Cute! I can’t really give it a high score, it’s just 6 pages after all, but it’s an excellent bit of slice of life comedy mixed with that “Doctor Who Spark™”. Almost perfectly executed what it wants to I would almost say. To have a bit of extra background on how these two characters interact in between the ‘big’ adventures, it’s really nice. Abadzis writes them in a really natural and cozy feeling way. The story isn’t functioning as filler, but enrichment. It does extra establishing work for Gabby and Ten, and completes the fuller picture of Nick’s vision for the ‘era’. Lovely use of its format.

Carlini’s art is super clean (pun not even intended) and very pleasing on the eye. She makes the TARDIS feel really homey. There’s stuff laying about, things that seemingly have been put there by the Doctor to use later, it feels lived in. Even the dirt floors and cavelike structures with strange alien lighting don’t just feel strange and alien. The lighting is warm and friendly, and the textures make it like you’re in a children’s treehouse. The underground vibes aren’t isolating, but safe. The ship isn’t just made a home narratively, but also visually more than ever.

The TARDIS quirks incorporated into the plot were lovely too, as the entire thing was. Very sweet little comic.