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y3xqwnBrS Doctor Who: Logopolis ggEmTNEKq XV-66375 E8IlWVoxA USmix/Data/US-2010 5Q7hekjeG 4/5 From 682 Reviews SQ4rsNu8f Christopher H. Bidmead vljNow3t3 DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub Fj2ehhPIL GktczPCTO 1KPSxDPWM DuMEQnnOm fX0wVBrAX jnhRsjfcx I41sG0IxE mZ8ROSL1b 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. When Novelizations g2QzXuV6M MatteredBy Jason A. MillerI first read the novelization of "Logopolis" when I AEZ71kU0t was in the sixth grade. At that point, all I knew about "Doctor Who" was from P68ci4yjW the few 5th Doctor episodes I'd seen on PBS. I borrowed the book from a 5ZqBBXyu1 classmate who was trying to explain how the 5th Doctor came to be. Said e0hcNmNxB classmate is now a life insurance agent in South Dakota and hasn't had any GlFM0PYHJ contact with "Doctor Who" in fifteen years. The book he loaned me, however, ptQouFi8b remains one of my enduring favorites.The novelizations of the "Doctor Who" TV eYD0Ky7RJ adventures were an unusual breed: for many fans, they served as (at worst) a GKuN8NMwN replacement for, or (at best) an improvement on the series itself. The 1FYZB3Nmj condensing of a TV script into 120 pages gave rise to a peculiar richness of kRNYwzkQZ language that laid the groundwork for a dozen years (and counting) of original JtZtIIsw6 "Doctor Who" novels.Reading the back cover of the "Logopolis" novelization WNlpWY6yA reveals a host of words you don't find any more in books aimed at 12 year-olds. KKxlAmsX8 "Precipitated", for instace. The opening paragraph of the story is unusually literate, presaging the 's death: "Events cast shadows before them...".The story's condensation is most keenly felt in author Bidmead's prose: a lot of on-screen dialogue is converted into plain text. This keeps the narrative moving without turning the novelization into a mere transcript, but also preserves the richness of the original script. In some instances, the story improves from the condensation: most of the shots of Tegan and running up and down the TARDIS corridors have been omitted; instead, we're given a scene were Adric reads from "Paradise Lost". introduces Adric to the TARDIS's "logic circuits", a visually striking piece of equipment never seen on-screen.Best of all is the restaging of the death scenes. When the Monitor dies on-screen, it's done through a straight visual effect, and doesn't make all that much sense. In the novelization, Bidmead makes the demise more graphic, in a manner that couldn't have been realized on television.The Doctor's death, too, is improved. On TV, he climbs along a tilting catwalk on a telescope high above the ground, and is knocked over the edge by an explosion of sparks from a cable he's unplugged. In the book, however, he falls from the catwalk first, and is left clinging to the cable for support. By unplugging the cable he effectively commits suicide; this adds dramatic heft to his final choice and turns the Doctor into, if possible, an even more heroic figure than he was on TV.Much of the relevance of the "Doctor Who" novelization has faded with time: video and DVD have made the stories more accessible than they were in the 1970s and '80s; the fan base has grown up and no longer needs to read books that are 120 pages long. _Logopolis_, however, in spite of a few instances of purple prose and some clunky similes, retains a poetry distinct from the TV story from which it was adapted, and thus still bears reading today.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Save the world or die tryingBy Bill HuebschQuite a good story. The Doctor is up against again and this time pays quite a price for his victory. He manages to save the world, actually the whole universe, but the cost is great for him and the Logopolitans. Aldric is his in this one, although he picks up from Traken again, and adds Tegan.The Master shows up early on and right away starts killing people by shrinking the to the size of dolls. The Doctor and Aldric accidentally bump into him on their way to Logopolis to get the TARDIS's chameleon circuit fixed. From there it is all downhill for the Doctor and his allies as the Master stays a step ahead, right up until the end, when the Doctor finally wins out.I loved the story and it moved along quickly. A short book as all these novelizations seem to be, and easily read in one sitting. Enjoy!4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. The last Fourth Doctor storyBy CustomerThe Doctor materialises the TARDIS by one of the last police boxes in England. His intention is to obtain the measurements of the real one to assist in repairing the TARDIS' chameleon circuit. But little do he and Adric realise that someone had arrived earlier, and an elaborate trap is about to be sprung...'Logopolis' is a very big story, featuring an enormous threat to the entire universe. The Doctor gains two companions (Nyssa, who first appeared in 'The Keeper of Traken', and Tegan), faces an old foe, and gives his life to save the universe.The story is quite clever, tying in with many events of the seventeenth season, and setting in motion the first story of the next season.The adaptation is by Christopher Bidmead, the author of the original script, and is quite worthwhile as well. Not everything makes perfect sense, but there is nothing which detracts from the enjoyment which the story should give you.

An unabridged reading of the final adventure for the Fourth Doctor, novelized and narrated by Christopher H. Bidmead from his original TV scripts. The meddling presence on Earth of the Doctor's arch enemy, the Master, ensures the disruption of normality. Even he is horrified by the threat of total chaos he unintentionally precipitatesuntil he finds a way to turn the imminent destruction of the universe to his own advantage. But the cost for the Doctor himself wiill be terrible...