Review of Cindy, Cleo and the Magic Sketchbook by MrColdStream
23 October 2024
This review contains spoilers
📝5.8 = SLIGHTLY ENJOYABLE!
Thworping through time and space, one adventure at a time!
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: "CINDY, CLEO AND THE MAGIC SKETCHBOOK"
This is a Doctor-lite episode, focusing on Cindy and told through Gabby's art and her diary entries to Cindy.
I've always struggled with these introspective issues—we certainly get a better grip on Gabby and Cindy, in particular, but it's not very exciting.
It's interesting to read Gabby's thoughts on the various Doctors and previous companions. The tail end also changes things up as we realise that Gabby warns Cindy of Anubis and the Osirians, after which she faces Cleo and Ebonite in the next chapter of the Osirian saga. This is mostly set-up, but at least it brings back Captain Jack at the end.