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Doctor Who (2020) #1
Doctor Who Vol. 1: Alternating Current
A brand new story in Titan Comics' Doctor Who roster, featuring the exciting and loveable Thirteenth Doctor as she teams up with fan-favorite Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, as they face the terrifying Sea Devils, with the help of Rose Tyler!
After the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors' first adventure together, a paradox of their meeting has caused a radical rewrite of history... Sea Devils have taken over the Earth! Rose Tyler leads the human resistance, but there's more going on than first meets the eye. Can the Doctors reunite, defeat their enemies, and bring reality back to normal?
Collects Doctor Who #1-4.
After the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors' first adventure together, a paradox of their meeting has caused a radical rewrite of history... Sea Devils have taken over the Earth! Rose Tyler leads the human resistance, but there's more going on than first meets the eye. Can the Doctors reunite, defeat their enemies, and bring reality back to normal?
Collects Doctor Who #1-4.
112 pages, Paperback
First published May 25, 2021
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May 9, 2023
Rating: 1.5 stars
I was going to write a brief review, but I half way through writing it I decided I was going to go all in, so enjoy, I guess. If you care, that is. Trigger warning for people who like Chibnall-era Who, spoiler: I don't.
All my critiques with this graphic novel can be traced back to one point: it needed so many more pages than it actually had. First of all, the author decided to chuck seven people in one TARDIS. At the same time. And then tried to maintain some kind of story momentum while keeping up character development.
Because it was so short, people popped in and out of the story all the time and any growth that was there was incredibly stunted. (And this is seven people consistently in the TARDIS, mind you. There was a further two that came and went pretty swiftly, but I will touch on those later.) So there was a total of seven whole people (no half or 3/4 people) traveling in the TARDIS at once, and despite six of them being already established characters, this story did nothing to add to them (well, I could argue that three of the companions have had no more development since the episode on which they were introduced, but that is not a rant we need right now).
So this comic played into a 13th Doctor episode, which would usually have been a terrible decision, basically damning the story from the start, but fortunately they picked one of the only good episodes 13 has had (not written by Chris Chibnall, but that is a given in my book, as all Chibnall episodes are the complete antithesis of "good") which was Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror being the fourth episode of season 12, an otherwise rubbish season (well, The Haunting of Villa Diodati was good as well). But when at last Tesla and Edison brought into the story, they were there for a grand total of 5 pages, in the TARDIS for a few seconds (their reactions fast-tracked), and then gone. The handling of this was very poor, and quite anti-climactic considering the whole point of the story switched to rescuing Tesla and Edison half way through.
(That gif was from Star Trek, but I don’t care. We needed the infamous Double Picard Facepalm too)
Instead of attempting to make up their own, this book does use a Classic Who alien - the Sea Devils - which I greatly appreciated. These go all the way back to the Third Doctor (if I am remembering correctly) but they are utilised poor to mediocre in this comic. They are quickly cut out of the story in favour of a New Who alien (from Chibnall's era, of all things) and is not the best and/or most creative. So you just come to grips that these are the antagonists, and then they are removed.
But we have Rose in this comic. Rose and Ten. That should make up for something, right? Well, their parts were good, but they were the only good parts. She's an alternate universe Rose, which could have been an interesting angle, but she was hurriedly shifted to the back because of the overwhelming amount of characters in the story. So her first TARDIS reaction is also fast-tracked and condensed to one line without any kind of physical reaction beyond that. Then after the two Doctors meet up and there is effectively a small army behind them, you could be forgiven for forgetting she was even there.
Aside from this, the only really enjoyable thing about this comic was the 13th and 10th Doctors meeting. That was good. But because they packed this graphic novel with so much, had such little page time to do it in, that was the only relationship that was even able to develop, even as small as it ended up being developed.
