Steven Poore's Reviews > Doctor Who: The Also People

One of my favourite Seventh Doctor adventures. Bernice Summerfield, Chris and Roz, a typically plate-spinning and furtive spymaster of a Doctor, and a ram-raid on the Culture universe of Iain M Banks. You really cannot go wrong. There's fan-service aplenty to both Culture and Who, references galore (including Kaldor), and a utopian Dyson Sphere civilisation so over the top that Aaronovitch can literally get away with anything as he makes the Tardis Team chase down a murderer while Benny weighs the life of a woman who is far more than she appears to be...

There are serious points made within on the nature of crime in a utopia and how such a place, devoid of official police forces, might deal with a murderer. And while the stakes don't necessarily encompass the whole universe, The People are still presented as the sort of danger it would be prudent to avoid antagonising.

If you can find a copy of this anywhere, I absolutely recommend it.