Lethbridge-Stewart: The Black Eggs of Khufu

Candy Books have been generously giving away free short stories to people who pre-order the Lethbridge-Stewart book and this is their Easter free story, although other than the eggs connection it has nothing to do with Easter.

Lethbridge-Stewart arrives at the Great Pyramid in Egypt where ancient alien activity has been uncovered. There's an alien body and mysterious black eggs but when a group of Russians get involved Lethbridge-Stewart finds himself racing across the desert on a camel. 

It's a decent story and I liked the alien explanation for the pyramids. It certainly made good use of the locale although it's never really explained how on Earth Lethbridge-Stewart ending up going there. 

As is often the case with Doctor Who short stories though, this is limited by it's length. We get little explanation for the aliens and I couldn't really work out what the Russians were hoping to achieve. I hope that at some point Dexter gets to write a full-length Lethbridge-Stewart novel because he brings some great ideas into these short stories but doesn't have the time to expand upon them. 

Another decent freebie that adds to the growing Lethbridge-Stewart series.