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Subject:      Infinite Requiem (SPOILERS)
From:         06gaffney@cua.edu
Date:         1995/05/09
Message-Id:   <1995May9.094749.1@cua.edu>
Newsgroups:   rec.arts.drwho
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Review time again...my last from college...here we go.

SPOILERS!!!!

Time to look at Infinite Requiem.  Well, The Dimension Riders was one of
those books that I remembered more for the books around it.  I constantly
find myself rereading Blood Heat, Hummer, et al., but Dimension sorta sits
on my shelf.  I was hoping that Infinite Requiem would change my opinion.

And, for the most part, it did.  As with Dimension, characterization is the
key here, and there is far less emphasis on pseudo-technology (though what
there is is done very well).  The three times were handled well...again...
Dan, stick to one place next time!

The villains were excellently drawn, and really had me turning the pages.
The violence and deaths all fit within the story and were well presented...

All expect for the last two pages, which is why I'll think twice about
re-reading _this_ one.

I'm all for the idea that sometimes death in Doctor Who is necessary to
prove a point about human foibles, or the futility of our brief existence.
However, the last two pages left me depressed because, despite all that,
it _did_ seem unwarranted.  There had been so much death, so many ways of
saying that "war is bad", did killing Suzi and Cheynor really need to be
there to further drive the point home?  What would have been the harm in
letting them live?

So, minus two for the last two pages,

7/10.

--Sean Gaffney (06gaffney@cua.edu for only 5 more days)
--"You git!  I thought you were dead!  Git git git!" - Benny, No Future

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