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A review by just_fighting_censorship
Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Vol. 1: Revolutions of Terror by Nick Abadzis
2.0
This was a disappointment.
The first story introduces us to the new companion, Gabby. She lives in present day Brooklyn, is young, and has Mexican roots. Her family owns a restaurant and a laundry mat, and her father is pressuring her to carry on the family businesses, but Gabby has a passion for art. Gee, I've never heard this before. A Mexican father who is controlling and set in his ways...a young girl who loves art but is being forced to pursue business...
To make matters worse the featured alien species feeds off human emotion. Not only have we seen this in other Doctor Who stories...
But it is very similar to the first issue of the new Eleventh Doctor Comic that came out at the exact same time!
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The second story was worse. The plot was slightly more interesting- a look at futurist art- but artwork coming to life isn't anything new.
However, the real problem with this story is that for some unknown reason, it is told through Gabby's journal (sort of). If you are going to do the whole past tense, first person journal perspective, you have to stick with it. You can't show us scenes that do not contain Gabby for starters (there is a lame sentence thrown in along the lines of well at least that's what the doctor told me. It just didn't work. It was confusing, inconsistent, and difficult to read. Plus, instead of developing the character (I assume that was the purpose) it diluted her. She lost some of the personality she gained in the first story. In fact, I felt like they weren't even the same person.
On top of all that, the normally charismatic Tenth Doctor was never given the chance to shine.
The author really seemed to be phoning it in on this one.
The first story introduces us to the new companion, Gabby. She lives in present day Brooklyn, is young, and has Mexican roots. Her family owns a restaurant and a laundry mat, and her father is pressuring her to carry on the family businesses, but Gabby has a passion for art. Gee, I've never heard this before. A Mexican father who is controlling and set in his ways...a young girl who loves art but is being forced to pursue business...
To make matters worse the featured alien species feeds off human emotion. Not only have we seen this in other Doctor Who stories...
But it is very similar to the first issue of the new Eleventh Doctor Comic that came out at the exact same time!
The second story was worse. The plot was slightly more interesting- a look at futurist art- but artwork coming to life isn't anything new.
However, the real problem with this story is that for some unknown reason, it is told through Gabby's journal (sort of). If you are going to do the whole past tense, first person journal perspective, you have to stick with it. You can't show us scenes that do not contain Gabby for starters (there is a lame sentence thrown in along the lines of well at least that's what the doctor told me. It just didn't work. It was confusing, inconsistent, and difficult to read. Plus, instead of developing the character (I assume that was the purpose) it diluted her. She lost some of the personality she gained in the first story. In fact, I felt like they weren't even the same person.
On top of all that, the normally charismatic Tenth Doctor was never given the chance to shine.
The author really seemed to be phoning it in on this one.