Classic Who > New Who, hands down.

Okay book adds a little extra background

Ah, this is how I like my Doctors ... curly-haired and twinkly-eyed. Enough years have passed since I saw the episode and read this book that while familiar, it still held some surprises.

http://nhw.livejournal.com/1046178.html#cutid3[return][return]Alas, this was a case where the novelisation exposes the flaws of the original story a bit more; no longer distracted by the visuals of working out who is who, the incoherency of the Kraals' plan to Konkwer Erth is much more difficult to ignore.

too many characters!

Original Rating 3

2023 audio re read 3

Not the best of TD adaptations. It doesn’t add anything to the story that I could remember or identify, unlike the better ones.
It has a strong opening, TARDIS landing in English village that is deserted with no sounds of traffic or animal life at all. The apparent suicide of an army corporal and the appearance of space suited persons who immediately try to kill the Doctor and Sarah Jane.
So far so good, but then the story just runs out of steam. The actual plan that the kraal’s are following seems very weak at best if not stupid at worst.
So an okay story from a season that had highs and lows.
The audio is read by Geoffrey Beever who as always does a good job, although unfortunately every time I hear his voice I think of the Master but what can you do about that tbh.

Overall recommendation for completists or those working through the target series (or season 13)

Sublime Doctor Who.

Is it cheap to shore up my reading list with Doctor Who books? They're not particularly substantial. Literary snacks, really. Still, I read about a million of these things in the late 1980s, and, as books go, they're the kind of series I always wanted to write - brief, cerebral, pulpy, and prolific. And they look pretty on a shelf all in a row.

That having been said, they're numbered funny. Second on the list is based on a serial released when the TV series was 12 years old. Still, it's not like the story is unfamiliar: it's Doctor Who's take on "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," with android duplicates raining down on England in pods, as spearhead to the Kraal invasion of Earth.

Terrance Dicks could be pretty economical with the stories he was contracted to novelize. His stories challenged the maxim that the book is always better. He does better with better material, but this wasn't a particularly lackluster story to start with, and I had the sense that he was phoning it in.

Before there were dvds and videos Dr Who episodes used to get released as novels so kids (and grown ups) could re-read their favourite adventures. Unfortunately as a child I never had any of these books as I would have loved them and read them again and again. So a friend was selling a few old ones she'd been given and I had to read them. The Android Invasion is an episode I think I may have seen a long time ago, but definitely one I don't remember well. I sat down and read this while I was not feeling very well and it was almost as fun as watching the episodes. I liked how the author very quietly poked fun at the running through the corridors and them being in another quarry. The characters came across as they would on the show. The plot to this was rather silly, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Sarah Jane managed to rescue the doctor twice, as well as save his life once. Now I think I need to watch the actual episodes.

the very first doctor serial I saw on television as a kid, brings back memories. I'm a big fan of uncle Terry prose found this book quite enjoyable

A fun read about the Doctor with his wonderful companion Sarah Jane Smith.

A good novelization of a pretty weak TV episode.
The bad guys feel more menacing than in the show.