Cuatro Doctores

by Paul Cornell (Writer), Neil Edwards (Illustrator), Liza Plujiter (Translator)

Manipulados para que tengan un encuentro imposible, los Doctores y sus compañeras deberán descubrir a un enemigo inmensamente poderoso, arreglar las líneas de tiempo y enmendar un antiguo error en esta aventura autoconclusiva.

¡El Décimo, Undécimo y Duodécimo Doctor se encuentran cara a cara por primera vez en este fantástico cómic crossover de Doctor Who escrito por Paul Cornell (Human Nature, Wolverine, Captain Britain) e ilustrado por Neil Edwards (SpiderMan, Iron Man, Assassin’s Creed), con portada exclusiva de Pedro RM Andreo y Xabi Gaztelua (Portadas de Borderlands, Aartha Chronicles of the No Lands)!

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

124 pages, Paperback

First published December 29, 2015

About the author

Paul Cornell is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy prose, comics and television. He's been Hugo Award-nominated for all three media, and has won the BSFA Award for his short fiction, and the Eagle Award for his comics. He's the writer of Saucer Country for Vertigo, Demon Knights for DC, and has written for the Doctor Who TV series. His new urban fantasy novel is London Falling, out from Tor on December 6th.

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Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t remember where I heard about this comic, just that I did, and immediately reserved it at my library. Watching the 50th Anniversary special a couple of years ago was one of the best fictional experiences I’ve ever had, so I was looking to recreate the feeling a little.

Alas, this comic does not manage to convey the feeling of a Doctor Meet-Up, and honestly for me it didn’t even convey “Doctor Who.”

I suppose if this had been a TV episode or even a radio drama it would have been good, because the actors would have gotten ahold of the lines and made them their own, but on the page, they were just sort of bland. The storyline was also just ‘meh’ for me, despite the premise of the Doctors meeting, in order to try and prevent a meeting that will destroy the universe (because of course it will).

The art was just okay.

My two main problems, I think, were:

1) That I didn’t give a crap about Ten and Eleven’s companions, who for some inexplicable reason Cornell just makes up wholesale. I suppose I could buy Ten getting a new companion some time in between losing Donna and meeting up with Wilf, saving Wilf’s life and giving up his own in the process (a moment that is revisited here in this comic to diminishing returns). But even that would be stretching it. The whole point of Ten’s last arc is that he becomes a different person when he travels alone. He NEEDS a companion. And if he’d had one that we didn’t know about, as this comic posits, it doesn’t make any sense. He wouldn’t have acted the way he did in “Waters of Mars,” for instance. The loss of Donna devastated him, and he didn’t recover enough to get a new permanent companion until he got a new face. And Eleven! Come on. There was zero wiggle room there. He had no companions in between the Ponds and Clara. Also, why not just have two Clara's? He says at the end that Clara won't remember the events anyway, so what's the problem?

Anyway, if you can put that aside, there’s still the fact that:

2) I don’t buy the central premise. The idea of the Continuity Bomb is interesting in theory, that by setting one off you can change a person’s key decisions, thus creating an alternate reality and erasing the old one. The problem here is that several of the decisions they reexamine directly contradict the character of the Doctor. I do not buy for a second that there is any universe in which Ten did NOT save Wilf.

Anyway, I suppose this was a harmless way to spend an hour, but I was expecting more from it.

[Keith Davis · Rating 2 out of 5]

The best thing Four Doctors has going for it is a complicated time travel puzzle. Unfortunately that is about all it has going for it.

I loved the premise of the continuity bomb, a weapon left over from the Time War capable of rolling back an individual's timeline to a moment when they made a decision that could have led to the worst possible outcome and then reverses the decision so that the bad choice becomes reality. The bad version of the Doctor created by the changed timeline sets in motion a chain of events that will guarantee his timeline becomes real. A promising premise but in execution it gets very confusing.

It seemed like the multi Doctor aspect of the story was kind of wasted as 10 and 11 contributed very little. It might have worked much better as just a 12th Doctor story focused on the Doctor's self loathing that led to his isolation and decision to lash out against himself in the past.

Much more could have been done with the continuity bomb. I would love to see a series of stories where each version of the Doctor is forced to deal with a world where he made the wrong decision. Maybe the 1st Doctor decides not to steal a TARDIS and therefore all the good done by the Doctor is undone. Maybe the 4th Doctor does wipe out the Daleks at the moment of their creation but without the Daleks to fight the Time Lords become cosmic tyrants. Maybe the 8th Doctor chooses not to regenerate and join the Time War resulting in a Dalek victory. So many potential stories.

[Ivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars

Nice to see the Ten, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors working together. Hope the future that they stopped never happens.

Can't wait to read more Doctor Who comics!!!!

