A review by scarlettsims
Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters, by Malcolm Hulke

3.0

Unlike the other Doctor Who novelization I've read, this one was based on one of the serials from the third Doctor. It was a quick and enjoyable read. I could really picture everything in the book through the lens of old-school BBC...tape? film? I never remember. I think it's tape. Anyway, at the end there's a bit of an explanation of the things that the author changed between the script for the serial and the novel. Apparently, he added a bit more characterization and backstory to the minor characters, which is something cool that can be done in a book that's a bit harder with the limited time and budget of television. If you like Doctor Who, definitely give it a go it's not world-class literature or anything but that's not the point.