At the time they wanted to get a script written he was no longer available, so Douglas Adams was called in. It was originally partially written as a story for the series Doctor Who by David Fisher who wrote many of the episodes at the time. This book came to be in a rather offhand way. This is a novelization of the original episode and in such some slight changes have been made and the character development is more intense.

If you enjoy the writing style of Douglas Adams, you will probably enjoy this fun romp in the always entertaining world of Doctor Who. If you are a fan of dialogue that intrigues and entices, you will love it. If you do not know who Doctor Who is, but are a fan of SciFi, you will enjoy it. That said Doctor Who: City of Death is a fascinating read with wonderful dialogue and exceptional writing in the way the series does. Also I am not a huge fan of science fiction, although I know the original screen writer Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide) is a legend. I came to the show late in life and in the series. I have to first say that although I am a fan of the television show Doctor Who, I am not a diehard Whovian. Soon the Time Lords are embroiled in an audacious alien scheme which encompasses home-made time machines, the theft of the Mona Lisa, the resurrection of the much-feared Jagaroth race, and the beginning (and quite possibly the end) of all life on Earth.Īided by British private detective Duggan, whose specialty is thumping people, the Doctor and Romana must thwart the machinations of the suave, mysterious Count Scarlioni – all twelve of him – if the human race has any chance of survival.īut then, the Doctor’s holidays tend to turn out a bit like this. But the TARDIS takes them to 1979, a table-wine year, a year whose vintage is soured by cracks – not in their wine glasses but in the very fabric of time itself. Especially if you visit during one of the vintage years. The Doctor takes Romana for a holiday in Paris – a city which, like a fine wine, has a bouquet all its own. That’s always a bad idea unless you know what you’re doing.’ By James Goss, Douglas Adams (contributor), David Fisher (Contributor)

The Doctor by James Goss