Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, March 14, 1985 Written by Terrance Dicks Pages 144 Story Type Regeneration Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Doctor sacrifices themself, Breaking the Fourth Wall Location (Potential Spoilers!) Androzani Minor, Androzani Major Synopsis From the moment they land on the planet Androzani Minor, everything goes wrong for the Doctor and his new young companion, Peri. They become involved in the struggle between brutal gun-runners, ruthless Federation troops, and the hideously mutilated Sharaz Jek, who lurks in the depths of the caves with his android army. Key to the struggle is spectrox, the most valuable substance in the universe. Suitably processed, spectrox is an elixir of life, but in its raw state it is a deadly poison – a fact which will cost the Doctor another of his Time Lord lives... Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Fifth Doctor Sixth Doctor Morgus Kamelion Adric Nyssa Tegan Jovanka Vislor Turlough Show All Characters (8) How to read Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani: Books The Caves of Androzani Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 24 September 2024 · 107 words Review by FromThePlanetClom Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! (Originally Written on TheTimeScales) Basically Caves of Androzani but put into book form… that’s about it. That’s not to say it’s a bad thing, we’re talking about one of the most highly regarded episodes of Doctor Who ever and for good reason, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed that it was literally a word for word retelling of the episode. Read it if you want, you’ll still be pleasantly entertained, but the episode is definitely the better choice for enjoying this story. You also get the added bonus of some genuinely good cinematography and amazing performances. Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating255 members 3.75 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating255 votes 3.75 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating5 votes 4.60 / 5 Member Statistics Read 22 Favourited 4 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 2 Owned 2 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S21 • Serial 6 · (4 episodes) The Caves of Androzani Rating: 4.43 Story Skipped Television Reviews(8) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fifth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
