thought the book was OK.)
(Razor didn't understand agents, double agents, and triple agents, but thought the book was OK.)
October 25, 2019
Very different adventure. I liked it.
This was almost The Doctor in a James Bond role. I like stories that would be hard to put on a screen. Some good, if dated, characters and a lot of fun.
This was almost The Doctor in a James Bond role. I like stories that would be hard to put on a screen. Some good, if dated, characters and a lot of fun.
October 29, 2021
As I recall, Terrance Dicks wrote most of the novelisations that I read at school, but this is the first time I've read one of his original stories. It's a bit more adult than his other books, with some slightly gruesome descriptions of torture, although it's no worse than an Ian Fleming novel in that regard.
The back cover doesn't identify which incarnation of the Doctor this is, and the story reminded me of The Next Doctor (the Christmas episode from 2007): I didn't recognise the Doctor from his physical description, and he has some gaps in his memory along with a TARDIS that isn't, er, fully functional. Meanwhile, he's apparently mastered the Vulcan nerve pinch. So, I assumed that this was (potentially) a future incarnation, and that all would be revealed. However, the book ended without addressing this mystery, so I had to turn to the internet for answers. According to the Endgame entry at the TARDIS wiki: "This is the fourth story in the Earth Arc", and it features the 8th Doctor. Also, based on separate digging, I gather that this is a sequel to Players (6th Doctor story, also written by Terrance Dicks). That's fine, but I shouldn't have to rely on an external source for this basic information! Would it really be so hard to just stick an extra page at the start of the novel with a quick recap of the story so far? It works on TV, after all. ("Previously, on Stargate Atlantis...")
This novel is set on Earth in 1951, and it involves some real historical figures, e.g. Kim Philby. If you know a bit about 20th century history then you'll be able to predict some of the plot, which involves international espionage. Personally, I feel a bit uneasy about this, since these people lived so recently, so there could be people reading the novel who actually knew them personally. Ethically, I suppose that it shouldn't really make any difference how long ago someone lived, but I prefer not to blur fact and fiction like this.
The back cover doesn't identify which incarnation of the Doctor this is, and the story reminded me of The Next Doctor (the Christmas episode from 2007): I didn't recognise the Doctor from his physical description, and he has some gaps in his memory along with a TARDIS that isn't, er, fully functional. Meanwhile, he's apparently mastered the Vulcan nerve pinch. So, I assumed that this was (potentially) a future incarnation, and that all would be revealed. However, the book ended without addressing this mystery, so I had to turn to the internet for answers. According to the Endgame entry at the TARDIS wiki: "This is the fourth story in the Earth Arc", and it features the 8th Doctor. Also, based on separate digging, I gather that this is a sequel to Players (6th Doctor story, also written by Terrance Dicks). That's fine, but I shouldn't have to rely on an external source for this basic information! Would it really be so hard to just stick an extra page at the start of the novel with a quick recap of the story so far? It works on TV, after all. ("Previously, on Stargate Atlantis...")
This novel is set on Earth in 1951, and it involves some real historical figures, e.g. Kim Philby. If you know a bit about 20th century history then you'll be able to predict some of the plot, which involves international espionage. Personally, I feel a bit uneasy about this, since these people lived so recently, so there could be people reading the novel who actually knew them personally. Ethically, I suppose that it shouldn't really make any difference how long ago someone lived, but I prefer not to blur fact and fiction like this.
April 8, 2009
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2079089.html#cutid2[return][return]Continuing the arc of the amnesiac Eighth Doctor, this novel actually has some similarities with The Turing Test, its immediate predecessor in the series, but I enjoyed it more (not saying much, I'm afraid). We are now in 1951, with the Players trying to resolve their Game through causing, or preventing, nuclear war. The story swirls round the Cambridge Spies, with Burgess, MacLean and Philby playing key roles and the Doctor and Peri eventually flying to Washington and Moscow to prevent the Players from working their way on the minds of Truman and Stalin, with a final emotional appeal on behalf of humanity melting their inhuman hearts. The research was clearly meticulous, but the results not all that inspiring.
April 25, 2014
Der Doctor Who-Roman "Endgame" spielt vor der historischen Kulisse des Kalten Krieges und ist in erster Linie eine Spionage-Geschichte.