(Again, another Star Trek gif, but this one's DS9, so I switched it up)
And I don't know if you would consider this a spoiler or not, but there's this quote-unquote "bad guy" who for some reason is good because plot needed it to be. They then sacrifice themselves because this "bad guy" has no need to be in the rest of the story. So... because plot...? I hate the reasoning "because plot," because as a plot reader, that's what I'm most focused on. So when something happens to a character because the plot needs that, it sticks out to me like a sore thumb and bothers me immensely.
Going to end this here. It hurts to be giving my favourite franchise one star, but I am critical of my Doctor Who and I don't think that will ever change.
I was going to write a brief review, but I half way through writing it I decided I was going to go all in, so enjoy, I guess. If you care, that is. Trigger warning for people who like Chibnall-era Who, spoiler: I don't.
All my critiques with this graphic novel can be traced back to one point: it needed so many more pages than it actually had. First of all, the author decided to chuck seven people in one TARDIS. At the same time. And then tried to maintain some kind of story momentum while keeping up character development.
Because it was so short, people popped in and out of the story all the time and any growth that was there was incredibly stunted. (And this is seven people consistently in the TARDIS, mind you. There was a further two that came and went pretty swiftly, but I will touch on those later.) So there was a total of seven whole people (no half or 3/4 people) traveling in the TARDIS at once, and despite six of them being already established characters, this story did nothing to add to them (well, I could argue that three of the companions have had no more development since the episode on which they were introduced, but that is not a rant we need right now).
So this comic played into a 13th Doctor episode, which would usually have been a terrible decision, basically damning the story from the start, but fortunately they picked one of the only good episodes 13 has had (not written by Chris Chibnall, but that is a given in my book, as all Chibnall episodes are the complete antithesis of "good") which was Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror being the fourth episode of season 12, an otherwise rubbish season (well, The Haunting of Villa Diodati was good as well). But when at last Tesla and Edison brought into the story, they were there for a grand total of 5 pages, in the TARDIS for a few seconds (their reactions fast-tracked), and then gone. The handling of this was very poor, and quite anti-climactic considering the whole point of the story switched to rescuing Tesla and Edison half way through.
(That gif was from Star Trek, but I don’t care. We needed the infamous Double Picard Facepalm too)
Instead of attempting to make up their own, this book does use a Classic Who alien - the Sea Devils - which I greatly appreciated. These go all the way back to the Third Doctor (if I am remembering correctly) but they are utilised poor to mediocre in this comic. They are quickly cut out of the story in favour of a New Who alien (from Chibnall's era, of all things) and is not the best and/or most creative. So you just come to grips that these are the antagonists, and then they are removed.
But we have Rose in this comic. Rose and Ten. That should make up for something, right? Well, their parts were good, but they were the only good parts. She's an alternate universe Rose, which could have been an interesting angle, but she was hurriedly shifted to the back because of the overwhelming amount of characters in the story. So her first TARDIS reaction is also fast-tracked and condensed to one line without any kind of physical reaction beyond that. Then after the two Doctors meet up and there is effectively a small army behind them, you could be forgiven for forgetting she was even there.
Aside from this, the only really enjoyable thing about this comic was the 13th and 10th Doctors meeting. That was good. But because they packed this graphic novel with so much, had such little page time to do it in, that was the only relationship that was even able to develop, even as small as it ended up being developed.
(Again, another Star Trek gif, but this one's DS9, so I switched it up)
And I don't know if you would consider this a spoiler or not, but there's this quote-unquote "bad guy" who for some reason is good because plot needed it to be. They then sacrifice themselves because this "bad guy" has no need to be in the rest of the story. So... because plot...? I hate the reasoning "because plot," because as a plot reader, that's what I'm most focused on. So when something happens to a character because the plot needs that, it sticks out to me like a sore thumb and bothers me immensely.
Going to end this here. It hurts to be giving my favourite franchise one star, but I am critical of my Doctor Who and I don't think that will ever change.
November 15, 2021
Following on from the previous volume, the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors have caused a major paradox, and only with the help of Rose Tyler and some other unexpected allies can they hope to fix it!
