Doctor Who - Titan Comics

did the 8th doctor mini start? my local shop doesnt carry titan im going to have to to manhatten to get it

thanks

I read the first Eighth Doctor issue.

It felt a bit perfunctory and cozy, really. The Doctor visits an old haunt (in this case the Third Doctor's cottage,) finds a young interloper (a talented young lady, natch) and alien hijinks start occurring. The new companion (whose name eludes me at present, make of that what you will) is a painter with an unusual style, whose works are quite popular among the townsfolk. And wouldn't you know, they portray real alien species (including the Krotons, oddly enough,) which start leaving their canvases behind. She and the Doctor are alerted to this by a spunky middle-aged woman (of an oft-tasted vintage, on Doctor Who's part, no doubt grown in the same region that produced the EDA's Chateau de sweet Elderly Couple,) who helps defend against the menacing facsimiles. The solution (you can probably guess what it involves) felt a bit blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but I wasn't so bothered by it. Anywho, the Ka Farak Gatri has got himself yet another Companion Who May Be More Than She Seems(TM)

All-in-all, this felt like a pared-down Big Finish anthology-one-parter.

Other thoughts:
It would seem that, in marked contrast to the month-long stories of the New Series Doctors, the Eight Doctor's adventures will be more episodic. Given how slight this was, that isn't exactly encouraging, but it could still work. I suspect that this was shorter than a standard issue.

The Doctor felt like the Eighth, albeit a bit generic, such that he could have been replaced with a number of other incarnations, with a few alterations. But George Mann has got the zest for life down, without making him the infamous congenital idiot, so kudos.

If I have one complaint, it's that this felt like a pre-Divergent Universe Doctor, in marked-contrast to his hair and costume. Though I suppose there's nothing preventing him from returning to old looks, meaning this could slot in before Samson and Gemma.

Ultimately, this was a moderately successful pilot. It didn't sell me on the whole run, by any means, but it left me open to exploring future installments.

Its set sometime post-Dark Eyes. According to the "previously" thing at the beginning, "The Eighth Doctor has come a long way since he regenerated in the morgue of Grace Halloway's hospital. He has known many friends and fast companions in his life. Charley Pollard, C'rizz, Lucie Miller, Tamsin Drew, Molly O'Sullivan, and many more. Now travelling alone after an intense period in his long life, the Doctor has returned to his most regular haunt...Earth."

Hair grows all the time and can be cut at anytime, whilst clothes can be changed at any time too, so I wouldn't really use them as a guide for exact placement. As Titan themselves place this adventure after Charley, C'rizz, Lucie, Tamsin and Molly, then as mentioned above, this adventure with Josephine Day has to slot in after Dark Eyes somewhere. Maybe the Doctor's character will reflect that in subsequent instalments? But I will leave that sort of thing to others, as I just like to enjoy the Titan Comics Doctor Who adventures as is, without making myself dizzy fitting them in anywhere!

I thought the first issue was a simplistic read. I saw it as a setting the scene Doctor Who episode more than anything else, but it will be interesting to see how the other four parts pan out. It could have been wrote for any Doctor I suppose, but it didn't seem too out of place for Paul's Doctor and it was a good start to this mini-series. Let's see where George Mann takes the Eighth Doctor and Josie from here... A good start, but nothing spectacular. 7/10

Update on the new Ninth Doctor stories!
It's written by Cavan Scott, who wrote the excellent Weapons of Past Destruction arc, and I'm thrilled it's exploring Jack's missing years that surprisingly Torchwood never touched upon (and I'm also surprise that despite introducing the character, Moffat has never written for Jack since).

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Something that doesn't seem to get remembered often is that Jack got the Captain Jack Harkness alias from a dead man, just a name on a list of men. For all we know he picked up the alias for the Chula Warship job from The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (or maybe not, he mentioned the WWII Blitz was a useful place to run cons). We don't have any indication of how he identified himself before going by Jack Harkness, the only name from his pre-Doctor past we know is his brother Grey. Theory: Jack had been running cons for the Time Agency (a section similar to the Celestial Intervention Agency for the Time Lords?) and picked up the CJH alias, but screwed up or tried to screw them over and was punished with a mindwipe, leaving things like his previous identity behind. Come to think of it, what do we know about the Time Agency?

I recently got volume 1 of the Tenth Doctor Titan comic and thought it was marvelous fun. I looked over the other Doctor series at the store and I'm planning to pick up more soon since I like what I've seen so far.

The second 10th doctor book is excellent. Some doctors I get the comics as they come out, others I wait for the book. Depends how connected the stories are and how much willpower you have!

Unless you get a subscription.