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Summary: Some sauce for the goose and fried Drahvins
Review: A good story. It goes without saying that it could have been better written but it is not with out some quirky pleasures. There are some nice character vignettes. Vicki gets to shine as does Steven. The Rills are well presented. The story is the classic don't judge by appearance fable with the added spice of the evil beautiful aliens, the Drahvins, being a dead on critique of Feminism with it's totalitarianism and mind smothering thought processes presented intact. As the Doctor muses, "How do you explain to a fool that he's a fool?" Answer. You can't. Consequently, the book and the story will be hated by the PC thought police but it does add an interesting and unexpected spark to the story. The big character gaffe is having the Doctor thinking and speaking about his coming regeneration. At this stage of the series, regeneration was an unknown concept so it is a mistake continuity wise. Another destroyed story brought to life on print and not all that badly.
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Summary: Some sauce for the goose and fried Drahvins
Review: A good story. It goes without saying that it could have been better written but it is not with out some quirky pleasures. There are some nice character vignettes. Vicki gets to shine as does Steven. The Rills are well presented. The story is the classic don't judge by appearance fable with the added spice of the evil beautiful aliens, the Drahvins, being a dead on critique of Feminism with it's totalitarianism and mind smothering thought processes presented intact. As the Doctor muses, "How do you explain to a fool that he's a fool?" Answer. You can't. Consequently, the book and the story will be hated by the PC thought police but it does add an interesting and unexpected spark to the story. The big character gaffe is having the Doctor thinking and speaking about his coming regeneration. At this stage of the series, regeneration was an unknown concept so it is a mistake continuity wise. Another destroyed story brought to life on print and not all that badly.
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Summary: A story that doesn't stand the test of time
Review: William Emms adapts his own script in this novelisation.The fundamental message of this story is that "beauty is only skin deep". The TARDIS arrives on an unnamed planet, where they have an odd encounter with a robot, named by Vicki as a Chumbly, before being captured by abgroup oif female warriors known as the Drahvins. The Drahvins claim that the planet will self-destruct in a few days time, and seek the assistance of the TARDIS crew in defeating another downed spacecarft of aliens, the Rills, who have managed to repair their ship. They prompt the travelklers by holding one of them hostage against the success of the mission. While casting good-looking women as villains may have not been very copmmon in 1965, it is so old hat by now that what may have been surprises when the show was broadcast will surprise no one these days. This is not greatly assisted by William Emms uninspiring adaptation.
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Summary: A story that doesn't stand the test of time
Review: William Emms adapts his own script in this novelisation. The fundamental message of this story is that "beauty is only skin deep". The TARDIS arrives on an unnamed planet, where they have an odd encounter with a robot, named by Vicki as a Chumbly, before being captured by abgroup oif female warriors known as the Drahvins. The Drahvins claim that the planet will self-destruct in a few days time, and seek the assistance of the TARDIS crew in defeating another downed spacecarft of aliens, the Rills, who have managed to repair their ship. They prompt the travelklers by holding one of them hostage against the success of the mission. While casting good-looking women as villains may have not been very copmmon in 1965, it is so old hat by now that what may have been surprises when the show was broadcast will surprise no one these days. This is not greatly assisted by William Emms uninspiring adaptation.
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