Industry legend Grant Morrison (Final Crisis) penned a number of Doctor Who strips in the late '80s featuring the Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and this book collects them all. The black-and-white art of Bryan Hitch and John Ridgway have been colored for the first time by Charlie Kirchoff. Included here are "Changes," "Culture Shock!" and "The World Changers." Also collected here are the first three issues of the second series of Doctor Who Classics, which presents newly colored stories drawn by Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Joining Gibbons are Steve Moore for "Life-Bringer," "War of the Words," and "The Spider God," and Steve Parkhouse for "The Deal," "End of the Line," and "The Free-Fall Warriors," all featuring the Fourth Doctor.
| ||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Warping Back To My Childhood,
By darklordzden "darklordzden" (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who Classics Volume 3 (Paperback)
The third collection of IDW's lavishly reprinted (and in many cases re-mastered) comic strips from Britain's long running "Doctor Who" Magazine features stories from the likes of Grant Morrison, Steve Parkhouse and Steve Moore and artwork by the likes of Dave Gibbons, John Ridgway and Bryan Hitch. Readers new to the "Doctor Who Classics" series should bear in mind that these strips were printed in four or five page installments in a bi-monthly magazine from the nineteen eighties (which was principally aimed at a teenage readership) and that the very nature of this format does impose restrictions on the depth of the story-telling.
That said, there is much to enjoy here even for the casual reader. In particular, the talent of a young unknown by the name Grant Morrison is radiantly apparent as he transcends the restrictions of the format and begins, even at this embryonic stage, exploring many of the themes and concerns that would later come to the fore in the likes of "The Invisibles". "Changes" by Morrison and artist John Ridgway, finds the sixth Doctor, Peri and Frobisher the Wifferdill pursuing a shape-shifting fugitive through the labyrinthine depths of the Tardis. Morrison and Ridgway clearly relish the opportunity to render aspects of the Tardis - such as endless corridors, a holographic zoo and a four dimensional simulation gallery - which the BBC, in those pre-CGI days, would never have had the budget or effects to convincingly produce. "Culture Shock" by Morrison and artist Bryan Hitch, finds a despondent seventh Doctor coming to the aid of `the syntelligence' a sentient, microscopic multi-cellular organism which is under attack from an invasive viral culture as it attempts to make it's way back to the "over-body". This is daringly innovative stuff for an eight page comic-strip aimed predominantly at children, but Morrison makes it work. Readers familiar with the author's fondness for the concept of the "biota" will find this story particularly fascinating. "The World Shapers" by Morrison and Ridgway, finds the sixth Doctor, Peri and Frobisher joining forces with a past assistant in order to get to the bottom of a series of mysterious occurrences on a storm-lashed planet which the Doctor finds eerily familiar. To go into further detail would be to ruin the plot, suffice it to say that Morrison draws heavily on characters, back-story and events from the TV series canon and manages to pull off a dizzying twist and reversal concerning the nature and origin of one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest adversaries. "The Life Bringer" by Steve Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, finds the fourth Doctor caught up in an escapade with aliens who may have been the template for the Greek gods (or possibly even the Greek Gods themselves) after accidentally stumbling across the figure of Prometheus chained to a rock; "War Of The Words" (by the same team) finds the same Doctor engaging in a spot of brinksmanship between two races locked in a war over possession of a library planet, and their final story, "Spider God", is a rather grim sermon on the dangers of man's inherent hostility towards the classically non-anthropomorphic. A decidedly more nasty and militaristic edge appears in Steve Parkhouse and Dave Gibbons' stories: "The Deal" finds the fourth Doctor locking wits with a psychopathic mercenary; "End Of The Line" finds the same Doctor running for his life from a group of subterranean cannibals through the transit system of a polluted future dystopia and "Free Fall Warriors" features Tom Baker's Doctor caught up in an intergalactic skirmish with a group of characters who originally appeared in a side-strip in "Captain Britain Magazine". It must be said, the latter two stories don't really work - the former features a thoroughly depressing denouement and an uncharacteristically fatalistic decision on the part of the man from Gallifrey, and the latter story sees him cheering on the violent annihilation of the given adversaries of the piece during an intergalactic dog-fight (something which is completely at odds with the notoriously non-aggressive time-lord's philosophy). While its true that the "Doctor Who Classics" series is firmly aimed at the nostalgic, and is probably of principle interest to those familiar with the original series' canon, this collection gets a resounding four stars from me...largely because it gave me the opportunity to enjoy the evolution of the young Grant Morrison once again whilst reliving my childhood at the same time. And you just can't argue with that kind of entertainment value.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really good stories, most of which star the fourth Doctor,
By Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Doctor Who Classics Volume 3 (Paperback)
This graphic novel contains three two-part story arcs, and other one-off stories.
Doctor Who: Changes - When the (sixth!) Doctor discovers that there is an intruder in the Tardis he sets out to track him or her down. Sadly, Peri and Frobisher decide to help, and only make matter worse! Doctor Who: Culture Shock! - The (seventh) Doctor is tired of "bumming" around time and space, and is ready to chuck it all in. But, when he stoops to rescue quite a little world, he realizes just how important his work really is! Doctor Who: The World Shapers - Arriving on a seemingly deserted planet, the (sixth) Doctor suddenly realizes that he has been here before. Something strange is going on, so he picks up his old friend Jamie McCrimmon to help him solve this mystery. But, it might just cost them more than they expected! Doctor Who: Life-Bringer - The (fourth) Doctor finds a man chained to a rock - Prometheus to be exact. Releasing him from his shackles, the Doctor soon finds himself on the run from the Gods themselves! Doctor Who: War of the Worlds - When the Tardis materializes in the middle of a war, the (fourth) Doctor realizes that me must use his talents to finish this war off good and proper. Doctor Who: Spider-God - A Terran survey team find a new planet and the (fourth) Doctor. They are shocked and horrified to find a people enslaved by a horrific giant spider, but the Doctor quickly realizes that there is more going on here than meets the eye. Doctor Who: The Deal - A high-tech warrior knows what the deal is, but when he tries to use the (fourth) Doctor for his own purposes, who soon finds that the deal has changed. Doctor Who: End of the Line - Arriving on a post-apocalyptic world, it appears to be the end of the line for the (fourth) Doctor. Well, it's definitely the end of the line for someone! Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors - A fun-filled visit to the Festival of Five Planets turns serious when the (fourth) Doctor falls in with a space-going stunt team. So, let me just say that I really liked this graphic novel, and really enjoyed reading it. It has really good stories, most of which star the fourth Doctor, who could ask for more?!?
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
