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Doctor Who: The Mark of Mandragora
"I'm beaten, Ace."
At the end of the twentieth century, the Mandragora Helix returns to Earth to be re-born. And there's nothing the Doctor, Ace or UNIT can do to prevent it.
The Mark of Mandragora is the culminating story in this collection of comic strips first published in the Doctor Who Magazine and now available for the first time in full colour.
Among the writers and artists represented in this collection are luminaries of the Doctor Who world such as Andrew Cartmel, Lee Sullivan and Paul Cornell; favourite characters making guest appearances include Sarah-Jane Smith and the Brigadier.
At the end of the twentieth century, the Mandragora Helix returns to Earth to be re-born. And there's nothing the Doctor, Ace or UNIT can do to prevent it.
The Mark of Mandragora is the culminating story in this collection of comic strips first published in the Doctor Who Magazine and now available for the first time in full colour.
Among the writers and artists represented in this collection are luminaries of the Doctor Who world such as Andrew Cartmel, Lee Sullivan and Paul Cornell; favourite characters making guest appearances include Sarah-Jane Smith and the Brigadier.
92 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1993
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April 26, 2008
A collection of shorter stories from the Doctor Who magazine. Like most anthologies it can be wildly uneven, but the good stuff more than makes up for the 'blah' stuff. Some clever sci-fi and nice use of Who history.
September 30, 2012
"Train-Flight" has great potential with its pairing of The Seventh Doctor and Sarah Jane, but turns out just to be an overly-slow bug hunt [4/10]. "Doctor Konkerer" is more fast paced, but has no depth to it [4/10]. "Fellow Travellers" gets points for being my Cartmel, but beyond that it's a well-written and well-drawn comic that makes interesting use of the form, even if the story is pretty light [7/10]. Paul Cornell's short story "Teenage Kicks!" is shallow, but is a nice preview of the maturity the New Adventures would bring [7/10]. Finally "The Mark of Mandragora" is a good story with nice continuity [6/10].
December 22, 2017
A fun, yet short, romp through time and space with The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Ace! Published in 1993, this comic captures the feel and dialog of Sylvester McCoy's Doctor (Number Seven). I enjoyed it and would love to read more.
April 29, 2019
A collection of great stories, that benefit from the added colour, and illustrate the breadth of story telling capable of being told in the comics, from eerie spooky tales, through experimental and surreal science fiction, to some classic adventures.
July 26, 2019
Brilliant saga, still remember it now from 90s, love the 7th Doctor and Ace. Really makes Mandragora seem scarey...
February 14, 2017
A Reasonable Collection the team behind the artwork did a great job and it holds up to works that would normal cost more. The writing is more varied in quality the structure of each story holds but some of the characterization is confused and the over use of certain phrases, that thickly blast past the line of effective rhetoric and head into the county of annoying and laughably stupid.
But all in all a reasonable collection. Fans of the seventh doctor will enjoy thoroughly or just doctor who fans who felt that McCoy never got a fair crack of the whip. But if you only have a mild curiosity there is probably not quite enough here to appeal and sustain for any length of time.
But all in all a reasonable collection. Fans of the seventh doctor will enjoy thoroughly or just doctor who fans who felt that McCoy never got a fair crack of the whip. But if you only have a mild curiosity there is probably not quite enough here to appeal and sustain for any length of time.
March 29, 2012
Decent run of comic strips from DWM. The fact that they originally ran in (I think?) 5-page installments means it's not possible to really develop the story as far as one might like, but it's an enjoyable read nonetheless. More to the point, the production values on this are astonishingly good, even two decades later; the new coloring is gorgeous, and with the credits stripped out from the beginning of each chapter, it's actually pretty hard to tell when the individual strips began and ended. If you can find this for a decent price, it's not a bad buy!
August 23, 2015
A nice collection of materials previously published in Doctor Who Magazine. Three really terrific stories, one featuring the Seventh Doctor in a story with Sarah Jane Smith and two more featuring the Seventh Doctor And Ace. The final story is a somewhat sequel to the Fourth Doctor TV story, The Masque of Mandragora.
June 29, 2016
A collection of good, fun little stories set during the Seventh Doctor's era, and featuring his trademark plotting, slightly dark machinations, and relationship with always awesome companion Ace. Very enjoyable.
September 27, 2009
Uneven, short episodes from the 7th Doctor comics. The writing and art isn't bad necessarily, but does not have the space to develop a more mature and satisfying story.
December 29, 2018
A fairly solid set of Seventh Doctor comic stories from Doctor Who Magazine. The only complaint I have is the uncharacteristically feeble way the Doctor behaves towards the end of the titular story.
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