‘PRISONERS OF TIME’
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The Eleven Doctors – Celebrating 50 Years of ‘Doctor Who’
For Leigh (IWishIHadATARDIS), a ‘keen reader’
This comic story should be a TV adventure or a Big Finish audio drama with all the Doctors and companions! 🙂
‘Prisoners of Time’ is a fantastic comic story from IDW. It clearly celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ in all its glory. 🙂 After enjoying the ‘Doctor Who’/‘Star Trek’ crossover adventure ‘Assimilation2’, I couldn’t see a reason to not purchase this celebratory story in its entirety to enjoy.
I purchased the graphic novel at the ‘Cardiff Film & Comic Con’ in March 2014. It was a fantastic and memorable weekend! It took me a while to read the graphic novel from start to finish, but I was looking forward to reading the twelve-part comic story featuring the first eleven Doctors and their companions.
Yes! This story features the first eleven Doctors for the 50th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’. It was released in twelve monthly issues, with each of the Doctors from 1 to 11 in turn from January to November 2013. The December 2013 issue featured all eleven Doctors and companions in the final showdown.
I’m very pleased that this comic story in graphic novel form celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ properly by featuring all eleven Doctors, which was what I wanted, unlike the TV story ‘The Day of the Doctor’. Some of my favourite companions join the Doctors too. It was a joyful treat.
I wish this multi-Doctor story in comic form became the TV adventure I wanted to see. Or at least have Big Finish produce this story with all of the Doctors in it like ‘The Light At The End’ and include Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith. It would be heaven for a ‘Doctor Who’ fan. 😀
The story is by Scott and David Tipton, with comic artwork done by various artists, including Simon Fraser, Lee Sullivan, John Ridgway, etc. I wish the artwork in this comic story is consistent. Some of the stories with each of the Doctors disappointed me in terms of artwork, but it still held together. 🙂
In each of the eleven Doctors’ stories of ‘Prisoners of Time’, a mysterious cloaked figure watches the Doctors and their adventures with their companions. His identity is revealed later in the story, but he is determined to remove the Doctors companions from their timelines. It’s quite a terrifying concept.
Each of the Doctors’ stories ends with their companions kidnapped by the mysterious cloaked figure. Each of the Doctors is alone. This left me, as the reader, in suspense. I wondered what had occurred. I became anxious for the Doctors losing their companions. I wondered how they would rescue them.
Chapter 1 of the story is called ‘Unnatural Selection’. It features the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki. I enjoyed the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki. It’s intriguing IDW chose the First Doctor TARDIS team from Season 2 of the classic series instead of the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan. 🙂
The artwork for this instalment of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is by Simon Fraser. I didn’t really like the artwork, as the likenesses of the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki don’t match to what they look like in the TV series. They look cartoony and quite ugly, which is a shame, as I like these characters. 😦
Despite that, it was interesting and enjoyable to read the story where the First Doctor and team meet Thomas Huxley in 1868 London. I didn’t know anything about Thomas Huxley beforehand. It was rather interesting how the First Doctor interacted with him and how Huxley knew the Doctor already. 🙂
Apparently, Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who became known as ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’ for his advocacy of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. I was reminded of ‘Bloodtide’ featuring Charles Darwin. Thankfully, religion wasn’t in the First Doctor and Huxley’s conversations.
The Zarbi and the Animus from ‘The Web Planet’ make a return appearance in this ‘Prisoners of Time’ episode. I was amazed to find the Zarbi and the Animus in the comic adventure. Like the Doctor, I wondered how the Animus managed to survive. Thankfully, it all gets explained in the story.
Chapter 2 of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is called ‘Bazaar Adventures’. It features the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. In many respects, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are one of my favourite TARDIS teams from Season 6 of the TV show. I like how they’re developed as characters in this comic adventure. 🙂
The episode’s artwork is by Lee Sullivan. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him at ‘Collectormania 22’ at Milton Keynes in November 2014. I love the artwork he provides for the TARDIS trio, since it feels very 1960s-like. The likenesses given for each character match to the actors who played them on TV.
‘Bazaar Adventures’ is a great story, as the Second Doctor and his friends visit the intergalactic Frenko Bazaar trading post. I like the vast array of alien characters Lee Sullivan includes at the Bazaar, as it does feel like a large tourist attraction. However, there is that criminal element aboard.
