The Eleventh Doctor comic stories are vast becoming an
improvement to the televised adventures. While not as exciting as the last
issue, this is still a decent edition to this growing series. The time travel
element with the Doctor taking Alice to meet her two favourite singers
intrigued me most. What makes the story so poignant is how, without giving too
much away, Alice’s reaction to one of the singers is disappointing. His vacant
characterisation is the polar opposite to the eccentric singer who her mother
was a fan of and loved so dearly. This makes us as readers question what it
would be really like to meet someone from history and see whether expectations
could ever be met.
The new companion Alice is perhaps my favourite since Donna Noble and I think had she been a TV companion she would have become a fan favourite. She’s feisty, yet vulnerable, and mixed with her backstory thus creates a multi-dimensional character. A treat in this issue is one hard-core Whovians will appreciate as there is an appearance made by a certain car from the Jon Pertwee era.
Simon Fraser continues through his artwork to capture the mood and colour of the series and of this particular story. Once again, Rob Williams writing demonstrates an awareness of the Eleventh Doctor’s characterisation and the snappy dialogue make for some good comic moments. Furthermore, the story-arc that is slowly developing in this series is worthy as any TV plot and thus keeps readers hooked and entice them to read the next issue.
With intriguing characters, quick dialogue and a growing story-arc, these adventures are improvements over TV episodes. My only true criticism is that they won’t be properly embraced by TV viewers who may like the series as a TV event, but won’t go all out for further adventures in other medium formats. Their loss really.
The new companion Alice is perhaps my favourite since Donna Noble and I think had she been a TV companion she would have become a fan favourite. She’s feisty, yet vulnerable, and mixed with her backstory thus creates a multi-dimensional character. A treat in this issue is one hard-core Whovians will appreciate as there is an appearance made by a certain car from the Jon Pertwee era.
Simon Fraser continues through his artwork to capture the mood and colour of the series and of this particular story. Once again, Rob Williams writing demonstrates an awareness of the Eleventh Doctor’s characterisation and the snappy dialogue make for some good comic moments. Furthermore, the story-arc that is slowly developing in this series is worthy as any TV plot and thus keeps readers hooked and entice them to read the next issue.
With intriguing characters, quick dialogue and a growing story-arc, these adventures are improvements over TV episodes. My only true criticism is that they won’t be properly embraced by TV viewers who may like the series as a TV event, but won’t go all out for further adventures in other medium formats. Their loss really.
9/10
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