Sadly the journey was more interesting than the destination. At the end of the novel there are some interesting interviews with Baker & Marter & a brief history of how Scratchman came about. It was never filmed & eventually became this 2018 novel by Tom Baker & James Goss. The late Ian Marter also wrote Doctor Who novelisations & played Harry Sullivan in the series. This story began in the 1970s as a script by Tom Baker & Ian Marter. The other problem was that much of the story felt like the main character was Tom Baker rather than the Doctor. Scratchman himself was, for me, a bland & uninteresting creation. It's the rest of the novel that I had issues with. In fact this would have made a good TV adventure. The first part of the book is good enough, with menacing scarecrows & plenty of danger. Sadly, the same line up failed to entertain me in this new novel. Back in the mid 1970s I always enjoyed the TV adventures of the Doctor (Tom Baker) & his companions Sarah Jane Smith & Harry Sullivan. I'm sorry to say that I found Scratchman to be a pretty disappointing read. Bonnie Langford was bad enough but TWIGGY as Sarah Jane oh Shit! TOP DOCTOR WHO OF 2019 In this Feb 19 issue of SFX it come out I was right Tom did only few ideas & Goss did most of the leg work.īack in the 1970s a movie was thought about from the Script with Vincent Price as Scratchman with Twiggy as Sarah Jane thank heavens that never saw light of day. The DWM said This like the Original Wicker Man cannot see how it is more like Jeepers Creepers 1-3, Nightmare on Elm street, Halloween with few surprise guests. Tom is now over 80 so I wonder if this mostly Goss. How much is Goss to Baker ratio that is why I think his name should been on the cover too. This very complexed book & I wonder how much of this Tom & Ian's Original left as it has references to modern Who with Sarah In the Tardis & the taxi with The Doctor that would not been in 70s script as not happened. By time it been cut all Gallifey removed it would stink. I don't think this could worked on TV as would been to expensive & fare to blood creepy in 1970s even today it would be difficult. This so good because if you 4th Doctor fan, let not kid are self hell lot of them, you both see & here him in this book but For real crazy when comes out as audio book as long as Tom does it,it huge seller. Harry was one best since Jamie & great shame left early. This back when 4th Doctor was crisp not when we flagged in his bad days of Adric & burgundy scarf. Wozel style Jeepers Creepers meets The Doctor. Having meet Tom numbers of time it is so 'Look at me I am most important Doctor every body loves me' sorry your not Tom would not even exist if William Hartnell had turned that key in November 1963.īut Putting all that to one side & move on to the story this difficult to work out when it is set, because it is a flashback, once again this time it's 4th Doctor on Trial on Gallifey so It could be an time up to before Warriors Gate but The main story or flashback is perhaps before Terror of Zygons or before Ark in Space but I say Zygons as it is in Scotland too. Both Ian & James Goss should also been on the cover the BBC is too blame as much as Tom but Sorry I think its typical of Baker to hog dead man's limelight. Ian Martin Who played Harry Sullivan has no proper credit to book that He wrote back in 1970s with Tom because he is dead. There number of things that make me mad about this book first why is Tom Baker as author only on the cover, then inside with small letters James Goss but Worse is real insult Copyright Tom Baker & Ian Martin. Though I think it might be for the best that we’ve got this book instead. One aspect that I really liked was how The Doctor likes being that persona that he currently inhabits and let’s face it we all liked the Time Lord when he was Tom!Ī really fun read, I’d have loved to have seen the film get made now. It took a little getting used the first person narrative but I felt that it fitted this bonkers story perfectly. Penned by Baker (though with some help from James Goss) the characterisation of the Fourth Doctor is as you’d expect perfectly captured. With this being their opportunity to take the show to a wider audience, I got the impression that they tried to cram so many elements into the plot.įor the most part it actually worked really well! Quite a few programmes had big screen outings around this time, though admittedly they were mainly sitcoms. Scratchman was originally conceived as an idea between Tom Baker and Ian Marter (who played companion Harry) to make a movie of Doctor Who during breaks in filming the show during the 70’s. This was such an odd curious read mainly because it was narrated from The Doctor himself, knowing the origins of this story probably does help to enjoy it more.
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