Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive

The author of this book reminded me of a similar style of Doctor Who writing by Terrance Dicks. It started off a bit slow for me but seemed to get more interesting as the book progressed. I am now reading this again for the third time. K 9 is under utilized in this novel unfortunately as he is one of my favourite companions. He saved the doctor's life on many an occasion. Well written science fiction but not one of the best in my opinion, however recommended to collectors of Doctor Who books.

The Doctor and Romana are relaxing on Brighton Beach when K9 has a little accident - he really should have been waterproofed. So they leave the metal mutt to dry out and start a different holiday, at the Leisure Hive on Argolis. Argolis is a sterile wasteland since the war with the Foamasi, and the Leisure Hive is the only way they can continue to survive, through the money paid by galactic tourists. But its not all fun and games, and their is murder afoot, and the Doctor is the number one suspect...Season eighteen of Doctor Who, Tom Baker's last in the role, starts off with this story. This story is a great improvement on what we were served up in season seventeen and the novelisations also had a change as well - many of them are now written by the original authors, rather than the ubiquitous Terrance Dicks. The upshot of this is that the novels themselves are fresher, and tend to expand on the original TV serial rather than simply recounting them.This one has a good storyline, with several twists, and David Fisher's writing style is quite good as well.