Review of Cindy, Cleo and the Magic Sketchbook by JayPea
25 September 2024
This review contains spoilers
I really loved these cutaways before, so a story that focuses on them is incredible. I love the insight it gives into Gabby as a character and her reading of The Doctor. The age to his eyes she mentions and the page where it's different sketches of him is really nice.
I also love the line about travelling in the TARDIS being somewhere between fear and euphoria (conjuring memories of [An Awful Lot of Running](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAi4izfvXo4) for me), and the mentions of Turlough and Sarah are really sweet.
I loved Cleo from what we saw of her at the end of 10's last year,so nice to see her again and nice to have a bit more of the aftermath of that (too often these massive events just get ignored after they happen). Confirmation that Hanif and Erik were gay is nice, but also makes that more sad.
Ebonite is very interesting and while it's obviously not intentional, this side of the story does give major Pantheon vibes in terms of feeling a bit more mysterious and fantasy than Sci-Fi which is really nice.
And that last page reveal?? On I'm excited to see where this goes now.
8/10 for me