Lucifer Rising

by Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane

Based on the long-running British science fiction television series, featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice.Bernice has asked the Doctor to bring the TARDIS to the planet Lucifer, site of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0426203887
• ISBN13: 9780426203889
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Virgin Publishing
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Authors Rising

When seeing the two names listed as authors and then looking at the size of LUCIFER RISING (it was the longest New Adventure when it was first released), I had to wonder if perhaps some editing would have been in order. Now after reading it, I would say that my hunch was vaguely correct, but that those problems don't have a hugely adverse effect. The book could have done with either a little more editing or perhaps another draft, but these complaints are minor enough to not stand in the way. Despite its length, LUCIFER RISING still doesn't quite manage to flesh everything out to its potential. Rather it uses its size to add more plot threads and intriguing characters than the average New Adventure would contain. The leisurely pace allows the characters and setting to develop gradually, and the result is quite effective. We get a very good feel for these people and their situation, so we really empathize with them when everything starts going wrong in later chapters. The scale feels much larger here than it does in the general Doctor Who story. True, this is a story does span a planetary system, but even the scale of the plot has a larger feeling. The authors aim big and they achieve much of what they attempt.Some of the prose is quite fantastic. Not only are the authors (well, one of them at least) adept at the art of creating three-dimensional characters, but much of the imagery contained here is awe-inspiring. The hard science-fiction concepts of the beginning sections are fleshed out in a sublime fashion that manages to be both detailed and epic. Instead of the familiar Doctor Who characters and themes being dominated by the sheer size of the story, the regulars fit comfortably inside this weighty science-fiction story. I quite enjoyed LUCIFER RISING. I liked the slow start; the science-fiction concepts are handled quite well and the authors don't let them fall into clichés. While the book goes more in the direction of having lots of fairly developed characters rather than fewer but more distinct people, this does work to its advantage. Parts of the book seem slightly fragmented, but this was definitely a story that I appreciated.