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A review by bridgette
Doctor Who Series 1: Winter's Dawn, Season's End by Blair Shedd, Tony Lee, Jonathan L. Davis, Al Davison, Matthew Dow Smith, Kelly Yates
4.0
ARC received from Netgalley.
As many others have pointed out, the description of this is wholly inaccurate. The twos stories in the preview feature the Eleventh Doctor and the Ponds, not Ten and whatever companion they chose to put in there.
The stories are set soon after Amy is rescued by the Doctor and Rory from Madame Kovarian and has lost Melody (River) as a baby. That being said, the two stories--"The Doctor and the Hypothetical Gentleman" and "The Doctor and the Nurse"--were enjoyable. The first is set during the time of The Great Exhibition in London and center around a couple who do seances for a living and think Emily, the wife, is being spoken to by an angel, but the letters she writes down are Galliferyan. The villain seems to a recurring one, but with the limited amount of stories, he didn't appear again. "The Doctor and the Nurse" is a story about Amy trying to get Rory and the Doctor to bond. They supposed to just drink at a pub in 1814 London, but, of course, things don't go according to plan. This story was parts funny, part action, just like the show. It would have been nice to have stories that actually matched the description of the book, or at least to have been told there were only two stories in the advance sample not the sixteen advertised.
I don't typically read graphic novels, but I'm new to the Doctor Who universe, so I thought I would give it a try. I thought the stories were very well drawn and several of the illustration in "The Hypothetical Gentleman" were beautiful. The banter was still with the characters along with Rory's exasperation at the Doctor's decision.
Overall, it was a great read, but I'm wondering what the finished product will be. Ten or Eleven?
As many others have pointed out, the description of this is wholly inaccurate. The twos stories in the preview feature the Eleventh Doctor and the Ponds, not Ten and whatever companion they chose to put in there.
The stories are set soon after Amy is rescued by the Doctor and Rory from Madame Kovarian and has lost Melody (River) as a baby. That being said, the two stories--"The Doctor and the Hypothetical Gentleman" and "The Doctor and the Nurse"--were enjoyable. The first is set during the time of The Great Exhibition in London and center around a couple who do seances for a living and think Emily, the wife, is being spoken to by an angel, but the letters she writes down are Galliferyan. The villain seems to a recurring one, but with the limited amount of stories, he didn't appear again. "The Doctor and the Nurse" is a story about Amy trying to get Rory and the Doctor to bond. They supposed to just drink at a pub in 1814 London, but, of course, things don't go according to plan. This story was parts funny, part action, just like the show. It would have been nice to have stories that actually matched the description of the book, or at least to have been told there were only two stories in the advance sample not the sixteen advertised.
I don't typically read graphic novels, but I'm new to the Doctor Who universe, so I thought I would give it a try. I thought the stories were very well drawn and several of the illustration in "The Hypothetical Gentleman" were beautiful. The banter was still with the characters along with Rory's exasperation at the Doctor's decision.
Overall, it was a great read, but I'm wondering what the finished product will be. Ten or Eleven?