A perfectly fine comedy Story. I don’t think it was as bad as some Reviews may suggest, but really it’s just nothing too remarkable, is it? The Dialogue is repetitive at times, which can be annoying, but really it’s so short that I can look past it. Bowerman does a great Job, as always, who would have thought? Didn’t find the comedic Bits hilarious, which was the intent of them, but oh well, again due to its short Nature, it really doesn’t bother me as much compared if it was a full Hour.

I wish I had more to say, but it's really such a short Story, that I don't have enough about it to say (sadly). In the end, there are worse Ways to spend 20 Minutes of your Time.

This one is frustrating in so many ways. While I enjoyed it, I thought for every great Bit, we got. Let’s go through this one step by step, shall we?

One of the biggest Things was the handling of its political Commentary, and I am not sure. While I appreciate that it wasn’t glossed over to be like “Yooo Space EuroVision!! Isn’t that super great!!”, I think the handling of it left me a bit iffy. I think I will just echo what has been said in the Review from **BSCTDrayden** (**you can find it here! I am not sure if linking it would work, so I am not going to do it, but I HIGHLY recommend reading their Review!**). I think they articulated it quite well, and so far I am in a similar Mind with it (for now at least)

As far as the Story went, I did enjoy it, with one big Drawback. As I said, every time I really started to like the Episode again, there was something to punch me away from it. Like for example, I really liked seeing 15 getting brutal on Kid, it’s interesting to see his Rage, which with this Doctor, we sadly haven’t got that much sadly. Ncuti pulls it off well! But then despite Berlinda seeing this, we never get a Moment with her, where she says “Hey what you did there was overboard”, despite her being shown as a Character that will call out the Doctor in her first Episode. That’s an Aspect with her Character that kinda went lost the further we went, which realizing it makes me quite sad.
On the other Hand, I really enjoyed the Performance that the Actress who played Cora did. There are some Things about her Character which I am not quite sure about and wish was fleshed out more, but sadly didn’t. Still I liked her for the most Part and thought the Bits and Pieces they did with her were interesting. That Song at the End was also actually pretty good! While I understand Disappointment from people expecting more Songs or full Songs, I am actually happy that we didn’t get that, since my Faith in Russel or Gold delivering great Lyrics is on an ultimate Low. Outside of Cora’s Song, I enjoyed the one from those Duggado’s.

There are some great Bits with Berlinda here, for example when she meets Cora and that Producer(?) Guy and starts to feel overwhelm by the Possibility of her being stranded there. While acted perfectly from Varada, I wish we got Moments like this more often. So while I appreciated it here, it didn’t fully win me over.

As far as the Side casts goes, I thought they were decent. I enjoyed Gary and Mike, but they did kinda felt like Character who were mainly there to do Thing A or B later down the line. I liked that we set up a Conflict between the two with their first Scene, but nothing gets done with it? No pay-off. No acknowledgement. Which is a shame, honestly.
As far as costuming, Production Value and Directing goes. I thought all of it was really well done here for the most Part. Some Shots looked wonky, but I can look past that.
And again lots of great Scenes thrown here, I mentioned a few, but there was also the one with 15, who is flying through Space, which I thought was enjoyable.

Now to the Reveals, starting off with Susan. I must admit, after all the teasing we had about her lately (at least in Series 14), I was very cautious and didn’t think we would see her again. So I am very glad to be proven wrong, and it’s still Carol Ann no less! She looks still fabulous, and I am very glad it’s her! How she was used here as a Moral Guide for 15 was interesting, even if it felt a bit ‘out of nowhere’ to me. Now I am very anxious about a possible Return in the Finale, which seems given for various Reasons. I really hope we leave it vague when their last meeting (between Susan & the Doctor), I don’t think you need to clarify: “Oh I haven’t seen you since you were William Hartnell”. Not only because I think the EU really helped her to become an even greater Character (I do like her in the TV Show, but she really got the shortcut compared to other Companions in the early Days), but also because it’s been a while either way. I think you can still do a touching Reunion, but for now that’s all very speculative about a whole other Episode, so we’ll see.

Now to the other big Reveal: The Rani. Oh for ■■■■ sake. Look, I don’t mind the Idea of the Rani coming back. Both Anita and Archie can do a great Job, I am sure. But.. I am not going to lie. I am simply not a Fan whenever RTD tries to do a Finale with a Classic Villain outside the Daleks . I will give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe somehow he will wowe, but will I be holding Hope for that? Eh. And the entire bigenerating Bit too! Look I wasn’t a Fan of it already in the Giggle, but I gave that one a bit of a pass since I thought it was a one time thing but apparently not. It just felt random and unnecessary. Again, I will reserve Judgment when the Finale comes around, but considering my Track Record with RTD Non-Daleks Finale.. yeah I am not sure I will like what we will get.

