The Dogs of Doom - ★★☆☆☆

I don't like the aesthetic. The way the werelox look was obviously intentionally disturbing, but it being intentional doesn't make me hate it any less. And I consider it a personal attack because werewolves are one of my favourite horror creatures ever, and almost every time Doctor Who do a take on them I don't like it much. But this one is just... ugh. I also don't appreciate one of them becoming a central character and then being the comic relief because of the contrast of crazyness and violence going on, just not my thing.

I have to admit to that cliffhanger of the Fourth Doctor transforming in one of them is gold. That part of trying to find a cure is the best one too.

It also has this aesthetic my mind insists in calling 90s' (this is actually how I picture VNA's Ace vibe being without having read any of them yet) even though this was written in the 70s' and I logically know, however limited my fashion knowledge may be, it much more representative of the 70's than the 90's... not my cup of tea. I don't like tea at all, actually. It's also one of those that feels a bit 2000 AD, but this one fits Doctor Who a bit better tho.

What I like is Babe. She is a sweetheart, I cared when for a second I thought they were going to kill her. Perhaps they should've, since it ends up being so gutless for what turns out to be a DALEK story. And that's is another problem I have with The Dogs of Doom. Let's actually talk premise.

The worst werewolf-adjacent species in the history of fiction is causing chaos throughout space, going planet by planet infecting innocent humans that suffers through the worst fate anyone can go through: becoming a werelox too. I hate it, but it's a fun "invasion" story that was playing with "zombie tropes but make it the ugliest werewolves ever to exist". Then by the middle of the road all we meet the Daleks, who are of course behind it all.

The story ends up much less fun than it was to that point simply because we know who the Daleks are, and they are a much more serious threat than the werelox. Not only that, but as much as I dislike the creatures themselves the elements of horror and cruelty at the first half coming from them were actually efective, but introducing the Daleks just make them even less serious because now they are just scared (psycho) pawns. There is just a whiplash by the villain swap that I dislike.

Also, Sharon doesn't do anything.

This is the last of the Pat Mills/John Wagner run and given that I enjoyed their other three stories, I wish they ended with a stronger one.