Doctor Who is long running British science fiction television series. It tells about time and space traveling alien named The Doctor. Name Doctor Who is joke. We are never told his real name hence Doctor Who. Doctor regenerates into new personality when actor who plays him/her changes. Current one is number thirteen. She is first female Doctor. Series has expanded into other media. This comic concentrates on previous, twelfth Doctor.
Twelfth Doctor is my third favorite Doctor after tenth and fourth. His run was during Steven Moffat’s era. Moffat made Doctor and his companions most important beings in the universe. That ruined Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors’ runs. I liked this Doctor even though his stories had problems. Steven Moffat wrote good episodes before he became show runner. Those episodes were episode long stories. As show runner he made longer story arcs pretty confusing. I was curious when I found whole twelfth Doctor’s comic book run on sale.
This is shows what twelfth Doctor’s run could have been if character was treated as it was treated before Moffat’s era. Year one works like TV series’ season. There is long running story arc with longer season finale and holiday special. Individual stories may or may not have anything to do with season long story arc, We have same characters as in twelfth Doctor’s first season. Clara Oswald is companion. Stories are not connected to tv series. Comic book is its own individual thing not related to show other than the main characters.
This means Doctor is again time traveler who enters into small scale adventures until there is something larger on season finale. Just like first ten Doctors. This comic book catch the essence of Doctor Who better than Moffat’s run on tv series. It is like twelfth Doctor have similar adventures as tenth Doctor. I wish twelfth Doctor’s run on tv was like this.
Main story arc revolves around Hyperions, race of living suns who have turned evil later in their evolution. I haven’t seen every episode (only most of) but I am pretty sure race was created for the comic book. Same applies most of the other antagonists too. There was only one moment which didn’t feel like Doctor Who but it was explained later issues in a way which felt like Doctor Who.
Twelfth Doctor’s year one comics are exactly what I wanted. To be more exact they are what I wanted his run on television to be. Twelfth Doctor treated like first ten Doctors. I like it more than I like his run on television. This comic has three years. I hope last two are as good as the first one. If they are I probably have to check other Doctor Who comics too.