This one's very ambitious, especially for only four issues, and I think it gets a bit overloaded as a result. There's a LOT going on, from callbacks to old Tenth Doctor stories, some of the Thirteenth's own which are fresher in our minds, and even a comic-exclusive Twelfth Doctor one, and when you then throw in four Companions and two Doctors, it's a bit messy. It's still fun, but it moves so fast that it's easy to forget about Graham, Yaz, and Ryan (again!).
Art's grand though, since Roberta Ingranata seems to have glued herself to Doctor Who, and we're all the better for it.
Probably more of a 3.5, but I'm rounding up today. Too many things going on to really land, but points for trying.
This one's very ambitious, especially for only four issues, and I think it gets a bit overloaded as a result. There's a LOT going on, from callbacks to old Tenth Doctor stories, some of the Thirteenth's own which are fresher in our minds, and even a comic-exclusive Twelfth Doctor one, and when you then throw in four Companions and two Doctors, it's a bit messy. It's still fun, but it moves so fast that it's easy to forget about Graham, Yaz, and Ryan (again!).
Art's grand though, since Roberta Ingranata seems to have glued herself to Doctor Who, and we're all the better for it.
Probably more of a 3.5, but I'm rounding up today. Too many things going on to really land, but points for trying.
July 24, 2021
I really enjoyed the 13/10 crossover that took place right before this one, the Blink one. So I was SO excited to go into this one, especially with Rose in it. But… I felt like Rose wasn’t utilized at all. The scenes between Rose and 10 were the best, and the story should have focused more on those emotional bits. 13 and Rose barely exchange words, and there wasn’t any sign of emotion in their small interaction; a let down. I think we needed less companions here and more focus on Rose and the reunion from 13’s POV. That’s why I’m assuming people will pick this one up, expecting that, and they’ll be disappointed. Also, the wrap up to Rose’s arc here? Very weird and not enough resolution or answers! The art was good though, and it was a quick read. 3/5 stars.
May 15, 2021
Whilst I enjoyed this there really wasn't much to it, the Doctor shows up, there is a paradox. Gets into some trouble meanwhile the other Doctor does the same thing, they meet up and everything is resolved quickly.
It just felt pointless, even with the new version of Rose, they didn't build on it at all. Instead the Doctor kept telling her to act better, even though she's become hardened by war due to the paradox.
The ending was a let down as well, When Doctor's meet it should be an epic adventure but this just came off as bland.
It just felt pointless, even with the new version of Rose, they didn't build on it at all. Instead the Doctor kept telling her to act better, even though she's become hardened by war due to the paradox.
The ending was a let down as well, When Doctor's meet it should be an epic adventure but this just came off as bland.
June 30, 2021
Fun and entertaining. The problem though, as with much of the crop of new Doctor Who comics, is there’s nothing really new here. We just revisit previous storylines and twist them into unfamiliar shapes. But we’ve already been here and one this.
August 1, 2024
I love the art style for the 13th doctor graphic novels and the writing is brilliant! Definitely feels like an adventure you can imagine watching as a part of the series 💫
June 23, 2021
This story continues the events of "With a Little Help From My Friends". In this, the Thirteenth Doctor thinks she's gotten her friends back home. Unfortunately, something is very wrong as the Sea Devils rule the Earth and Rose Tyler leads the resistance. The issues stem at least in part from the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors' team-up in the previous story and so the Doctors revisit the events of "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" to fix the problem. It seems to work and Thirteen leaves the fam for a minute while she checks something out (which is then seen in "Defender of the Daleks" Titan's contribution to the Time Lord Victorious event) before returning find the Corsair waiting for here.
The story's fun and engaging, the art is good and works well with the story. Because of COVID affecting schedules, this came out months after the Time Lord Victorious comic that it leads into. And any follow-up to the cliffhanger appears to be far in the future as it doesn't appear in any capacity on Titan's website. That said, this is still worth picking up (at least from your local library) as it's an engaging, entertaining story.
