April 21

DW: Ripper’s Curse

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welcome to the IDW DW Vol 2 ‘Ripper’s Curse’ with the eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory. This story takes place at the 30th September 1888 and 9th November 1888. Like the name says it is about Jack the Ripper. The story goes over three chapters. What I like the most about this story are the drawings. I really like the style.

A typical Ripper case

Jack the ripper is a really interesting murder case. There are so many different takes on what happened and who he murder was. I think almost everyone had seen the movie with Johnny Depp ‘From Hell’ but this is just one of the many movies, series and books that had used the mysteries around Jack the Ripper. Now it is Doctor Who turn and sadly I am disappointed.

I don’t to say much about the story of this comic. Because everyone know the story. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive when the third victim was found. The Doctor actually find out really fast what is going on. There is no investigation to find out found is going on. They just throw a few names around. Also the dilemma of letting a person die to protect the bigger picture… to protect the web of time, doesn’t have a big role.

The don’t take time to explore this feeling of guilt or the consequences Amy’s interference had. No they just let it slide with sometime times just heals themself. I had hoped for something like in the episode ‘Rosa’. That you actually see and feel the emotions the regret, the curse of doing nothing. Sadly nothing of it comes here into play. The ripper case is closed.

Sadly for it wasn’t the best take on this story. I have seen a lot better versions. But did I told you how amazing the drawings are? They are really lovely.

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April 7

DW: Fugitive

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welcome to the IDW DW Vol 1 chapter ‘Fugitive’ with the tenth Doctor. He travels alone that means it is in his life between ‘Planet of the death‘ and ‘Waters of Mars‘. It is also following directly the end of ‘Silver Scream‘. Ahistory place the story around the year 2545.

Old enemies

The theme of the story is one that we have so often in tenth Doctor era. The power of the Time Lord, the consequences of his intervention. We meet old enemies of the Doctor. Krillitans, Draconions, Sotarans, Ogrons and Judoon. That is not enough the Shadow proclamation is bringing the Doctor before the court for his interventions. He is found guilty but someone is out to kill him before he lands in prison.

New friends

The Doctor finds himself on the run with a few races he never thought of fighting together. We see again that the Doctor has as any other person his prejudices. I love this story because the Doctor has to look at the consequence his intervention had on the people. Races that are warriors wanting peace. He finds unlikely friends. It is fun to watch these four race work together and learning at least the other – you can never be sure that the Doctor learnt his lesson.

Through all the adventures

These story drops names and stories everywhere. I smiled when the tenth Doctor talks about Charley Pollard but that was not the only thing that we have hints of. Do you know the feeling when you watch the first seasons of the New Doctor Who and the hint at every turn on the Classic Series? That is exactly what they do here. You have hints at stories like ‘Battlefield‘, ‘Paper Cuts‘ or the hint of the War Doctor. It is so much fun to search of all the hints of old or new stories of the Doctor.

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March 31

DW: Body Snatched

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welcome to the IDW DW Vol. 2 #10-11 ‘Body Snatched with the 11th Doctor, Amy and Rory. It takes place around 4211. It is a really short story. It has 2 chapters a 24 sides. The story remembers me of Walking dead or Residant Evil… stuff that goes in that direction.

The Ponds and the Doctor

I have a lot of problems with this story. But it is not just the story. It is also the problems that I had most times with these three. The Doctor is always ignore Rory or says something to make him feel small. On the other hand he is all over Amy. Amy can do everything. I really hate the Williams/Pond thing. So the relationship between the Doctor and the two of them is like it was in the series.. annoying.
The other thing is Rory. I love Rory and this would have been a really great opportunity for Rory to shine but instead all he does is doing what he always does – love Amy. It is amazing who much he loves her and it is great that they show it here – even when in the end they make fun of him. But he is so much more. He is more than Amy.

Living Broccoli

The next thing is the story itself. The humans grow bodies with enough intelligent to work but not enough to rebel. They just live for 50 years than the brain dies but the body lives on. Of course someone is there to use this for something different. But what I don’t like about the story. That nobody says anything against this. The humans grow themself slaves with a conscious. But it is not even addressed how wrong this is. No instead the Doctor runs around and calls them broccoli and Vegetables. Hey let’s grow some slaves it is okay to do this because we grow them… yeah… definitely don’t like this part of the story.

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