It’s okay. It’s mainly set up and mainly to explain why Adam returns and why he is doing all this. That’s it really. The Art is rather nice to look at, but there isn’t much to add beyond this. Feels more like Set-Up than a Story on its own. Having Adam be the Big Bad is kinda silly but ehh it works somehow.

And with Mystery Date things start to come together.

Unlike The Body Politic where the overarching story felt sort of crammed into the story, here I think it really works.

We start off with just the most magnificent establishing shot of the grave of an extremely rich person, who isn't dead and kidnaps Rose. We see that person's side of things, talking to Rose about how great he is and everything he's doing while Nine makes his way down.

You get the establishment of Nine's distrust of others and his 'No second chances' principle in play, you see his care of Rose, you see another figure's obsession with Rose who's seemingly getting on well with her until Nine reveals the sort of person he really is.....

And then the mystery kidnapper is revealed to be Adam.

And everything comes back to you.

Hearing about the reveal without the context of the story, it sounds stupid. But somehow with the context of the issue leading up to it, they manage to make it actually work. The monologuing his backstory is a little silly, as is that backstory, but I don't know, it still works surprisingly well.

A 7/10, but a very strong 7/10

The story that I've always wanted: Adam Mitchell, the companion the Ninth Doctor cruelly discarded over one mistake - back for revenge on the Ninth Doctor and Rose. This comic is a real treat (as is the whole Prisoners Of Time series), and a worthy addition to the Ninth Doctor's adventures.