Tempus Sinister

Evil UnLtd #4

by Simon A. Forward

The Farce Of The Dark Side.

Villains are the new Heroes in this epic Sci-Fi series.

Chronocide.

A long-cherished ambition for Professor Doomladen. Time is relative and in his estimation she’s a crabby, demanding old aunt, past overdue for bumping off.

Dexter Snide has murderous intentions towards other targets – Six and the PHUX Corporation who have stolen his TV station and his Tree, obliging Evil UnLtd to slum it in a derelict girls’ school in the branches of a mere Sapling attached to the hull of a Myxomatosan Death Warren.

In an imperfect present, one means of getting Evil’s future back on track is to turn back the clock. Dexter’s uber-devious scheme provides a tempting opportunity for Doomladen to achieve his ultimate goal. To kill Time.

But such temporal tampering is a sure way to attract the attentions of new enemies. Like a certain mysterious traveller in a blue box...

Worse, Time is a bitch. Mess with her and she messes back.

633 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 24, 2015

About the author

Simon A. Forward is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of Doctor Who spin-offs. He currently lives and works in Penzance with his wife as a full-time writer.

Forward specialises in sci-fi novels such as Doctor Who. His most recent work is Evil Unlimited for the Kindle. Simon's first published work was the short story One Bad Apple in BBC Books' Doctor Who anthology More Short Trips (BBC Books, 1999). Following this, Simon had a proposal for a Past Doctor Adventure accepted, and the subsequent novel, Drift, was published by BBC Books in 2002.

Having a successful novel behind him, Simon contacted Gary Russell about the possibility of writing for Big Finish's range of audio adventures. The enquiry resulted in him writing the audio play The Sandman (Big Finish, 2002). Simon went on from this to write several short stories for the Big Finish Short Trips volumes, as well two subsequent audio adventures.

Forward also wrote the novella Shell Shock (Telos Publishing Ltd., 2003). This was part of their range of Doctor Who novellas and is now out of print. In the same year, Simon also had another Doctor Who novel published by BBC Books, the Eighth Doctor Adventure Emotional Chemistry (BBC Books, 2003).

2009 saw two novelisations of the BBC television series Merlin, followed by a third in 2010.

2010 also saw the independent publication of an original SF Comedy, Evil UnLtd, in ebook form.

Reviews

[Craig Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another welcome installment to this fantastic comedy series. This book, number 4, is heavy on the time travel - which is no bad thing - but still packed with laughs, some of which are laugh-out-loud funny (and some are real groaners). The characters, well known to regular readers, carry on their evil exploits against their numerous enemies and try to even thwart time itself. The plot is complicated - as is often the case with this series - but worth sticking with. Don't make the mistake of putting the book down for a week, as you'll have to get your head back around whatever Machiavellian plot twist Forward has engineered for his band of misfits and anti-heroes. The best part of this book, however, is the fantastic Doctor Who parody - ingenious stuff from the author. Newcomers might be best served starting at book #1 in this series otherwise they might get lost in the back-plot - but this is a series definitely worth investing in. Another great read from the author.

[Adam Highway · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, this is simply magnificent. If you’re a fan (and if not, for shame, what’s wrong with you!?) of Snide et al, then this will tick all the boxes one would want ticked.

But, oh but, if you’re also discerning enough to be an aficionado of Doctor Who, this is a tour de force of camp joy, knowing winks, telling nods, and outright loving mockery. Peals and peals of laughter.