Dr Who and Planet of Spiders

by Terrance Dicks

Book Overview

?It's happening, Brigadier! It's happening!,” Sarah cried out. The Brigadier watched, fascinated, as the lifeless body of his old friend and companion, Doctor Who, suddenly began to glow with an eerie... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0426106555
• ISBN13: 9780426106555
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Eight-legs good, two-legs bad

The final story of the Doctor's third incarnation, this book plays on arachnophobia long before the movie of the same name.The Doctor is on Earth, following up on an area of interest to him (psychic abilities) when an unfortunate incident between public performer and crypto-psychic, Professor Clegg, and a blue crystal the Doctor brought back from Metebelis Three brings to his attention the interest of the giant spiders from Metebelis Three.Did I say "spiders"? Excuse me, they prefer to be called Eight-legs - so excuse me please ladies.And very creepy they are, too. There they are with psychic powers, and able to possess humans by crouching on their backs (and disappearing, so you don't know who's really possessed).The story is also replete with Buddhist imagery, the return of the disgraced Mike Yates, a strong role for Sarah, a very real and comfortable friendship between the Doctor and the Brigadier, and a surprise person from the Doctor's past. It's a big story with a lot to say.Terrance Dicks adapts this story with a lot of care and attention, making this a worthwhile read.