Während der Doctor mit einem Gedächtnisverlust zu kämpfen hat und am liebsten in Ruhe gelassen werden will, heizt eine unbekannte Fraktion namens "the Players" den Konflikt zwischen Amerika und Russland immer mehr an. Als Geheimdokumente ungewollt in seinen Besitz gelangen und der MI6 die "blaue Box" in seinem Keller beschlagnahmt, wird der Doctor gezwungen zu handeln.
Endgame ist eine schöne Spionage-Geschichte und außerdem eine sehr "erwachsene" Doctor Who-Geschichte, die mir viel Spaß gemacht hat. Neben historischen Figuren wie Truman und Stalin spielen auch die Cambridge Spies eine tragende Rolle, allen voran Kim Philby, der den Doctor zur Zusammenarbeit zwingt.
Während der Doctor mit einem Gedächtnisverlust zu kämpfen hat und am liebsten in Ruhe gelassen werden will, heizt eine unbekannte Fraktion namens "the Players" den Konflikt zwischen Amerika und Russland immer mehr an. Als Geheimdokumente ungewollt in seinen Besitz gelangen und der MI6 die "blaue Box" in seinem Keller beschlagnahmt, wird der Doctor gezwungen zu handeln.
Endgame ist eine schöne Spionage-Geschichte und außerdem eine sehr "erwachsene" Doctor Who-Geschichte, die mir viel Spaß gemacht hat. Neben historischen Figuren wie Truman und Stalin spielen auch die Cambridge Spies eine tragende Rolle, allen voran Kim Philby, der den Doctor zur Zusammenarbeit zwingt.
July 21, 2011
I liked this far more than I thought I would, having heard bad things about Terrence Dicks' DW novels. Probably helped by my immense weakness for fucked-up spies, oh hey there, Cambridge Five. A bit info-dumpy in places (like, on introducing just about every historical figure ever), but I like historical stuff, so I didn't mind. Some adorable character moments from the Doctor (trying to curb Philby's drinking habits, for example). You get a good sense of the Doctor's weariness as his exile on Earth drags on. Other than that, it's fairly light, entertaining reading, nothing particularly stand-out-amazing or -dreadful about it.
Also, enquiring minds would like to know exactly what the Doctor was up to between the end of The Turing Test and Endgame.
Also, enquiring minds would like to know exactly what the Doctor was up to between the end of The Turing Test and Endgame.
December 14, 2009
Eighth Doctor Adventure (EDA) without companion, a filler story in the Earth arc. One of a loose trilogy of stories concerning the Players (the others are 'Players' with the sixth Doctor and 'World Game' with the second Doctor), but each can stand alone. One of the few grown up Doctor Who 'original novels'. The first half was really sweated over (Frederick Forsyth lite), the second half is more typical of the author and not so involving and a tad too easily resolved. The editor missed a few of the author's in-text rewrites.
April 13, 2013
I wasn't very impressed with the Players. For immortals, they were terribly stupid.
The Doctor's James Bond adventure was fun, and the look at how his 100 years alone on earth have really started to get to him was suitably troubling. Seeing 7 and Ace walk by was really painful. I just wanted to reach into the story and yell at them. Really I'm surprised that 8 hasn't run into more of his past--especially considering the situations he still gets into.
If you love the Doctor, read it.
The Doctor's James Bond adventure was fun, and the look at how his 100 years alone on earth have really started to get to him was suitably troubling. Seeing 7 and Ace walk by was really painful. I just wanted to reach into the story and yell at them. Really I'm surprised that 8 hasn't run into more of his past--especially considering the situations he still gets into.
If you love the Doctor, read it.
November 16, 2016
The Doctor becomes embroiled in Cold War spy games when a friend of his asks for help. The Players are back and trying to destroy the world. This is very much a spy story with the traditional readability that Terrance Dicks always has. This shows how much the Doctor is affected by not having his memories. A good read.
January 4, 2011
Ok...even Uncle Terry gets to drop the ball once in a while. He's on record as being unable to finish it...though considering the lack of substance, I'm surprised there was anything of substance left to complete! Very disappointing.
March 10, 2010
This was a fun read. I enjoyed the human politics being contrasted to those of the Players, who have shown up in Doctor Who stories before.
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