A novel of the fourth Doctor and Leela. In this one the Tardis deposits the Doctor and Leela at the University of East Wessex possibly in the 1990s. The university has a Dept of Parapsychology that has had unusual success with a small group of students. Some of those students are murdered and the Doctor decides to fix the situation.
I disliked the portrayal of Leela as a sulky and unhappy woman who whines because the Doctor is ignoring her or makes wild accusations about him being allied with the Tesh.

re-read 12/9/2022 ( )

This story drags along. Good enough but not sure if I'd read it again. ( )

http://nhw.livejournal.com/1014841.html#cutid5

Psi-Ence Fiction is certainly the best of the four Boucher novels. It is something of a re-take of Image of the Fendahl, with research in contemporary Britain (2001 rather than 1978, of course) unlocking dangerous space-time anomalies and tapping into the plans of sinister entities. The setting this time round is a university campus, a familiar setting which liberates Boucher from trying too hard at world-building (as noted above, not his strongest point), as he can rely on smart-aleck students, infighting academics, and the local police trying to sort things out. Leela, as ever, excels; the biggest problem with the book is the resolution, where the Tardis itself plays an unexpected role, and the ending is a bit of a cop-out. But it was a good read. ( )