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Doctor Who Series 2 (2011) #1-4
Doctor Who Series 2: The Girl Who Waited, The Boy Who Lived
The complete 16-issue Series 2 featuring the first comic book tales of the 11th Doctor, as portrayed by Matt Smith, plus the 2011 Annual are collected in this oversized hardcover.
404 pages, Hardcover
First published December 24, 2013
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About the author
Tony Lee
518 books47 followersA New York Times Best-selling Graphic Novelist, Tony Lee was born in West London, UK in 1970. Informed by a teacher that he had a comic book style of writing, (a comment meant more as an insult), Tony decided that one day he would write for comics.
Tony has written for a variety of mediums including Radio 4, The BBC, commerical television in both the UK and US, magazines and both local and national newspapers. He has also written several award winning local radio campaigns. In 1991 he wrote for a small press comics publisher, of which only one project, The Cost of Miracles in Comic Speculator News was ever printed, and remains his first printed commercial comic work.
Moving away from comics, he went back into trade journalism and media marketing/creation. His small press magazine Burnt Offerings was a minor seller on both sides of the Atlantic, and was the first esoteric magazine to interview mainstream creators like Terry Pratchett and Pat Mills.
Since returning to comics in 2002, he has written for a variety of publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics/Zuda, Games Workshop, Panini Comics, Titan Publishing, AAM/Markosia Enterprises, Rebellion/2000ad and IDW Publishing amongst others, writing a variety of creator owned titles and licenses that include X-Men, Spider Man, Doctor Who, Starship Troopers, Wallace & Gromit and Shrek.
He is the writer of the ongoing Doctor Who series of comics from IDW, beginning in July 2009, and his award nominated, creator-owned miniseries Hope Falls was collected by AAM/Markosia in May 2009. His next book with them, From The Pages Of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula': Harker, was released in November 2009 to critical acclaim.
Added to this, Tony adapted Pride & Prejudice & Zombies into a graphic novel for Del Rey Publishing, with art by Cliff Richards - this was a New York Times #1 Bestselling Paperback Graphic Novel for May 2010 - he is also adapting Anthony Horowitz's Power of Five series into graphic format for Walker Books, the first - Raven's Gate is due out in late 2010, and he has adapted four Horowitz Horror books with Dan Boultwood for Hachette Children's Books.
His other book with Walker Books, Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood (drawn by Sam Hart) was released in 2009 and has already been awarded a Junior Library Guild: Fall 2009 Selection, and 'best for 2010' awards from both the American Library Association and the New York Public Library in the USA, among others. In March 2010 it was announced that it was also a finalist for the Children's Choice Book Awards. The next in the 'Heroes & Heroines' series, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur by Tony Lee & Sam Hart is scheduled for March 2011.
Outside of comics he is writing several books for children.
Tony is represented by Julian Friedmann of the Blake Friedmann Literary, TV and Film Agency.
Tony is also an accomplished Bard and performer, and has held the High Bard chair of the East Sussex Broomstick Rally on several occasions. His lecture Creating Gods for fun and Profit and his series of lectures on Bards and Ritual Magic were received to critical acclaim, and he still lectures occasionally in London, the Midlands and Sussex. As a Covent Garden Street Performer in the 90's, he performed 'The Scarlet Blade' Street Theatre show at the Edinburgh Festival and at locations across the UK, convincing members of the public to act out an insane pantomime for his amusement.
Added to this Tony is an accomplished storyteller and lecturer on writing, and has performed at libraries, events and schools around the world including the 2009 Edinburgh International Book Festival, a 2009 tour of India for the British Council, and in 2003 around the Wadi Rum bedouin campfire in Jordan.
Tony currently lives in London with his fiancée, Tracy.
from: http://www.tonylee.co.uk
Tony has written for a variety of mediums including Radio 4, The BBC, commerical television in both the UK and US, magazines and both local and national newspapers. He has also written several award winning local radio campaigns. In 1991 he wrote for a small press comics publisher, of which only one project, The Cost of Miracles in Comic Speculator News was ever printed, and remains his first printed commercial comic work.
Moving away from comics, he went back into trade journalism and media marketing/creation. His small press magazine Burnt Offerings was a minor seller on both sides of the Atlantic, and was the first esoteric magazine to interview mainstream creators like Terry Pratchett and Pat Mills.
