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Doctor Who Series 2 (2011) #3
Doctor Who Series 2 Volume 3: It Came from Outer Space
The Doctor, Amy, Rory, and new travelling companion Kevin - a cybernetic dinosaur - find a scientific crew under attack from a giant, Cthulhloid space squid. Also, the crew find themselves inside an alien asylum and discover that many of the human patients within actually house the minds of some of the Doctor's most terrifying enemies.
152 pages, Paperback
First published March 20, 2012
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About the author
Tony Lee
520 books47 followersA New York Times Best-selling Graphic Novelist, Tony Lee was born in West London, UK in 1970. Informed by a teacher that he had a comic book style of writing, (a comment meant more as an insult), Tony decided that one day he would write for comics.
Tony has written for a variety of mediums including Radio 4, The BBC, commerical television in both the UK and US, magazines and both local and national newspapers. He has also written several award winning local radio campaigns. In 1991 he wrote for a small press comics publisher, of which only one project, The Cost of Miracles in Comic Speculator News was ever printed, and remains his first printed commercial comic work.
Moving away from comics, he went back into trade journalism and media marketing/creation. His small press magazine Burnt Offerings was a minor seller on both sides of the Atlantic, and was the first esoteric magazine to interview mainstream creators like Terry Pratchett and Pat Mills.
Since returning to comics in 2002, he has written for a variety of publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics/Zuda, Games Workshop, Panini Comics, Titan Publishing, AAM/Markosia Enterprises, Rebellion/2000ad and IDW Publishing amongst others, writing a variety of creator owned titles and licenses that include X-Men, Spider Man, Doctor Who, Starship Troopers, Wallace & Gromit and Shrek.
He is the writer of the ongoing Doctor Who series of comics from IDW, beginning in July 2009, and his award nominated, creator-owned miniseries Hope Falls was collected by AAM/Markosia in May 2009. His next book with them, From The Pages Of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula': Harker, was released in November 2009 to critical acclaim.
Added to this, Tony adapted Pride & Prejudice & Zombies into a graphic novel for Del Rey Publishing, with art by Cliff Richards - this was a New York Times #1 Bestselling Paperback Graphic Novel for May 2010 - he is also adapting Anthony Horowitz's Power of Five series into graphic format for Walker Books, the first - Raven's Gate is due out in late 2010, and he has adapted four Horowitz Horror books with Dan Boultwood for Hachette Children's Books.
His other book with Walker Books, Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood (drawn by Sam Hart) was released in 2009 and has already been awarded a Junior Library Guild: Fall 2009 Selection, and 'best for 2010' awards from both the American Library Association and the New York Public Library in the USA, among others. In March 2010 it was announced that it was also a finalist for the Children's Choice Book Awards. The next in the 'Heroes & Heroines' series, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur by Tony Lee & Sam Hart is scheduled for March 2011.
Outside of comics he is writing several books for children.
Tony is represented by Julian Friedmann of the Blake Friedmann Literary, TV and Film Agency.
Tony is also an accomplished Bard and performer, and has held the High Bard chair of the East Sussex Broomstick Rally on several occasions. His lecture Creating Gods for fun and Profit and his series of lectures on Bards and Ritual Magic were received to critical acclaim, and he still lectures occasionally in London, the Midlands and Sussex. As a Covent Garden Street Performer in the 90's, he performed 'The Scarlet Blade' Street Theatre show at the Edinburgh Festival and at locations across the UK, convincing members of the public to act out an insane pantomime for his amusement.
Added to this Tony is an accomplished storyteller and lecturer on writing, and has performed at libraries, events and schools around the world including the 2009 Edinburgh International Book Festival, a 2009 tour of India for the British Council, and in 2003 around the Wadi Rum bedouin campfire in Jordan.