[Milo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very nice event series that's recommended for Who fans. Cornell's written some of my favourite Doctor Who episodes - Father's Day & Family of Blood/Human Nature from Seasons 1 and 3 respectively, and it was great to see 10 and 11 interacting with 12 as Cornell nailed the interactions between the cast. There's a fantastic cameo from my favourite Doctor at the end of the series as well. Loved all the individual issues, don't miss this one.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is there anyone who isn't a Whovian going to read this? Seriously? Well, now that I think about it... The first episode I ever saw of Doctor Who was actually the anniversary special The Five Doctors so it's entirely possible that this could be the first introduction to Doctor Who for someone, somewhere, sometime. And to be honest, I wasn't very impressed with The Five Doctors I didn't even give Doctor Who a chance again until 1996 and the attempted revival movie aired. But this isn't about how I fell in love with Doctor Who it's about this drawn novel, or graphic novel, or trade collection, or whatever you feel like calling it. The point is I certianly wouldn't recommend this as an introduction to Doctor Who, in fact I'd forbid it. As if I had a say in the matter. While this was a fine story, it lacked a lot in the way of reader engagement. This has been a problem with this run of Doctor Who comics from Titan Comics. They aren't exactly disappointing, but they certainly aren't engaging either. I was disappointed that the Warrior, or War Doctor as some people seem to insist on calling him, only appears briefly and that the 9th Doctor only appears in camo because he can't be "anything other than... Fantastic." Well, yes he WAS fantastic, but all the Doctors have been fantastic in their own unique way. So that little observation rather bugged me. So like The Three Doctors was really only two Doctors & a cameo, and The Five Doctors was only three Doctors, a stand-in and a cop-out cameo, this story is really 3 Doctors, a Warrior (sort of) and a camo. So it follows in the tradition (although I have to admit The Two Doctors lives up to it's title). All in all this is a good comic. It's readable. It's enjoyable. The art is fine. It's a solid comic, but there's nothing that really made me want to sit up and scream - "This is awesome!" and that's been pretty much true of all the Titan Doctor Who stuff. Good, not great. If you're a Whovian (remember that's where you came in) you'll probably enjoy this. But if you're not, do yourself a favor and don't start here. It might be a decade before you find yourself back aboard the TARDIS, and that would really be a shame.

[Shaitanah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little messy and a little too much importance given to Clara (which was always my problem with her in the series), but overall, fun, particularly the hilariously grudging way the Doctors perceive each other, with joking levity that masks deeper issues the Doctor as a whole has with his identities. I liked the commentary on that. It was also nice to see the companions getting along.

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Multi-Doctor event! In comics!

Here Titan Comics three main Doctor Who issues come together. The Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors along with their companions Gabby, Alice and Clara team-up, which you know means bad shit is going down. Here it's a picture of the three Doctors arguing which is going to cause the end of the universe.

The plot itself is OK- I loved the first four issues but the resolution is not great. The main enemies are the Vvord, monsters from the classic 60s story 'The Keys of Marinus', although their look has been improved somewhat. It also focuses on the person leading them, a character I didn't really like in that role.

What makes this shine is the usual things you get from a multi-Doctor event. For one, it's the joy of having the Doctors and their companions interact with each other. Twelve has yet to meet any past incarnations so it's fun to see how he deals with his immediate predecessors here. It's also good to have Gabby and Alice, the two Titan Comics original companions, involved as much as Clara.

The other thing you want from a multi-Doctor event is a celebration of the show and we certainly get that here. Cornell re-uses the Reapers, the monsters from his TV episode 'Father's Day' and both the War Doctor and the Ninth Doctor make quick cameos. It really has that celebration feel that a crossover event should have.

The biggest downside of this is the artwork. It's not bad and the monster and landscape pages look brilliant. But the characters often don't look much like the actors that play them (especially Matt Smith, who I get the impression is especially difficult to draw). It's not all the way through, so I suspect it's less a case of a poor artist and more a rushed one.

A really great crossover event, but I'd suspect nothing less of Paul Cornell!

[Richard Guion · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this quite a bit! Paul Cornell came up with a great idea for the 10th/11th/12th incarnations of The Doctor to join together. Their companions also meet, Clara is with Capaldi's Doctor, the other companions were created for the Tenth/Eleventh Doctor Who series. I think Cornell has Capaldi's voice nailed, I could just hear him chastising the younger Doctors. Neil Edwards did an excellent job with the artwork, not only getting the likenesses of the actors but with the storytelling/pacing.

[Beth Jono · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot was confusing but I enjoyed the characters & interactions

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Multi-Doctor stories are almost always a guarantee for success, just because there's so much fun to be had with the Doctor arguing with himself. But when he does it for five issues in a row, it gets a bit grating. Really, hearing the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors bicker for 100 pages isn't my idea of fun.

The plot itself is clever enough, although the 'villain' of the piece feels a bit sad rather than actually villainous. The Voord feel inconsequential to the entire thing and tacked on just for some fake gravitas.

