Review: Doctor Who The Ninth Doctor #1

(Titan Comics 2016)

Writer: Caven Scott

Art: Adriana Melo

Colorist: Matheus Lopes

Letterers: Richard Starkings & Comiccraft’s Jimmy Betancourt

Main Cover: Shea Standefer

The ninth Doctor returns, along with companions Rose and former time agent Captain Jack Harkness, in Doctor Who The Ninth Doctor #1, the brand new ongoing series from Titan Comics. While busy setting up temporal beacons on a distant world, the TARDIS intercepts a strange message. Following the transmission back to its source could lead to clues about why Jack’s mind was wiped, but when they arrive on Gharusa Prime the Doctor and his friends are stunned to discover it’s a world where the 9th Doctor has become a celebrity! Continue reading

REVIEW: ‘Silver Surfer’ #2

(Marvel Comics, 2014)

Storytellers: Dan Slott & Mike Allred
Color Artwork by: Laura Allred
Lettering by VC’s Clayton Clowes

Michael Allred and Dan Slott are riding an entirely unique wave with their new Silver Surfer series. Vastly different from the previous Surfer stories by Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Ron Marz and the stellar list of writers who have penned Surfer mini-series; this series seems to place a bit more emphasis on humor and heart than the more traditional science fiction tropes like epic space battles and complex techno-centric jargon. Continue reading

‘Whovian By Design’ with Franco Romualdez, Episode 7

Review of “The Girl In The Fireplace”
Episode 4 – Series 2

Review by Franco Romualdez

– “My Dear Doctor, The path has never seemed more slow and yet I fear I am nearing its end. Reason tells me that you and I are unlikely to meet again, but I think I shall not listen to reason. I have seen the world inside your head and know that all things are possible. Hurry then my love; my days grow shorter now and I am so very weak. Godspeed my lonely angel.

If someone was asked to describe a random episode from any Sci-Fi television show in one word, I can almost guarantee you Continue reading

‘Whovian By Design’ with Franco Romualdez, Episode 6

The 10th Doctor: Simply the Best

But there are laws. There are laws of time. Once upon a time there were people in charge of those laws, but they died. They all died. Do you know who that leaves? Me! It’s taken me all these years to realize the laws of time are mine!

And they will obey me!.

With David Tennant at the helm, Doctor Who began its transformation from a classic British television show to a worldwide phenomenon with the arrival of the 10th Doctor. Continue reading

‘Whovian By Design’ with Franco Romualdez, Episode 4

Review: Doctor Who Series 1 episodes: “Bad Wolf” and “The Parting of the Ways”

by Franco Romualdez

Fantastic.

Having watched the Matt Smith incarnation of The Doctor first, I ready didn’t know what to expect when I decided to give the first four series of Doctor Who’s modern era a shot. Needless to say I was thoroughly surprised by how well they matched up. Continue reading