Tony currently lives in London with his fiancée, Tracy.
from: http://www.tonylee.co.uk
Tony has written for a variety of mediums including Radio 4, The BBC, commerical television in both the UK and US, magazines and both local and national newspapers. He has also written several award winning local radio campaigns. In 1991 he wrote for a small press comics publisher, of which only one project, The Cost of Miracles in Comic Speculator News was ever printed, and remains his first printed commercial comic work.
Moving away from comics, he went back into trade journalism and media marketing/creation. His small press magazine Burnt Offerings was a minor seller on both sides of the Atlantic, and was the first esoteric magazine to interview mainstream creators like Terry Pratchett and Pat Mills.
Since returning to comics in 2002, he has written for a variety of publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics/Zuda, Games Workshop, Panini Comics, Titan Publishing, AAM/Markosia Enterprises, Rebellion/2000ad and IDW Publishing amongst others, writing a variety of creator owned titles and licenses that include X-Men, Spider Man, Doctor Who, Starship Troopers, Wallace & Gromit and Shrek.
He is the writer of the ongoing Doctor Who series of comics from IDW, beginning in July 2009, and his award nominated, creator-owned miniseries Hope Falls was collected by AAM/Markosia in May 2009. His next book with them, From The Pages Of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula': Harker, was released in November 2009 to critical acclaim.
Added to this, Tony adapted Pride & Prejudice & Zombies into a graphic novel for Del Rey Publishing, with art by Cliff Richards - this was a New York Times #1 Bestselling Paperback Graphic Novel for May 2010 - he is also adapting Anthony Horowitz's Power of Five series into graphic format for Walker Books, the first - Raven's Gate is due out in late 2010, and he has adapted four Horowitz Horror books with Dan Boultwood for Hachette Children's Books.
His other book with Walker Books, Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood (drawn by Sam Hart) was released in 2009 and has already been awarded a Junior Library Guild: Fall 2009 Selection, and 'best for 2010' awards from both the American Library Association and the New York Public Library in the USA, among others. In March 2010 it was announced that it was also a finalist for the Children's Choice Book Awards. The next in the 'Heroes & Heroines' series, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur by Tony Lee & Sam Hart is scheduled for March 2011.
Outside of comics he is writing several books for children.
Tony is represented by Julian Friedmann of the Blake Friedmann Literary, TV and Film Agency.
Tony is also an accomplished Bard and performer, and has held the High Bard chair of the East Sussex Broomstick Rally on several occasions. His lecture Creating Gods for fun and Profit and his series of lectures on Bards and Ritual Magic were received to critical acclaim, and he still lectures occasionally in London, the Midlands and Sussex. As a Covent Garden Street Performer in the 90's, he performed 'The Scarlet Blade' Street Theatre show at the Edinburgh Festival and at locations across the UK, convincing members of the public to act out an insane pantomime for his amusement.
Added to this Tony is an accomplished storyteller and lecturer on writing, and has performed at libraries, events and schools around the world including the 2009 Edinburgh International Book Festival, a 2009 tour of India for the British Council, and in 2003 around the Wadi Rum bedouin campfire in Jordan.
Tony currently lives in London with his fiancée, Tracy.
from: http://www.tonylee.co.uk
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July 13, 2016
Oh, where do I start? Well, I picked this one up because I love Doctor Who and I love graphic novels. Plus it stars the Eleventh Doctor, so why not? I'm also a big fan of Tony Lee's work, so it was bound to be good, right? Yeah, not really...
I start reading the first story, "Space Squid," and a few pages in we are introduced to Commander KATIC and Major FILLION. My first thought is, huh... someone's a "Castle" fan. Slightly annoyed that 1) Lee couldn't be bothered to create original character names, and 2) he underestimated his readers by thinking we wouldn't catch on, I kept reading. Only to find a Lieutenant HUERTAS, Petty Officer DEVER, and Ensign QUINN. Really, Tony Lee? I'm sure if the cast of "Castle" knows about this, they think it's pretty cool to be included in a Doctor Who graphic novel (maybe), but for me it was pretty lame.