The best parts here are the Companions interacting, mostly because they actually get things done instead of just yelling and insulting each other, and the cameos at the beginning and end of some other Doctors.

Neil Edwards pencils all five issues in their entirety, which is nice, although the quality does start to drop as we get closer to the end of the book - given that this was a weekly event when it was published in single issues, I'm not surprised, but it's a shame since his visuals are pretty crisp 80% of the time.

A good idea bogged down by unnecessary arguments. I know the Doctor is the smartest person in the room, but having to remind himself every five seconds gets very boring.

[Madison Cohen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My wonderful Doctors, honestly I would also have an epic crash out over Clara Oswald betraying me, 12 is a much better person than me. What a crossover I love them all a lot

“Every now and then- I remember why you’re the one standing here with me, Clara Oswald.”

And still people claim their relationship is platonic

[Estíbaliz Montero Iniesta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quizá, en términos de argumento y ejecución no merece las 5 estrellas, pero se las he dado porque para mí ha sido una grata sorpresa. La lectura de este cómic me ha dado mucho más de lo que pensaba, y me ha hecho sentir terriblemente nostálgica de anteriores temporadas de la serie (me gusta Jodie Whitaker bastante, pero para mí la serie no acaba de tener el mismo gancho de antes, no me despierta las mismas emociones).

Los puntos que más me han gustado han sido, entre otros, cosas totalmente frikis, que es en lo que esta serie es excelente:
-Menciones a las casas de Hogwarts y a cuál de ellas pertenecerían algunos de los personajes.

-Referencia a Mamma Mia (nadie me convencerá de que es mera casualidad): Típico, te pasas la vida buscando un Doctor, y de repente aparecen tres.

-La aparición, aunque mínima, de Wilfred y River Song.

-La aparición breve pero sentida de 9. Normalmente se le deja muy de lado, y aunque no es ni de lejos mi preferido, aprecio mucho el trabajo que hizo resucitando la serie, y considero que en general no se merece ser tan ignorado.

-11 y sus cómics (adoro lo nerdy que es)

-La inquebrantable lealtad de 12 con Clara.

-La mención de tramas muy canónicas de la serie.

Y un par de reflexiones importantes con las que me quedo:
-A quién más duro se juzga siempre es a uno mismo. Y el Doctor es un ejemplo más que perfecto de esto.
-Tal vez, como el Doctor vive una vida repleta de sufrimiento, las regeneraciones sirvan para alejarse un poco del dolor, para poder fingir, de alguna manera, que todas esas experiencias terribles y todas esas decisiones tan duras corresponden a otra persona.

Por último me gustaría comentar que no acabo de entender el título. Sinceramente, "TRES DOCTORES" sería un título mucho más acertado y da una idea más real del argumento.

Pero en definitiva, recomiendo adentrarse en él sin expectativas para que cada uno pueda maravillarse con los pequeños detalles que más le llamen en particular y quedar gratamente sorprendido por la verdadera esencia de la serie que transmite.

[DoctorFeddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Non so chi sia, ma è sbagliato. E’ un abominio. Parli come un Dalek."

