nwhyte's review
http://nhw.livejournal.com/1037395.html#cutid9[return][return]The Malcolm Hulke novelisations have been a bit hit and miss for me, so I am very glad to end on a high note. Where some of his other books are rather irritatingly written down for a younger readership, Doctor Who and the Green Death is written much more maturely - at one point Jo offers to pose topless for Professor Jones, which is rather prophetic in view of later developments in Katy Manning's career. (In fairness, their romance is one of the best constructed narratives of romantic companion departure in the whole of Who; perhaps the only serious rival is Vicki/Troilus in The Myth Makers.) For once, Hulke's political themes are well-judged and match the tone of the narrative, and although we lose the full mania of the screen version of the mad computer, BOSS, we also (as so often from this era) lose the dodgy special effects. A particularly good effort.
dodau's review
3.0
Based on an TV episode from the 1970's so light on plot and character development. Notable for the last adventure featuring Jo Grant who in the space of three days manages to fall in love and decide to leave a time travelling lifestyle for one in a commune in North Wales.
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