The story's fun and engaging, the art is good and works well with the story. Because of COVID affecting schedules, this came out months after the Time Lord Victorious comic that it leads into. And any follow-up to the cliffhanger appears to be far in the future as it doesn't appear in any capacity on Titan's website. That said, this is still worth picking up (at least from your local library) as it's an engaging, entertaining story.
February 3, 2022
Two Doctors, the 10th and the 13th, must join forces to repair an altered timeline.
This is a follow-up to a prior story involving these two Doctors, the events of this story having been precipitated by their meeting in that story. The same creative team is involved here, so it reads and looks nice.
I don't feel the story here holds up quite as well as the prior one. The idea of a paradox in the meeting of the two Doctors being responsible for creating a divergence in the timeline is a little too "timey wimey". It hasn't happened in prior multi-Doctor stories and doesn't get much explanation here. Also, it's unclear when this story takes place for 10 relative to the prior one.
Strangely for a multi-Doctor story, there isn't really a lot of interaction between the two, making this seem more purely a sales grab than the previous one as there's no real reason for 10 to be here at all. So, while not a bad read, I can't bring myself to rate this as well as I did the prior team-up between these two.
This is a follow-up to a prior story involving these two Doctors, the events of this story having been precipitated by their meeting in that story. The same creative team is involved here, so it reads and looks nice.
I don't feel the story here holds up quite as well as the prior one. The idea of a paradox in the meeting of the two Doctors being responsible for creating a divergence in the timeline is a little too "timey wimey". It hasn't happened in prior multi-Doctor stories and doesn't get much explanation here. Also, it's unclear when this story takes place for 10 relative to the prior one.
Strangely for a multi-Doctor story, there isn't really a lot of interaction between the two, making this seem more purely a sales grab than the previous one as there's no real reason for 10 to be here at all. So, while not a bad read, I can't bring myself to rate this as well as I did the prior team-up between these two.
January 9, 2024
So, still new to borrowing digital stuff from my "local" library, via the Internet. However, I AM not at all new to being a Whovian, the term used for those of us who are fans of, or who simply love all things "Doctor Who."
While browsing through their comic book offerings, I saw this "Doctor Who" title, and began devouring it, immediately.
As with all things Whovian, I enjoyed this comic book very much, and honestly, do not recall how many pages were listed, although I have no doubt the count is quite correct, this time around.
Well, the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors reunite, but not so much for an adventure, but to rectify multiple timelines. Did I mention multiple? Why, yes, I did.
As you can imagine, the opportunity for some award and hella funny moments arise, almost immediately.
I do not want to give away too much, as the eternally great Dr. River Song would say, "No spoilers!" so I shall not. However, just know that this is a fun, exciting, intriguing and intense episode.
While browsing through their comic book offerings, I saw this "Doctor Who" title, and began devouring it, immediately.
As with all things Whovian, I enjoyed this comic book very much, and honestly, do not recall how many pages were listed, although I have no doubt the count is quite correct, this time around.
Well, the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors reunite, but not so much for an adventure, but to rectify multiple timelines. Did I mention multiple? Why, yes, I did.
As you can imagine, the opportunity for some award and hella funny moments arise, almost immediately.
I do not want to give away too much, as the eternally great Dr. River Song would say, "No spoilers!" so I shall not. However, just know that this is a fun, exciting, intriguing and intense episode.
October 14, 2022
Though this is the first volume of a newer Doctor Who ongoing series, it actually continues directly from The Thirteenth Doctor Vol 4: A Tale of Two Time Lords, A Little Help from My Friends. Dialogue also indicates that these take place at least after “Nicola Tesla’s Night of Terror.” I kinda like the idea of these 10/13 crossovers taking place before “Fugitive of the Judoon.” While I prefer the previous volume, this one was still pretty fun. Got to see an alternate Rose who has fought a war in a different timeline. And we got to see Thirteen and the Fam interact with Sea Devils, a good while before they appeared in Legend of the Sea Devils. I’m wondering if that special could still fit with what’s seen here. The ending apparently leads into the Time Lord Victorious comic Defender of the Daleks. Publication of these stories was done out of order, but fortunately I’m going through these in order after the fact.