Most notably, it is with the slave-trading crocodile-like Voraxx that appear in the story. They try to buy Jamie from the Second Doctor, to which he of course refuses. Jamie ends up kidnapped by the Voraxx and the Doctor and Zoe have to rescue Jamie from the slave-trading ship he’s imprisoned on.
Also included in the story are the White Robots from ‘The Mind Robber’. I did wonder if the Second Jamie and Zoe had entered the Land of Fiction again. 😀 There are also the Ice Warriors, whom the TARDIS trio previously encountered in ‘The Seeds of Death’. The Ice Warriors are the goodies in this.
Chapter 3 of this ‘Doctor Who’ comic adventure is called ‘In With The Tide’. It features the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane, who are joined by Liz Shaw and the Brigadier. It was very interesting to see Liz Shaw make an appearance in this ‘Doctor Who’ comic story and for her to meet Sarah Jane Smith.
The artwork is by Mike Collins, who I feel has done a superb job in capturing the likenesses of the Third Doctor, Sarah Jane, Liz and the Brigadier from the TV series. I also felt this story was spot-on in recapturing the atmosphere of the early 1970s ‘Doctor Who’ TV tales with action-thriller adventures.
‘In With The Tide’ is a very gripping instalment in the ‘Prisoners of Time’ story, as the Third Doctor and his friends have to deal with the parasitic mind-controlling Remoraxians who can control the weather. The story starts on a stormy night when the Third Doctor and Sarah are visiting Liz Shaw. 🙂
The story also makes it clear that it takes place in London in 1974. Due to the nature of the U.N.I.T. stories in the TV series, I wonder if that’s the case, as this story could take place in either the 1970s or 1980s. We’d like to think it occurs in 1974, but the U.N.I.T. dating conundrum messed things up. 😦
It’s also interesting how the story starts with the Brigadier acting all angry and out-of-character before it gets revealed he was being controlled by one of the Remoraxian parasites. Thankfully, the Doctor and the Brig work together as good old friends to defeat the Remoraxian Prime and its plans.
Chapter 4 of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is called ‘A Rare Gem’. It features the Fourth Doctor, Leela and K-9. I enjoyed this instalment. I really like how the writers Scott and David Tipton have kept each instalment engaging so far, despite the inconsistent artwork by various artists for each episode here.
With that said, the artwork for ‘A Rare Gem’ by Gary Erskine is good. Once again, the likenesses of the Fourth Doctor and Leela are very good, matching to the actors who played them in the TV series. K-9 also looks very good. His speech bubbles are different compared to the Doctor and Leela’s though.
Whereas the Doctor and Leela’s speech bubbles are normal, K-9’s are blue and have more computer-like writing. This instalment in ‘Prisoners of Time’ is quite exciting, as the Fourth Doctor, Leela and K-9 encounter a new series monster in the rhino-like Judoon, which I was amazed to see. 🙂
It’s clear the Fourth Doctor knows who the Judoon are already. I wonder when the Doctor first met them and what incarnation it was. In the story, the Doctor, Leela and K-9 help the people of Agratis to recover a stolen jewel, as it happens to be sacred and essential in the running of the planet itself.
Whilst this instalment of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is engaging to read, it’s not as action-packed as I expected it to be. There are scenes of Leela and K-9 distracting the Judoon, but the climactic scenes where the Doctor and others find the person who had stolen the jewel did seem to be rather rushed.
The fifth chapter of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is called ‘In Their Nature’ and it features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric. The Sontarans and the Rutans also make an appearance in this adventure. This is confusing for me, as it contradicts supposed first meetings between characters and monsters.
Nyssa is supposed to first meet the Rutans in ‘Castle of Fear’ and Tegan is supposed to first meet the Sontarans in ‘Heroes of Sontar’ before she faces them again in ‘A Fix with Sontarans’. Mind you, the continuities in the TV series, the Big Finish audios, books and comics don’t match up with each other.
In a way, I’m quite relieved about this, since it confirms Nyssa did meet the Sontarans before encountering them in my story ‘The Stockbridge Terror’ as well as the Big Finish audios ‘The Five Companions’ and ‘Heroes of Sontar’. People can speculate on how these stories connect together. 🙂
The story’s artwork is by Philip Bond – not to be confused with the actor who played Ganatus in ‘The Daleks’. I don’t really like the artwork given to the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric, since it doesn’t match to what they look like in the TV series and the art style is more cartoony than usual. 😦
It was interesting to see how the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric interacted with the Sontarans and the Rutans on each side of the skirmish on the unnamed planet – or as it turns out, a Rutan weapon test field. The Rutans are more aggressive whilst the Sontarans have their code of honour. 🙂
The sixth chapter of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is called ‘Façades’. It features the Sixth Doctor, Peri and Frobisher. As of 2022, I’ve been able to check out more ‘Doctor Who’ comic stories featuring Frobisher the penguin companion of the Sixth Doctor, and I’ve listened to his Big Finish audio stories.
