kribu's review
4.0
Two very different stories in this collection, so ... two opinions, really.
Loved pretty much everything about the first story, except that it could have been longer! But really, Also, I rather enjoyed the art; Twelve's still short but properly curly grey hair in particular. *hearteyes*
... also, I wish I knew what the first story was called. (Unearthly Things, the TARDIS Wikia tells me. Either I'm blind or it wasn't mentioned anywhere in the collection!)
The longer story - The Hyperion Empire - I'm slightly less enamoured with. The story itself was okay, really, as was the characterisation (although Twelve felt more like his earlier S8 persona, even though this must have been set after Last Christmas), but the artwork .. uneven (I think the work of several artists over the course of the separate issues?) and really largely not to my taste, the style. Half the time, the Doctor even had brown hair, and I doubt I'd have recognised Kate Stewart without the text there to help me.
But yeah, storywise .. nothing super-special but fun enough, with a couple of supporting characters who weren't too bad either.
Loved pretty much everything about the first story, except that it could have been longer! But really,
Spoiler
how could I not love a story that suggests Charlotte Bronte based Jane Eyre & Mr Rochester on Clara and the Doctor? At least someone noticed all that UST, then. :P... also, I wish I knew what the first story was called. (Unearthly Things, the TARDIS Wikia tells me. Either I'm blind or it wasn't mentioned anywhere in the collection!)
The longer story - The Hyperion Empire - I'm slightly less enamoured with. The story itself was okay, really, as was the characterisation (although Twelve felt more like his earlier S8 persona, even though this must have been set after Last Christmas), but the artwork .. uneven (I think the work of several artists over the course of the separate issues?) and really largely not to my taste, the style. Half the time, the Doctor even had brown hair, and I doubt I'd have recognised Kate Stewart without the text there to help me.
But yeah, storywise .. nothing super-special but fun enough, with a couple of supporting characters who weren't too bad either.
lisasf2f04's review
4.0
The stories are very enjoyable, the artwork is a bit and miss - the likeness for Kate Stewart is pretty bad throughout.
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