Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock

by Terrance Dicks

Book Overview

Louise Jameson reads this classic Fourth Doctor novelisation, based on a 1977 TV serial starring Tom Baker. On a remote rocky island a few miles off the Channel coast stands Fang Rock lighthouse.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0426200098
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Carol Pub Group
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

All in a lighthouse

This entire story takes place on a tiny island with a lighthouse. And yet it never seems confined. I have not seen this episode on TV, so it may have been different to watch as it never changed location, but when reading it things flowed very well. Once again the Doctor has to save the world, this time with the help of Leela. The story takes place in the early 1900's and the newly invented electric generator plays a central part. Don't expect a lot of character development, which is typical for these novelizations. Do expect lots of action. A quick fun read. Enjoy!

Enclosed spaces and murder mysteries

The TARDIS arrives on a small island, Fang Rock, in the early 1900s, where the Doctor and Leela meet the lighthouse keepers. It is said that Fang Rock has a beast that lurks off it, killing people. And then the killings start...This story features a Rutan, the other half of the ongoing war with the Sontarans, as mentioned in earlier Sontaran stories.With a small cast trapped in an enclosed space, we have a story with the characters being killed off one by one, and the question of who the murder is needs to be solved before no-one else is left.While the general storyline is pretty standard, Terrance Dicks put it together in a way that is reasonably fresh. Not a bad read.

Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock

An excellent telling of one of the best of the Tom Baker stories. The Doctor and Leela are trapped in a lighthouse on a foggy isle. A very exciting and suspensful tale.