Doctor Who: Festival of Death: 50th Anniversary Edition

Jonathan Morris

Mar 2013 · DOCTOR WHO Book 170 · Random House

About this ebook

The Beautiful Death is the ultimate theme-park ride: a sightseeing tour of the afterlife. But something has gone wrong, and when the Fourth Doctor arrives in the aftermath of the disaster, he is congratulated for saving the population from destruction – something he hasn’t actually done yet. He has no choice but to travel back in time and discover how he became a hero.

And then he finds out. He did it by sacrificing his life.

An adventure featuring the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker and his companions Romana and K-9

Ratings and reviews

I expected this book to be better. The story was fine, just not really exciting, and no great/mind-blowing twists (at least to me). I kept waiting for the pace to pick up, but it never really did. Jonathan Morris does a pretty good job with all the timey-wimey-ness though.

Classic Doctor Who wibbly wobbly time bending. So many refferances to all kinds of awesome things. You might get lost but by then end it will all fit just as well as it always has.

Someone's been murdered(da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)!

About the author

Jonathan Morris is the writer of the official Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, has written a number of Doctor Who novels for BBC Books, including Touched by and Angel, and numerous audio adventures for Big Finish Productions and BBC Radio 7. He has also written for the TV sketch shows Dead Ringers and Swinging.