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Review of The Neutron Knights by joeymapes21

5 May 2025

Setting up some good character work for the future, this just moves too fast to care about the characters in too short of a space.


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Review of Junk-Yard Demon by joeymapes21

5 May 2025

A very solid story for a shorter comic - some nice universe building and work with a Cybermen - was pleasantly surprised by this one.


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Review of Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors by joeymapes21

5 May 2025

For a story with lots of action, not very much seems to happen - quite a nothing story.


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Review of End of the Line by joeymapes21

5 May 2025

An incredibly dark story, with such a bleak ending - love to see the comics not shying away from stories like that!


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Review of The Deal by joeymapes21

5 May 2025

Incredibly damning when you finish a comic and can't remember any details at all - but at least I also know I didn't hate anything.

Some good art throughout.


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Review of Wirrn Dawn by joeymapes21

5 May 2025

I like the dedication of the Eighth Doctor Adventures to revisit some past villains and ideas, but unfortunately here, nothing new or exciting is done with them to the point that it's done just for the sake of it - and I really did not care for it.


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Review of Lucky Day by joeymapes21

4 May 2025

This review contains spoilers!

Continues a great run of episodes.

The first thing to mention has to be Ruby - another incredible performance from Millie Gibson. After 73 Yards last year, I was so impressed, and this just continues to show it. This story also works so well in adding some great depth and complexity to her character. Throughout, she blew me away, and I couldn't start my review in any other way then praising that.

Conrad throughout I loved as a villain, such a slimy, nasty character performed so well - the hatred for him by the end is testament to how well the story utilised him. As a villain alongside the Shreek, this story really grabbed me in.

I am aware of some people's concerns with the story, and I do acknowledge the optics - yes, I can see how some people perceive it as a story telling people not to question authority - and I can see why some people are critical of this, and it did take me out of it for a split second. But, as I thought more, I do see how clearly that this was not the intent. This was entirely a criticsm of the spreading of misinformation to develop a platform when you know that it is misinformation - and this is such a rising problem, that I am pleased to see it addressed in the story. I do think the RTD2 era stance on UNIT has made this presentation more messy, especially with the increasingly less ethical practices of Kate, but I know the message this episode set out to portray, and just like McTighe's other misunderstood episode, Kerblam!, I do think that it's an unintended but misfortunate handling.

This does perhaps sound like I wasn't a fan, but I absolutely was. I was gripped throughout in an episode handling things so uniquely, in a story that I am so happy with. And I am excited how this is going to lead into the finale.


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Review of Spider-God by joeymapes21

26 April 2025

A bleak story, with some great sci-fi concepts which are hugely unique and different. The resolution hits quite hard in the fact that its characters realising their mistakes and not being able to do anything to fix it. The setting is brilliant and so beautifully realised.


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Review of War of the Words by joeymapes21

26 April 2025

Would love to delve deeper into this comic - a shorter run time for this story does it a disservice.


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Review of The Life Bringer! by joeymapes21

26 April 2025

A fun spin on mythology, which builds some ideas well, with a nice characterisation of Prometheus.


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