These include ‘The Holy Terror’ and ‘The Maltese Penguin’. The artwork for ‘Façades’ is by John Ridgway. He was the artist for the Sixth Doctor comic stories of ‘Doctor Who’ in ‘Doctor Who Magazine’ during the 1980s. He also co-created Frobisher with Steve Parkhouse and Alan McKenzie.
In this story, the Sixth Doctor, Peri and Frobisher visit Antarctopolis, a city that covers the continent of Antarctica on 73rd century Earth. The trio end up in a nature preserve for wild Antarctica, which contains real penguins. This is all before they find an amusement park and an asylum within the city.
Whilst there, an invasion of Autons takes place, coordinated by the Master, as played by Anthony Ainley in the TV series. It was interesting to see the Anthony Ainley/Tremas Master in this comic adventure. There is a point where Peri and Frobisher split up from dear Sixy and they soon vanish. 😐
When Peri is kidnapped by the mysterious cloaked figure, it’s revealed she is actually Frobisher who soon explores the cloaked figure’s base. The Tenth Doctor also makes a cameo in this chapter. And there’s a nice panel of Nyssa, Tegan and Adric cryogenically frozen aboard the cloaked figure’s base.
Chapter 7 of this epic ‘Doctor Who’ comic story is called ‘Cat and Mouse’ and it features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It’s clear that this instalment takes place after the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series ended. It makes sense, since there are more adventures with the Seventh Doctor and Ace to enjoy. 🙂
The artwork for ‘Cat and Mouse’ is by Kev Hopgood, and once again, the artwork happens to be very good. It’s a shame the artwork is inconsistent throughout this 12-part comic story, since the likenesses for the First and Fifth Doctor era characters aren’t as good as the other Doctor eras so far.
‘Cat and Mouse’ takes place in Scotland in 1830. The Seventh Doctor and Ace visit a gothic castle where they try to save the lives of two elderly people, who actually happen to be Aeroliths, being used by the Anthony Ainley/Tremas Master. He makes his second appearance in this epic comic story.
It’s made clear that the Master is currently working with the mysterious cloaked figure who’s been kidnapping the Doctor’s companions so far in the story. The Seventh Doctor becomes troubled by this revelation, especially after the Master is defeated and once the cloaked figure has captured Ace.
I enjoyed the interaction between the Seventh Doctor and Ace great, as it echoes their relationship from the TV series itself. Ace gets to use her Nitro-9 in this episode. I also like how the Doctor works out how Alan Campbell happens to be the Master and I enjoyed his interaction with Miss Mackenzie.
The eighth chapter of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is called ‘The Body Politic’ and it features the Eighth Doctor and Grace. I was amazed to see Grace return to ‘Doctor Who’ in this comic adventure, having seen her in ‘The TV Movie’. Mind you, this isn’t the only time Grace has made a return in ‘Doctor Who’. 🙂
She has also appeared in the ‘Doctor Who’ comic story ‘The Fallen’ and has cameoed in ‘The Flood’. It would be nice for Paul McGann and Daphne Ashbrook to have Big Finish audio adventures as the Eighth Doctor and Grace in ‘Doctor Who’ compared to just having comic adventures once in a while.
In ‘The Body Politic’, Grace joins the Doctor on an adventure. The episode’s artwork is by Roger Langridge, who has contributed to the Eighth Doctor comics in ‘Doctor Who Magazine’. I can’t say I’m a fan of his artwork for the Eighth Doctor and Grace, but I suppose it is decent enough to look at.
After showing Grace the wonders of the universe, she and the Doctor visit an Earth-like planet. There is a city called Brendais, ruled by a bunch of Overseers. Once in a while, the Overseers take certain members of the society to be ‘ascended’. This sounds like the vampires from ‘State of Decay’.
Thankfully, it’s not vampires, though the Eighth Doctor and Grace do find a way to stop the Overseers and help the natives. At the episode’s end, the Eighth Doctor has a confrontation with the mysterious cloaked figure in the story. The figure soon weakens the Doctor, and Grace is kidnapped.
