Eric Saward's Dalek Novelisations

Anyone interested in them?

I'm curious enough to give them a read. See if maybe he adds on or improves on Resurrection and Revelation.

I'll probably get them at some point but at the moment money is a bit too tight to mention for me.

Tanmann wrote:I'm curious enough to give them a read. See if maybe he adds on or improves on Resurrection and Revelation.

I'll probably get them at some point but at the moment money is a bit too tight to mention for me.

Just out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on the original TV stories?

I thought Resurrection was a rather nasty violent, excessive mess that nonetheless had a few gem moments buried in there.

Revelation I thought was mostly really good. It had bits of skewed morality (specifically Saward's skewed ideas of justice) but for the most part the good stuff really outshines the flaws. Though it did leave me with some nagging questions of why Tranquil Repose were willing to work with Davros given human history with the Daleks. Maybe the upcoming book might provide some answers.

Oh sod it.

Resurrection's only £9.99 on Amazon.

I'll order it now.

Tanmann wrote: ... at the moment money is a bit too tight to mention for me.

simply red????

Kind of.

Though I struggle to imagine Mick Hucknall ever being short of money these days.

I read a spoiler about Tegan and I think Eric's been watching Whoflix's fanedits.

Well my copy's just arrived.

It's a lot smaller than I expected.

Tanmann wrote:It's a lot smaller than I expected.

Funny, my ex said that to me once.

Commander Maxil Gale wrote:

Tanmann wrote:It's a lot smaller than I expected.

Funny, my ex said that to me once.

Understandable.

Tanmann wrote:Well my copy's just arrived.

It's a lot smaller than I expected.

May i ask how many pages?

I would be intrested to hear what you think of it.

I liked his "Twin Dilema" novelisation but was dissapointed by "The Visitation".

It's 189 pages, and the hardback fits in my coat pocket.

I've got another book to finish first, but I should be done with that one within a day. Then I can probably get through Resurrection quickly and give you my verdict.

Have you read any of it yet?

Not yet. I'll probably start tomorrow.

Let us know what it's like when you do. I agree with Stengos. His Visitation novel was basically a "he said, she said" affair. No real insights into the character or anything like that. I just hope the Resurrection novel is written in the style of the Twin Dilemma and Attack of the Cybermen novels.

The novel has been reviewed by one person on Amazon and he gave it 1 star...

"Essentially a 208 page Mickey take at the expense of Doctor Who fans, arch, humourless and jaundiced, the writers boredom drips off every page."

It wasn't me....

He sounds like a moody twat whoever he is.

I read Eric saward was not a big fan of JNT casting Colin.

Commander Maxil Gale wrote:He sounds like a moody twat whoever he is.

Well certainly sounds like a fan who has not forgiven Saward (either for the violent direction he took the show in the 80's, or for doing the dirty on JNT and Colin as he did- as Doctor7 pointed out), and is committed to the narrative that New Who owes its success to being so insufferably 'fun' and therefore Saward's writing represents everything antithetically bleak and humourless that killed the old show's appeal.

Now I don't disagree that Saward's writing was a detriment to the show and its hero (or at least a contributing part of it), but the reviewer sounds like the kind of fan who is utterly cultish and fanatical about the idea of what ensured New Who's success, and intolerant of any other way of doing the show.

Tanmann wrote:It wasn't me....

Yeah, the lack of a Warriors Of The Deep rant confirmed it...

The git gave RTD's Rose novelisation 5 stars! Unbelievable.

Commander Maxil Gale wrote:The git gave RTD's Rose novelisation 5 stars! Unbelievable.

Just read it, the mind truly boggles...

I was actually going to write my own novelization of Day of the Doctor, long before Moffat's official version came out, and I posted a draft of chapter one on a particular fanfic site.

However it got rather unfavourable feedback because I think the readers felt the way I described Clara's opening motorbike journey from school to the Tardis, with her getting a bit wet from the vibration of her motorbike seat was a tad inappropriate.