Glen McCoy

http://nhw.livejournal.com/1068930.html?style=mine#cutid4

It's not a fantastic book, but it is at least at the level of quality of the average Who novelisation, unlike the original series which; it makes you realise just how much the TV original suffered from a) Paul Darrow's overacting as Tekker and b) the pathetic hand-puppet monsters. One of those cases where the reader's imagination is better at supplying the effects.

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/timelash-by-phil-pascoe-and-glen-mccoy/

Rewatching the TV story, I was so annoyed by its flaws that I rather forgot that there was a plot, and reading the novelisation was a useful reminder that there was some purpose to all the running around. Some (but not all) of the sillier lines are cut. A surprising amount of the action is reported indirectly rather than in dialogue.

Given that McCoy wrote the book as well as the series, this is the first Doctor Who novel by a non-white writer.… (mehr)