8.0/10
Who Killed Kennedy is clearly modeled after Marvel Comics excellent Marvels series -- take a new character and give new light on old stories. As far as this part goes, Who Killed Kennedy is a remarkably successful look at how the "real world" would have viewed UNIT, or some other related stories.
The TV series is usually quite vague on how UNIT exactly works; in this book we both see it occasionally deal with "incidents" and how the monthly invasions could be covered up by the press. It does commit to a 70s era dating for the UNIT period, [but with loopholes for a couple of years flexibility], and across the board the tie in to the series are usually accurate [and off page]. From an explination about why the government officials in "Axos" were incompetent, to the recreation from "Mind of Evil", the continuity is quite solid. Liz Shaw even has the pipe she smokes in the Bill Baggs videos!
There may be a few points that will not please a few people; there is at least one point that I'd like to see followed up on from the Doctor's perspective in a short story, as our "writer" only has one or two conversations with the Doctor in the entire book, and we don't see how the Doctor really responds to the events in Stevens life that effect his.
Of course,this isn't a book one reads without first knowing most of the series in question. The reader is expected to recognize a majority of the stories, from "Unearthly Child" to "Curse of Fenric".
The main weakness of the story is that the "Who Killed Kennedy" idea, while giving it the books title and resolution, is quite weak. The Master's plot is more in line with the Ainley incarnation instead of the Delgado one, and it doesn't work as well as I would have liked. Also, as perhaps befitting the style of the book, it has a much grimmer and darker tone than the Pertwee era ever did, with many items much more sinister.
This style of book can only be written once in a great while; it may reach a little wider than just the NA/MA audience, with most of the references to the TV series. It's an enjoyable book, one I finished quite quickly. If you want a little different view of Doctor Who, this is a good place to go...
PS: I'm placing it on the shelf before "Scales of Injustice", but putting it anywhere in the early Pertwee era would work.