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Doctor Who: Prisoner of Time #2
Doctor Who 02: Gefangene der Zeit
Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary celebration continues in Prisoners of Time Volume 2! The 5th through 8th Doctors get a turn from writers Scott and David Tipton, and artists Philip Bond, John Ridgway, Andres Ponce, and Horacio Domingues. Collects Issues #5-8.
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April 20, 2017
5 stars
Nice to finally be able to know the identity of the man who is taking the Doctor's companions, Adam. Also nice to be able to see more of the Doctor's adventures with his companions.
Can't wait to read Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 3!!!!!
Nice to finally be able to know the identity of the man who is taking the Doctor's companions, Adam. Also nice to be able to see more of the Doctor's adventures with his companions.
Can't wait to read Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 3!!!!!
January 8, 2014
Another OK volume. I don't get the same heavy sense of period that I did from some of the earlier issues, but these are OK one-off action adventures.
The volume had two highlights:
The Sixth Doctor story is generally great because it feels like something straight out of Doctor Who Magazine, thanks to the inclusion of Frobisher and the artwork.
The Eighth Doctor story is strong solely due to Grace, who feels very much like a modern-day companion.
The volume had two highlights:
The Sixth Doctor story is generally great because it feels like something straight out of Doctor Who Magazine, thanks to the inclusion of Frobisher and the artwork.
The Eighth Doctor story is strong solely due to Grace, who feels very much like a modern-day companion.
May 27, 2017
Über 50 Jahre Doctor Who - Zeit für ein außergewöhnliches Abenteuer: die ersten 11 Doctoren müssen sich vereinen. Ihre Begleiter verschwinden spurlos. Die Suche gestaltet sich schwierig, bis der Elfte Doctor auf das Versteck des Entführers stößt.
Bei diesem Band handelt es sich um den zweiten Teil des groß angelegten Abenteuers, dass die ersten 11 Doctoren miteinander vereint. Vom Siebten bis zum Elften Doctor ist jedem ein eigenes Kapitel gewidmet, welches jeweils damit endet, dass die aktuelle Begleitung des Doctors spurlos verschwindet. Entführt von einer mysteriösen Gestalt.
Nach und nach treten also die Doctoren und deren Begleitung auf. Angefangen bei dem Siebten Doctor und dessen Begleitung Ace.
Im Abschlusskapitel (dem 12.) kommt es dann zum großen Showdown mit jeder Menge Action und natürlich der gewohnt sarkastischen Logik des Doctors, diesmal in 11 verschiedenen Variationen und geballt auf einem Haufen.
Von Doctor Who geht eine Faszination aus, der sich fast keiner entziehen kann. Diese Faszination ist aber auch sehr schwer zu beschreiben. Der ungewöhnliche Plot, die faszinierenden neuen Welten, die unterschiedlichen Charaktere und Figuren, seien sie nun Alien oder Mensch, ergeben eine perfekte Mischung, die sich durch alle Staffeln der Serie sowie der Comics und Geschichten zieht.
Die einzelnen Kapitel sind spannende und typische Abenteuer, die der Doctor mit seinen jeweiligen Begleitern erlebt. Dabei hat mir vor allem Kapitel 9 und 10 sehr gut gefallen. 10 vor allem deshalb, weil die Inkarnation des Zehnten Doctors meine liebste ist. Ebenso die Begleiter, hier allen voran Rose Taylor, dicht gefolgt von Amy Ponds.
In dem Comic ist all das vorhanden, was man sich von einer guten Geschichte wünscht. Spannung, Leid, Witz, Action, Neid und Hass sind gut verteilt, ergeben tolle Storys und erwecken die Sehnsucht, auch mal mit dem Doctor in der Tardis in fremde Welten zu reisen.
Die Suche nach Hinweisen bezüglich des Entführers hat mir auch sehr gut gefallen. Und der Sarkasmus kam natürlich auch nicht zu kurz.
Nach jedem Kapitel erwartet einem ein kleiner Beitrag eines "Angehörigen" von Doctor Who, also jemandem, der irgendwie an der Serie, den Comics oder den Geschichten beteiligt war oder ist. John Freeman (ehemaliger Redakteur des Doctor Who-Magazins), Scott Gray (Autor), Clayton Freeman (Umschlaggestalter) und Tony Lee (Autor) erzählen über ihre Erfahrungen. Außerdem erwartet einem am Ende ein Interview mit John Ridgway, dem Comic-Zeichner schlechthin. Hier gibt es auch interessante Einblicke in dessen Arbeit mit Doctor Who.
Die Texte im Comic sind von Scott & David Tipton. Die Zeichnungen sind in den Kapiteln jeweils von anderen angefertigt. Und so ergeben sich für jedes Kapitel andere Zeichenstile, wobei mir persönlich der Stil von Kapitel 8 nicht gefallen hat, da er mir zu "kindlich" wirkte.