Overall, the energy of Doctor Who that I love so much just didn't translate well into graphic novel form. The characters were flat and the humor was awkward. There were times where the dialogue and artwork were more indicative of the Ninth or Tenth Doctor, which I found unfortunate because Matt Smith is so distinct. Some of the stories were better than others, but I think I'll stick with watching episodes on Netflix during the show's hiatus rather than reading another one of these.
I start reading the first story, "Space Squid," and a few pages in we are introduced to Commander KATIC and Major FILLION. My first thought is, huh... someone's a "Castle" fan. Slightly annoyed that 1) Lee couldn't be bothered to create original character names, and 2) he underestimated his readers by thinking we wouldn't catch on, I kept reading. Only to find a Lieutenant HUERTAS, Petty Officer DEVER, and Ensign QUINN. Really, Tony Lee? I'm sure if the cast of "Castle" knows about this, they think it's pretty cool to be included in a Doctor Who graphic novel (maybe), but for me it was pretty lame.
Overall, the energy of Doctor Who that I love so much just didn't translate well into graphic novel form. The characters were flat and the humor was awkward. There were times where the dialogue and artwork were more indicative of the Ninth or Tenth Doctor, which I found unfortunate because Matt Smith is so distinct. Some of the stories were better than others, but I think I'll stick with watching episodes on Netflix during the show's hiatus rather than reading another one of these.
October 10, 2012
It's Doctor Who, of course I liked it.
August 12, 2017
DOCTOR WHO Series 2, Volume 3 – It Came From Outer Space (Eleventh Doctor)
SPACE SQUID
Kevin the dinosaur: “It’s so..”
Doctor: “Bigger on the inside. I know. Let’s skip all that and move on to something fun!”
Kevin: “.. actually, I was going to say, ‘claustrophobic’.” (p1)
Han Solo stylized character: “You keep talking of this Space Squid, but where is it? Eh? Hokey religions and magic cephalopods are no substitute for a good blaster at your side!”
BODY SNATCHED Part 1
The transfer machine impacts Doctor and Amy and they have exchanged bodies.
Part 2:
Rory: “I’ve spent two millennia guarding her, Doctor. I’ve lost her, found her, and I love her..” (p55)
SILENT KNIGHT
The Doctor teams up with Santa Claus to thwart evil robotic ‘helpers’.
RUN. DOCTOR, RUN
Doctor has to out run gravitation shifters in a Roman-Greco parallel universe.
DOWN TO EARTH
Stranded benevolent alien needs perception filter in order to remain incognito. The Doctor helps him remain a resident of Earth and fulfill his love of flying.
TUESDAY
“Dear Mum and Dad, Hiya! So, yeah, it’s been ages. Hasn’t it? Sorry about that. Life’s a bit hectic when you’re lost in time and space.”
SPACE SQUID
Kevin the dinosaur: “It’s so..”
Doctor: “Bigger on the inside. I know. Let’s skip all that and move on to something fun!”
Kevin: “.. actually, I was going to say, ‘claustrophobic’.” (p1)
Han Solo stylized character: “You keep talking of this Space Squid, but where is it? Eh? Hokey religions and magic cephalopods are no substitute for a good blaster at your side!”
BODY SNATCHED Part 1
The transfer machine impacts Doctor and Amy and they have exchanged bodies.
Part 2:
Rory: “I’ve spent two millennia guarding her, Doctor. I’ve lost her, found her, and I love her..” (p55)
SILENT KNIGHT
The Doctor teams up with Santa Claus to thwart evil robotic ‘helpers’.
RUN. DOCTOR, RUN
Doctor has to out run gravitation shifters in a Roman-Greco parallel universe.
DOWN TO EARTH
Stranded benevolent alien needs perception filter in order to remain incognito. The Doctor helps him remain a resident of Earth and fulfill his love of flying.
TUESDAY
“Dear Mum and Dad, Hiya! So, yeah, it’s been ages. Hasn’t it? Sorry about that. Life’s a bit hectic when you’re lost in time and space.”