Ecco finalmente la riunione tra il decimo, l’undicesimo e il dodicesimo dottore con le rispettive compagne di viaggio ,Gabriella, Alice e Clara . Quest’ultima tenta di impedire il loro incontro che, come detto da Clara, potrebbe distruggere l’universo. Come in tutte le riunioni dei diversi dottori iniziano a battibeccare specialmente il decimo e il dodicesimo dottore che hanno modi diversi di pensiero e di agire con l’undici che tenta di calmare gli animi dei diversi se stesso, sono sconcertati dalla sua esistenza perché, di fatto, non lo riconoscono e sanno che undici è già alla sua dodicesima rigenerazione. I dottori sono riuniti a causa di una trappola escogitata dal capo dei Vord, una razza aliena che per sopravvivere a tratto giovamento dalla Guerra del tempo in cui il War Doctor li ha salvati. Quindi si crea un paradosso per l’effetto di limitazione Blinovich ,che si ha quando il decimo e il dodicesimo si toccano, e escono fuori i Mietitori ( come quelli nella puntata della prima stagione con Eccleston “ il padre di Rose”) C’è un fuggi fuggi generale e i tre dottori con le compagne sono diretti ad i loro TARDIS, che per il paradosso si sono uniti in uno solo e con un escamotages riescono ad entrare e ripercorrono i Tardis dal dodicesimo al decimo e sempre battibeccando sulle loro versioni della sala comandi. Nell’ultima sala comandi il dodicesimo tenta di eliminare tutti i Mietitori la il decimo non è d’accordo giacché stanno mettendo in pericolo le loro compagne e cosi il dodicesimo con un comando disgrega i Tardis. Il dodicesimo Dottore si risente del fatto che gli altri due se stesso lo considerino spaventoso. Tre dottori con le rispettive compagne si dirigono su Marinus, dove è stata scatta la foto una foto che li ritrae e che ha spinto Clara a tornare nel momento esatto in cui si sono incontrati ed impedire l’incontro “Multi-Dottore” che ha detta di Clara, dovevano essere nella stesso tempo ma non incontrarsi mai. La foto avviene e c’è di nuovo la fuga generale da raggi sparati contro il gruppo dividendo e facendo entrare i dottori e le ragazze in un labirinto che sfocia in uno spiazzo al centro del labirinto, durante la fuga, le ragazze perdono di vista i loro dottori e finiscono con i dottori sbagliati Gabriella finisce con dodicesimo, Clara con undicesimo e Alice con decimo e intanto conoscono versioni future o passate del loro dottore. Nello spiazzo c’è una bomba discontinuità creata dai Dalek per cambiare gli eventi nella storia di un soldato della guerra del tempo. I dottori non riescono a disattivarla e sono investiti dall’esplosione, iniziano a vedere i cambiamenti nei loro futuri ( ricordiamoci che tutti e tre i dottori sono ad un punto della loro vita che quello che stanno vedendo è un possibile futuro, e che sono invisibili grazie alla bomba) in tutti e tre i dottori, sino al vecchio nel Tardis. Si scoprirà essere niente popò di meno che il dottore di un’altra realtà ed è stato lui ad architettare tutto e qui si vede il desiderio di onnipotenza del dottore che avendo perso Clara per un tradimento che non ci viene spiegato ritrova conforto nella razza Vord. Il Dottor Vord cattura le tre versioni di se stesso e Clara mentre ordina ai Vord di uccidere Alice e Gabriella. Ai dottori e a Clara viene modificata la memoria per far compiere il fato del dottore Vord e vengono rispediti nelle loro linee temporali, Alice nel tentativo di entrare nel Tardis viene uccisa e Gabriella tenta di escogitare un piano con il pacchetto datogli da Alice prima che venisse uccisa che ha sua volta le ha dato l’undicesimo preso nella fumetteria francese . Con sorpresa e spavento Gabriella scopre che nel pacco c’era un angelo piangente e cosi torna nell’esatto momento in cui Clara, Alice e la lei del passato si incontrano per evitare la riunione dei dottori e spiega cosa è successo a loro prima di scomparire di nuovo. Clara riunisce i dottori e spiega la situazione detta da Gabriella è insieme elaborano una strategia da adottare dopo lo scoppio della bomba, Ripercorrono tutte le tappe e arrivano nella città dei Vord che sono situata fuori dall’universo, il dodicesimo si fa inglobare dalla coscienza collettiva dei Vord ( una sorta tuta di melma verdastra che all’occorrenza diventa dura come il diamante e che può connette alla loro mente tutto ciò che vivo è che pensa) sabotandoli dall’interno. il dodicesimo rincontra il se stesso della realtà alternativa e quando sembra di avere la peggio il dodicesimo chiama nella mente gli altri se stesso e le compagne e danno una ramanzina al dottore Vord e facendogli capire che è con le spalle a muro, il dottore Vord si giustifica dicendo che lui voleva solo dimenticare il dolore del tradimento, della perdita e della solitudine, voleva una famiglia. Il tempo si riaggiusta, la foto è bianca, e i Vord sono costretti a vagare tra le sabbie di Marinus perdendo le armi dei Dalek, il Dottor Vord non è mai esistito. I dottori e le compagne tornano nella Parigi del 1923 all’inizio della storia e scoprono che tra tutte le rigenerazioni del dottore che i Vord a cercato di far incontrare il Nono è l’unico dottore che i Vord non sono riusciti a trovare la linea temporale. I dottori si salutano e Clara parla con il suo dottore sul se vuole essere ancora quegli uomini che è stato e il dottore risponde di no che preferisce guardare verso il futuro.
Uno delle migliori storie sul dottore e le sue vecchie rigenerazioni, è stato emozionante vedere come il dodicesimo interagisce con gli altri dottori siccome nello special dei 50 anni ha fatto solo un Cameo e nella prima puntata dell’ottava interagivano tramite Clara. Nella storia si respira la presenza opprimente del Valyerd, la versione malvagia del dottore che nel processo al dottore ( con Colin Baker ai tempi del sesto dottore) dissero che nascerà dopo la dodicesima rigenerazione. Il disegno molto Pulito ed elegante sia nelle scene normali che in quelle più cruente e d’azione, ho visto qualche disegno ricalcato da qualche scena della serie, ma tutto sommato questo Book sui quattro dottori ha fatto il suo dovere. Aspetto con trepidazione, la seconda storia del decimo che sarà in fumetteria a luglio ( si spera) e la reunion con tutti e quattro Dottori della serie contemporanea che ora è un vendita in america.
Do un 8 al disegno e 9 alla storia.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eu definitivamente não conheço Doctor Who. Não assisti a um episódio de uma temporada sequer. Mas sempre tive bastante simpatia pela série, que existe na Inglaterra desde os anos 1960, arrastando e renovando multidões de ingleses. Então resolvi dar uma olhada nesse encadernado, uma por curiosidade e outra porque confio na equipe criativa de Paul Cornell e Neil Edwards, que já fizeram trabalhos muito legais tanto na Marvel como na DC Comics. Assim, me deparei com uma trama que é divertida, mas ainda assim de difícil acesso para quem não tem conhecimento prévio dos elementos da série ou ainda das temporadas e de cada doutor e o que faz deles serem únicos, mas serem o mesmo ao mesmo tempo. Por isso, Doctor Who: Os Quatro Doutores, não é muito indicado para leitores de primeira viagem como eu, que não estão acostumados com os meandros da série. Possivelmente, por outro lado, os fãs das séries irão adorar esse quadrinho principalmente por possibilitar a reunião de quatro doutores diferentes numa mídia diferente que são os quadrinhos. Os desenhos de Edwards com as cores de Nunes estão mais fascinantes que nunca.

