Tag: Jon Pertwee

Dr. Third

Dr. Third

by Adam Hargreaves (Penguin, 2018)

Hargreaves_Dr Third

Doctor Who rendered in the distinctive Mr. Men style and with the same careless writing. Pertwee’s Doctor is well captured, as are the lighter aspects of the UNIT era more generally, but the text in no way does justice to the pictures.

 

 

Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters

Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters

by Terrance Dicks; read by Katy Manning (Bolinda, 2014)

[first published by Target, 1977]

Dicks_Carnival of Monsters

Precious few Target novelisations reach heights anywhere near those of the original broadcasts; certainly none by Terrance ‘run-of-the-mill’ Dicks. Carnival of Monsters is elevated somewhat in audiobook form by voice artist Katy Manning, whose range encompasses even a husky Jon Pertwee imitation.

 

Doctor Who: Pest Control

Doctor Who: Pest Control

by Peter Anghelides (BBC Audio, 2008)

Anghelides_Pest Control

Although read by David Tennant and featuring the Tenth Doctor and Donna, Pest Control harks back thematically to the Jon Pertwee era (and not just by namechecking ‘chitinous’). As such, the parasitic hatch-outs seem overly sanitised and the Doctor’s moralism somewhat underplayed.

 

Derelict Space Sheep