I definitely agree this is a pretty average comic. I do like how so far these Titan books are contained to single issues - that's nice, even if this one does seem to be building towards larger ideas. August Hart recognizes the Doctor and Alice, even if they haven't met him yet, so we are clearly having some fun with continuity and time travel here.

The setting is very interesting and there are some really cool ideas and pages here dedicated to the Doctor's sadness over this once beautiful planet turned into a theme part. If the story were more about that I would be very happy overall. Instead I think it falls apart a bit, focusing instead on this corrupt company using this entity to eat negative feelings out of its victims, creating a happy if somewhat mindless workforce for them to abuse. It has a lot of potential as a story, but doesn't really quite lead to an overly fulfilling experience. It has a lot of dialogue and plot points that feel a bit overdone in the franchise - like the Doctor's big brain being able to just overload the entity by virtue of him having so many complex ideas in his head. I'm not a big fan of the direction this comic takes, but it is creative in a lot of little ways story-wise and does have some striking artwork. Alice also has a lot of potential as a companion overall.