[Lidia · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿Qué sucedería si vemos varias reencarnaciones del mítico doctor coincidiendo en el París de 1923? Eso es lo que nos vamos a encontrar en este tomo.

Cuando tenemos un encuentro cara a cara entre el décimo, el undécimo y duodécimo doctor. Unido a los viajes en el tiempo haciendo uso de la Tardis nos aseguramos de tener una aventura inolvidable.

Creo que es una historia imprescindible para cualquier seguidor de la serie “Doctor Who” como lo soy yo.

A pesar de ser una breve novela gráfica, mantiene toda la esencia de la icónica serie.

El encuentro de cuatro señores del tiempo coincidiendo en un mismo lugar al mismo tiempo solo puede llevar al lector a situaciones de lo más rocambolescas.

No solamente podremos disfrutar de los doctores más míticos, sino también de sus imprescindibles acompañantes.

Clara Oswald siempre ha sido de mis favoritas, por lo que me ha encantado poder reencontrarme con ese gran personaje.

Las ilustraciones me han parecido muy buenas. Ya que estás representan fielmente a los personajes y también consiguen que la trama sea mucho más fácil de seguir para el lector.

La historia es entretenida y fácil de entender. Con diálogos que perfectamente podrían darse en un capítulo de la serie.

Ese guiño al final de la historieta ha sido un gran colofón de la misma.

Ha sido la primera novela gráfica que he leído sobre esta longeva serie y la experiencia ha sido muy gratificante. Por lo que, seguramente daré la oportunidad a alguna historia más.

Es una novela que puedes leer aunque no hayas visto la serie, ya que la historia es autoconclusiva. Aunque si conoces algo de las aventuras y desventuras de Doctor Who antes de adentrarte en esta historia es más fácil de entender.

En conclusión, la historia me ha resultado de lo más entretenida, por lo que no puedo dejar de recomendarla.

[Kahn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I consider myself something of a Doctor Who fan, and given how much of last year was spent watching old episodes my girlfriend would agree with a loud sigh.
I've also had to stop myself buying all the old Terrance Dicks books recently, as another wave of warm nostalgia washed over me.
So it it came as something of a surprise last year when I realised that a) I had never gone near the comics, and 2) there were so damn many.
A timely chat with a chum soon put this to rights, however, as he sang the praises of Four Doctors.
I mean, if nothing else, who doesn't love a cross-over event, eh?
So with spring in step and song in heart, the book was purchased and placed on the shelf awaiting it's turn on The List.
Yes, list. Of course there's a list.
And when the time came, hands were a quiver, hearts a flutter, nerves-a-jangling. Would it actually be any good ?
Yeah, just a bit.
In simple terms, Clara finds out a thing, events unfold, there's a baddie, there's a twist, three of the four Doctors have to save the universe. Again.
It's not like we haven't seen it before.
But the book aspect actually lifts the whole thing to a new level.
Shorn of the special effects, the story is allowed to shine, the dialogue to take the lead, and the characters to occupy all the space they need.
And occupy they do. The talky stuff is as sharp and on point as each character requires.
Perhaps the most impressive thing here is just how well each of the characters has been captured.
It's easy when you have all the actors on screen, reprising their roles, but for Cornell and Edwards to capture each one so perfectly is no mean feat.
This may have been the first dabblings in the Who comics pond, but it won't be the last.

