Do You like book Doctor Who: Galaxy Four (1986)?
Doctor Who novels can be hit or miss ... this one is more of a miss, can't say if it's the fault of the noveliation, or of the original script, although I suspect the original script, since the scriptwriter also penned the novel. I'm not able to compare the story against the original broadcast, I've seen very few of the Hartnells, and while he's not my least favorite Doctor (that would be reserved for Colin Baker), he's somewhere nearby in my personal rankings. The plot is not helped along by the race against time elements of a planetary explosion, and the story is less-resolved than later incarnations of the Doctor who would have resolved everyone's differences before entering the TARDIS and heading off to the next mysterious destination.
—stormhawk
I have to say this Target novelisation was much better than most. Normally they keep very close to what you'd see on the screen whereas this one delved into the characters head and gave everyone's thoughts and motivations, which was great. (And in the case of Stephen wanting to shoot Maaga kinda screwed up). I read this knowing very little about the story except there was a team of aliens who were all women. I liked it a lot. It followed a standard Doctor who plot with some interesting twists and turns and I really liked how much Vicki got used in the 2nd half of the story. Very glad I was able to pick up a copy.
—Mel
