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cosmodious's review against another edition
1.0
Did the writer even watch the show?
This comic book suffers from a complete lack of consistency in terms of dialogue, tone, and particularly personalities (turning Martha into an airhead and The Doctor into a goofball).
Combined with mostly awful artwork (the backgrounds are pretty good but everything else can be written off) make this one of the weakest pieces of Doctor Who content I've ever read.
This comic book suffers from a complete lack of consistency in terms of dialogue, tone, and particularly personalities (turning Martha into an airhead and The Doctor into a goofball).
Combined with mostly awful artwork (the backgrounds are pretty good but everything else can be written off) make this one of the weakest pieces of Doctor Who content I've ever read.
macnchz's review against another edition
2.0
I love everything Doctor Who - but this was disjointed, hard to follow, and not that well written. So it was okay, but not so good.
roxanamalinachirila's review against another edition
1.0
This volume reads as if it went through the following process:
1. Somebody got a great idea for a plot and went absolutely hyper about it and complicated it.
2. It was written for 20 chapters, the director's cut version.
3. Somebody else decided to make it artistic (see the breaks in plot between chapters and the random talking to people inside one's head for long pages at the beginning of Chapter 8).
4. The editor said the story would be 8 chapters long - so s/he randomly pulled pages out of the story.
5. Somebody patched everything in a hurry to try to make it make sense.
A lot of confusion everywhere, even if I can tell there was the intention to do some great stuff somewhere in here.
The most baffling part (for me) was on page 55: "Jehovah bless you, Martha Jones... And thank you for second chances..." - a line which Martha doesn't appear to hear, said by a dying cat person who doesn't know her name. What second chance, what, huh, who, what? A Jewish cat person who speaks inaudibly and thanks for second chances it won't get? What... the... hell?
1. Somebody got a great idea for a plot and went absolutely hyper about it and complicated it.
2. It was written for 20 chapters, the director's cut version.
3. Somebody else decided to make it artistic (see the breaks in plot between chapters and the random talking to people inside one's head for long pages at the beginning of Chapter 8).
4. The editor said the story would be 8 chapters long - so s/he randomly pulled pages out of the story.
5. Somebody patched everything in a hurry to try to make it make sense.
A lot of confusion everywhere, even if I can tell there was the intention to do some great stuff somewhere in here.
The most baffling part (for me) was on page 55: "Jehovah bless you, Martha Jones... And thank you for second chances..." - a line which Martha doesn't appear to hear, said by a dying cat person who doesn't know her name. What second chance, what, huh, who, what? A Jewish cat person who speaks inaudibly and thanks for second chances it won't get? What... the... hell?
yoda_bor's review against another edition
2.0
On m’avait bien prévenue que ce tome là était loin d’être le meilleur des comics Doctor Who mais mon amour pour le tout chrono a pris le dessus et je n’ai pas pu résister à commencer par celui là.
Le scénario est très brouillon, je n’ai à peu près rien compris à ce qu’il se passait. J’espère qu’une deuxième lecture arrangera l’affaire.
C’est dommage car on sent quand même que le potentiel est là et le comic permet le développement d’idées qu’il serait impossible de traduire à la télévision.
Il y a quatre dessinateurs différents et ça se voit vraiment, il y a même eu des moments où j’ai eu du mal à reconnaître certains des protagonistes. Et le fait que j’ai parfois pas bien compris leur motivation ne m’a pas vraiment aidée à suivre.
Malgré tous ces défauts, j’ai quand même bien apprécié ce tome, avoir du Doctor Who sous un autre support est toujours très agréable.
Comme pour les livres, à peu près aucune mise en contexte n’est faite, il est donc nécessaire de connaître un minimum l’univers pour pouvoir apprécier cette aventure.
Le scénario est très brouillon, je n’ai à peu près rien compris à ce qu’il se passait. J’espère qu’une deuxième lecture arrangera l’affaire.
C’est dommage car on sent quand même que le potentiel est là et le comic permet le développement d’idées qu’il serait impossible de traduire à la télévision.
Il y a quatre dessinateurs différents et ça se voit vraiment, il y a même eu des moments où j’ai eu du mal à reconnaître certains des protagonistes. Et le fait que j’ai parfois pas bien compris leur motivation ne m’a pas vraiment aidée à suivre.
Malgré tous ces défauts, j’ai quand même bien apprécié ce tome, avoir du Doctor Who sous un autre support est toujours très agréable.
Comme pour les livres, à peu près aucune mise en contexte n’est faite, il est donc nécessaire de connaître un minimum l’univers pour pouvoir apprécier cette aventure.
kristamccracken's review against another edition
2.0
This was my first foray into any of the longer Doctor Who comics and it was a bit of a disappointment. In particular I had huge problems with the portrayal of Martha as a fawning sidekick and the marginalization of her intelligence. Similarly, there were a couple of chapters where the clothing she was wearing was completely out of character and felt very trope filled. Unfortunately the plot of this comic wasn't great either - it started off strong but falter significantly at the end with way too many details that bogged down the narrative.
dinosaurhorrorshow's review against another edition
2.0
I continue to be terribly disappointed with DH comics.
I didn't like the art in this one and the story was iffy. In many parts it didn't make much sense and it seemed as if they left out pages of detail and then just tried to fit it all in as dialog. If the dialog and the pictures aren't going to work well together then just write a book instead of a graphic novel. I kept losing interest because there was a lot more explaining with words and not in a fun way, in a really tedious not needed way. I also can't stand when different artists do different sections of a graphic novel, though I wasn't too much of a fan of any of the art in this one.
I didn't like the art in this one and the story was iffy. In many parts it didn't make much sense and it seemed as if they left out pages of detail and then just tried to fit it all in as dialog. If the dialog and the pictures aren't going to work well together then just write a book instead of a graphic novel. I kept losing interest because there was a lot more explaining with words and not in a fun way, in a really tedious not needed way. I also can't stand when different artists do different sections of a graphic novel, though I wasn't too much of a fan of any of the art in this one.
bluehairedlibrarian's review against another edition
2.0
I feel like my copy was missing so many pages. Story lines began and then drifted off into the void without mention again. Perhaps they were hoping for a sequel, I don't know. Almost every time a new issue began, it began as though dozens of things had happened since the last issue and the author just didn't want to tell you.
The art was jarring as well, as it changed stylistically from issue to issue. Not that it wasn't good, but when Martha looks like six different people over the course of a hundred-and-something pages, something is a little bit off.
The story line had a lot of potential, but characters were underutilized and the story *line* became just random plot points somewhere along that line. It needed more.
The art was jarring as well, as it changed stylistically from issue to issue. Not that it wasn't good, but when Martha looks like six different people over the course of a hundred-and-something pages, something is a little bit off.
The story line had a lot of potential, but characters were underutilized and the story *line* became just random plot points somewhere along that line. It needed more.
just_fighting_censorship's review against another edition
2.0
Reading this book was a study of a plot line heading in steady decline toward confusion...
Suddenly you reach the last chapter and you have no idea what is going on...this was poorly executed and organized.
Suddenly you reach the last chapter and you have no idea what is going on...this was poorly executed and organized.
halcyonpaperbacks's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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
3.0