[Pablo Rodriguez Perez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Metiéndome mas en esta serie de comics de Titans Books. Es el primer evento multi-doctor que me toca leer, y la verdad que me dejo con un poco de sabor a insuficiente.
Primero porque al "CUATRO" del título le vendría muy bien un -1. El War Doctor prácticamente no aporta nada, solo aparece como disparador. Así que háganse a la idea de que en realidad, no está.
No obstante, la trama arranca muy bien, muy directa al grano de juntar a los Doctores 10, 11 y 12 para que comience el ballet cósmico. Hay mucho de los diálogos entre ellos que son una delicia. Tal como nos podíamos esperar de un cruce entre Doctores. Los acompañantes responden a los comics de las series individuales de cada uno de la misma editorial, asi que es un toque recomendable leerlos antes... pero no indispensable.
El primer tercio es muy entretenido, pero como que no se sabe muy bien para donde quiere apuntar la trama. Cuando llegamos al problema real, nos encontramos con una idea muy interesante como es "La Bomba de Continuidad": un artefacto que se encarga de modificar el pasado de alguien en un momento puntual para que la historia derive hacia otro lado (similar al Time Beetle del episodio "Turn Left"). Esto provoca que algo cambie y se presente el enemigo de la historia frente a ellos.
Como dije, la historia es interesante en concepto y en armado de interacciones, pero a medida que avanza se torna demasiado confusa incluso para los estándares del Wibbly Wobbly. Dejándome esa sensación de que algo falto, o de que lo que me contaron, poco importó.
De todos modos, no dejaría de recomendarlo a los fanáticos de la serie, y las ilustraciones están mucho mejor logradas (al menos) que las de la serie individual del 10mo doctor.

[SteveL · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last great Time War had devastated a lot of worlds. One of those worlds was Marinus. The people of Marinus, the Vrood, survived the Time War and elected a new leader and that leader wants the Doctor and catches three.

I had heard about this comic a while ago and finally got around to reading it. This story teams up the 10th, 11th and 12th Doctors primarily, though others appear in the story. Their banter is very top notch and the art is fantastic. The companions of the 10th and 11th Doctors I wasn't aware of because they are comic only companions, but they fit right in and don't feel out of place compared to the characters seen in the TV series. The best part is the story takes the Doctors and their companions through alternate timelines and seeing different versions of the 10th, 11th and 12th Doctor were really fun to see.

It isn't that long of a a graphic novel, which is both good and bad. It doesn't overstay its welcome but it does leave you wanting more. The only other issue is all the alternate universes look interesting but only one gets the spot light. Still a good read for anyone slightly interested in the franchise.

[Rogues Portal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four Doctors
Review by Billy Seguire

Four Doctors is a five issue event miniseries crossing over the Titan Comics Doctor Who line with the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors all together for the first time. Since July of 2013, Titan has been busy developing their take on all of time and space, creating new companions for the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors as well as expanding upon the Twelfth Doctor’s adventures with current companion Clara Oswald. This comic has the challenge to live up to the promise of other multi-Doctor events such as The Three Doctors, The Five Doctors, or The Day of the Doctor. Although I feel it stumbles along the way, there are some remarkably fun moments to be had.

Starting with a flashback to the War Doctor, we see him fighting Daleks on the planet Marinus with the Voord by his side, an alien species who first met our beloved time-travelling vagabond back in Doctor Who’s first season (that’s 1963, not 2005). Allies to the Time Lords in the Time War, the Voord have become stronger because of the war: changing with each alteration to the timestream into newly evolved forms and taking hosts that serve the Voord group mind. They are, by now, strikingly different from the men in black rubber wetsuits we knew from the 60s, and seeing such an old enemy updated in a new and fresh context makes me wonder if the writhing, shapeshifting Voord would now work as well in the TV series as they do on the comic panel. While thankful for their help, this Doctor can offer them no promises that the Time Lords will allow the changes to their species to remain unchecked once the war is won.

From here we shift to the Twelfth Doctor, though our focus is on Clara, the Impossible Girl companion who leads this issue. She’s on a mission to stop her Doctor from coming into contact with his two former selves, an event she’s been told will lead to the end of the universe. In Paris, in 1923, she meets Titan original companions Gabby Gonzales and Alice Obiefune in a café, and for one glorious scene we have the three women sitting across from one another working out a plan to save the universe all on their own. Naturally, the Doctors arrive anyway and mess all that up: starting the chaos that gets the plot moving when their combined presence at the café draws out the Reapers.

Yes, the Reapers. Remember Father’s Day? The first season episode (that’s 2005, not 1963) where Rose prevents her own father’s death, creating a paradox? Paul Cornell wrote that episode as well and he’s bringing his monsters back here in a nice callback that only slightly makes me wonder where these Reapers have been EVERY OTHER TIME there’s been a paradox on the show. The Doctors rush to get into their (combined) Tardis and shake the Reapers off through some technobabble which, true to form, naturally involves reversing the polarity of the neutron flow.

