Head Games, 1995, Steve Lyons
A follow-up to his earlier New Adventure, the Master of the Land of Fiction returns, this time in the company of Dr. Who, a renegade Time Lord who travels the universe with his companion, righting wrongs and having adventures. And, naturally, the biggest threat to peace in the universe is his evil doppelganger, the Doctor. And everyone who ever traveled with the seventh Doctor is caught in the middle of this conflict.
Yes, it’s a bit of a meta-commentary on fans who insist that only their vision of the Doctor is the right one. Imagine the material Lyons would have to work with if he’d written it now…
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Just one little squeeze of the finger, Doctor, and all the pain stops. No more shrillness, no more shoulderpads. No one ever need know. No court in the universe would convict you.
The Doctor murdering Mel with a machine gun. Doesn’t this happen in just about every piece of Seventh Doctor fan fiction?
Seeing the Doctor holding a gun just seems wrong. It’s like seeing Hitler holding a smiling baby.
This book also explains, for some reason, how:
1) The Sixth Doctor didn’t really die from bumping his head on the TARDIS console, but committed suicide to stop from turning into the Valeyard,
and
2) Mel was psychically sent away to go off with Sabalom Glitz, for… some reason, though her being Mel probably had something to do with it.
Weird book.
“The Mind Robber” is rapidly turning into my favorite Who serial.
She deserves to be shot for that outfit alone! Oh, The 80’s!
I just read an article in the paper this week which revealed that the Bush Administration had the perfect opportunity to nab Osama bin Laden a few months after the 9/11 attacks, only to piss it away.
In that spirit, I gaze upon the cover of Head Games and wonder what if.
Of course, the Sixth Doctor wouldn’t use a gun…he’d throttle Mel with his own two hands.