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kimmi's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
tempus's review against another edition
4.0
A good little story. A fair amount of mentioning the fact the Doctor had just regenerated. Nice final page with a great analogy that explains why the Doctor travels with companions.
thoroughlymodernreviewer's review against another edition
4.0
4.5/5
Doctor Who has a long history in comics, branching all the way back into the earliest days of the show. That history continues in the present, with Titan Comics' line of Doctor Who stories - the latest being a new series of stories featuring Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor. Just like the newest series of the show did, this comic - written by Jody Houser and illustrated by Rachael Stott - features an all-new adventure with all-new side characters and an all-new villain. Unlike a good chunk of the newest series, however, this story actually features a satisfying beginning, middle, and end.
Jody Houser has a gift for capturing the voices of already-existing characters. She did a marvelous job at recreating the feeling of Stranger Things in Dark Horse Comics' Stranger Things miniseries and she does a superb job here with Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor and her friends. Every time one of these characters says something, you can immediately hear the voice of the actor saying those words, and that's the sign of a writer who truly grasps how characters from a TV series or film should sound. Not only has Houser written some excellent dialogue for these characters, but she's also crafted an adventure for them to go on that is interesting, exciting, well-paced, and well-concluded. In these four issues, the Doctor discovers what's behind those weird encounters she'd been having with someone in the Time Vortex (seen in the backup stories of The Road to the 13th Doctor); a scientist who'd been experimenting with Vortex Manipulators found himself trapped in the vortex after his partner had tampered with his Vortex Manipulator in order to keep him safe from an evil villain known only as the Horder. From there, the Doctor quickly learns who the Hoarder is, what he wants, and how he can be stopped and goes about doing so. It's a super fun adventure and the Hoarder is a really interesting villain - far more interesting than villains like the Pting were.
Accompanying Houser's excellent scripts is artwork from Rachael Stott. Stott has illustrated a number of other ranges in Titan Comics' Doctor Who series, and every time she does so, she brings a level of realism that perfectly captures the actors' likeness while also making the illustrations feel alive. She has an amazing grasp on how each of the four characters from the show - The Doctor, Yaz, Graham, and Ryan - look; how they express themselves, how their bodies move, etc., and she does an amazing job at translating those elements of the actors' performances into her artwork. Not only that, she does some amazing design work on the various locales. Issue one opens up on an alien planet that is utterly gorgeous, another issue features a lot of action inside the TARDIS - a locale that would seem difficult to illustrate but one which Stott illustrates perfectly, giving it so much life that it's made me fall in love with the design more than I already had. Her design of the aliens in the story is also utterly unique and interesting. She's created designs that would probably be out of the budget for the actual TV series to execute, which is exactly what should be done for comics. These Doctor Who comics should do things the TV series can't do, and one of those is feature aliens that are beyond what could be accomplished on the budget of a BBC show. Stott's aliens are interesting and expressive and genuinely beautiful to look at - even the ones that are supposed to be frightening!
This first volume of 13th Doctor stories from Titan Comics is a whole lot of fun. Houser perfectly captures the characters from the TV series and brings them to life on the page with brilliant results, aided by Stott's impressive artwork. I do wish the arc was a bit longer - maybe six issues instead of four - so that we could spend just a bit more time with these new side characters and the monster, but as it is, it works very well. It's deeply imaginative, utterly thrilling, and very satisfying. It's the perfect place for anyone who's new to Doctor Who in comics to jump in, and I'd say it's even a great jumping on point for someone who's never seen an episode of Doctor Who in their lives. It's an easy read, but an enjoyable one, and I thoroughly recommend it.
Doctor Who has a long history in comics, branching all the way back into the earliest days of the show. That history continues in the present, with Titan Comics' line of Doctor Who stories - the latest being a new series of stories featuring Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor. Just like the newest series of the show did, this comic - written by Jody Houser and illustrated by Rachael Stott - features an all-new adventure with all-new side characters and an all-new villain. Unlike a good chunk of the newest series, however, this story actually features a satisfying beginning, middle, and end.
Jody Houser has a gift for capturing the voices of already-existing characters. She did a marvelous job at recreating the feeling of Stranger Things in Dark Horse Comics' Stranger Things miniseries and she does a superb job here with Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor and her friends. Every time one of these characters says something, you can immediately hear the voice of the actor saying those words, and that's the sign of a writer who truly grasps how characters from a TV series or film should sound. Not only has Houser written some excellent dialogue for these characters, but she's also crafted an adventure for them to go on that is interesting, exciting, well-paced, and well-concluded. In these four issues, the Doctor discovers what's behind those weird encounters she'd been having with someone in the Time Vortex (seen in the backup stories of The Road to the 13th Doctor); a scientist who'd been experimenting with Vortex Manipulators found himself trapped in the vortex after his partner had tampered with his Vortex Manipulator in order to keep him safe from an evil villain known only as the Horder. From there, the Doctor quickly learns who the Hoarder is, what he wants, and how he can be stopped and goes about doing so. It's a super fun adventure and the Hoarder is a really interesting villain - far more interesting than villains like the Pting were.
