Stories Book Past Doctor Adventures The Face of the Enemy 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Monday, January 5, 1998 Written by David A. McIntee Pages 288 Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth Synopsis The Doctor and Jo have gone off in the TARDIS, leaving the Brigadier and UNIT facing a deadly mystery — and a moral dilemma... Robbery and murder are on the increase in Britain as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. The Master seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key. Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with radiation and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on Earth. As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy... Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters The Brigadier Republican Security Forces The Conclave The Master [UNIT Era] Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Mike Yates John Benton Tom Osgood Carol Bell Show All Characters (10) How to read The Face of the Enemy: Books The Face of the Enemy Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 28 April 2025 · 96 words Review by TheDHolford I like the idea better than the execution. No Doctor and Jo, leaving UNIT and the Master is fun, giving plenty of characterisation to these side characters. Ian and Barbara too, though it’s their inclusion that makes the whole thing a little too ‘fan fictiony’. The reveal of the story is fine, but makes it so convoluted and messy, with boring villains and far too many characters introduced to then be quickly dispatched. It happens over and over, making it hard to care about a lot of the side characters. just all a little too messy. TheDHolford View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating20 members 4.03 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating219 votes 3.82 / 5 Member Statistics Read 38 Favourited 5 Reviewed 1 Saved 8 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
