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A review by sabregirl
Remembrance of the Daleks by Ben Aaronovitch
5.0
I really don't like novelizations of episodes because they tend to just take every word for word and nothing is original. While this was the case in this book too, there was a lot more background and in depth look that made me appreciate the episode even more. You see some of the reactions of Ace in the episode toward the No Colors and how Mike is so strongly attracted to her but in the book it goes more in depth. Ace's best friend was almost burned alive because of a racial fire. Plus how Mike was attached to some Nazi sympathizer and wanted what's best for the Ayrian Race. All of this of course relating to the Daleks.
The characterization of the Seventh Doctor, to me, would seem like the hardest one to get on paper. Aaronovitch does a lovely job but it didn't seem like it was enough. Not enough campy, kitschy fall down slap stick that is Seven. Ace however was spot on, he got her attitude and her deep despair and loneliness. There needs to be more Ace love in the novelizations. She is really unappreciated.
The book is probably a little bit better than the episode just because of all the background information that we get. It's good to see why exactly that the Doctor was in 1963 in that specific time and why he decided to park the TARDIS in a scrapyard of all things. It's good that the books get to add another level to the episodes that we never really get to see.
The characterization of the Seventh Doctor, to me, would seem like the hardest one to get on paper. Aaronovitch does a lovely job but it didn't seem like it was enough. Not enough campy, kitschy fall down slap stick that is Seven. Ace however was spot on, he got her attitude and her deep despair and loneliness. There needs to be more Ace love in the novelizations. She is really unappreciated.
The book is probably a little bit better than the episode just because of all the background information that we get. It's good to see why exactly that the Doctor was in 1963 in that specific time and why he decided to park the TARDIS in a scrapyard of all things. It's good that the books get to add another level to the episodes that we never really get to see.