Such a weird Choice to read this as my third VNA, anyway..

´Dead Romance' has a weird Placement in its History relating to the VNAs, Faction Paradox and so on. While in my Mind not the strongest of Miles's Work, that I have read, it's still an excellent First Outing for the whole Idea around FP. The World building here is quite exceptional in my Eyes and does a lot to properly introduce you around Ideas that Miles would later play with more. All the Prose are written very well, and really I don't have any sort of Complaints, especially with reading this Reprint Version of the Story. It's certainly one where I do have to sit more about it.

A bit outside the Story, but I really liked the Fact that the Foreword with this book had Miles reflect on said Story. Something which I would like to see more of going forward with any sort of Reprints of older Doctor Who Books, if of course said Author/s behind them are willing to do them.

Highly recommend it, especially as a good Introduction into the World of FP when it comes to Prose at least.

While more impressive compared to its Part One (for more Thoughts on that Episode, please read my Review about that), I have to admit this second Part still didn't catch me as much as I would have hoped.

It's pretty solid all around. There are some great Moments/Uses of the Cybermen throughout it all out. And Culshaw's Brig with 9 is just lovely, really. I am not sure how I feel about the ending and if it really all came together at the end, but hey It does have its Moments, even if I hoped for a little more.

With Free Comic Book Days, you shouldn't have the biggest of Expectations, with past releases some were a bit too Standard, while others impressed quite a bit. This one comfortably sits in the Middle.

The Art is fairly solid. I am not the biggest Fan of said Artstyle, yet you can tell the Likeness was captured quite well by its Artist.

The Story itself is fun and more an Introduction to the Titan Run for 15, which is a fine Way to go about it. Sadly I can't say how good it works as an Introduction Story for that run, but on its own so far: Yeah it's very solid!

A Story with two Halfs, which could basically be their own little Stories:

The eighth Doctor Story is lovely, simple but yet very effective with some great Moments for 8.

The tenth Doctor Story is kinda a bit too Standard and brings down this Release sadly. Tennant does a solid Job here, but sadly the Material is a bit bland, really.

Big Praise for the Side Casts with familiar names from the World of Who!

A nice little Story which lives from Jon Culshaw's amazing Narration. While I don't think he does do a great Delgado, he gets the Spirit of his Voice/Performance right. Despite being a fairly simple Story, it does go into Details with the UNIT Master, which is always fun.

Nothing more for me to say other than: This is a very simple, solid Short Trip, which you can't go wrong with. Not one of the strongest but a solid one for sure!

A UNIT Story, all but in name.
The War Machines is in my Eyes a bold Statement for Doctor Who going forward. Introducing Ben and Polly, who genuinely bring a fresh new Wind to the Show. They are both played really well by each of their Actors. The same can be said for Hartnell, who feels like he gets an energy boost here, as much as I do like quite a few Stories from before, here he plays the first Doctor with so much energy. It's truly delightful.
Even Jackie Lane's Dodo gets great Material here, ]even if her farewell is non-existing and the very worst of the Show.
The titular War Machines are really enjoyable here, offering us some very nice Set Pieces and great Moments with the Doctor. I especially liked the Moment of that one Cliffhanger where he faces against them. And who can forget WOTAN with its iconic "We must find Doctor Who" Lines?

I don't think it's one of Hartnell's best Serials honestly, while great, I think it would suit the second or third Doctor a bit better if I am being honestly. Still, it's always nice having a Story that gets out of the comfort zone of its Doctor like this one does.

I am so glad I finally read this! This was easily a Highlight of the Ranges for me (right behind *The Crooked World* and *Alien Bodies*).

I adore how the Prose are written here, both of our Writers just get our Characters so well. Be it the eighth Doctor or Sam, who is quite lovely here and has a lot more to do in this book than in a few others, or even our Original Characters. I especially really liked Carolyn and was very intrigued where her Story would lead.

There are just so many small Moments I could point to and say "This was my favorite Bit in the Book" and I think that speaks volumes for how much this Story really worked for me. Highly recommend it, it's even a good Starting Point, if you are unsure of giving The Eight Doctors a go.

Confusing and forgettable.

I don't like much here, Daphne is great and easily the Standout here, but really this just doesn't offer me much. There isn't anything egregious in here, but sadly it's really boring, and I am sorry, I take an outright bad Doctor Who Story over any boring-uninspired Story.

While by no means a bad Audio, this is just feels a bit too forgettable for my liking. McGann and Smith give solid Performances here, and there are Things that I do like in this one, such as bringing in the Krynoids. Sadly, it doesn't offer much and feels like that Type of Story that goes in one Ear in and leaves the other pretty quickly.

What is this...? A 2DA Story I actually like?! How surprising!

Despite being one of the most typical in terms of Doctor Who Stories in this Range, this one just tickles all the right notes. Jamie and the Doctor's Dynamic is just great. Michael and Frazer do such a great Job here. I really like the Cliffhanger revealing that we get the Krynoids here, and in general the Plot is really fun and solid stuff.

I do also really like the Ending Scene with Raven, Michael plays it so well!