The ninth instalment of ‘Prisoners of Time’ called ‘Mystery Date’ is where the plot starts to thicken and things comes into place concerning the story’s main villain in the form of the mysterious cloaked figure. Here, ‘Mystery Date’ enters the new series territory and it features the Ninth Doctor and Rose.
The episode’s artwork is by David Messina, with Giorgia Sposito providing the inkwork, I believe. Whilst the likenesses of the Ninth Doctor and Rose sometimes don’t match to the actors on TV, I like that the artwork appears to be gripping and gritty. It matches to the tone of what the story is about.
In the episode, the Ninth Doctor and Rose visit Eleanora’s monument where the presumed dead Drake Ayelbourne lives. Ayelbourne found a way to preserve his youth, as he shows his place to Rose and the Doctor. Things fall apart for him though, as he becomes an old man and blows up his home.
The Doctor and Rose manage to escape once Ayelbourne has blown up his home. Outside, the Doctor and Rose meet the mysterious cloaked figure, who reveals himself to be…Adam Mitchell, the short-time companion of the Ninth Doctor between ‘Dalek’ and ‘The Long Game’. It’s a great reveal.
I like how Adam explains what happened to him after the Doctor left him at the end of ‘The Long Game’. Adam is now a bitter old man, as he’s seeking revenge on the Doctor for not having the life he could have had. He hates the Ninth Doctor the most, knocking him out and taking Rose with him.
Chapter 10 of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is called ‘Quiet on the Set’. It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha. I like how this episode opens with the Doctor letting Martha see Gallifrey through a telescope in 1950s Los Angeles, since she requested seeing his home planet in the episode ‘Gridlock’.
The artwork for ‘Quiet on the Set’ is by Elena Casagrande. For the most part, the artwork looks great and captivating. Mind you, there are occasions where you can see the Doctor and Martha’s very blank faces in certain shots. It’s almost as if the Wire had suddenly returned and it absorbed them. 😀
Like I said, the Doctor and Martha visit Hollywood in 1950s Los Angeles. Martha even gets chosen to become a film star, replacing one who couldn’t turn up to appear in certain scenes of the film. It’s interesting the filmmakers didn’t mind casting Martha in their film, considering she’s a black woman.
Whilst Martha gets to be a movie star, the Doctor comes across the Quarks and soon, the Dominators from ‘The Dominators’. I was surprised to see them in this story and it’s great how the Tenth Doctor interacts with the Dominators, telling them to leave once they try to enslave humanity.
I wish the climactic showdown featuring the Tenth Doctor vs. the Dominators and the Quarks was longer in the actual episode. By the end, when Martha gets captured by Adam Mitchell, the Tenth Doctor returns to the TARDIS and sends a message to Frobisher from ‘Façades’, setting up the finale.
Chapter 11 of this epic ‘Doctor Who’ comic story is called ‘The Choice’. It features the Eleventh Doctor and Clara. Well, it mostly features the Eleventh Doctor. Clara gets captured by Adam Mitchell at the beginning of this chapter. I would have preferred to have seen more of Clara in this episode.
At least let us see her face rather than the back of her or when her face is turned away when Adam carries her. I get the impression that IDW didn’t know what Clara looked like, despite there being promotional photos of Jenna Coleman for her casting announcement as the new companion in 2012.
Thankfully, this would be made up for in the story’s following instalment, as Clara makes an appearance in that. The artwork for ‘The Choice’ is by Matthew Dow Smith (not Matt Smith as some might believe 😀 ). I found the artwork pretty good. The likeness for Matt Smith’s Doctor is spot on. 🙂
In the episode, the Doctor follows the trail to where Adam’s fortress is outside of space and time. In revisiting ‘Prisoners of Time’, I like how the call-backs are made to ‘Dalek’ when the Eleventh Doctor revisits Henry van Statten’s vault in order to find clues before finding Adam at his base of operations.
Once the Doctor finally meets Adam in his fortress, the Anthony Ainley/Tremas Master happens to be there too, as he and Adam have been working together. The episode ends with Adam giving the Doctor a choice. To choose one of his companions to live before the rest of them are to be killed off.
The twelfth and final chapter of ‘Prisoners of Time’ is called ‘Endgame’. It features the first eleven Doctors of ‘Doctor Who’ and their companions, as they combat against Adam Mitchell and the Anthony Ainley/Tremas Master in Adam’s fortress. This is a very exciting final showdown in the story.
