Doctor Who and the Face of Evil: 4th Doctor Novelisation
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Summary
A gripping novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor， as played by Tom Baker。
The TARDIS lands in a primeval forest， and the Doctor meets Leela， a warrior banished from her tribe。 He learns that an ongoing war between the Sevateem and the Tesh was instigated by Xoanon， the god they both worship。
In reality an all-powerful computer， Xoanon is possessed by a desperate madness directly related to the Doctor - one which only the Time Lord can rectify！
In order to do battle with Xoanon the Doctor must escape， not only from the savage practices of the Sevateem， but also from the mind-controlling impulses of the Tesh。
（P） 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
The TARDIS lands in a primeval forest， and the Doctor meets Leela， a warrior banished from her tribe。 He learns that an ongoing war between the Sevateem and the Tesh was instigated by Xoanon， the god they both worship。
In reality an all-powerful computer， Xoanon is possessed by a desperate madness directly related to the Doctor - one which only the Time Lord can rectify！
In order to do battle with Xoanon the Doctor must escape， not only from the savage practices of the Sevateem， but also from the mind-controlling impulses of the Tesh。
（P） 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Reviews
Craig
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This is a novelization of the fourth adventure of the fourteenth season of Doctor Who， one of the best in my opinion， which was broadcast in January of 1977。 It features the fourth Doctor at his scarf-sporting best， and introduces Leela of the Sevateem as his companion。 The original teleplay was written by Chris Boucher， and I think it's one of Terrance Dicks' best adaptations; he tells the story with a straight-forward simple style， but enhances some of the humorous bits and explains a few ambi This is a novelization of the fourth adventure of the fourteenth season of Doctor Who， one of the best in my opinion， which was broadcast in January of 1977。 It features the fourth Doctor at his scarf-sporting best， and introduces Leela of the Sevateem as his companion。 The original teleplay was written by Chris Boucher， and I think it's one of Terrance Dicks' best adaptations; he tells the story with a straight-forward simple style， but enhances some of the humorous bits and explains a few ambiguous points in the plot。 （Such as the giant Baker face sculpture。） It has a lot of traditional elements of traditional literary science fiction; the all-powerful computer gone awry， the descendants of the technicians and the interstellar survey team remembering their origin as mythology， the results of prior interference having consequences generations later， etc。 Leela is a strong， intelligent， and compassionate character， and she even outsmarts The Doctor a time or two。 It's a fast， fun read。 。。。more
Gareth
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Between a 4 and a 5 here。 This book introduces Leela， quite an unusual companion - doesn't have the knowledge， similar to the likes of Victoria or Katarina， but has a lot of bravery and fearlessness to her， quite ready to get into fights and danger if she sees the need， leading to quite a different dynamic with the Doctor than the normal Doctor/companion dynamic。 The story itself is quite an interesting one， with the Doctor having to deal with an unusual situation of his own making， where everyo Between a 4 and a 5 here。 This book introduces Leela， quite an unusual companion - doesn't have the knowledge， similar to the likes of Victoria or Katarina， but has a lot of bravery and fearlessness to her， quite ready to get into fights and danger if she sees the need， leading to quite a different dynamic with the Doctor than the normal Doctor/companion dynamic。 The story itself is quite an interesting one， with the Doctor having to deal with an unusual situation of his own making， where everyone seems to know his face at least， with quite different reactions as a result。The one off characters are quite mixed but fleshed out and lead to some good varying interactions with the Doctor and Leela， building to a strong climax to the story， and does leave the reader wondering what happened afterwards on the planet :） 。。。more
Damon Habbin
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A nice easy read good introduction story for Leila， enjoyed the way that story folded out
Jack
