Our review of Gary Russell's Business Unusual is now available here. Special thanks to our friend Charlie Paulson for providing last month's reading.
April brings us snowstorms, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, the Fifth Doctor, and the Seventh Doctor in Lance Parkin's Cold Fusion, one of the later installments in Virgin's Missing Adventures series. From the back cover:
'The entire universe is at stake and I'm locked in here with another incarnation of myself, and not even one of the good ones.'
More than one TARDIS lands on a barren ice world. The fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan find a once ordered society on the verge of collapse, as rebels wage a dirty war with Scientifica, the ruling elite. All that stands between order and anarchy is the massed presence of an Adjudicator peacekeeping force.
But is peace the only reason for the Adjudicator garrison? What exactly has been discovered deep beneath the planet's surface? Who are the mysterious Ferutu? And why is telling a ghost story a criminal offense?
The fifth Doctor sides with the cause of justice and fairness as always. But, as a threat to the universe unfolds, he finds himself in conflict with his past...and his future.
For continuity buffs, this story takes place between the television stories "Castrovalva" and "Four to Doomsday" and between the New Adventures Return of the Living Dad and The Death of Art. The back cover text seems to skirt around the fact that the Seventh Doctor and his friends are present in this story, but anything that is blatantly obvious by glancing at the front cover shouldn't be considered a spoiler.
We previously reviewed a Lance Parkin's The Infinity Doctors back in Episode 8. It can't be argued that Parkin is an ambitious author, and hopefully Cold Fusion will not disappoint. So sit back and enjoy!
Fun Links:
"Cold Fusion" on Amazon (Wow, that's rich!)
"Cold Fusion" on the Doctor Who Reference Guide (Spoilers, sweetie!)
