I spam! Doctor Who (8th Doctor) novel question

[rivendellrose]

So... I'm reading one of the 8th Doctor novels, and I just have to ask...

Did Sabbath seem like a carbon copy of the Master (specifically Ainley!Master) to anybody else? Or is it just me?

Not that I'm complaining or anything. I like him. I'm just curious as to why they made up a whole new character when just resurrecting the Master (again) would've done just as well with less explanation. Could they not get the rights to the Master or something? (I know this happens with DW books/audios on a fairly regular basis...)

Obviously I need to make myself an Ainley!Master icon... feels a bit odd using Simm here.

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You could use this one, with credit. But there's a Davison too.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I've got a handful of screencaps at home to work with, I've just been too damned lazy lately to make anything of them. Icon-making is good de-stressing for me, though. But thank you for the offer! That's a lovely one, especially their expressions.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Those two were adorable together, and I get the impression they got on almost as well as Roger Delgado and Jon Pertwee.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I've got to see some Delgado and Pertwee episodes - any recommendations for the best?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

They didn't do that many--Terror of the Autons, The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos, Colony in Space, The Daemons, The Sea Devils, The Time Monster, and Frontier in Space.
Terror of the Autons was pretty goofy, given plastic villians and all, but creepy in places. Also, some good UNIT stuff, and Captain Yates' first appearance.
I liked Mind of Evil--a good prison yarn.
Claws of Axos was good--the traditional 'gift horse' story.
The Daemons is kind of goofy black magic science fiction stuff, but reminds me a lot of Visitation and is at least fun.
Frontier in Space reminds me a lot of Babylon 5 in places--the cosmopolitan gathering of various races--or that episode of Star Trek with the faux Andorrean saboteur.
The ones I didn't mention left little impression on me, good or bad.