Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor: Year Two #10 - An Advanced Review/Preview

A spooky old house full of antiques might get The Doctor's attention on a slow day. A spooky old house full of antiques leaking temporal radiation will definitely get his attention. Of course The Doctor has no explanation for why the insides of the house keep changing or where a young mother's husband and children have wound up. Then the answer hits him - the house was holding a TARDIS that was near death! And unless they can find an exit soon, they'll be trapped at ground zero of an explosion that will destroy The Earth and a good chunk of the dimensional space around it!





While the revelation behind the mystery house in last month's issue was a tad predictable, George Mann made it an amusing read. That amusement carries into this issue, with a unique twist on the old Doctor Who cliche about everything ultimately devolving into people running down corridors. Thankfully, Rachael Stott proves quite adept at depicting people running down corridors and many of the background visuals in this issue are quite striking. The colors of Rodrigo Fernandes help bring the finished artwork to life.

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor: Year Two #10 releases on October 19, 2016. 

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Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor: Year Two #7 - A Review

United under the leadership of The Doctor, an unlikely group of his allies and enemies from across time and space have joined together into a tribe of sorts. Trapped in a primitive world by the sinister fixer known as Ebonite, the group are forced to fight a cosmic deathmatch against other captives for the amusement of the twisted race known as The Monaxi. Worse yet, The Doctor's most recent companion - Gabby Gonzales - has been corrupted into a weapon by the Monaxi's brainwashing!


Nick Abadzis' script for this book suffers somewhat in that the ensemble cast is a bit large and there wouldn't be much time for us to see their personalities in action, even if they weren't unsure who they were due to the alien brain-washing. Still, the story isn't bad in spite of that issue. And there's a lot of Easter Eggs referring to the classic series for old-school Whovians to enjoy.

Whatever reservations I may have about the story, I have none about the artwork. Elena Casagrande is in her usual fine form throughout this comic. And colorist Rodrigo Fernandes does a fantastic job finishing things up.