Robert Holmes is best known in print through Doctor Who scripts, novelisations and collections preserving his influential television writing. Stories such as The Talons of Weng-Chiang, The Caves of Androzani and The Deadly Assassin combine science fiction with political satire, horror and sharply drawn supporting characters. Holmes often used double acts, corrupt institutions and morally compromised authority figures to give adventure plots a sardonic edge. Because much of his bibliography comes from television rather than conventional prose, script books and adaptations are the clearest route into his work. It fits Doctor Who, classic British television science fiction and screenwriting, especially for readers interested in dialogue, structure and the development of recurring genre conventions. Read more Less
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