June 11, 2018
Doctor Who: It Came from Outer Space features several shorter stories, including an alien squid cult leader, an adventure with Santa, and an alien in a cloaking disguise who has enmeshed himself into small-town Earth life.
Like most Doctor Who comics, it is way lime compared to an episode of Doctor Who. Matt Smith isn’t as clever, Amy and Rory aren’t as charming. And yet, I keep reading, hoping that this volume will be different. Because of their length and relative ease to read, I am much more willing to read an unamazing graphic novel than I am an unamazing novel.
Like most Doctor Who comics, it is way lime compared to an episode of Doctor Who. Matt Smith isn’t as clever, Amy and Rory aren’t as charming. And yet, I keep reading, hoping that this volume will be different. Because of their length and relative ease to read, I am much more willing to read an unamazing graphic novel than I am an unamazing novel.
May 3, 2025
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A collection of five Eleventh Doctor / Amy / Rory stories, of which the most memorable is the two-part second story in which the Doctor and Amy swap bodies. More could be done with that concept, but you’ve got to start somewhere!
A collection of five Eleventh Doctor / Amy / Rory stories, of which the most memorable is the two-part second story in which the Doctor and Amy swap bodies. More could be done with that concept, but you’ve got to start somewhere!
September 18, 2017
A grab bag of short Doctor stories.
May 28, 2021
Owned it for years, finally got around to reading it. Pretty underwhelming. Definitely not the best 11th Doctor stories.
April 14, 2014
2 1/2 Stars
I was tricked, this book has a cool cover but is filled with mediocre stories.
The first story, Space Squid started out very promising! The reader is given a montage of adventures featuring the newly acquired companion Kevin, a T-Rex robot (see Doctor Who II Volume 2: When Worlds Collide). However, the rest of the story is rushed and a feels like it was lazily put together.
Body Snatched Is the next story, and it is the longest; told over 2 issues. This story definitely had the most potential and was the most entertaining. It seemed to have a solid plot, except for the pointless last minute plot twist that annoyed me greatly, and it made me mad that it wasn't made into an episode, it would have easily been a fan favorite and here's why. Most of the humor is obvious and overdone.
Silent Knight This is a mostly wordless Christmas story that left much to be desired.
Run, Doctor, Run Possibly my absolute least favorite. In this romp the Doctor is flying solo and encounters a world were the inhabitants can walk on walls and ceilings, kind of like the opposite of zero gravity? The premise and problem seemed almost as convoluted as the semi-solution. I was left scratching my head.
Down to Earth A somewhat sweet story but is ultimately forgettable.
Tuesday Told in letter form by Amy, yawn. Plus this story wins for worst art which is actually quite an achievement since all of the artwork is complete shit (with the exception of cover art by Mark Buckingham) The characters in this story looked like dried up corpses and not in the cute Tim Burton way.
Overall, this was readable with a few interesting concepts but poor execution. A disappointment.
I was tricked, this book has a cool cover but is filled with mediocre stories.
The first story, Space Squid started out very promising! The reader is given a montage of adventures featuring the newly acquired companion Kevin, a T-Rex robot (see Doctor Who II Volume 2: When Worlds Collide). However, the rest of the story is rushed and a feels like it was lazily put together.
Body Snatched Is the next story, and it is the longest; told over 2 issues. This story definitely had the most potential and was the most entertaining. It seemed to have a solid plot, except for the pointless last minute plot twist that annoyed me greatly, and it made me mad that it wasn't made into an episode, it would have easily been a fan favorite and here's why. Most of the humor is obvious and overdone.
Silent Knight This is a mostly wordless Christmas story that left much to be desired.
Run, Doctor, Run Possibly my absolute least favorite. In this romp the Doctor is flying solo and encounters a world were the inhabitants can walk on walls and ceilings, kind of like the opposite of zero gravity? The premise and problem seemed almost as convoluted as the semi-solution. I was left scratching my head.
