Doctor Who Series III, Vol. 3: Sky Jacks!

Doctor Who: Series III #9-12

by Andy Diggle

The TARDIS has recently been on the fritz, but now it has gone completely out of control and the Doctor is nowhere to be found! Meanwhile, white holes have been forming throughout time and space, sucking in everything around them. What does the Hypothetical Gentleman have to do with it all?

Genres: Doctor Who, Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Fantasy, Ebooks

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD. He is best known for his work on The Losers,Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Adam Strange and Silent Dragon at DC Comics and for his run on Thunderbolts and Daredevil after his move to Marvel.

In 2013 Diggle left writing DC's Action Comics and began working with Dynamite Entertainment, writing a paranormal crime series Uncanny. He is also working on another crime series with his wife titled Control that is set to begin publishing in 2014.

Reviews

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

A surprisingly strong volume of Doctor Who, given Diggle's past work on the franchise. The main story, "Sky Jacks!" has a great mystery, the mystery has a great solution (straight out of the Virgin New Adventures), and there's some nice continuity. Besides that, there are fun characters and a strong plot. All around, it's a good story.

My only real complaint is with Clara: this was my introduction to the character, and she comes across quite flat. By the end I still didn't really know who she was.

The short piece that ends this volume, "In-Fez-Station", is much more mediocre. It's a one-trick pony, and that pony was played out long ago.

[Nicholas Whyte · Rating 3 out of 5]

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/sky-jacks-by-andy-diggle-eddie-robson-and-andy-kuhn/

Clara (in her first appearance in comics) falls through what appears to be a black hole, into a pocket universe where there are lots of stranded airmen and the like, and eventually the Doctor as well. The big reveal of What Is Really Going On is well done. The art seemed to me not to capture the Doctor and Clara terribly well, but is fine on the big sweeeps of scenery.

There’s also a short story about alien mind control through getting everyone on earth to wear an electronic fez, but they are rescued by Eleven, Amy and Rory, which is dire as you would expect.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

DOCTOR WHO: SKY JACKS! (Vol.3)

Doctor Who: Series III #9
"Doctor? Where are you? Hmph. Maybe he's in the LEGO ROOM. If I can find it ..." - Clara
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Doctor Who: Series III #10
"Listen, Vaptain, I hate spoilers as much as anyone, but trust me when I say you WIN the war." - Doctor to WWII captain.
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Doctor Who: Series III #11
".. I was TRICKED – which isn't an easy thing to do. Feeling a bit TICKED OFF about that, now that you mention it." - Doctor
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Doctor Who: Series III #12
"Warrior, Trickster, Time Lord – you are the ULTIMAT EENEMY..." - The Matrix to the Doctor.
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In-FEZ-Station!

[Jennibee · Rating 3 out of 5]

***3.5🌟

[allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

i swear they make eleven a little dumber in all of his comics. but all the power to him because it always ends up so fun what a treat

[beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

really interesting concepts and nice art style, yeah it’s pretty good

[Adam Graham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains two stories.

The first, Sky Jacks! has Clara waking up in the TARDIS and seeing a sign telling her not to press a button which she then presses. She fall through a hole and find herself in a world with a lot of stranded sky ships and the 11th Doctor.

This story isn't horrible, but it doesn't really offer anything special. It's hurt by weak art and also the lack of definition for Clara that plagued the character during Season 7B.

The second story, the one-part In-Fez-Station by Comics legend Len Wein which features the Doctor, Amy, and Rory arriving at a musical festival, where the Fez, that headgear most synonymous with the 11th Doctor but which he rarely gets to wear, is required. But when Amy and Rory put on the Fez something weird happens, and there's an old enemy behind it. This one is decent, fun, and a nice little diversion.

Overall, an okay, but unremarkable collection of Doctor Who Comics.

[Just a Girl Fighting Censorship · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume is made up of 2 very different stories, the first is the title story, Sky Jacks and takes up the bulk of the book. In my opinion this is the story to read, it is very well written. The characterization of Eleven and Clara is spot on, the plot is exciting, and interesting, and the reader gets the sense that something is at stake giving the story great suspense. The story felt very fresh and ties into the first, Doctor Who Series 3 Volume 1: The Hypothetical Gentleman volume in an unexpected way. This main story is 5 stars all the way capturing the humor and brilliance of the Doctor.

The second story is an Eleven/Ponds romp that is absolutely terrible. Everything about this story is terrible, the plot is ridiculous and beats the ongoing Fez joke to death. The way the characters talk is awkward and the narration is awkward and the artwork is painful to look at, the characters are almost unrecognizable.

If I were Andy Diggle I would be pissed that this piece of garbage was tacked onto my story.

Overall, read Sky Jacks but skip In-Fez-Station! it is a God-awful piece of crap in every way.

[Thebruce1314 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my favourite Doctor Who story, but it was pretty good. I was definitely drawn to it because of the World War II-looking cover, but disappointed to find that the action actually takes place in the future. Also, maybe because I'm fairly new to the graphic novel genre, it really annoys me when the storyline refers to events that happened in another book. Not having read that other book, the story still makes sense, but would be more complete with all of the information.
I did like the short story at the end of the book: simple and funny, involving fezzes that are cool.
Obviously going on my shelf as a keeper, but not something I'm going to read over and over.

[Ian Williamson · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the ending of Andy Diggle's run on the Doctors story arc, I was left disappointed. This story had been slowly building since the first volume of this new series, yet there is hardly any clues over the series and although nice to tie into the previous canon and drawing time lords into, the story felt rushed as though a resolution was needed rather than a natural progression. The additional story from the legendary Len Wein was not his best but still quite good, though not enough to save this volume. On a plus side the artwork remains good.

[Demian Katz · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a few undistinguished and forgettable volumes, this is something of an improvement. The long story that fills most of the book is visually interesting and builds upon themes from the television series as well as earlier comics, which may prove rewarding to those who have been paying close attention. The silly filler story at the end is less satisfying but not terrible. Worth a read if you're a Who fan and happen upon it (though not so great that you should go out of your way to track it down).

[Kari · Rating 2 out of 5]

**2 Stars**

Ok, this brought us back to the first comic in this series about the Hypothetical Gentleman. That was cool, the steampunk-y aspect of it was cool. But who the HG ended up being.... really, really lame. And doesn't actually work anymore with the later progressions of Doctor Who (mainly because of The Day of the Doctor). The graphics weren't good either. I had no idea that was supposed to be Clara until the Doctor said her name. It really doesn't look like her.

[James Bowman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two decent Eleventh Doctor stories in this volume. The first wraps up the plotline established back in III Volume 1 in a way that's merely OK, but it also wins points for an interesting setting. The second, by guest writer Len Wein, has some fun with fezzes. (B)

[Kadie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure if this will contain issue #13, probably not since the prior volumes were only 4 issues, but for now I will mark this as read.

[Mike Jozic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gonna miss Andy Diggle now that he is gone. he wrote some cracking good stories for the Doctor and his companions.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

good story...I really liked the setting.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Far above par story that continues from the Hypothetical Gentleman. Great villain. One of the best of the 11th Doctor's comic book adventures.

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Something about this story just did not succeed in holding my interest. It wasn't particularly fun or engaging. I also absolutely did not like the artwork.

[Tammy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The eleventh Doctor interacts with pilots from World War II. Another rollicking adventure with the Doctor.

[Francesco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leggere questo fumetto appena prima di incontrare Clara nel telefilm è stato davvero interessante!

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main story in this volume was pretty cool. A fun concept, with good art. And the backup story was fun, though silly.