Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2022305 in Books
• Published on: 1988-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Semi-historical introduces another Time Lord
'The Time Meddler' introduced a new element to the Doctor Who series: that the TARDIS, and the Doctor, are not unique. This story introduced the Monk, a mysterious traveller in time and space with his own TARDIS. However, unlike the Doctor, the Monk wants to change history...

Set in 1066, not long before the Battle of Hastings. The Monk is planning on supplying the Saxons with nuclear weapons so they can destroy the invading Vikings (talk about overkill!). The Doctor, therefore, sets himself and his companions with the task of ensuring history stays on track.

Things are complicated by the Doctor's new companion, Steven, who seems happy enough to accept that the TARDIS can travel through space but doesn't believe it can traverse time.

This description may make the book sound better than it actually is. It isn't bad, but not terribly wonderful either. The problem is that, rather than adding in substantial interaction with natives of the time, the story ends up being the two Time Lords (although not called such at this point in the show's history) trying to out trick each other.