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January 13, 2022A 'Vol. 1' of almost Marvel levels of daftness, given this follows directly from the previous Tenth/Thirteenth Doctor crossover by the same team. Not that it leaves much impression they had another story that desperately needed telling, more's the pity. After some misdirection with Sea Devils conquering the Earth in an alternate timeline which the characters freely admit doesn't really hang together, most of the story is another go-round on the Tesla story which, to be fair, was one of the three half-decent TV episodes of the Chibnall era. But the retread here doesn't give much sense that there's more to be squeezed from it, and compared to the previous volume, even the character interplay that's the main appeal of multi-Doctor stories is sadly lacking.
May 26, 2022
Doctor Who Vol. 1: Alternating Current
I will never give a DW Titan Comics volume any rating below 3, however, this one was probably among the least memorable.
Relatively bland and shallow. Rose and 10th don't really have the chemistry, and 13th barely acknowledges Rose. There are as many as 7 personalities (& an extra TARDIS) within the TARDIS.
Not enough 'space' (ironic pun) for any of the characters to shine.
#1 - "This is all wrong. INCEDIBLY wrong. EXCEPTIONALLY wrong." - 13th
#2 - "Right. Put the puzzle together later. Run now." - 13th
#3 - "It's like slapping a bandage on a wound without cleaning it out first. Good way to get an infection. A TIME infection." - 13th
#4 - "The interior dimensions -- transcend the exterior." - Tesla
I will never give a DW Titan Comics volume any rating below 3, however, this one was probably among the least memorable.
Relatively bland and shallow. Rose and 10th don't really have the chemistry, and 13th barely acknowledges Rose. There are as many as 7 personalities (& an extra TARDIS) within the TARDIS.
Not enough 'space' (ironic pun) for any of the characters to shine.
#1 - "This is all wrong. INCEDIBLY wrong. EXCEPTIONALLY wrong." - 13th
#2 - "Right. Put the puzzle together later. Run now." - 13th
#3 - "It's like slapping a bandage on a wound without cleaning it out first. Good way to get an infection. A TIME infection." - 13th
#4 - "The interior dimensions -- transcend the exterior." - Tesla
February 14, 2024
A pretty confusing story as we get the 14th Doctor finding out the Earth has been conquered by Sea Devils and we also learn this is somehow a sequel to the episode Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror as we get a return of the Skithra as their queen shows up and is trying to help the humans this time but it comes off confusing as this is somehow actually another alternate earth with a return of a different Tyler family and it feels like they were trying to make this seem emotional as we get the return of the Tenth Doctor reuniting with this version of Rose but it just feels hollow since they do establish that this is not the Rose we know. It just feels confusing maybe later volumes will clear things up but it just feels convoluted.
May 10, 2021
I am a huge fan of Dr Who, especially the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctor and this graphic novel did not disappoint me in the least.
I like the way each doctor even though they are technically the same person although regenerated have a totally different persona and you could definitely see this in the graphic novel with their ism’s.
The Tardis on its way gets caught in a paradox and history has been rewritten. The Sea Devils have taken over Earth and now the humans are their slaves. It is up to the Doctor’s and their teams to fix it.
At the beginning of the book there is a little bit about what happened previously, and it also a bit about each character which is helpful if you have not been following the TV Shows and are totally new to Dr Who.
All of the characters have been illustrated really well, I could tell who they were as they were so close the real life.
If you are familiar with Rose and the Tenth Doctors story you will also feel pulled to it, when she doesn’t even know who he is.
The storyline is as I would have expected, aliens, saving the world with the help of their friends and the doctors characters shining out.
Absolutely brilliant!
I like the way each doctor even though they are technically the same person although regenerated have a totally different persona and you could definitely see this in the graphic novel with their ism’s.
The Tardis on its way gets caught in a paradox and history has been rewritten. The Sea Devils have taken over Earth and now the humans are their slaves. It is up to the Doctor’s and their teams to fix it.
