Doctor Who 7: The Flood Paperback – December 11, 2012

I really do love these DWM comics. The art's great, the writing's great considering the constrained format...and so much adventure and action, it really does go beyond what the television show could have achieved. Plus, they really do develop the characters! Destrii's back, and she shows up in an unexpected way with her uncle. (Who really does remind me of the magical cat from Cats, except really evil) and the Doctor has to deal with a whole new generation of Cybermen that really do go to extremes...too bad they couldn't have had Doctor #9 appear in DWM at this point, a regeneration, but I completely understand.

the pages of the book came right out after he lookied at twice . the more he looked more pages came out. They need to change how the pages are put it the book.

Good product shipped in decent time, this graphic novel makes up the end of the 8th Doctor's run in the Doctor Who magazine comic strips, and is well worth a read.

Excellent!

This book collects twenty-five months of Comic Strips in Doctor Who Magazine, including the last of the Eighth Doctor stories. There are a lot of ups and downs as the Doctor moves on from Izzy:Where Nobody Knows Your Name (DWM 329): After having said farewell to his companion Izzy in the previous story, the Eighth Doctor strolls into a bar and has a conversation with a bartender.As a story, this one is basic. There's a nice variety of aliens which are interesting to look at and other than that, it's just the Doctor and the Bartender talking. There's a nice reveal at the end, but otherwise, this is pretty standard. Grade: CDoctor Who and the Nightmare Game (DWM 330-332) While attending a Football (soccer to Americans) game, the Doctor runs smack into an alien invasion. A somewhat disappointing tale, but it's far from Gareth Roberts best work with few laughs and not many surprises. Both the story and the Doctor's "companion" for one story are pretty forgettable. Art's decent, but other than that, there's not much to commend this. Grade: C-The Power of Thoueris (DWM 333): While trying to enjoy a holiday in ancient Egypt, an old Egyptian goddess appears and the Doctor has to fight and expose her. This is a very bog standard story. The Doctor vs. a false god is an old trope and because of the story being this short, there's little space to dress this up. Because of this being only be a one issue story, there's no subtlly or surprise. It's just striaight to the point. The art is the best thing about this strip. It's stylized and interesting to look at. Unfortunately, the story doesn't actually do anything noteworthy. Grade: C-In the Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack (DWM 334-336), the Eighth Doctor returns to London at the beginning of the gaslight era where a mysterious phantom known as Spring-heel Jack is terrorizing the city.This is a well-realized tale. The era works well with Doctor Who, the artwork is superb and we have some nice twists and subversion of expectations within the space of what is a rather short comic story. Overall, this story makes a very solid read. Grade: B+The Land of Happy Endings: A fortieth anniversary story that finds the Eighth Doctor back with his grandchildren Jack and Gillian, who he travelled with in the pages of TV comics. The story is a silly bit of nonsense with a sweet salute to theTV comics, including that art that really captures the style. The ending is nice and poignant and very fitting for an anniversary year. Grade: B+In Bad Blood (DWM 338-342), the Doctor arrives in the Old American West where a group of minors has disappeared and General Custer is investigating, while the Doctor meets with Chief Sitting Bull.This story does a lot right. None of the historical characters come off as cartoonish, not even General Custer who has been the target of many attacks since his death. The plot has some clever reveals and the return of an old foe, which I have mixed thoughts on, but didn't throw the story off much. I did think the monster reveal towards the final chapters was really quite remarkable.Overall, a very solid outing for the Eighth Doctor. Grade: B+Sins of the Fathers (DWM 343-345): After the events of Bad Blood, Destrii needs medical care so the Doctor takes Destrii to the future and Hippocrates Base for treatment. However, their arrival is ill-timed as Destrii becomes part of an alien invasion plot.Overall, this story is a pretty standard base under siege set up. It's elevated by some of its high concept ideas, the art, and also Destrii's character. She's really fun, particularly when she's involved in fights. Overall, it's not all that unique a story, but it's well-told.The Flood (DWM 346-353): The Doctor and Destrii arrive in 2005 London at a market where something strange is going on and it all leads up to the return of the Cybermen.This is an eight-part story and it's a rivetting finale for the Eighth Doctor. The Cybermen's plan is really quite unique a nice change from the typical way of Cybermen forcing people to convert. The Cyberleader even has an argument that they're saving the Earth. The finale is appropriately epic and really gives the Eighth Doctor a good comic book sendoff even though it's not the regeneration scene that Russell T. Davies offered the script.I have mixed feelings about the Cybermen design as it goes in the same direction as the Series 8 Cybermen only moreso. I also felt it was an abrupt ending for Destrii whose time in the TARDIS had really just gotten started. Still, despite the limitations of the forced ending of the strip, this was a really superb read.One great reason to read these Panini books is all of the behind the scenes information on the writing and art of the script as we get to find out what inspired the writers. This is nice as we get to find out how the Eighth Doctor almost regenerated in the pages of Doctor Who magazine, why they didn't happen, and get the alternate script for what that story would have looked like.Despite starting out with three weak scripts, the book finishes very strong and is well worth the read.