Since returning to comics in 2002, he has written for a variety of publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics/Zuda, Games Workshop, Panini Comics, Titan Publishing, AAM/Markosia Enterprises, Rebellion/2000ad and IDW Publishing amongst others, writing a variety of creator owned titles and licenses that include X-Men, Spider Man, Doctor Who, Starship Troopers, Wallace & Gromit and Shrek.
He is the writer of the ongoing Doctor Who series of comics from IDW, beginning in July 2009, and his award nominated, creator-owned miniseries Hope Falls was collected by AAM/Markosia in May 2009. His next book with them, From The Pages Of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula': Harker, was released in November 2009 to critical acclaim.
Added to this, Tony adapted Pride & Prejudice & Zombies into a graphic novel for Del Rey Publishing, with art by Cliff Richards - this was a New York Times #1 Bestselling Paperback Graphic Novel for May 2010 - he is also adapting Anthony Horowitz's Power of Five series into graphic format for Walker Books, the first - Raven's Gate is due out in late 2010, and he has adapted four Horowitz Horror books with Dan Boultwood for Hachette Children's Books.
His other book with Walker Books, Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood (drawn by Sam Hart) was released in 2009 and has already been awarded a Junior Library Guild: Fall 2009 Selection, and 'best for 2010' awards from both the American Library Association and the New York Public Library in the USA, among others. In March 2010 it was announced that it was also a finalist for the Children's Choice Book Awards. The next in the 'Heroes & Heroines' series, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur by Tony Lee & Sam Hart is scheduled for March 2011.
Outside of comics he is writing several books for children.
Tony is represented by Julian Friedmann of the Blake Friedmann Literary, TV and Film Agency.
Tony is also an accomplished Bard and performer, and has held the High Bard chair of the East Sussex Broomstick Rally on several occasions. His lecture Creating Gods for fun and Profit and his series of lectures on Bards and Ritual Magic were received to critical acclaim, and he still lectures occasionally in London, the Midlands and Sussex. As a Covent Garden Street Performer in the 90's, he performed 'The Scarlet Blade' Street Theatre show at the Edinburgh Festival and at locations across the UK, convincing members of the public to act out an insane pantomime for his amusement.
Added to this Tony is an accomplished storyteller and lecturer on writing, and has performed at libraries, events and schools around the world including the 2009 Edinburgh International Book Festival, a 2009 tour of India for the British Council, and in 2003 around the Wadi Rum bedouin campfire in Jordan.
Tony currently lives in London with his fiancée, Tracy.
from: http://www.tonylee.co.uk
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August 4, 2015
This book collects the Second IDW ongoing Eleventh Doctor Comic Book series for Doctor Who, all 16 Issues plus the 2011 Annual. The stories are essentially set either between Series 5 and 6 or during Series 6 itself on Television. Here's a story by story breakdown:
1) Spam Filtered: What happens when Amy and Rory attempt to check their email in the TARDIS? Their phones interact with the TARDIS and the result is Spam email messages brought to life. It's insanely wonderful madcap tale and a perfect start for the Comic. I was laughing throughout. Rating: A+
2)Ripper's Curse: Amy, Rory, and the Doctor investigate the Ripper murders. Really, a story that was good enough for television and the art is absolutely gorgeous on this one. It's a superb pseudo historical. Rating: A
3) They Think It's All Over: The Doctor arrives several centuries Early for a Soccer game and the TARDIS crew find themselves caught in the middle of medieval political intrigue. The only way out? A Soccer shout-out with Vikings. Fun, if a bit insubstantial. Grade: B+
4) When World's Collide: The Doctor, Rory, and Amy are having a holiday on a planet where people tour a variety of fantasy worlds from the Old West to the age of the dinosaurs. However, the Sontarans crash into a planet creating a confusing situation. I personally don't care for the art of Matthew Dow Smith compared to other's in the book. It's a lot cruder than in other stories and this story would have been a lot more fun with more vivid art. Still, it's okay. Grade: B
5) Space Squid: A one shot about the Doctor, Amy, Rory, and the newest companion Robot Dinosuar Kevin as he tries to find his place in the TARDIS. It's a decent concept and an okay story. Grade: B
6) Body Snatched: A somewhat dull and predictable body swap tale. Didn't really like that much at all. Very cliched. Grade: C-
7) Silent Knight: A silent Christmastime strip that tries to be funny relying on visual gags and mostly doesn't really succeed. Grade: C-
8) As Time Goes By: A Doctor Who story with a Casablanca theme. It's an interesting idea, but it doesn't do much with the idea of Doctor Who in Casablanca, although there's a bit of an emotional element in there. Don't know where writer Joshua Hale Fialkov was going with this. Grade: B-
9) Run Doctor Run: This is the first of three tales in the Annual and each is more about art than story. This has the Doctor running around a strange landscape that kind of reminded me of Castrovalva. Grade: B-
10) Down to Earth: The Doctor checks in on a former alien invader who has repaired his spaceship. Okay, nothing spectacular. Grade: B
11) Tuesday: Amy's account of an adventure to save the crown from aliens and how Rory became the King. It's odd story but definitely fun. Grade: B+
Overall, there are some enjoyable stories here and the Series was better than the prior Tennant series which was weighed down by nostalgia. On the other hand, the quality differs quite a bit and the first volume is clearly the best with others not quite as strong.