And I think that’s all for now. There is probably a lot more that I could discuss, and I am sure I might adjust a few Bits here whenever I get around to do it as a ‘proper’ Review, but yeah. While enjoyable, its weaker parts really put it down for me. And the big reveal really didn’t fill me with Excitement like it did for many others.

It's okay! There are some nice Pieces of Art to be found here. Some Things done with the Environment is quite delightful. I do like 12's and Hattie's Chemistry overall, even if I wish that Hattie got more to do here. At times, she kinda feels a bit like an Afterthought, which is a shame in my Eyes. Overall very 'meh'.

What a lovely Introduction to Hattie! Echoing what others have said about the Characterization of 12, it's great! There is a lot to like here! The Setting is great. How it goes about its Story is pretty great. And the Art! Wow, that's quite very good Art, and it gets Capaldi Likeness right like no other. I especially like the Opening Pages, visually stunning is probably the best Word to describe it. The titular Twist works for me, even if I wish that ending was fleshed out a bit more. But I can look past that, since what we have here is pretty enjoyable, and it feels quite like Classic Who in places, which will always be a Plus for me!

If there is anything that ‘White Darkness’ is doing right, it’s embracing its newer Vibes thanks to the drastic Change in Genres. Gone is the World of Sci-Fi in favor of a Thriller with a historical Backdrop. Thankfully, unlike other Stories, McIntee knows his Stuff and fleshes out the whole setting wonderfully instead of it having simply existing like a few other Stories. Its Character-beats are great as well. I think McIntee uses our TARDIS Crew very well, and overall he does a pretty great Job with all of his Characters.
If there are any Weak Points in these Books, it might be the Plot and the Pace itself. While the former has a lot to offer to great Effects, it could have been plotted a tiny bit better. Similarly, I do think there are some Moments which could have gone quicker or slower.
While both of these sound like a huge Drawback, I think at the End of the great Scheme, they don’t matter as much as you would think at first.

Overall, very enjoyable!

Echoing what others have said. It was very meh.
I do think it’s a bit more consistent than Richard’s previous NSA Book, but not by much. I think Richards nails the Voices for our Tardis Trio quite well, all of them feel very much stripped out of the TV Show, which is at least an Improvement over some very early ones. The Pace of this book is very slow and at times it can be a bit tough to get through it. It does pick up after a while, but I feel like it picks up Pace way too late, which is a shame. A lot of it, I would describe as ‘perfectly fine’, which at times makes it go on the Verge of being boring. Some great Character Moments help it a lot to not fall down the Pit fully. I still think it’s a somewhat decent, if unremarkable Read.

I really hope the NSA pick up and become a bit more ‘out-there’, besides one book, I don’t really think much of them. If anything, a lot of them feel a bit ‘too safe’ and ‘by the numbers’.

Hey, I think I heard of that one before for some of its bizarre Decisions. While I see a lot of Potential and there are some great Bits with the (future) Version of Mickey and Nine, this one just leaves me pretty cold. The Ideas at hand are all solid really, but really the Execution lets it down massively. I am also not a huge Fan of the Art, at times the Proportions can be just really off. Have I even mentioned yet that I really don’t like how this Story treats Martha? I mean I am never fond of the whole Pairing between her & Mickey but turning her into a Gargoyle is certainly a Choice to put it lightly.

This one is just great. Great Concepts, great Execution and pretty good Art. I love how upset 9 gets about those fake Chumblies. It’s a cute Detail that adds a lot to it. The Meta-Narrative is fine, but the Big Highlight with this one is the Use of the Slitheens, what we learn about them and so on, just really works for me. The Interactions with our Tardis Trio are great as well. Overall, really enjoyed that one!

It has a pretty interesting Story at its Core, sadly, like others have pointed out, it ends when it starts to get really interesting. Still, I think I appreciate more than your average FCBD Comic, simply for being a bit more ambitious. And the Art is pretty solid! Oh and cool Nod to the Braxiatel Collection!

Disclaimer: This Review is the exact same, as my Review to 'The Age of Steel', both Episodes are Part of the same Story, both leave me with the same Thoughts

This one is very much frustrating, there are great things to it and I enjoy the parallel universe aspect of it all (while it’s far away from the best execution). I absolutely loathe this Cybermen Design, it’s horrible, not the worst but easily one I very much dislike. I don’t really want to repeat points others did, but yeah, the whole Origin story part of it. There are some great moments, that remember what Cybermen are, then we get stuff like the entire Catchphrase Thing with “Delete” feeling more appropriate for a generic robotic enemy not the Cybermen.
Part of me wonders if this Story should have focused more on the alternative Universe Part. Since that part does easily work for me the most, meanwhile the Cybermen Part of this entire Story leaves me mixed. It’s by far not the worst outing for them in NuWho (Shoutout to whatever they were in the Smith Era), but yet it does bring out some of the very worst aspects that later got used again and again.