Tag: base under siege

The Possessors

by Derelict Space Sheep on November 19, 2024 in 42 Word Retrospectives

The Possessors

by John Christopher (Hodder & Stoughton, 1965)

The sort of novel whose publication in 1965 might well have informed Innes Lloyd and Gerry Davis as they gravitated Doctor Who towards ‘base under siege’ stories. Christopher postulates an isolated setting and bleak alien invasion scenario, grimly explored through damaged characters.

Doctor Who: The Nemonite Invasion

by Derelict Space Sheep on January 11, 2016 in 42 Word Reviews

Doctor Who: The Nemonite Invasion

by David Roden (BBC Audio, 2009)

Donna is afforded some romance but this WWII base under siege story is otherwise unremarkable; worse, its narrative throws off sparks of cliché and relies on the Doctor having wilfully unleashed an already contained menace (which he then — brainwave — seeks to re-contain).