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This is a good book。 I'm really appreciating Terrance Dicks' skill for faithfully reproducing the television episodes。 It's paced well， and only loses my attention in the same places as the original version did like the fighting against invisible monsters。This story is the introduction of the new companion， Leela。 She's fantastic， I particularly like how protective she is of this strange Doctor she's just met， and how she's braver than the majority of the other people in her tribe （who are all k This is a good book。 I'm really appreciating Terrance Dicks' skill for faithfully reproducing the television episodes。 It's paced well， and only loses my attention in the same places as the original version did like the fighting against invisible monsters。This story is the introduction of the new companion， Leela。 She's fantastic， I particularly like how protective she is of this strange Doctor she's just met， and how she's braver than the majority of the other people in her tribe （who are all known for their courage）。 The very end scene was perfect too， with her joining the TARDIS uninvited。Overall I really enjoyed this book。 It's not one of my favourite stories， but it's still a very good one， and very well translated onto the page。 。。。more
K
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 あらすじ神を冒涜した科で超えたものは誰一人戻ってこないと言われる境界線の向こう側に追放されたリーラは森の中でドクターと出会う。リーラから彼女の部族が信仰しているクサノンという神の話と悪魔の話を聴き、高度な科学技術の存在を疑う。話している間にリーラの暗殺を企む追ってにおいつかれ、ドクターはリーラを逃し、自らは捕まって部族のリーダーと直接話すチャンスを狙う。ドクターはリーダーのアンドアに部族の抱える問題の解決を手伝えると申し出るが、神官のニーヴァがデタラメとドクターの言葉を突っぱねようとする。そこにリーラがドクターを助けに戻ってくる。リーラと共に森の中に逃れたドクターはリーラたちが”悪魔“とよぶ存在の顔を見て、自分がこの場所にきたことがあるらしいと悟るが全く記憶にない。しかし、通信機からニーヴァを呼ぶ自分の声らしき声をきき、ドクターはある仮説を思いつくが。。。 感想リジェネレーションした後は新しい自分に慣れるまでしばし時間がかかるらしく、その間にやらかしてしまったドクターの失敗。記憶にもあんまり残っていないというのだから厄介だ。それでもまぁ、このおかげでリーラちゃんという最強のコンパニオン あらすじ神を冒涜した科で超えたものは誰一人戻ってこないと言われる境界線の向こう側に追放されたリーラは森の中でドクターと出会う。リーラから彼女の部族が信仰しているクサノンという神の話と悪魔の話を聴き、高度な科学技術の存在を疑う。話している間にリーラの暗殺を企む追ってにおいつかれ、ドクターはリーラを逃し、自らは捕まって部族のリーダーと直接話すチャンスを狙う。ドクターはリーダーのアンドアに部族の抱える問題の解決を手伝えると申し出るが、神官のニーヴァがデタラメとドクターの言葉を突っぱねようとする。そこにリーラがドクターを助けに戻ってくる。リーラと共に森の中に逃れたドクターはリーラたちが”悪魔“とよぶ存在の顔を見て、自分がこの場所にきたことがあるらしいと悟るが全く記憶にない。しかし、通信機からニーヴァを呼ぶ自分の声らしき声をきき、ドクターはある仮説を思いつくが。。。 感想リジェネレーションした後は新しい自分に慣れるまでしばし時間がかかるらしく、その間にやらかしてしまったドクターの失敗。記憶にもあんまり残っていないというのだから厄介だ。それでもまぁ、このおかげでリーラちゃんという最強のコンパニオンと巡り会えたのだから、いいか！（←ドクター至上主義） Never be too certain of anything。 It’s a sign of limited intelligence。 。。。more
Book collector
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Feel free to skip this first section as it will be the same on all of his books。Cards on the table。。。 Terrance dicks is not only one of my favourite writers he's also the author who hooked me on reading when I was young。 His prose is beautifully simple。 He often edited the original stories as he went， fixing little things that didn't quite work， sometimes obviously but often in small subtle ways。 I still read his books over 40 years after first reading some of them。This was adapted from the scri Feel free to skip this first section as it will be the same on all of his books。Cards on the table。。。 Terrance dicks is not only one of my favourite writers he's also the author who hooked me on reading when I was young。 His prose is beautifully simple。 He often edited the original stories as he went， fixing little things that didn't quite work， sometimes obviously but often in small subtle ways。 I still read his books over 40 years after first reading some of them。This was adapted from the scripts by Chris Boucher。 The book has advantages over the original TV version for me。 I always feel the sets are weak once the tesh are introduced。 The book of course has excellent sets！ The fourth doctor meets leela for the first as he returns to a planet he's been to before。 Only he can not remember having been there。 It's a good story and works well on the page。 。。。more
Nick
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This is not brilliant fiction， but it IS a good rendition of the story that introduced Leela， one of my favorite companions。 The main cool thing about Leela is that， unlike most of the companions， she was not mainstream human， so she often got to display her own culture's differences。 Oddly， she was so fascinated by The Doctor that she ran off with him rather than accept a position of power and authority， which I had forgotten。 Either that， or she hated the idea of power and authority so much th This is not brilliant fiction， but it IS a good rendition of the story that introduced Leela， one of my favorite companions。 The main cool thing about Leela is that， unlike most of the companions， she was not mainstream human， so she often got to display her own culture's differences。 Oddly， she was so fascinated by The Doctor that she ran off with him rather than accept a position of power and authority， which I had forgotten。 Either that， or she hated the idea of power and authority so much that she'd run off with the crazy guy in the blue box。。。This was one of the first Doctor Who stories I'd encountered where the Doctor had made a horrific mistake， admitted to it， and tried to fix it。 The actual details are hard to explain without giving things away， but to me， that attempt to fix things was important。The Terrance Dicks books were usually a quick read， and this is no exception to that。 I liked the episodes better， but with the few pages he was allowed， this was a good abridgment。 。。。more
Andreas Sekeris
