The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith find themselves in London in 1887 and at the center of a mad plot by Lady Emily Carstairs to re-awaken an ancient entity for her own purposes.This book is a great piece of nostalgia. Featuring the Doctor and his most beloved companion, Sarah Jane Smith, the story feels like something that could have been aired on Doctor Who during Season 13. Every page has that gothic horror feel that was so characteristic of the Philip Hinchcliffe era on Doctor Who: the settings,...

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3444689.htmlA comic with the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith encountering mosters rooted in Greek mythology in Victorian England (and elsewhere). Well put together and a careful homage to the Hinchcliffe/Holmes years.

3.5 StarsTo me, Tom Baker, the fourth Doctor Who, is always the first Dr. Who I think of when I hear the name. I remember the reruns when I was a kid on public television with the cheesiest special effects ever.This volume is based on Greek Mythology with Cyclops and Medusa, but since this is Dr. Who of course it's not what you'd think. Overall this is one of the better Dr. Who comics I've read, even though as I've said before I'm not a huge follower of the series so my overall knowledge of the

Wonderful Fourth Doctor Mini-Series featuring Sarah Jane, the tone and trappings are just right! Good story, fun read. Well done Titan!

It wasn't bad, but it wasn't very good either. Meh. Although it has decided for me that I'm done with Doctor Who comics.

A miniseries set very much during the show’s gothic Hinchcliffe era, with monsters of myth stalking the streets of Victorian London and some proper nightmare fuel in the cliffhangers. Williamson’s likenesses are fabulous, and he does a great job of making the story look like the era’s serials were supposed to, rather than how BBC budgets meant they actually did. Alas, the script is not so careful: there are references to quantum locks and fixed points, and most anachronistic of all, the Doctor c...

A solidly entertaining adventure, with the correct horror-themed tone for the early Fourth Doctor era. The supporting cast was good as well. The main weakness was the portrayal of the Fourth Doctor himself, which never quite captured Tom Baker's voice, and several times seemed more like a generic New Series Doctor. (B)

I discovered Doctor Who in middle school. I was a nerd in an age before being nerdy was cool in any way. I always had my nose in a book and took a lot of crap for being a straight A student. Most likely I was one of only 3 kids in my class that realized PBS showed more than Sesame Street and Electric Company. Doctor Who showed on PBS every weekday afternoon at 4:30. In the days before VCRs to tape shows (and definitely way way way before the awesome wonder that is DVR and satellite television),

Two years ago, I read the first issue of this and said I really liked the artwork. But it seems that my views have changed. The way Brian Williamson depicts some of the faces -particular the Fourth Doctor's - reminds me too much of how Salvador Larroca did faces of Original Trilogy characters in Marvel's recent Star Wars comics. It seems that the art style changes in the final issue of this, which is pretty jarring. The creatures were fine, but nothing really innovative. And it feels way too coi...

Sometimes you just need a classic Doctor and Sarah Jane story. This one certainly fit the bill - Victorian era, gothic horror, cues from mythology, and the madcap tone of a Tom Baker-era Doctor Who story. The writers and artists captured the feel of those characters perfectly. This certainly felt like I was reading a Doctor Who story that could have aired on TV at that time. The monsters were clever and creative and the side characters were interesting. Great Doctor Who and great sci-fi!

A very serviceable Doctor Who story and a love letter to the Phillip Hinchcliffe era.Rennie and Beeby capture the personality of the Fourth Doctor perfectly with some lines that I could just imagine Tom Baker bringing to life. The rest of the cast of characters is surprisingly small with an all but side-lined Sarah Jane, the father-daughter 'chrononaut' team Professor Odysseus James and Athena James, and the stony-faced Lady Emily Carstairs. The Medusa makes a formidable monster but I enjoyed th...

I have not read many Doctor Who comics until recently. I had read a FCBD one that was not very good a while back, so I was unsure if the regular ones would be cheap and poorly written money-makers for the big man. Although I am not entirely familiar with all of the versions of the Doctors, especially the older ones, I have rather enjoyed some of the comics I have read recently, including this one. I found it to be interesting, exciting, and mildly dramatic. It has a unique adventure with typical...

Though I would have loved to of had K-9 in this, the story line was still great. The artwork was nice, the story flowed rather well and I loved how they tied in mythology as well. A great read!

This was a lot of fun. It captures the gothic feel of early Fourth Doctor really well.

A humble bundle book, if you haven't checked them out and you have access to a tablet you really should, there are bargains to be had.This was a fine read, very much in the spirit of the Doctor and a tale that was enjoyable. Using TV characters in a story makes the art a more difficult proposition as the artist is trying to get the likeness all of the time. I would have been just as happy with a more abstract and interpretative approach but then perhaps I am not the target audience. I cannot cri...

Although I really like Sarah Jane (and miss her, and would've loved seeing more of her adventures with Luke and the others), I couldn't bond with anything in this comic, emotionally. Lady Carstairs was not fleshed out enough - and if she were, her story would have taken a different turn, I assume -, and the villain was just villain for the sake of it? Then the little trans-mat detour that didn't really seem to have any relevance ... Maybe one needs to have been around during the actual run of th...

As I continue to read through the Humble Bundle of Doctor Who comics, another volume, based on a doctor who was before my time in watching the Doctor on television. Despite that, a good story. I am not so fond of weird monsters, but, it was what it was. Fortunately, I think this is the last from my bundle of comics where I don't know that particular incarnation of the Doctor, and I will be dealing with Doctors more familiar to me in future volumes.

DOCTOR WHO, FOURTH DOCTOR “GAZE OF MEDUSA”Great illustrations, lots of colour, interesting script.Doctor Who, Fourth Doctor “Gaze of Medusa” #1 (Titan 2016)“Their lair here is a mansion in Chiswick.” - Athena“Chiswick! This could be worse than I thought.” - Doctor- - Doctor Who, Fourth Doctor “Gaze of Medusa” #2 (Titan 2016)“You poor young thing. You look like you've seen a ghost.Although I suppose, in a way, you have. A ghost of yourself, from your own future.”- -Doctor Who, Fourth Doctor “Gaze...

There's a reason why Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor is much beloved by the fandom, especially when paired with the likes of Sarah Jane Smith as his companion. And this 5-issue adventure really shows a lot of love for the Doctor and nicely captures the feel of his on-screen portrayal while involving a few elements from the more recent incarnations that feel right at home coming from the Fourth Doctor.It's a great story that has the Doctor and his companions facing a threat that is both mythical and al...

This book does a nice job capturing the voice of the fourth doctor and the tone of his adventures. The story is a little slow and confusing early on but by the third chapter it really comes together and wraps up nicely. The art was a little too photo referenced at times for my taste but the backgrounds and layouts were interesting. Overall an enjoyable entry in Titan's line of Doctor Who comic book adventures.