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“REMEMBRANCE: A FORGETTABLE PROLOGUE”

Remembrance kicks off The Eleventh Doctor’s Year Three with the beginnings of the Sapling arc, as the Doctor and Alice chase Jones’s legacy across time and space. Their search leads them to a strange alien world, once a desert but now overrun by an organic virus that spreads forests wherever it goes—at the cost of draining memory energy from any living being. The first half of the story feels like a series of disconnected escapades, with the Doctor piecing together clues left by Jones, while the latter half shifts to exploration and mystery, culminating in a trap set by the eerie presence of the Scream.

A STORY IN SEARCH OF A PURPOSE

The biggest issue with Remembrance is that it feels like an extended setup for The Scream rather than a self-contained story. Since the two are directly linked, it’s hard to understand why they weren’t combined into one, rather than stretching out this prologue with loosely connected mini-adventures. On its own, Remembrance lacks a clear identity, making it difficult to get truly invested.

Visually, the comic also struggles. The art style is somewhat messy, with washed-out colours that fail to add much depth or atmosphere to the story. While this can sometimes work in more abstract storytelling, here it just makes the issue feel less engaging.

📝VERDICT: 5/10

Remembrance is more of a stepping stone than a fully realised story, laying the groundwork for the Sapling arc but offering little of substance on its own. With a lack of narrative focus, underwhelming visuals, and a general sense that it’s just biding time for the real action to begin, this one is easily forgettable.