Down to Earth A somewhat sweet story but is ultimately forgettable.
Tuesday Told in letter form by Amy, yawn. Plus this story wins for worst art which is actually quite an achievement since all of the artwork is complete shit (with the exception of cover art by Mark Buckingham) The characters in this story looked like dried up corpses and not in the cute Tim Burton way.
Overall, this was readable with a few interesting concepts but poor execution. A disappointment.
August 9, 2025
This is a collection of DW comic stories, all of which focus on the Eleventh Doctor, and usually have Rory and Amy tagging along. Truth is, after reading Legend of Ashildir and Twelve Angels Weeping, it's very much a step down. Stories are mostly silly, and while DW is inherently silly in its premise, that doesn't mean it needs to be silly in its execution. Still, that's the case. The tone is set when the very first story has the trio teaming up with Kevin the Cybernetic T-Rex, coming to a space station where there's the Cult of the Space Squid, which turns out to not be a squid space deity, but space squids do in fact exist.
TBH, the comic's best story is where the plot is thinnest, namely where the Doctor ends up on a world where gravity is haywire, and while being pursued by its inhabitants, has to reorientate himself. It's easily the most creative, and because it's a visual medium, the comic's able to take full advantage of the insane geometry that's involved.
So, decent reads, but nothing special.
TBH, the comic's best story is where the plot is thinnest, namely where the Doctor ends up on a world where gravity is haywire, and while being pursued by its inhabitants, has to reorientate himself. It's easily the most creative, and because it's a visual medium, the comic's able to take full advantage of the insane geometry that's involved.
So, decent reads, but nothing special.
October 9, 2014
Natasha and I have been really enjoying these. Kevin is now my favorite character. I recommend the graphic novels and the only associated novel I've so far read, Doctor Who: Plague of the Cybermen, as well as the show itself and the vigorous fandom of Twitter as a good shared-family sort of interest. [Veronica loves the show, but prefers her reading more contemporary and realistic]. The graphic novels are providing a good way for me to keep in parallel with Natasha, even though I'm mostly not reading to her anymore.
Yes, I'm following in the footsteps of Neil Gaiman and sharing our multi-generational fandom.
Library copy.
Yes, I'm following in the footsteps of Neil Gaiman and sharing our multi-generational fandom.
Library copy.
March 17, 2013
The third installment was wonderful, full of awesome stories. The first is "Space Squid" which is about, well, a giant space squid. Team TARDIS has picked up a new companion too...a robotic T-Rex named Kevin. The other stories are "Body Snatched" in which there is some pretty crazy/funny body switching, "Silent Knight" a short one with no dialogue about the Doctor saving Christmas, "Run, Doctor, Run" where the Doctor meets a race of gravitational shifters (think M.C. Escher), "Down to Earth" about a former-hostile alien the Doctor finds living in a quaint country town (was really quite sweet), and "Tuesday" which is about Amy writing home to her mom about all of her adventures. All in all, pretty great. I love these comics to pieces.
April 29, 2013
“Space Squid” is fun mostly for its inclusion of Kevin, but otherwise is pretty forgettable [6/10]. “Body Switched” feels equally light, with its main strength being the body switching premise, which is never used to particularly great effect [6/10]. “Silent Knight” is totally shallow but fun & funny; it’s actually a comic without words done well, which is pretty rare [7/10]. Flakov’s “Run, Doctor, Run” is unfortunately even more shallow, so that there’s nothing to it [5/10]. The last two stories, “Down to Earth” and “Tuesday” are both well-written and enjoyable, though I’m not convinced I’ll particularly remember them [7/10]
Overall, this whole volume seems quite forgettable. Sadly, I don’t think Series II has been as good as Series I, primarily because of its unlinked, short stories.
Overall, this whole volume seems quite forgettable. Sadly, I don’t think Series II has been as good as Series I, primarily because of its unlinked, short stories.
