Saturday 18 November 2023
Comics
Doctor Who: Origins by Jody Houser & Roberta Ingranata
Here we are, then: the final official Doctor for my Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebratory marathon — the Fugitive Doctor. There's even less to go on for her than there is for the War Doctor. Other than her couple of TV episodes, this four-part Titan comic miniseries is about it (Big Finish did announce some audios starring her ages ago, but there's no sign of their release. Rumour has it the launching of new era(s) on TV may've set them back somewhat). It does have the benefit of allowing me to tick one further type of media off my list: "Titan Comics" (differing from "DWM comics" that I did for the Fourth Doctor).
As a story in itself, it's... fine. The blurb and pullquotes on the cover do overhype it somewhat — "an essential read", things like that. It's not really essential. I mean, its depiction of the Fugitive Doctor is fine, but it doesn't really reveal any more about her character, nor give her any more memorable moments, or anything like that. If you're feeling starved of Fugitive content, it's considerably better than nothing, but the definitive story of this incarnation remains untold.
Here we are, then: the final official Doctor for my Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebratory marathon — the Fugitive Doctor. There's even less to go on for her than there is for the War Doctor. Other than her couple of TV episodes, this four-part Titan comic miniseries is about it (Big Finish did announce some audios starring her ages ago, but there's no sign of their release. Rumour has it the launching of new era(s) on TV may've set them back somewhat). It does have the benefit of allowing me to tick one further type of media off my list: "Titan Comics" (differing from "DWM comics" that I did for the Fourth Doctor).
As a story in itself, it's... fine. The blurb and pullquotes on the cover do overhype it somewhat — "an essential read", things like that. It's not really essential. I mean, its depiction of the Fugitive Doctor is fine, but it doesn't really reveal any more about her character, nor give her any more memorable moments, or anything like that. If you're feeling starved of Fugitive content, it's considerably better than nothing, but the definitive story of this incarnation remains untold.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
All TV additions this week; in fact, all animated. First, the latest animated missing Doctor Who story, The Underwater Menace, which replaces the DVD release from a few years ago. Second, anime series Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water in 4K.
Number of titles in collection: 3,196 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,021 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,175 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 311 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,794 [up 10]
Number of films: 3,929 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 347 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,660 [up 39]
Number of short films: 1,101 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
All TV additions this week; in fact, all animated. First, the latest animated missing Doctor Who story, The Underwater Menace, which replaces the DVD release from a few years ago. Second, anime series Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water in 4K.
Number of titles in collection: 3,196 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,021 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,175 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 311 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,794 [up 10]
Number of films: 3,929 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 347 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,660 [up 39]
Number of short films: 1,101 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
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