One of the Doctor Who 2-in-1s, which jam two novellas together. Both fun, the Lost World homage of Terrible Lizards looks a little anaemic since Dinosaurs on A Spaceship, whilst Horror of the Space Snakes stirs reality TV, moonbases and (funnily enough) space snakes to entertaining enough effect. ( )

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Terrible Lizards, by Jonathan Green

An attempt at homage to Conan Doyle's Lost World - the Doctor, Amy and Rory find themselves on a ship carrying explorers to seek the Fountain of Youth in Florida in 1880 and get stuck in a time rift with dinosaurs. It doesn't work terribly well, the plot being reminiscent of one of the more nonsensical TV episodes, Amy screams and bursts into tears at any minor setback, and the one black character is the first to be eaten by the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Horror of the Space Snakes, by Gary Russell

This is much more like it. The Doctor, travelling alone, arrives on a Moonbase (explicitly the same one visited by his second incarnation) which is suffering unexplained pressure drops and disappearances. There's also a crowd of teenage visitors who have won a ticket to the Moon from their favourite TV show. There are, of course, space snakes, and lots of continuity references (and slight reimaginings) to satisfy long-term fans, and a fairly inventive ending which will satisfy most readers. ( )