Around this point my problem with this story becomes pronounced. For a Multi-Doctor event, I really don’t see much of the conflicting interaction between Doctors which made those earlier televised team ups so great. The characterization is there while they’re on their own but falls flat when brought together. Yes, they argue, but the writing often sticks our main characters into ‘generic Doctor’ mode wherein the Time Lords simply finish each other’s sentences as we rush from plotpoint to plotpoint at a breakneck pace. The focus on the Doctor’s companions and their actions later in the story alleviates this somewhat, and, while I’m on that point, I LOVE how much the companions are given their own agency in this story, but getting such a central lynchpin wrong siphons a lot of my enjoyment out of this book.

Of course, things also get very VERY Timey Wimey up in here. The “Timiest. Wimiest. Ever” as the Eleventh and Tenth Doctors put it. Due to an event midway through issue three, the Doctors each see a version of their lives where they made a wrong choice: Ten letting Wilf die in the radiation chamber, Eleven living with River in a collapsing universe, Twelve abandoning Clara when she betrays him. We get glimpses of things like the Time Lord Victorious while our heroes are stuck as “time ghosts” trying to reach a universe where they can put things to right.

It’s tough to go further into the plot without spoiling a big reveal, but the stakes are raised when it’s not just the Doctors life, but his future that gets put at jeopardy, and the climax is reached with more than a little Allons-y and Geronimo action when the Voord show up once again to turn the tables against the Time Lords.

The art style for Titan’s Doctor Who comics aims for likenesses and realistic representations of proportion within the characters. This is always difficult to accomplish well, and it shows more on characters we know and love from the series than with the original characters designed specifically for the medium. There are a few panels of this comic where I thought characters notably resembled their actors, but consistency occasionally falters panel to panel. This really isn’t a fault of the artist: the backgrounds are colourful and gorgeous and, while a more exaggerated or stylized approach would have eased this pressure, this is a stylistic choice across this range.

Verdict
Multi-Doctor events occur rarely in the television series, and with good reason. Keeping each Doctor unique while they all work on the same problem is a difficult task, and often individual Doctors will blur together for the sake of moving things along. While I admire the focus on the companion’s actions and the callbacks into the show’s history, the story, to me, didn’t support the lack of focus on the central character. On a crossover particularly, that should be the theme, not an afterthought.

Still, if all you’re looking for is a quick read that’ll satiate your Whovian lust for multiple Tardises, or if you’re interested in getting a sampling of what Titan has on offer in the Doctor Who department, it wouldn’t hurt to check this one out. It’s nowhere near the mess of Dimensions in Time.

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is it possible to have too many doctors? This comic is starting to lean toward yes. It would be more accurate to call it Three Doctors (but one twice), as Ten, Eleven, and Twelve and their Comic Book companions all end up in early 20th Century France to attempt to prevent a fixed point from becoming the end of the universe. But of course the collision causes more problems than it solves, as the Doctors have to work together to deal with a lot of timey wimey stuff and a new villain that may be of their own making. For a time travel story, it's not particularly convoluted, and most of the doctors' dialogue captures their voices. I wasn't completely sold on the antagonists, but the resolution was very much a Doctor Who solution. There's a weird moment about the Ninth Doctor that lands with a thud, and it was surprising how often the artwork couldn't really differentiate Ten and Eleven, but overall it's a fun crossover event that makes good use of its medium.

[Nicholas Whyte · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This is a rather lovely production: Doctors Ten, Elevan and Twelve join up with each other and their companions, comics-only Gabby Gonzalez (Ten) and Alice Obiefune (Eleven) with Clara Oswald, in an adventure that starts in a Paris cafe in 1923 and then diverts to Marinus (not the first recent story for me involving the Voord), exploring several alternative futures for each of the three Doctors in the story (each future presenting a different fourth Doctor). We also get cameos from the War Doctor and Ninth Doctor. And rather gloriously the book also includes several shorts, all written by Paul Cornell but with art by Marc Ellerby, Rachael Smith and Neil Torrance, suggesting that the Doctors do other stuff apart from having adventures, like buying comics and open mic comedy. A good adventure in itself which takes what we know about the Doctor(s) and shakes it up a bit.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

I saved this read for the 55th anniversary of Doctor Who. The title is misleading; the War Doctor doesn't get as involved as one would expect from his brief appearance in the beginning. And why does someone call him Doctor when he rejected that name? The Ninth Doctor also appears in a panel, but it feels like a throwaway fanservice cameo. All that aside, the interactions between Ten, Eleven, and Twelve are fun. As were the companions' interactions, though the way Clara convinces the others to believe her feels to simple. It wouldn't be hard to know that The Doctor uses a TARDIS and a sonic screwdriver. The story gets a bit too complicated, but I did like the continuity bomb idea. And based on a reference to Clara's future betrayal, it seems that this is still during series 8 as far as the Twelfth Doctor's timeframe is concerned.