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After Terrence Dicks passed I wanted to reread his old novelisations and dug this out。 Enjoyed reading this in a guilty pleasure way。 He embraces the campiness of the episodes， going through the escapes and running between locations quickly。 Leela's "brief costome and smooth brown skin"。 The doctors "you must listen to me or we're all doomed" protestations。 Good fun。 Does show it's age though。 Just can't get my kids interested in them。 Might have to move them on instead of letting them gather du After Terrence Dicks passed I wanted to reread his old novelisations and dug this out。 Enjoyed reading this in a guilty pleasure way。 He embraces the campiness of the episodes， going through the escapes and running between locations quickly。 Leela's "brief costome and smooth brown skin"。 The doctors "you must listen to me or we're all doomed" protestations。 Good fun。 Does show it's age though。 Just can't get my kids interested in them。 Might have to move them on instead of letting them gather dust in the bookshelf。 。。。more
Daniel Kukwa
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Another example of Terrance Dicks combining his skill at concise， efficient adaptation with the joy of adding extra layers to an already excellent tale。。。and creating a new mini-story parallel to the 4th Doctor's opening tale in the process。 One of a number of Target novelizations that punches well above its weight。 Another example of Terrance Dicks combining his skill at concise， efficient adaptation with the joy of adding extra layers to an already excellent tale。。。and creating a new mini-story parallel to the 4th Doctor's opening tale in the process。 One of a number of Target novelizations that punches well above its weight。 。。。more
Ian
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Review here: https://fsfh-book-review2。webnode。com。。。 Review here: https://fsfh-book-review2。webnode。com。。。 。。。more
Andy Hickman
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“Doctor Who and the Face of Evil” by Terrance Dicks （1978）“'Back away or I'll kill him with this deadly Jelly Baby。'”Thoroughly loved it – humorous， flowing action， surprising turns of events， believable characters， unexpected outcome。 ****“Neva was a figure of great authority in the Tribe … There was a respectful hush as he spoke。 'The girl is a blasphemer。 She has profaned the holy purpose of the Tribe of Sevateem。'Leela seemed determined to condemn herself。 'Holy purpose？ To die for nothing i “Doctor Who and the Face of Evil” by Terrance Dicks （1978）“'Back away or I'll kill him with this deadly Jelly Baby。'”Thoroughly loved it – humorous， flowing action， surprising turns of events， believable characters， unexpected outcome。 ****“Neva was a figure of great authority in the Tribe … There was a respectful hush as he spoke。 'The girl is a blasphemer。 She has profaned the holy purpose of the Tribe of Sevateem。'Leela seemed determined to condemn herself。 'Holy purpose？ To die for nothing in another useless attack？''The god Xoanon demands she be cast out，' said Neeva angrily。 'He told me this！''Liar！' snapped Leela。 'There is no Xoanon！'” （p9）“Leela turned and walked away。 The crowd drew apart to let her pass。 She was unclean now， accursed， an outcast from the tribe。” （p11）“The trouble with forests， decided the Doctor， is that they are undoubtedly rather monotonous。” （p17）“gasp or horror” should be “gasp of horror” （p17）“'Do you know the answer to everything？' [said Leela]'Of course，' said the Doctor。 'Answers are easy。 Asking the right questions is the tricky part。'” （p55）'You know， Leela，' he said， 'the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common。。。 they don't alter their view to fit the facts。 They alter the facts to fit their views … which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that need altering。'” （p104-105）“A sense of humour is the finest proof of sanity。” （p121）- - - 。。。more
Jamie
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I read this book last week。 Leela's first outing with the Doctor。 I read this book last week。 Leela's first outing with the Doctor。 。。。more
Christian Petrie
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After a brief side trip to the expanded stories， it is a return to the televised stories。 In addition， The Face of Evil also introduces Leela as a companion for the Doctor。 The Doctor arrives on the planet where he encounters a savage tribe trying to free their god， Xoanon。 Part of this plot involves a mountain with the face of the Doctor on it。 From my memory of watching the story， I remember the face on the mountain and people running around the jungle。 This pretty much sums up the story。 Not After a brief side trip to the expanded stories， it is a return to the televised stories。 In addition， The Face of Evil also introduces Leela as a companion for the Doctor。 The Doctor arrives on the planet where he encounters a savage tribe trying to free their god， Xoanon。 Part of this plot involves a mountain with the face of the Doctor on it。 From my memory of watching the story， I remember the face on the mountain and people running around the jungle。 