Accompanying Houser's excellent scripts is artwork from Rachael Stott. Stott has illustrated a number of other ranges in Titan Comics' Doctor Who series, and every time she does so, she brings a level of realism that perfectly captures the actors' likeness while also making the illustrations feel alive. She has an amazing grasp on how each of the four characters from the show - The Doctor, Yaz, Graham, and Ryan - look; how they express themselves, how their bodies move, etc., and she does an amazing job at translating those elements of the actors' performances into her artwork. Not only that, she does some amazing design work on the various locales. Issue one opens up on an alien planet that is utterly gorgeous, another issue features a lot of action inside the TARDIS - a locale that would seem difficult to illustrate but one which Stott illustrates perfectly, giving it so much life that it's made me fall in love with the design more than I already had. Her design of the aliens in the story is also utterly unique and interesting. She's created designs that would probably be out of the budget for the actual TV series to execute, which is exactly what should be done for comics. These Doctor Who comics should do things the TV series can't do, and one of those is feature aliens that are beyond what could be accomplished on the budget of a BBC show. Stott's aliens are interesting and expressive and genuinely beautiful to look at - even the ones that are supposed to be frightening!
This first volume of 13th Doctor stories from Titan Comics is a whole lot of fun. Houser perfectly captures the characters from the TV series and brings them to life on the page with brilliant results, aided by Stott's impressive artwork. I do wish the arc was a bit longer - maybe six issues instead of four - so that we could spend just a bit more time with these new side characters and the monster, but as it is, it works very well. It's deeply imaginative, utterly thrilling, and very satisfying. It's the perfect place for anyone who's new to Doctor Who in comics to jump in, and I'd say it's even a great jumping on point for someone who's never seen an episode of Doctor Who in their lives. It's an easy read, but an enjoyable one, and I thoroughly recommend it.
wynnifer's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
samahcanread__'s review
5.0
The first Doctor Who comic I read and it didn't disappoint.
Wen it was revealed Jodie Whittacker would be the next doctor, I was thrilled, but her stories in the show was a bit duller and boring compared to the old seasons.
Now, after reading this, I really wished they would have based the new show on this story.
"It's like Indinana Jones, but alien"
Yes, Ryan, it is!!
What I loved most about this one, is the art! The different posters are so beautiful!
Wen it was revealed Jodie Whittacker would be the next doctor, I was thrilled, but her stories in the show was a bit duller and boring compared to the old seasons.
Now, after reading this, I really wished they would have based the new show on this story.
"It's like Indinana Jones, but alien"
Yes, Ryan, it is!!
What I loved most about this one, is the art! The different posters are so beautiful!
vernip's review against another edition
3.0
Is it just me or did those time-travel suits look a little bit like some old-school Godzilla alien species' clothes?
Way to keep the international tokusatsu love going my dudes!
Way to keep the international tokusatsu love going my dudes!
shelleyrae's review against another edition
4.0
Review from my son (that’s his rating)
“You know when you’ve seen your favourite film dozens of times? What’s the one thing you can do to make it feel brand new again?” Show it to someone who hasn’t seen it before.”
That’s what this is. A reimagining, a new take on the thirteenth doctor in all her timey wimey glory.
Temporal distortions aside this new story featuring our favourite TARDIS team is ingenious in its use of new aliens that follow well defined motifs despite the brevity of the medium. The images do well to express feeling and emotion in each of the characters and I believe this adventure perfectly encapsulates the positivity and boldness of the latest season of Doctor Who.
Numerous nods to past Doctors ensure fans of the series can enjoy the unique continuity of out time travelling hero (now heroine) as he (now she) shows to us the wonders of travel through time, space and the minds of people like Jody Houser who masterfully captured each character’s dialogue and opinionated natures with her writing and credit to Rachael Stott with Giorgia Sposito and Valeria Favoccia for
their incredible artwork throughout the volume. A brilliant addon to season 11 and an example of what creativity and passion can achieve.
“What’s the point of knocking around the universe if there’s nothing new to see?”
“You know when you’ve seen your favourite film dozens of times? What’s the one thing you can do to make it feel brand new again?” Show it to someone who hasn’t seen it before.”
That’s what this is. A reimagining, a new take on the thirteenth doctor in all her timey wimey glory.
Temporal distortions aside this new story featuring our favourite TARDIS team is ingenious in its use of new aliens that follow well defined motifs despite the brevity of the medium. The images do well to express feeling and emotion in each of the characters and I believe this adventure perfectly encapsulates the positivity and boldness of the latest season of Doctor Who.
Numerous nods to past Doctors ensure fans of the series can enjoy the unique continuity of out time travelling hero (now heroine) as he (now she) shows to us the wonders of travel through time, space and the minds of people like Jody Houser who masterfully captured each character’s dialogue and opinionated natures with her writing and credit to Rachael Stott with Giorgia Sposito and Valeria Favoccia for
their incredible artwork throughout the volume. A brilliant addon to season 11 and an example of what creativity and passion can achieve.
“What’s the point of knocking around the universe if there’s nothing new to see?”
kyera's review against another edition
3.0
I love the show Doctor Who and I wanted to see how this graphic novel was. It is the first featuring the thirteenth doctor, so I thought it would make for a good starting point. Honestly, I was underwhelmed. Sometimes the art was good, but it mostly felt like one of those bad comic filters that you can put over real photos. Since it's a graphic novel, the art needs to be good so that was a little disappointing. The storylines were okay, but nothing super engaging. Overall, I read the graphic novel just to say that I finished it but didn't find it particularly entertaining. I'd still like to give others a chance to see if they're any better than this entry in the series. I'd recommend a skip on this one.