It’s actually in between Arena of fear and the wishing well witch in my volume, have you tried that spot?
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Ah - I haven’t. I actually read those two from my copies of Doctor Who Comic rather than my Humble Bundle volumes. Going off to check now.
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Found it! Hurrah! Thanks @Jae
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I love references like this:
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Read The Infinite Corridor and Lady of the Blue Box during lunch and both were fine if nothing special. I quite liked some of the art in Infinite Corridor, especially the fairly simple effect of the TARDIS stretching.
But…
Does anyone else think Cindy is horribly unlikeable?
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She is a bit unlikeable, yeah. She does get better later though, in my opinion
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I have read her later stories but never really got to like her. We’ll see if this project helps in any way.
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I think the biggest problem is just that they just don’t focus on here since having her join the TARDIS, She barely gets any development and it feels like she’s kinda just there a lot of the time
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Oh yes! I marvelled at those costumes for a long time when I read that story!
Definitely. I’ve been mentioning that in most of my reviews. I don’t really get her and her presence drags down these stories for me. I preferred Ten with just Gabby.
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Arena Of Death: More relieving than anything else to get a follow-up on Cindy Cleo And The Magic Sketchbook, but the character banter is good, ‘Gabriella’ was an interesting direction to take things, and I got some low-key Secret Wars vibes from the setting, which I liked.
The Wishing Well Witch: A trifle confusing by the end, but both design-wise and lore-wise, I like the Witch as a monster. Guess the Timeless Child had more precedent than even I realised.
The Infinite Corridor: Another short bit of arc maintenance, but there’s something about the Doctor keeping monsters in the TARDIS that I like. The corridor itself reminded me a lot of the Oblivion TARDIS mod and I got a kick out of that too.
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Arena of Fear: 8/10 -
Arena of Fear was a really enjoyable story that centers around a gestalt being creating this arena for countless factions to fight in, including two groups of characters that the audience is familiar with. The story has some great concepts and the action scenes all work really well. Particular standout moments to me is the narration by Cindy. I love that we’re getting to know her better as the series goes on. I also love Jack’s moments here and his relationship with Cleo is wholesome. I also think that Mr. Ebonite is a great villain and I love how he was foreshadowed in year one.
The Wishing Well Witch: 7/10 -
The Wishing Well Witch is another really fun story and Cindy’s first true adventure in the Tardis. The premise is cool and creepy and I love the design of the witch creature. It’s cool to have some Gallifrey lore and I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes. My main issue is that the dynamics between Gabby and Cindy are cut short as the story focuses more on the Doctor and the Witch in the latter half.
Lady of the Blue Box: 4/10 -
Just a bit of a boring and short comic that is relatively inoffensive. Nothing too great and nothing too bad. Best part was the dynamics between the characters but I think it’s kinda mean that the Doctor inadvertently destroys Cindy’s room and seems not to care.
The Infinite Corridor: 7/10 -
This was a pretty good story that gives more lore to the Tardis, including the fact that there are weird bubble dimensions held within. There’s also more interesting stuff about the Anubis plotline that seems to be alluding to the return of Sutekh which should be fun
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I agree that they didn’t do much either her after the set up. When Cindy had expressed feeling The Doctor had cared more about Gabby than her, I had hoped they would do more with the Doctor possibly having learned from Mickey and Rose (even older than that with previous companions) and try to assure her that she was just as important. Give her more of an arc and development.
As for the collection here, I thought it was okay. The first story was the strongest.
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