This pretty much sums up the story。 Not much of a great plot。In the novelization， Terrance Dicks adds that the Doctor had visited the planet during the events of Robot。 This helps to tie some continuity to it。 Besides that it is not that memorable。 Though there are two key items from this story that I did like， the introduction of Leela and the history of the people。Leela was created as a companion who the Doctor could educate， like Eliza Doolittle。 You can see this concept with the Doctor and Leela in this first story。 Going forward with the books， I am curious to see if the BBC Books continue with this idea。 See if Leela's characterization evolves as she "learns" with the Doctor。 I know not to expect much from the Target books on this concept。The other part that I enjoyed was the use of how names and places evolve over time。 How the two groups of people on the planet evolved from the members of a crashed ship。 This is great concept and neat idea to start from。 It does help to explain why the Sevateem want to free their "god"。The bottom line， another Target style book that might appeal to the fans only。 Just to add one piece of trivia， I actually would have preferred one of the original titles， The Day God Went Mad。 。。。more
Sarah Crawford
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The Doctor lands on a planet which has few humans， and the few that there are seem to be in constant warfare。 There are invisible monsters， a tribe of animal-skin clad humans， one of whom is Leela， who becomes his companion at the end of the novel， a crashed spaceship， and an evil god that is worshipped by one tribe。The evil god， though， speaks with the voice of the Doctor， and， later， physical clues also feature the Doctor's appearance。The Doctor， though， can't figure out what happened that wo The Doctor lands on a planet which has few humans， and the few that there are seem to be in constant warfare。 There are invisible monsters， a tribe of animal-skin clad humans， one of whom is Leela， who becomes his companion at the end of the novel， a crashed spaceship， and an evil god that is worshipped by one tribe。The evil god， though， speaks with the voice of the Doctor， and， later， physical clues also feature the Doctor's appearance。The Doctor， though， can't figure out what happened that would have led to this turn of events。 He and Leela must penetrate the god's own lair and confront it before Leela's tribe is massacred by the creatures from the forest。A good story， and a new companion。 。。。more
RC
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The original script is worthy of a better novelization than this Terrance Dicks effort。
Rich Meyer
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A good Fourth Doctor adventure and the introduction of Leela as his companion。 The story is a tad stereotypical as a science fiction theme， but that shouldn't really stop anyone from enjoying it。 A good Fourth Doctor adventure and the introduction of Leela as his companion。 The story is a tad stereotypical as a science fiction theme， but that shouldn't really stop anyone from enjoying it。 。。。more
Leela
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Leela is the best companion。 That is all。
stormhawk
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One of my favorite novelizations， that happens to be of one of my favorite stories， that introduces my favorite companion， Leela。 One of the best elements of the novelization is that it clarifies some backstory that wasn't clearly explained in the episode and there is a wry sense of humor that permeates the story。 One of my favorite novelizations， that happens to be of one of my favorite stories， that introduces my favorite companion， Leela。 One of the best elements of the novelization is that it clarifies some backstory that wasn't clearly explained in the episode and there is a wry sense of humor that permeates the story。 。。。more
Elisabeth
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Enjoyable， though not as much fun as some of the others。
Mel
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This year I've really grown a proper appreciation for Leela。 I have the vaguest memories of watching her when I was very small。 In my mind there's a distinct break between the Tom Baker， Leela and Romana stories than his stories with Harry and Sarah。 I think it's just cause of childhood associations。 But this year I went and watched all of her stories in order and just loved Leela。 So it wa nice to go back and read the novelisation of Face of Evil。 As most of Dicks' novels there really isn't a g This year I've really grown a proper appreciation for Leela。 I have the vaguest memories of watching her when I was very small。 In my mind there's a distinct break between the Tom Baker， Leela and Romana stories than his stories with Harry and Sarah。 I think it's just cause of childhood associations。 But this year I went and watched all of her stories in order and just loved Leela。 So it wa nice to go back and read the novelisation of Face of Evil。 As most of Dicks' novels there really isn't a great deal added to the show， but one thing he does mention is that the Doctor realised he must have first come to Leela's planet when he was very newly regenerated and a bit confussed and that was why he couldn't remember it。 Personally I'd always thought he'd just done so much， even in his fourth regeneration that he wasn't able to keep track。 The story reminds me a little of a star trek story with the "mad computers" controlling everything。 But I like the divided society （even if it's so sparcely populated to be totally unbelieveable） but Leela is great and it's a nice introductory story for her。 。。。more
