📝6/10 → ACCEPTABLE!

Thworping through time and space, one adventure at a time!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: “THE JAZZ MONSTER”

This story takes us back to New Orleans in the Jazz Age. Titan previously visited the era in their 11th Doctor comics. Is this coincidental or deliberate?

I like the connections to the earlier adventure in Wupatki and its living music; how the alien force uses music as its weapon. And we get to see more of Gabby's new mysterious powers, revealed in the previous collection.

The supporting characters are forgettable. Cindy isn't given anything proper to do, and I still haven't warmed up to her.

It's interesting to have another music-based adventure, even if the idea is beginning to feel overused and the story itself is quite traditional. The dialogue gets very technical as well, which drags things down a notch.

The back half of the story moves to Chicago, where Ten and Gabby have to prevent the Nocturnes from invading by inhabiting music records—this part flies by with no real impact.

The last few pages left me somewhat confused as to whether or not there was a timey-wimey element involved.

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS:

• The Doctor takes on the moniker of Doctor Venkman. Love a Ghostbusters reference!