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annathepiperThe Sensorites is a rather old Doctor Who novel--and unlike all the other Doctor novels I've read so far this year, it's actually just a novelization of an actual episode. The good news is, at 143 pages, it's a very light read. The bad news is, at 143 pages, it's a very light read.
Too light a read, in fact. More than once, I found the author offhandedly summarizing something such as "Barbara persuaded John to do this" or "the Doctor argued the Sensorite Elders into doing that" in a sentence or two, rather than actually spelling that out in dialogue. Classic violation of "show, don't tell", this. The same thing happened fairly often in parts where we're just told that "Susan trusted the Doctor implicitly", or some such.
So, yeah. I've actually seen at least part of the episode this book was novelizing, and the actual episode is a much more interesting implementation of this story. The book? Skippable. One and a half stars.
Too light a read, in fact. More than once, I found the author offhandedly summarizing something such as "Barbara persuaded John to do this" or "the Doctor argued the Sensorite Elders into doing that" in a sentence or two, rather than actually spelling that out in dialogue. Classic violation of "show, don't tell", this. The same thing happened fairly often in parts where we're just told that "Susan trusted the Doctor implicitly", or some such.
So, yeah. I've actually seen at least part of the episode this book was novelizing, and the actual episode is a much more interesting implementation of this story. The book? Skippable. One and a half stars.