A novelization of a "lost" episode that is a bit dated, but still enjoyable. The episode itself features - rather sudden in my opinion - the departure of one of the companions. Like the original Star Trek series episode "Space Seed" it would be quite interesting to return and see what the consequences of the Doctor's actions in this episode resulted in.

Without giving too much of the plot away, this story features the standard Sci-fi trope of a divided society between an urban elite and rural folk with the elite oppressing the rural people to maintain their elite structure. In some ways it reminds me of a 1960s adaptation of the silent film Metropolis.

Not the best story, but nice to have a novelization of a "lost" episode of early Dr. Who. ( )

http://nhw.livejournal.com/825455.html

The novelisation of The Savages sticks pretty closely to the TV script, and there's little more to say about it than that. The Doctor's most amusing line has been cut for some strange reason. ( )