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Hinchcliffe presided over arguably the best era of Doctor Who, with so many horror influences on the early Tom Baker series it's easy to see why so many a fondly remember - including this gem!So it's somewhat disappointing that the former producer take on this iconic taleturns it more akin to a Wikipedia plot synopsis.As I mentioned, the story is great but owes a debt to John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There? - more commonly known as The Thing.This homage feels closer to the original (makes sense as this aired during 1976) as two seed pods are discovered in the antarctic ice, the original 1950's movie sees The Thing into a more planet like alien.The additional fun aspect of this story moves into a more Avengers (The 60's U.K. TV version) as the stories original writer had also written a couple of episodes of that show too.It's hard to really understand how vital these were before stories were so easily accessible on DVD/streaming etc...Having been novilised within a year of broadcast highlights yet again how brilliant the more prolific Terrance Dicks was to the series.I like it when the Target range has a variety of writers, but I can't help but feel that we would have had a much better book if Dicks had completed all of Season 13.