Doctor Who: Nocturne

A rather more sedate story after the grimness of the last two 7th Doc/Ace stories, this nonetheless manages a fair body count in a story about an artistic commune on a human colony world in the 28th century. The story builds fairly slowly, and some may find the fact that, say, Ace spends a chunk of the story just sightseeing to be rather disappointing. I, however, felt that it helped set the scene, giving a feeling for the planet as an actual place (and, of course, it does turn out to be relevant to the plot).

Let's be clear; this isn't destined to be a true classic. But it has an unusual monster at the core of it, some good interplay between the characters, both guest and regular, and it manages to provide a sense that that some colony world we've never heard of before really does matter in the grand scheme of things. I, for one, found it enjoyable.