The Sensorites – Nigel Robinson Free Audiobook

Written by Nigel Robinson
Read by William Russell
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Variable

First, the bad. The writer had some limits by the script that was being adapted. Second, the idea of aliens that are so identical that the can only be differentiated (even by their own species) by their clothes, is pretty far fetched.

The good… Splendid story that provides good characterisation that makes the book readable even by non-Who fans. The author, although not in the original televised episode, attempts to explain the confusion between the aliens (who can not recognise each other) by them being seen at a distance. Good villians and mysteries involving them with enough questions that a reader needs to read the entire novel to get the gist of the whole thing. The use of aliens that attack your very mind makes for a good story too. Although somewhat predictable, most mysteries are as you near the end of the story. Also, the Doctor is written quite likeable with all the qualities that made him a sci-fi star for over a quarter of a century in England.