At the beginning of the book there is a little bit about what happened previously, and it also a bit about each character which is helpful if you have not been following the TV Shows and are totally new to Dr Who.
All of the characters have been illustrated really well, I could tell who they were as they were so close the real life.
If you are familiar with Rose and the Tenth Doctors story you will also feel pulled to it, when she doesn’t even know who he is.
The storyline is as I would have expected, aliens, saving the world with the help of their friends and the doctors characters shining out.
Absolutely brilliant!
April 1, 2023
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/alternating-current-by-jody-houser-roberta-ingranata-and-enrica-eren-angiolini/
I’ve seen some rather negative reviews of this online, but I really enjoyed it – another story of the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors coming together, with a parallel timeline where Rose Tyler is leading human resistance to the Sea Devils, and also a return to the more recent story Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror. Houser catches a lovely dynamic between the two Doctors, in general it’s well realised by the artists, and I thought it was a lot of fun.
I’ve seen some rather negative reviews of this online, but I really enjoyed it – another story of the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors coming together, with a parallel timeline where Rose Tyler is leading human resistance to the Sea Devils, and also a return to the more recent story Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror. Houser catches a lovely dynamic between the two Doctors, in general it’s well realised by the artists, and I thought it was a lot of fun.
July 26, 2022
Probably between a 2 and a 3 - felt lengthier than Defender of the Daleks, but less substance, as a lot of characters in here, two later ones really didn't seem to add anything to the plot and seemed a missed opportunity. Personality wise the two Doctors were captured well, but I found that the art didn't capture many of the characters well at all - the Tenth and Yaz were especially jarring for me, with Graham and Ryan probably the best drawn.
Story itself was okay, but no real stand out moments, and didn't involve me enough to overcome the art issues for me.
Story itself was okay, but no real stand out moments, and didn't involve me enough to overcome the art issues for me.
June 1, 2021
Le titre est quand même un bon jeu de mot sur le courant alternatif (parce qu'il y a Tesla et Edison) et l'univers alternatif (parce que le tout se passe dans un univers alternatif). J'ai bien apprécié la présence d'une personne non-humaine dans le TARDIS bien que j'aurais aimé qu'elle puisse rester pour une fois.
Sinon, une bonne histoire, une bonne répartition narrative entre les deux Docteurs et je l'ai lu d'une traite.
Sinon, une bonne histoire, une bonne répartition narrative entre les deux Docteurs et je l'ai lu d'une traite.
September 22, 2021
Unfortunately just not as good as the volume preceding this, but I mean how can you top a story that revisits Blink .
We don't really get much in the way of character development, or even emotional gut-punches which I would expect from a story featuring Rose Tyler.
I mean, it was ok? Just not what I was expecting after really liking the last volume. Also the art did nto feel as detailed on the faces.
We don't really get much in the way of character development, or even emotional gut-punches which I would expect from a story featuring Rose Tyler.
I mean, it was ok? Just not what I was expecting after really liking the last volume. Also the art did nto feel as detailed on the faces.
January 6, 2022
Too much going on with too many people in such a short volume. Reunion with Rose was disappointingly emotionless. But hey, she’s back. Even though they didn’t do much with her here, I’m loving Empire of the Wolf so far. I actually started with that one but could tell I was missing some background.
P.S. 13 should dump the three too many human companions and start traveling with the skithra queen, she was a sweetheart.
P.S. 13 should dump the three too many human companions and start traveling with the skithra queen, she was a sweetheart.
January 30, 2022
Alternating Currents has all the makings of a good Doctor Who story. It has two Doctors, beloved characters returning, monsters, and an intriguing mix of alien invasion and paradoxes. So it's an obvious slam dunk?
Yes and no. Alternating Currents is a fun read, to be sure. How could it not be with that mix of elements and the chance to see the 13th Doctor interacting not only with versions of the various Tylers but also a Classic Who monster in the form of the Sea Devils (and well before we learned of their on-screen return later in 2022)? Not to mention some lovely artwork by Roberta Ingranata between the covers, giving the story some fantastic visuals.
