The English Way of Death (Doctor Who - the Missing Adventures Series)

by Gareth Roberts

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Collection

Publication

London Bridge (Mm) (1996), 272 pages

Description

The Doctor, Romana and K-9 are hoping for a holiday in London in the sweltering summer of 1930. But the TARDIS is warning of time pollution. And that's not the only problem. What connects the isolated Sussex resort of Nutchurch with the secret society run by the eccentric Percy Closed? Why has millionaire Hepworth Stackhouse dismissed his staff and hired assassin Julia Orlostro? And what is the truth behind the infernal vapour known only as Zodaal? With the heat building, the Doctor and his friends set out to solve the mysteries. An adventure set in 1930s London, featuring the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker and his companions Romana and K-9.

User reviews

LibraryThing member gothamajp
Roberts knows how to write Doctor Who, but somehow this one failed to connect with me. The characterization and voices of the 4th Doctor, Romana, and K-9 are spot on, but I just didn’t care about any of the other characters. The plot revolving around deadly alien mists, zombies, and stranded
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time-travelers was a muddle. This History Collection series works best when the tales are linked to a specific historical event, which wasn’t the case here with the setting a pastiche of a 1930s style “society novel” which irritated rather than engaged me. A rare miss of a Doctor Who tale.
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Original language

English

Original publication date

1996-03-21

Physical description

279 p.; 4.5 x 1 inches

ISBN

0426204662 / 9780426204664
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