Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood

The third of six stories in the Key to Time sequence (the second, the Pirate Planet, was never novelised), this story sees the TARDIS taking the Doctor, Romana and K9 to modern day Earth where the trace of the segment suddenly vanishes. Instead, they find a ring of standing stones, large footprints, an archaeological survey, and a cult of druids.Initially quite inventive, I found the end segment of the story (details of which cannot be stated due to the anti-spoiler rules that apply to these reviews) to be somewhat unoriginal. Terrance Dicks adaptation is fairly pedestrian, but serves the story well enough.One of the things most missed in reading this book is the wonderful performance of the late Beatrix Lehmann as Professor Rumford. So popular was this performance that it is rumoured that it was considered to add her as a new companion. Sadly, this didn't happen - but you can still see it on video.