Review of Doctor Who and the Star Beast by JayPea
12 November 2024
This review contains spoilers
If I could give this a 6.5, I definitely would.
Comparing this to the TV story that adapts it is a real struggle, I think the plot itself is better here, but because of the format it does lose out on some of the charm, and this is the first of the Doctor Who Magazine comics where I feel the art is really working against the story rather than adding to it.
The Meep looks as cute as he can with the art style, but I can't help but wonder if a different style would be able to create an even better contrast between him and the Wrath Warriors or even just both sides of him.
I also think the Doctor Who comics are at their best when telling stories you can't imagine being done on screen (or at least not at the scale they're done on the page), and nothing here particularly stands out as impressive for me on that front here, I could definitely see this being a story they tell on TV, not only because of the obvious, but even just, I can imagine them telling this story on TV back with Tom Baker.
Overall, this is a strong 6/10, but it doesn't do enough for me personally to push it over to a 7/10