Vengeance of the Stones

This is a novelization of the third serial of the eighteenth season of Doctor Who, which was broadcast in October and November of 1980. Andrew Smith adapted his own teleplay, which was written when he was only seventeen years old, after which he had a lengthy career in law enforcement before returni......more

After a two year hiatus, the Target audio range returned earlier this year and I couldn't have been more delighted at the selection of titles headed to audiobook. Among them was the fondly remembered adaptation of what I consider to be one of the better fourth Doctor stories, Full Circle. Andrew Smit......more

A ridiculously competent affair given the author’s age when he wrote the script. Some proper SF ideas explored competently and given a nice Who twist. There’s an awful lot going on in this story and it flows so smoothly.......more

It’s always been interesting to me that in 1980 Barry Letts, John Nathan-Turner, and Christopher H. Bidmead allowed Full Circle to enter production. Not because it is some terrible story that should never have seen the light of day, on the contrary it’s quite a good story about cyclic evolution and......more

After the previous Target books I have read, what a difference a new writer brings not only to the story telling, but the writing as well. Even more impressive was this being Andrew Smith's first story to make it being filmed, and the youngest. It is amazing breath of fresh life into Doctor Who. The......more