Doctor Who: The TV Movie (Target Collect

O livro em si chegou meio sujo, o lacre um tanto estranho, mas nada que interferisse na leitura. É um pocketbook, com a capa quase uma Canson. Mas no geral ele é bem bonitinho, com o título em dourado.Sobre a história: É definitivamente uma ÓTIMA adaptação. Pra quem é fã da franquia, definitivamente um must-read, porque explora muito melhor os personagens do filme, em especial o Lee e a psique da Grace e do próprio Doutor em alguns pontos. Algumas cenas são alteradas, e sinto que todas as alterações foram boas e se tornaram mais pertinentes do que os acontecimentos conforme o filme.

For those of you wondering, yes, The Doctor says he is half human in this novel. And no, The Master does NOT say The Doctor’s retinal pattern is a human pattern in this novel.First, the half human line The Doctor gives is clearly in jest, a line meant to distract a man who has a keycard that The Doctor needs to pickpocket. It doesn’t need to go further than that really.Plus, The Master’s revelation in The Movie that The Doctor is half human is edited out here by the author which allows The Doctor’s half human line to definitely just be seen as a joke, a distraction. There ARE ways to explain away the retinal pattern idea (for example, show runner Russel T. Davies came up with the suggestion that The Doctor COULD change species if they wanted to) but taking it out of the story is an acceptable retcon.The novel adds a bit more to the scene where Lee is opening the Eye Of Harmony as well, as we get to see Lee viewing The Doctor’s previous incarnations back to Hartnell. A nice little scene that wasn’t in The Movie. There’s also a bit of backstory for Lee as well, so if you wanted to know more about him, there you go.I’ll also mention that the book opens much better than the movie. Rather than a voiceover via Paul McGann, McCoy as 7 opens the book in his Tardis before being contacted by the Timelords via mentally communicating with him, and The Masters final request delivered to him that way, explaining that it was the Timelords who enlisted The Doctor to get the remains of The Master from Skaro. It’s a much nicer opening and gives us more of McCoy.The Movie gets a lot of criticism, unwarranted criticism, but it’s not really that bad. It’s a decent enough Who story and this novelization is well worth reading.

I was hesitant to read this one as I'm not particularly fond of the TV movie. I remember when it first aired on television and I was a bit disappointed with it. Having said that, I feel Gary Russell did an excellent job with the book - I definitely liked it more than the TV movie. I strongly recommend it.

This was my first time reading a Target Doctor Who novel, although I’d heard great things about them since childhood.I loved It! The book follows the storyline of the Doctor Who TV Movie, featuring the 8th Doctors adventures with Dr Grace Holloway in San Francisco on the eve of the millennium, as they try to fool the nefarious plans of The Master.The book adds some interesting elaboration of the backstory to the TV Movie - the Doctor stealing The Masters remains from Skaro, plus other tidbits that Who geeks (like me) will love.A great read for anyone who has watched the TV movie.I look forward to reading more Target adaptations of Doctor Who TV episodes!

Aside from one minor typo and slight cover damage, an enjoyable read with some detail expanded on as well. Fans will wish this for their collection.