There's been sightings of ghosts and a UFO at Fang Rock so Lethbridge-Stewart goes to investigate. He calls upon Anne Travers for assistance and she ends up in the middle of a timey-wimey adventure.
This isn't really a Lethbridge-Stewart book, it's an Ann Travers book. She's the star here and she continues to be the strong female scientist ahead of her time that she was in The Web of Fear. She's so well portrayed here and you can't help but like her as a character.
The plot is more to with complicated time travel than it is alien attacks but the Rutans do make an appearance. It's largely independent of the original TV story, using that more as inspiration. There's lots of Doctor Who references here which is always fun and I can only admire the way the author swerved around copyright issues.
There are still a few problems though. Lethbridge-Stewart really should have had more to do as he is the star of the series. There's the inclusion of a werewolf which I didn't think really added much to the story. And several times the narrative re-writes itself. I felt the plot needed ironing out generally.
Another good addition to a series which has really found it's feet now.
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