The 10th Doctor and Martha Jones mistakenly arrive in medieval England to find themselves in the middle of the Plague. Only, the time for the plague is off by about a 100 years. Adding to the mystery are reports of a man who can mysteriously save those who are infected instantly. That’s a good thing because Martha just came down with the Black Death.
The art isn’t very realistic. It’s like a stylized caricature of the Doctor and Martha. So, don’t expect to be seeing David Tenant and Freeman Agyeman in these pages. But it’s forgivable because I don't the artist, Tom Mandrake, is trying to copy their exact looks.
The story was pretty good, but it ended a lot quicker than it began- meaning the beginning was drawn out, but the conclusion happened in a whirlwind snap that made processing some of the Doctor’s jargon a little tough to understand. Oddly, this makes the second time I've read a Who comic involving 2 different Doctors by different writer’s than involve the Black Plague, not to mention at least 3 different Who episodes! Nothing wrong with that- it just seems weird to have the Doctor keep coming back to such a deadly time in human history.
Worth Consuming.
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.
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