[bookstories_travels🪐 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ha sido mi primera vez leyendo un comic de Doctor Who, y ha sido una experiencia fantástica. Me ha encantado la historia, ha sido digna de cualquier guión de la serie. Era todo un rompecabezas espacio-tiempo muy lioso,si, pero la historia es lo suficientemente ágil e interesante para que la atención del lector nunca decaiga y la lectura le enganche totalmente. Además el dibujo me ha gustado mucho, me ha parecido muy dinámico, y las caracterizaciones eran muy similares a los actores de la serie.
Lo que menos me ha gustado es lo forzada que son, en muchas viñetas, las poses de los personajes. Son muy poco naturales. Tampoco me ha gustado lo desdibujadas que han sido las aportaciones de Decimo y Undécimo en la historia. Me esperaba que tuvieran más peso y que sus personalidades estuvieran mas definidas, tal y como ha pasado con el personaje de Duodécimo. Que si, que Duodécimo era el Doctor oficial de la serie cuando salió el cómic, pero los otros dos también son el Doctor, y son importantes en la historia.
Tampoco entiendo que pinta War Doctor en la portada si apenas hace nada en la historia. Me encanta este hombre, pero él es casi el que menos hace.
Definitivamente, este es el principio de una bella y nueva historia de amor con los cómic de Doctor Who.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una historia muy entretenida y llena de saltos y paradojas temporales al más puro estilo de Doctor Who.

Los Doctores están representados de manera muy fiel a como son en la serie y sus interacciones son muy divertidas. Me ha encantado ver al décimo, undécimo y duodécimo Doctor interactuando.

Aunque no hay mucho tiempo para el desarrollo de los personajes de las companion, me han gustado mucho, y sin duda es un cómic que gustará a todos los fans de Clara y el duodécimo Doctor.

Hay un pequeño cameo del noveno Doctor que me ha encantado.

Lo único que me ha decepcionado un poco es que, a pesar de que el Doctor de la guerra aparece en la portada, luego casi no sale en la historia. Habría sido interesante que su personaje fuera más relevante.

[Josh Ralls · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent story for fans of Doctor Who. It's got three of the Doctors together: 10, 11, and 12. 9 is in it too although just in a cameo. I think he interacts with the other three in following volumes. I really like this story and it's probably the closest anyone will get to seeing these Doctors in one story. Peter Capaldi has said that he's done with Doctor Who, and Christopher Eccleston said he'll only do another episode of the show if it's a one-Doctor story. So, this series will probably be the closest you get to seeing those four Doctors together in one story. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes Doctor Who.

[James Bowman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun multi-Doctor story, yet also one that shows a deep understanding of what makes the Doctor tick in its serious moments. The characterizations of each Doctor are spot-on, and well-distinguished from one another as well. The companions also get moments to shine, though it's Tenth Doctor companion Gabby who plays the most interesting role. The final chapter wraps things up a bit too neatly after all that build-up, but it wasn't a bad ending by any stretch. A great read for Doctor Who fans, particularly New Series fans. (A-)

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit overly complicated, but had it actually been an episode or Christmas special, I have a feeling the Doctors could have pulled it off. However, in graphic novel form, it slogged rather than pulled me along a madcap adventure. The ideas behind it could have been intriguing!

Drawing style varied and, at times, I could only tell Ten and Eleven apart by their clothing (Pinstripes? Bowtie? Aha!). Likewise, Gabby and Clara often looked interchangeable as well.

This graphic novel reminds of marathoning Doctor Who, where it all starts to feel much of the same...

[Shaun Helsby · Rating 4 out of 5]

A multi-Doctor story done right. If you're a fan of Ten, Eleven and Twelve, this story will be a great ride for you. Naturally, it helps if one knows who all the characters are but if you grasp the Doctor-Companion dynamic, you can jump on board with whoever which Doctor is traveling around with quite quickly.

There's not much more to say. If you're a Whovian, like comics and you like at least rate one of the three Doctors who feature heavily in this story, it's worth getting and reading. If you rate them all (like me!) then you'll really enjoy this adventure.

[Carl · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mingling of Doctors 10-12 with a cameo by the war doctor and a flashback of 9.
Cornell is a great writer and handles the varying doctors and their personalities. At first I found it an odd choice that Tennant and Smith both had new companions created for the comics, but for continuity and plot reasons they work perfectly.
A delight for Whovians.

A extra bonus is the one page gag comics and the end of each issues they are adorably silly.

[Andy Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cornell always delivers. The stand-out here is character writing, the most insightful Who dialogue I've seen. Some scene-jumps could've been edited and the plot is a bit haywire but four stars. Neil Edwards' art is consistently strong in it's direction, likenesses and world building. There's also a series of one pagers showcasing great British cute-toonists accompanied by meta scripts which fit with wit.