The Ninth Doctor #12

'Lost Warriors: The Hunting Season' (2021) from The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 1.

Putting Nine in a wartime setting is always so lush. His characters works wonders in that period with his fresh Time War grief, as shown in The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances, as well as in Battle Scars, which this story actually bears quite a few similiarities to, with the villain being a hard-up kind of arsehole who turns out to be an alien. Some cool stuff in here with that, and the relationship between him and his daughter and the way that The Doctor perceives that is quite fascinating. Not sure if I find this as enjoyable as Battle Scars, I just think the characters aren't quite as well performed, but the Fleshkins are a nice little idea and serve as a well-done switcheroo revealing the true villain of the story.

This one was... alright. Nothing particularly bad about it, but I think that I'm just not really interested in this setting in general.

C.