Writer: Al Ewing & Rob Williams
Artist: Simon Fraser
AFTER LIFE
This is how you launch a first issue of a series! Granted, we already know the Doctor so it is a little easier to do, but still, a great first issue.
Unlike the first issue of the 10th Doctor’s new series, here we have a self-contained, single-issue story that introduces us to a lonely woman, Alice, who is caught up in the Doctor’s attempts to try and capture a runaway animal from the Tardis.
This is a feel good story that lives up to the Doctor’s spirit of adventure, but also lives up to the title of the Doctor. In the end, we discover that the Doctor befriended her because she seemed sad.
He tells her at least twice in the story that what he does is ‘make friends.’
This was an excellent way to launch the Matt Smith Doctor series. It captures the feel of the Matt Smith years.
Here is the perfect litmus test for how good this issue is. If it wasn’t a Doctor Who story, it would still be a good story.
Highly recommended, even if you are not a Doctor fan. If you’re having a bad good, read this issue, it will cheer you up.
Rating: 9
Ace Masters
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