"Doctor! That thing is my son!"
This is a somewhat darker instalment as we learn more of what is going on. There are a few introductions here (Rutans, Movellans, the Brig) but we're more than half way through now, so it's a case of developing and interweaving already established plot threads rather than starting new ones... but still with that same masterful plotting which seems effortless- and, if something seems effortless, it is certainly no such thing.
There real darkness here, though- the Valeyard is turning Time Lords into a new race of Daleks... and poor Leela, an old lady whose family means everything to her, realises that her husband and children have all become Daleks. That's bleak. So is the fact that the Tenth Doctor is undergoing conversion- and the process seems somehow to have started for Eight.
The Valeyard's new face after regeneration is described as "vaguely familiar", mind- but not to me. something's clearly going over my head at this point!
That aside, though, it's a wonder, and a credit to Rich Morris, how easy this is to follow with so much going on, and how each character gets their amount of time in the spotlight. No character dominates, no character is neglected. Thus far, The Ten Doctors hasn't put so much as a foot wrong.
I think it is a nice touch than when 4 is plunging to certain death, he takes solace that it is his favorite planet Earth.
ReplyDeleteSo things have come to a head, and the story is almost complete but to show that the stakes are high, we learn the Daleks are converting species into Daleks and 10 is on the same treatment. As someone who likes people's reactions, I am happy I don’t give anything away. It is nice to see Lethbridge-Stewart finally take part in the story; along with the Harry cameo, his making a comeback for this fan story is a nice look into a world where he came back for another DW adventure; it truly makes the Ten Doctors, fiction though it is, a tantalizing 'what if.' I am glad the wayback machine is archiving it so it won't be lost or forgotten. Seriously, I don’t even want to say anything more, I think no words can do justice to the comic.