The artwork for ‘Endgame’ is by Kelly Yates. I like the panel shots of all the Doctor meeting up with each other as well as when they free their companions from their cryogenic chambers. I wish every companion had a line to say in this instalment compared to all the Doctors getting a line to say here.
I’m glad though that Nyssa can be seen in certain shots, and she gets to say a line of dialogue. It’s also nice to see Amy and Rory making an appearance in this episode as well as Susan, Turlough and Captain Jack. And yes, Clara can be seen properly in this episode as opposed to the previous episode.
Frobisher also appears, turning out to be the remote control that would have killed every companion. A shame it’s just Frobisher and the TV companions in this instalment. It would’ve been nice for more Big Finish audio companions, comic companions and…Billy Walker to appear in this. 😀
The Doctors and companions also battle Autons in the episode. In the end, Adam becomes good again and he stops the Master’s plan to destroy the universe. The story ends with Adam’s tombstone in the form of a stone TARDIS and the Doctors and companions gathered around it to mourn for him.
Throughout the graphic novel, there are one-page articles called ‘Reflections of Time’ at the end of certain episodes by various contributors to the ‘Doctor Who’ comics. They include John Ainsworth, Gary Russell, Alan McKenzie, John Freeman, Scott Gray, Clayton Hickman, Tony Lee and co-writer Scott Tipton. At the end of the graphic novel, there’s an impressive art gallery which contains fifteen covers of the ‘Prisoners of Time’ comic book series. I enjoyed seeing the various artworks of the Doctors and their companions as well as an impressive spread of the Doctors with Adam and the Master in the gallery.
‘Prisoners of Time’ is a wonderful graphic novel to celebrate 50 years of ‘Doctor Who’. I enjoyed going through each of the 12 chapters and uncovering how each of the eleven Doctors’ adventures built up to the grand finale. If only this comic story could have been a TV story like ‘The Five Doctors’.
It’s also interesting how this ‘Doctor Who’ comic adventure tackled the aftermath of what happened to Adam Mitchell as a short-term companion and how he tried to exact his revenge on the Doctor. I’m glad things turned out well in the well and it’s very fitting to celebrate 50 years of ‘Doctor Who’.
‘Prisoners of Time’ rating – 9/10
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Hi Tim
Thank you so much for the very kind dedication; that’s very kind and thoughtful of you. I am a ‘keen reader’!
I read the Prisoners of Time series, and really liked the stories. You’re quite right, some of the artwork is not as good as some of the other artwork, but I like in the graphic novels that you usually get, with the artwork, a real sense of presence of the Doctors, and the other protagonists in the story, and you get a real flow of the story as it moves along. They really are great fun , the graphic novels.
I’m glad you liked this, even though some aspects of it were not what you expected. I think it’s a very ambitious thing to write a story like this, and I thought it was a really great thing for the authors, artists and the publishers to give us as keen Doctor Who fans!
Thanks again, Tim, I really appreciate your very kind thoughts.
Leigh
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Hi Leigh
That’s okay. Glad you like my dedication to you in my review and very pleased you enjoyed reading it.
I haven’t read that many graphic novels apart from ‘The Tides of Time’ with the Fifth Doctor; some of the Eighth Doctor stories and ‘Assmilation2′ with the Eleventh Doctor team and Star Trek: The Next Generaton’. I enjoyed how each of the episodes of ‘Prisoners of Time’ explores each of era of ‘Doctor Who’ which is very satisfying even if the artwork’s inconsistent a lot of the time. I hope to post/write more reviews of ‘Doctor Who’ graphic novels soon on my blog.
Thanks again for your kind comments, Leigh. I always enjoy hearing your feedback on my blog posts; reviews and stories.
Tim. 🙂
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Hi Tim
I like to read the graphic novels when I can find them. Sometimes they’re hard to find out here in this part of the world, or expensive, so I look out for them occasionally. I did like the Assimilation stories with Star Trek.
The Prisoners of Time is certainly a very big story, with all the different Doctors, companions and timelines having to tie together. One of those epic tales you feel you could quite happily read again.
You’re very welcome, Tim, I like checking out your blog.
Leigh
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Brilliant review Tim, adding the comic book illustrations is a great touch & your review via chapters is wonderfully written.
Nice one Bradders.
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Hello Simon. Good to hear from you!
Glad you enjoyed my review on ‘Prisoners of Time’. Glad you liked the comic book illustrations to my review to make it colourful. Glad you enjoyed the reviews on each chapter in the story.
Thanks. Tim. 🙂
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