The eighth issue of the official Doctor Who Comic from Titan Comics is in shops now in the UK. The super-size summer special gathers together the new ongoing adventures of the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors as portrayed onscreen by David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. The comic appears every four weeks in newsagents and supermarkets and can also be ordered online. Subscription options are also available.
Doctor Who – The Twelfth Doctor
The Fractures Part 3
Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artist: Brian Williamson
The mysterious Fractures have broken through to our Universe
in their search for dimension-hopping scientist Paul Foster to stop the whole
of reality from rupturing. As their body-hopping menace spreads across London
and UNIT is compromised, the Doctor is forced to attempt a risky solution to
restore the entities’ victims. The chapter reaffirms just how much the Doctor
is motivated by injustice and the mistreatment of others and also the degree of
self-sacrifice he is willing to make to help just one individual. While the
Twelfth Doctor may be brusque in nature and often insensitive, his sense of
justice as usual overrides his calculation of risk. Though there’s a happy
ending for now the episode leaves the consequences of the Doctor’s actions open
for a future chapter.
Doctor Who – The Eleventh Doctor
The Rise And Fall
Writer: Al Ewing
Artist: Boo Cook
Through the new adventures of the Eleventh Doctor and his
travels with Alice, Jones and ARC, one entity has been a constant shadowy
presence – that of the mysterious ServeYouInc. Following their last encounter with the mysterious and powerful Talent Scout,
the Doctor is appalled to see Alice revert to the grief-stricken, insecure
woman that he met back on Earth, while living mind ARC has retracted into a
ball of fear. The Doctor has decided that it’s time to confront the beings
behind this company, and he’s hatched his most businesslike plan ever. The
Doctor of course has no idea what he’s walking into but, underlying his scatty,
disorganised exterior it’s very clear that he has had enough and whatever is
waiting for him in the company’s executive suite is about to see the side of
him that monsters run from. However, has the Doctor met his match at last? His
actions on Rokhandi woke a being that had been trapped and divided to contain
its power. The Talent Scout nearly got the better of him once before by making him an irresistible
offer – can the Doctor be bought so easily again? And what could such a
powerful entity achieve if it had the TARDIS in its grasp? As Jones and Alice
face their own peril, the nature of ARC’s origins is revealed. They can only
hope that he’s able to help them deal with the new version of the Doctor that has
just stepped out of the elevator...
Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor
The Weeping Angels Of Mons Part 3
Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artist: Daniel Indro
As if being trapped on the desolate battlefields of the
Somme wasn’t dangerous enough, the Doctor, Gabby and a band of terrified
soldiers have found themselves surrounded by a desperate crowd of starving
Weeping Angels. Gabby realises, almost too late that a staring contest against
one of the quantum-locked foe has much higher stakes than the ones she’s used
to at home against her kid brother. It takes a handsome hero to rescue her –
and for once it’s not the Doctor. The attraction between Gabby and Scottish
soldier Jamie Colquhoun is growing but there’s no time for romance in the
trenches. The Doctor needs the TARDIS to get Gabby to safety – and guess who
has her again…
Fortunately, as ever, he
has a knack of discerning bravery and ingenuity within the people he
encounters and encouraging them to make those talents known, and he has found
the right ally here in the form of soldier Jamie Colquhoun. Jamie isn’t the
first hero of the Somme that the Doctor has encountered and there’s a nice nod
back to the closing scenes of The Family Of Blood where the Doctor and Martha
paid tribute to Tim Latimer.
Writer Robbie Morrison intersperses the rising tension and
hopelessness of the battlefield with a little romance and some timey-wimey
twists. The Doctor’s quicksilver character jumps out from the pages, flipping
from deadly seriousness to ridiculous in an instant and you can all but hear
David Tennant speaking the dialogue. The artwork jumps pleasingly from the
dark, desperate hues of the battlefield - slate greys, mud browns and dark
blues to a sunny day in modern day France, with azure skies and bright red poppies.
In all, the Doctor and Gabby's adventure aside, the story arc remembers the
fallen of the Great War and the sacrifices that were made and also acknowledges
the friendships and loyalties that developed between young, frightened men in
that terrible situation. Jamie is offered an easy escape from the horrors of
war, but in the end he chooses instead to do the right thing for his peers and colleagues.
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