Return to The Pit: Prelude Dismal

I've decided to revisit The Pit, a Doctor Who Virgin New Adventure novel. Featuring the Seventh Doctor, it's generally reviled and often held up as the prime example of the series at its worst. I rather enjoyed it on first read and am going to see if my initial impression holds up.

I began by reading the prelude from Doctor Who Magazine.

This must be the bleakest prelude of the bunch. It begins with a teenage boy who has been mutilated and burned and ends with his stepsister having been driven mad after being forced to consume drugs.

Uff da!