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The fifth Doctor Who takes Tegan and Turlough to Tayborough Sands for a holiday, which is cut short when the crew of a boat are found slaughtered. Tempers are fraying in Tayborough, violent incidents are at an all-time high, and holiday-makers are being transformed into strange monsters.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Above Average DW: It is nice to meet old characters again, April 12 2002

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hakki808 (Aurora, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Blue (Paperback)

Well despite of many holes in the entire plot from the latest story of the fifth Doctor and his companions, Tegan and Trough, it was well written as the Doctor's Sci-fi Adeventures on the stage of 1970's.

Fundamentally, I like the character of the fifth Doctor described in this novel. I have thought he is one of the most volunerble characters among his incarnations. The Fifth one I believe may have been the younger Heroic version of the Original Doctor. I was bit suprised how strong, coniving character he could experess when he confronted with the Queen of the Alien Invaders into the small beach British town during 70's.

What grabed me most was the interaction between Tegan and Mike Yate in the second half of the story line. I love the characterization of Tegan in this novel. The author I believe really described best her strongest and weakest points of her characters I have seen on during 80's. Besides, he grasped well the character of Yate too. I really enjoyed reading our old characters interacting very well in the novel.

I felt unfortunate about a guest character of a pregant teenager. Charolotte. I was wondering how she would have been involved into the end plot though.... Well I would have loved her more gotten involved into the plot of the conclusion. Unfortunately she had disappeared in the second half of the plot till in the end.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Is that a stinger in my neck or are you just glad to see me!, Feb 19 2002

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Daniel Firli (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Blue (Paperback)

To set a fifth Doctor story in a Third Doctor time period would seem a risky move, but Mark Morris successfully achieves this landing the Doctor in the 70's alongside his UNIT pals whilst the other Doctor is off planet somewhere else. Mark has written this with 4 chapters (episodes???) which has the cliffhangers at the end and plays just like the tv series would. Although the book is very violent in some places, with alien hybrids massacring nearly a whole town sending lots of blood and limbs flying. Characterisation is top notch from the Doctor's portrayal, brash Tegan, cowardly and self preserving Turlough to Mike Yates, Benton and the (younger) Brigadier. Overall, a fun, easily read book. RECOMMENDED!!!!

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3.0 out of 5 stars The wrong Doctor and UNIT vs. the alien invaders..., Jan 12 2001

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This review is from: Deep Blue (Paperback)

The Doctor steers the TARDIS back to Earth, and arrives some ten years earlier than intended - in the 1970s. This was the time when his third incarnation had been exiled and later made his base of operations, and when many aliens sought to invade Earth. Now in his fifth incarnation, the Doctor find himself, along with companions Tegan and Turlough, drawn into the UNIT investigation of strange occurrences in the coastal resort of Tayborough Sands, which turns out to be quite gruesome...

Setting a Fifth Doctor story in the milieu more associated with is third incarnation is, perhaps, a little risky - on the printed page, the specific incarnation of the Doctor can be hard to maintain plainly in the mind of the reader, so surrounding him with events and characters that evoke a different incarnation can make this even more difficult. Then there are continuity problems: if this Doctor meets people he knows earlier in time than when he has otherwise met them, the writer has to include reasons why these encounters aren't remembered.

This is the problem I have with 'Deep Blue' - the story that Mark Morris is telling here gets swamped by all the things he needs to do to maintain continuity, and the reader has to keep reminding hi/herself that when the Doctor is talking to the Brigadier, Yates or Benton that this is the Fifth Doctor.

While Mr. Morris doesn't do a bad job at this, the book would have been better had it been a Third Doctor or if the UNIT elements had been from some time other than that strongly associated with the Third.

Also, the nature of the alien invasion depicted herein is, perhaps, not for those with weak stomachs...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great storyline
I love the fifth doctor and I thought this book would be interesting, and it was. The storyline was great to me, you just have to be interested in the story. Read more

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