It's a shame that Ian Marter never got to write any VNAs or EDAs because I know in my heart they would have been fantastic. The Invasion is not a TV story I remember too well, but the book does follow the story closely, without much of the extra detail Marter often puts in his novelisations.

That said, the prose is beautifully written. The story moves along at a great pace, all the characters feel like the screen versions we love and the threat of the Cybermen feels real. There's hardly any extra padding, and where there is, it's to drive home how brutal a death is or how twisted the villain's plan is. It is a litte gorier than the TV version - as I say, Marter would have aced a VNA.

A genuinely enjoyable listen, read well by David Troughton, and yet again proving what a wonderful writer Marter is.