gingerreader99's review against another edition
3.0
I am going to give this 3.5 stars. There are a lot of good things but also some things that are a bit of a stretch. UNIT going from "hands tied" to requisitioning a Soviet rocket seems a little too much for the still relatively infant organization. Though the characters note that the cooperation is unprecedented ! This is also my first 2nd Doctor story so I am unfamiliar with him and his companions. Perhaps future stories will grow on me a little more. The Brigadier of course was excellent and I always love his appearances.
samigo's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
nwhyte's review
http://nhw.livejournal.com/763482.html[return][return]The TV original of this story has just been released on DVD. This was an eight-part story when first broadcast, here cut down to 160 pages, so a rather extreme rate of compression. But somehow Marter makes it work as he failed to with "The Enemy of the World"; better material to work with, true, but I actually found the plot somewhat easier to follow in the novel as well. The villainous Tobias Vaughn, brilliantly brought to life by Kevin Stoney on screen, is better in some ways here, with several hints that he has already become more (or perhaps less) than completely human, and his change of heart at the end of the story (when he takes on the Cybermen) more consistently portrayed as a fanatic changing targets rather than as a human being brought to his senses we saw on TV. At the same time, no written description can possibly convey Stoney's sinister drawl.
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