January 10, 2015
Another volume containing a variety of stories of various lengths, art styles and tones, ranging from some fairly by-the-numbers run-arounds to a completely silly and nearly dialogue-free Christmas story. While I liked some bits more than others, I can't say that anything particularly stood out, and I don't expect to remember a single detail of this by the time I wake up tomorrow. Just the usual blur of obnoxious, unfunny tongue-in-cheek quips and heavy-handed, repetitive, catchphrase-oriented characterizations.
May 18, 2015
Compared to the previous volumes, this one was quite disappointing!!! The stories vary in quality and the writers use this collection as an experiment in story telling. Some are amazing and hits some emotional chords whereas others struggle. The major plus side here is the artwork, it impresses throughout and even with different styles the quality never drops. Plenty of geek littered Easter eggs including an entire space station crew been named after the main cast of the hit show Castle. Hopefully volume 4 improves in tone and quality....GERONIMO!!!!
March 23, 2014
This is six “short stories” about the Eleventh Doctor told as graphic novels, some have better stories than others, some have jarring art. “Space Squid” has a robot t- rex traveling with Rory, Amy and the Doctor, named Kevin. “Body Snatched” has the Doctor’s and Amy’s personalities switched and this is one whose art I don’t like. “Silent Knight” is a nearly wordless adventure where the Doctor and Santa help each other out.
February 20, 2015
This edition is made up of 6 stories. I enjoyed all except Body Snatchers (#2). The art wasn't great and the story was really hard to follow. Too much babble.
My favorite stories were 4-6 because I felt they truly captured the spirit of Doctor Who.
I love reading this series because I get to have new adventures with 11, Amy, & Rory. I miss them so much!
My favorite stories were 4-6 because I felt they truly captured the spirit of Doctor Who.
I love reading this series because I get to have new adventures with 11, Amy, & Rory. I miss them so much!
September 4, 2015
(This review covers Series 2 Volume 2 and Volume 3.)
Entertaining series of Eleventh Doctor adventures. The main writer is a bit shallow with his characterizations, and uses really similar plot twists in the main stories of both volumes, but he still has some interesting ideas. Some of the stand-alone stories in the third volume are rather good in and of themselves, too.
Entertaining series of Eleventh Doctor adventures. The main writer is a bit shallow with his characterizations, and uses really similar plot twists in the main stories of both volumes, but he still has some interesting ideas. Some of the stand-alone stories in the third volume are rather good in and of themselves, too.
April 7, 2012
The largest portion of the book, the story illustrated by Michael Dow Smith is terrific. He's a wonderful artist, very Mike Mignola-esque. And that story is just as good as you'd see on TV. The other stories are forgettable fluff.
December 31, 2013
Excellent collection of 6 additional Doctor Who adventures in graphic novel format, all taking place with Doctor #11, Amy Pond, & Rory. My personal favorite moments were when Amy & The Doctor switch bodies, and when Amy raises an army to defeat evil using only a spork! :)
January 1, 2015
This is just what I wanted in a Doctor Who collection: a variety of stories and artwork. Not every plotline was amazing, but I loved the fact that there were several shorter, self-contained stories in this volume. Definitely my favourite one yet.
October 4, 2012
A robotic dinosaur companion called Kevin and a Doctor-Amy body swap. What's not to like.
April 27, 2013
Very enjoyable read.
May 14, 2013
AWESOME!!!
October 30, 2013
Who plus nerd-culture references (Castle, Portal, Escher) AND the coolest robot T-Rex named Kevin that you'll ever meet.
July 5, 2014
Interessante, ma non è altro che un'antologia di storie brevi non collegate tra loro
August 6, 2015
Love Kevin!
October 22, 2014
More of a 3.5, but the Body Snatchers story was really excellent, so let's round up.
November 1, 2015
This is a mixed bag of short stories. I liked them all. The Paul Grist Christmas story is especially fun.
December 31, 2016
Gotta love the Eleventh Doctor in comic book form. Comic books are cool! #12BooksofChristmas
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