Crítica | 13ª Doutora: As Muitas Vidas de Doctor Who
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This story (which is a volume 0 to Titan's Thirteenth Doctor series) takes place while the twelfth Doctor is regenerating into the thirteenth. As this happens, they think about various aspects of their life, leading to a series of mini-stories about all the previous Doctors. I will be honest, I pretty much hated it, mostly thanks to the narration of the Doctor. The twelfth Doctor's speech at the end of "Twice Upon a Time" was ponderous enough; it didn't need this added to it. "Earth. You have a fondness for it. Especially London," they'll think to themself, and then we get a third Doctor adventure. No shit! "Remember Gallifrey. Your home planet?" As the book goes on, they seem to get increasingly strained. "You're not ill all that often. And human medicine isn't really your thing." Is this really stuff intrinsic to the Doctor that they need to be reminded of?

The mini-adventures are fine, but pretty insubstantial, and kind of over-stuffed with continuity callbacks. I get that Titan was trying to capitalize on the thirteenth Doctor hype, and needed some stuff to draw attention to its new offerings, but both this and The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor seemed pretty pointless. The best way to introduce a new Doctor is just to introduce a new Doctor! They don't need all this palaver.

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Een echt nul-nummer waarin alle voorgaande levens van de Doctor de revue passeren en ook nog eens allemaal een mini-avontuur beleven. In een kleine 70 bladzijden zo'n dertien verhalen in ieder een eigen tekenstijl door vele verschillende illustratoren vormgegeven. De ene wat geslaagter dan de andere maar als geheel een toetje (of eigenlijk een voorgerecht) voor de jarenlange fan want iedere Doctor krijgt zijn bekende companion mee en doet uitspraken die alleen bij die specifieke Doctor passen. Zo is iedere Doctor herkenbaar uit duizenden, ook als de tekeningen niet gelijken.
En dan is het nu tijd voor de dertiende Doctor. ( )

A fun introduction to the 13th Doctor by showing flashbacks from short adventures involving each of the previous 12 Doctors plus the War Doctor (if you’re new to Who, don’t get hung up on the numbering). The art style for 4 and 8 was a bit too cartoony for my liking, but the stories themselves were good. Eight looks so good on a sailing ship! The art at the end featuring 13 as her regenerated self and saying “Brilliant!” was soooooo good. I thought it was a photograph, it was so realistic. ( )