As a story, though, Jody Houser's writing feels lacking. The characterizations of all the regular characters feel spot-on, as do two of the Tylers, yet the alternate Rose never quite gels or develops as a character. It feels unfair to say it, but alternate Rose and many returning elements feel like a list thrown together, with Houser having to work some vague plot around them. The resulting story feels like a series of loosely tied together set pieces, combing elements from across Doctor Who's long run, but never into an entirely satisfying tale.
Which isn't to say you shouldn't read it. There's plenty to enjoy here, after all, and it's an ambitious tale, perhaps too much for its ultimate good. But, then, isn't the story for much of Doctor Who's history?
Yes and no. Alternating Currents is a fun read, to be sure. How could it not be with that mix of elements and the chance to see the 13th Doctor interacting not only with versions of the various Tylers but also a Classic Who monster in the form of the Sea Devils (and well before we learned of their on-screen return later in 2022)? Not to mention some lovely artwork by Roberta Ingranata between the covers, giving the story some fantastic visuals.
As a story, though, Jody Houser's writing feels lacking. The characterizations of all the regular characters feel spot-on, as do two of the Tylers, yet the alternate Rose never quite gels or develops as a character. It feels unfair to say it, but alternate Rose and many returning elements feel like a list thrown together, with Houser having to work some vague plot around them. The resulting story feels like a series of loosely tied together set pieces, combing elements from across Doctor Who's long run, but never into an entirely satisfying tale.
Which isn't to say you shouldn't read it. There's plenty to enjoy here, after all, and it's an ambitious tale, perhaps too much for its ultimate good. But, then, isn't the story for much of Doctor Who's history?
November 11, 2023
After a previous adventure with Doctors 10 and 13, time is all screwed up and the Sea Devils have taken over the earth. With only 4 issues, this feels very by the numbers. Also, this Rose never met the Doctor so there's none of the emotional impact you'd expect. This gets extra timey-wimey and you may want to refresh yourself on Rose's adventures with the Doctor ahead of time.
August 31, 2021
I'm a big fan of the TV series, but I find a lot of these spin off graphic novels and books to be mediocre at best. It's an okay story, despite the fact a lot of the plot is reused from the Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror episode.
April 11, 2022
Will there be a spinoff for this version of Rose? It also would be interesting to see how the Tenth would interact with her on their last journey, and whether he'd be tempted to bring her along and create a whole new paradox..
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 6, 2022
What a story...Truely Electrifying
Great team of Rose Tyler, 10th Doc, 13th Doc, Ryan, Gram, and Yaz. This is a mus
t read for any Doctor Who can. What a wild ride, this isn't a comic you want to miss. 💡⚡
Great team of Rose Tyler, 10th Doc, 13th Doc, Ryan, Gram, and Yaz. This is a mus
t read for any Doctor Who can. What a wild ride, this isn't a comic you want to miss. 💡⚡
January 27, 2023
Even with seeing Rose, Pete, Jackie, and revisiting the Tesla-Edison-Skithra story, I didn't like this one.
Story didn't really make sense (as most paradoxes do).
They can't all be great so on to the next one.
Story didn't really make sense (as most paradoxes do).
They can't all be great so on to the next one.
October 2, 2025
As 10th and 13th are my favourite Doctors, I was always going to enjoy this - no matter what faults it contained. And it does have them. There are so many characters crammed into this volume's pages that some of them are just sort of...there...and have nothing of value to offer the story.
June 4, 2021
My two favorite Doctors in one comic... BRILLIANT!
June 14, 2021
I loved seeing 10 and 13 team up, and of course I was thrilled to see Rose Tyler again. This graphic novel is a fun paradox story. I'm interested to see what else is to come in this series.
June 26, 2021
The 10th and 13th doctors try to fix time and save tesla and edison.
December 12, 2021
3.5 Stars
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