Love or hate them, in the BBC range it is only Paul Leonard who has really pulled them off - until now. Nick Walters has drawn positively on the influence of the Bristol craftsman to produce a conceptual alien vista that adds intricate depth to the idea that alien is alien. In fact the Dominion of the title is by far the most fascinating aspect of the novel - even if I couldn't quite the idea of potatoes out of my mind when thinking of the Blight. It was also great to see the sweeping of effects of small opportunistic meddling in alien technology taking a wholly sympathetic nature - and an ultimately disastrous course.
Dominion is a good novel.
It is also a Fitz novel. Walters' handles Fitz well especially in his scenes with Kerstin. He is bravado brave - the reluctant hero with questionable motives and a keen eye for a nice pair of breasts. The Doctor on the other hand read as being completely erratic - there was also a sense that he doesn't much like Fitz, that he sides with Sam, that he is partial and that Fitz is there as a inconvenience. Fitz has no part in this and the Doctor almost appears disappointed.