This is the final volume of Doctor Who Magazine's run of Eighth Doctor stories featuring the Paul McGann incarnation of everyone's favourite Time Lord and it's safe to say that he goes out with a bang!As with Oblivion, the previous volume, the strips are in colour. It's a very rich colour that's sometimes a little strong but still quite well done and the art, which is by a diverse number of hands including Roger Langridge, Mike Collins, Antony Williams, John Ross and Martin Geraghy is generally high quality that convinces you you are in a real world and not in a world of exaggerated bodies as super hero books generally do.The writing is also a little more diverse in terms of authors, with Gareth Roberts, writer of tv episode, the Shakespeare Code, turning in a story of football in the 70s and intergalactic amoebae. The majority of stories however are in the safe hands of Scott Gray, who guides the Doctor through some companionless adventures at a space bar, in Ancient Egypt in a story with links to the TV story Pyramids of Mars, an encounter with Springheeled Jack, a pulp character of Victorian London, a meeting with his "grandchildren", an encounter in the Wild West with werewolves and an old acquaintance from the earlier volumes who becomes his new companion, a visit to a space hospital to fight alien monkeys and an epic battle with the Cybermen. Cybermen from the future, all powered up. There's also at least one cameo appearance from an old friend of the Doctor's (in his sixth incarnation) which will be fun for diehard fans, but which may confuse or just have no impact on newer readers.The stories are breathless fun and the characterisation of the Doctor deepens. The title story, the Flood, is a big, end of season story with story elements that duplicate but actually predate story elements from one of the endings of the new show.As usual the "extras", the author's notes on the stories, are almost as much fun as the stories themselves, this time especially as we learn that the comic strip had been offered the chance to regenerate McGann into Eccleston but in the end turned the opportunity down. We even get a glimpse of how it would have been done. (Interestingly, it would have made those parallels with a certain season finale even more apparent.) Ultimately they turned it down, and we're told why, so to find out you need to buy this book.Really, I can't recommend this or the previous books enough. They have the same energy as the new TV series with two advantages, these stories can go anywhere and they can take as long as they need to tell the story. The tics of the Doctor aren't so well pronounced that you can hear McGann saying the lines, but the character is recognisable in shorthand with a nice sense of humour apparent.

Great to read more adventures of Paul McGann's doctor. Just a pity really that this doctor didn't appear more on the small screen.

The book lasted me around 24 hours before it fell apart due to the poorly structure of the book. I didn't have a chance to read the contents of the book however I will think twice before purchasing another book by Panini. Was very disappointed because of the price I paid for it and I expected it to be suitable for long term collection and at least suitae for actually reading, but I got neither of these. I do not reccomend this product unless you intend to chuck it away after turning a page