Hulke's novelisation is brilliant and highly regarded and was a profound influence on the 9-year old me, which was I surprised to discover when I read "The Discontinuity Guide" in the mid-1990s that the TV story was not well thought of. And yet, when I saw it during my marathon, it's more than perfectly adequate and a real relief after nearly two years of Earth-bound stories. This is much more like DW should be (well, how it *was* in the late 1970s when I was most firmly affected by it). Anyway, it's no "The Mutants"!
Hulke's novelisation is brilliant and highly regarded and was a profound influence on the 9-year old me, which was I surprised to discover when I read "The Discontinuity Guide" in the mid-1990s that the TV story was not well thought of. And yet, when I saw it during my marathon, it's more than perfectly adequate and a real relief after nearly two years of Earth-bound stories. This is much more like DW should be (well, how it *was* in the late 1970s when I was most firmly affected by it). Anyway, it's no "The Mutants"!