Review of Unnatural Selection by JayPea
8 November 2024
This review contains spoilers
Starting things off, Unnatural Selection is just so fun.
A 'celebrity historical' with the First Doctor, bringing light to a lesser known historical figure, and a perfect one for this TARDIS team. Seeing Ian and Barbara's excitement to meet a historical lecturer while Vicky thinks it's a bit lacking being from the future is fun.
And then the return of the Zarbi! They look a lot better on the page than the screen (speaking of which, the art is a little odd in places but expressive in a way I quite like). The return of the Animus too, and it being defeated by Ian driving a train into it?!!? Incredible!
The Cliffhanger is also really interesting and sets up the overarching storyline at play, and I love that the final panel is in greyscale, adding to the emotion, and also just being a fun nod.
It's also the only place in this issue that One gets Ian's surname right, which I think is sweet, him getting it wrong throughout the issue shows off his mischievous spirit, but he does know it, and he does care a lot.