Becci
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Hey Leela！！
Tim
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I hadn't read any of these cranked-out books before， the spin-off books from sci-fi TV shows featuring static characters in canned plots， and this two-week experiment in disposable genre fiction actually made welcome reading material in those 5-10 minutes of heavy-eye-lidded consciousness before I succumbed to sleep each night and couldn't bear to think of anything more serious at the end of the day。 I hadn't read any of these cranked-out books before， the spin-off books from sci-fi TV shows featuring static characters in canned plots， and this two-week experiment in disposable genre fiction actually made welcome reading material in those 5-10 minutes of heavy-eye-lidded consciousness before I succumbed to sleep each night and couldn't bear to think of anything more serious at the end of the day。 。。。more
Leela42
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Fourth Doctor。 About as good as seeing the episode， and you don't have to grit your teeth against bad voice acting by Tom Baker。 Atmospheric and deep in the first five chapters and the last couple （the rest is simple and cliche and doesn't explain confusing things in the show）， although the author didn't really expand on or clarify anything that wasn't already in the episode。 The usual handful of spelling errors， and some items appear out of nowhere。 I wouldn't recommend it to a fan eagerly devo Fourth Doctor。 About as good as seeing the episode， and you don't have to grit your teeth against bad voice acting by Tom Baker。 Atmospheric and deep in the first five chapters and the last couple （the rest is simple and cliche and doesn't explain confusing things in the show）， although the author didn't really expand on or clarify anything that wasn't already in the episode。 The usual handful of spelling errors， and some items appear out of nowhere。 I wouldn't recommend it to a fan eagerly devouring the episodes （the show is better）， but I would recommend it to a casual fan who found it much more convenient to get the novelisations than the shows。 。。。more
Travis
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A brilliant Doctor Who story about a crashed colony expedition that has broken down into tribes and are too busy fighting each other to notice something is seriously wrong with this planet。Who is the Xohanon？ Is he a god？ Why is he messing with everybody？ and why does the Doctor have the funny feeling that he's been here before？Great sci-fi， lots of action， suspense and humor （ 'back away or I'll kill him with this deadly Jelly Baby。'） and also the story that introduces Leela， one of the most or A brilliant Doctor Who story about a crashed colony expedition that has broken down into tribes and are too busy fighting each other to notice something is seriously wrong with this planet。Who is the Xohanon？ Is he a god？ Why is he messing with everybody？ and why does the Doctor have the funny feeling that he's been here before？Great sci-fi， lots of action， suspense and humor （ 'back away or I'll kill him with this deadly Jelly Baby。'） and also the story that introduces Leela， one of the most original companions （ heck， I'm always thrilled when they do something different than the 'girl from modern times'） 。。。more
Nicholas Whyte
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http://nhw。livejournal。com/1007902。html[return][return]Doctor Who and the Face of Evil has a couple of interesting differences with the TV version: Leela is actually portrayed as young， vulnerable and， well， girly in a way that is inconsistent both with the TV story as shown and with the other books。 Also， of course， we have the explanation of how the Doctor's face became the Face of Evil， as the result of a solo adventure shortly after his regeneration。 http://nhw。livejournal。com/1007902。html[return][return]Doctor Who and the Face of Evil has a couple of interesting differences with the TV version: Leela is actually portrayed as young， vulnerable and， well， girly in a way that is inconsistent both with the TV story as shown and with the other books。 Also， of course， we have the explanation of how the Doctor's face became the Face of Evil， as the result of a solo adventure shortly after his regeneration。 。。。more
bluetyson
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