1) Spam Filtered: What happens when Amy and Rory attempt to check their email in the TARDIS? Their phones interact with the TARDIS and the result is Spam email messages brought to life. It's insanely wonderful madcap tale and a perfect start for the Comic. I was laughing throughout. Rating: A+
2)Ripper's Curse: Amy, Rory, and the Doctor investigate the Ripper murders. Really, a story that was good enough for television and the art is absolutely gorgeous on this one. It's a superb pseudo historical. Rating: A
3) They Think It's All Over: The Doctor arrives several centuries Early for a Soccer game and the TARDIS crew find themselves caught in the middle of medieval political intrigue. The only way out? A Soccer shout-out with Vikings. Fun, if a bit insubstantial. Grade: B+
4) When World's Collide: The Doctor, Rory, and Amy are having a holiday on a planet where people tour a variety of fantasy worlds from the Old West to the age of the dinosaurs. However, the Sontarans crash into a planet creating a confusing situation. I personally don't care for the art of Matthew Dow Smith compared to other's in the book. It's a lot cruder than in other stories and this story would have been a lot more fun with more vivid art. Still, it's okay. Grade: B
5) Space Squid: A one shot about the Doctor, Amy, Rory, and the newest companion Robot Dinosuar Kevin as he tries to find his place in the TARDIS. It's a decent concept and an okay story. Grade: B
6) Body Snatched: A somewhat dull and predictable body swap tale. Didn't really like that much at all. Very cliched. Grade: C-
7) Silent Knight: A silent Christmastime strip that tries to be funny relying on visual gags and mostly doesn't really succeed. Grade: C-
8) As Time Goes By: A Doctor Who story with a Casablanca theme. It's an interesting idea, but it doesn't do much with the idea of Doctor Who in Casablanca, although there's a bit of an emotional element in there. Don't know where writer Joshua Hale Fialkov was going with this. Grade: B-
9) Run Doctor Run: This is the first of three tales in the Annual and each is more about art than story. This has the Doctor running around a strange landscape that kind of reminded me of Castrovalva. Grade: B-
10) Down to Earth: The Doctor checks in on a former alien invader who has repaired his spaceship. Okay, nothing spectacular. Grade: B
11) Tuesday: Amy's account of an adventure to save the crown from aliens and how Rory became the King. It's odd story but definitely fun. Grade: B+
Overall, there are some enjoyable stories here and the Series was better than the prior Tennant series which was weighed down by nostalgia. On the other hand, the quality differs quite a bit and the first volume is clearly the best with others not quite as strong.
March 18, 2014
This 12-issue collection is a heavy book, but the stories in it are for the most part light. It rarely deals with solid issues, instead keeping more in tone with the Doctor's more fluffy adventures. Not that that's a bad thing at all, and some of these stories are a lot of fun (Spam Filtered and Space Squid especially were highlights). The stories aren't as deep as the show, but they definitely do keep the spirit and the tone, and it's always good to get more time with these characters (and the new ones introduced only in the series; Kevin is a blast). All in all, a worthy addition to the series, even if it might not be canon.
June 30, 2014
I quite enjoyed this book of stories! I found it to be similar, though not exactly the same, as watching The Doctor's adventures with the Ponds. I enjoyed all of the artwork, though some shone more than others. My favorite stories from the collection would have to be the ones featuring Kevin the dinosaur. Overall, this was very enjoyable! I recommend it to any Whovian wanting more adventures with the 11th Doctor.
January 15, 2014
This is a big book. It follows the 11th Doctor, Rory and Amy on a lot of adventures. They meet the Ripper, fight Sontarans, make friends with a dinosaur, see a space squid and lots more. It's an omnibus of about 5 graphic novels, and also has a different cover than the one featured here. It's a lovely strokeable volume too, and all the characters, especially Rory shine. A very good read.
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