Far from being one of the best Magazine Comics but certainly one of the most historically significant; the first comic to portray the beginning of a new Doctor's life as it takes place in the 60 minute gap between the ending of The Power of the Doctor and Destination Skaro which gets a direct reference in the latter. It's also the first Magazine Comic since 2002 to feature the Daleks as the main villains as well as being the longest comic in the magazine's history.

Oh how I miss Scott Gray, Alan Barnes is a significant name in the comics and he is admittedly a reliable writer in that you give him a task and he'll see it done. But he's not exactly an ideal writer if you're looking for a great story. I'm just gonna say it here, I hate the Alan Barnes style, I like Barnes, he's done some great works, mainly with Big Finish in the early years , but I hate the Alan Barnes style. Making everything way too silly and comedic, goofy characters (which in his audios means goofy voices), the dated pop culture references, and constantly changing the plot on the go to the point where it doesn't even resemble the story when it began. Which is a style that has gotten more and more overt in recent years and Liberation of the Daleks falls into those same pitfalls.

Now I will say as a story meant to put a spotlight on the Daleks for Doctor Who's 60 year anniversary, it gets the job done, it features quite the showcase of Daleks throughout Doctor Who history and even some decent callbacks to the old Dr Who Annuals of the 60s and the TV Century 21 books. Plus I'll admit the Nicholas Briggs cameo made me laugh. It is crazy to think that as of now and with no word on the show's future confirmed and until we get possibly an expanded universe story, this is chronologically the last encounter the Doctor has with the Daleks! The story is fine, has a interesting premise but again it keeps changing itself every issue to the point where it starts to get tiring. Also despite being the longest serialised comic in the magazine, I managed to get through it in half the time I takes for me to get through stories like The Glorious Dead or The Flood. Mostly cos there's not much substance and the dialogue feels very basic.

I wouldn't be against this being potentially the only Big Finish Fourteenth Doctor audio we ever get, I'm sure David Tennant would have a blast bringing this to life and it be nice if after six years Big Finish can give us that elusive Volume 2 of the Comic Strip Adaptations.

It's decent overall, just hardly something you'd put among the best of the Magazine Comics, which I doubt we'll ever see the likes of again with Scott Gray gone and Alan Barnes seemingly being the main writer now.