This is a pretty funny start to Doom’s Day. I am always a fan of mundane and exciting events being pressed up against each other in fiction, so Terri the office worker (/ assassin coordinator) is a great character for that. I like the idea of a whole planet being created as cover for a single office.

I have absolutely no doubt that this stories’ reputation comes under fire because of the multi-media event’s overall lacklustre nature, and of course, the terrible launch video. I’d encourage people to give it a chance.

📝7/10 = ENJOYABLE!

Dooming through time and space, one hour at a time!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: “HOUR 1”

James Goss kicks off this multimedia event with a short story that covers all the basics. We are introduced to assassin Doom (working for the Lesser Order of Oberon, the same company Brian the Ood works for in Time Lord Victorious) as she realises that she is dying. She has 24 hours to find the Doctor and allow him to save her.

I enjoy the simple humour sprinkled throughout and the depiction of a very dull and grey company personified in the bored company booker Terri.

The story jumps between Doom talking with Terri about her current pickle and the botched mission leading up to it. An undisclosed (but old) incarnation of the Doctor pops up briefly before Doom is sent to the Stormcage for her next mission.

Fine start to this multimedia event

Hour One is the introduction to the Doom's Day event, and I guess it sets things up pretty well, there's not really much of a story mind, and I hate to be that girl, but it only really covers 20 minutes at most, boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

Jokes aside it is decently well-written with a comedic tone and an Adamsian secretary who hates her job and everyone else, but that's really it.
It isn't bad, but then it isn't really much of anything, and quite frankly the most fun I had with it was speculating about which incantation of The Doctor appears in it as it's never stated besides them being referred to as 'him' and old, but then I am a babbling Whovian mega-nerd so that's really to be expected (my money's on 12 btw, I can just hear Peter Capaldi saying, "I wouldn't…" with no further context. Also, the setting is very, mid-to-late-Moffat-era in vibe).

The set-up, as us die-hards have known for months, is that Death is coming for Doom and she needs to find The Doctor to help her defeat it, which is set up pretty well in this, though I will say I legit thought it was the Decayed Master that appeared from the shadows until Doom calls it Death. Now, is this the most interesting concept? no, but as is often the case with Doctor Who, it doesn't need to be to tell incredible stories, it certainly helps, but it doesn't need to be, so I remain somewhat hopeful.

Doom herself, so far, seems quite lightly characterized as a bit of a snarky, quippy, know-it-all, which is fine, but as with all of this, not exactly new, exiting or really all that interesting.
Does it make me clamour for more Doom? No. Does it make me excited to shell out all the money the series is going to cost? No. Does it lay the groundwork for the most exciting cross-platform event ever? Maybe, I don't know. But does it pass the time decently well? Yeah.
So all-together, in Doom's words, "Meh."
6/10