Ansonsten ist fast alles vorhanden. Ein harter, dunkler Stil, ein weicher, heller Stil. Mal farbenfroh, mal trist. Jeweils passend zu der Story.
Durch die Vielfalt der Mitwirkenden an dem zweiten Band ergibt sich ein spannendes und rasantes Abenteuer mit einem Wiedersehen aller Inkarnationen bis zum Elften Doctor.
Fazit:
So macht Zeitreisen Spaß.
Bei diesem Band handelt es sich um den zweiten Teil des groß angelegten Abenteuers, dass die ersten 11 Doctoren miteinander vereint. Vom Siebten bis zum Elften Doctor ist jedem ein eigenes Kapitel gewidmet, welches jeweils damit endet, dass die aktuelle Begleitung des Doctors spurlos verschwindet. Entführt von einer mysteriösen Gestalt.
Nach und nach treten also die Doctoren und deren Begleitung auf. Angefangen bei dem Siebten Doctor und dessen Begleitung Ace.
Im Abschlusskapitel (dem 12.) kommt es dann zum großen Showdown mit jeder Menge Action und natürlich der gewohnt sarkastischen Logik des Doctors, diesmal in 11 verschiedenen Variationen und geballt auf einem Haufen.
Von Doctor Who geht eine Faszination aus, der sich fast keiner entziehen kann. Diese Faszination ist aber auch sehr schwer zu beschreiben. Der ungewöhnliche Plot, die faszinierenden neuen Welten, die unterschiedlichen Charaktere und Figuren, seien sie nun Alien oder Mensch, ergeben eine perfekte Mischung, die sich durch alle Staffeln der Serie sowie der Comics und Geschichten zieht.
Die einzelnen Kapitel sind spannende und typische Abenteuer, die der Doctor mit seinen jeweiligen Begleitern erlebt. Dabei hat mir vor allem Kapitel 9 und 10 sehr gut gefallen. 10 vor allem deshalb, weil die Inkarnation des Zehnten Doctors meine liebste ist. Ebenso die Begleiter, hier allen voran Rose Taylor, dicht gefolgt von Amy Ponds.
In dem Comic ist all das vorhanden, was man sich von einer guten Geschichte wünscht. Spannung, Leid, Witz, Action, Neid und Hass sind gut verteilt, ergeben tolle Storys und erwecken die Sehnsucht, auch mal mit dem Doctor in der Tardis in fremde Welten zu reisen.
Die Suche nach Hinweisen bezüglich des Entführers hat mir auch sehr gut gefallen. Und der Sarkasmus kam natürlich auch nicht zu kurz.
Nach jedem Kapitel erwartet einem ein kleiner Beitrag eines "Angehörigen" von Doctor Who, also jemandem, der irgendwie an der Serie, den Comics oder den Geschichten beteiligt war oder ist. John Freeman (ehemaliger Redakteur des Doctor Who-Magazins), Scott Gray (Autor), Clayton Freeman (Umschlaggestalter) und Tony Lee (Autor) erzählen über ihre Erfahrungen. Außerdem erwartet einem am Ende ein Interview mit John Ridgway, dem Comic-Zeichner schlechthin. Hier gibt es auch interessante Einblicke in dessen Arbeit mit Doctor Who.
Die Texte im Comic sind von Scott & David Tipton. Die Zeichnungen sind in den Kapiteln jeweils von anderen angefertigt. Und so ergeben sich für jedes Kapitel andere Zeichenstile, wobei mir persönlich der Stil von Kapitel 8 nicht gefallen hat, da er mir zu "kindlich" wirkte.
Ansonsten ist fast alles vorhanden. Ein harter, dunkler Stil, ein weicher, heller Stil. Mal farbenfroh, mal trist. Jeweils passend zu der Story.
Durch die Vielfalt der Mitwirkenden an dem zweiten Band ergibt sich ein spannendes und rasantes Abenteuer mit einem Wiedersehen aller Inkarnationen bis zum Elften Doctor.
Fazit:
So macht Zeitreisen Spaß.
January 10, 2014
Story is still great but the art went from very nice to meh.
January 28, 2023
The pacing could be zippier than the first volume. The first volume was more fun. And there were a lot more story issues than in the previous volume. The writing could be more organized in some stories.
Like the last volume, each story has a particular adventure but ends with The Doctor's companions abducted by a mysterious being.
*****
*1st story of this volume has The Fifth Doctor w/companions Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan exploring a random planet that happens to be where the Rutans and Sontarans are continuing their ongoing war.
While the Rutans want to interrogate and possibly kill The Doctor and his companions, the Sontarans take in The Doctor and said companions and even listen to The Doctor's counsel about a defensive attack.
However, the Sontaran nature of dying as warriors prevents alternative fighting methods that spare Sontaran lives.
I like the art style of The Fifth Doctor and companions. Adric looks younger than he does in the show and has almost an Asiatic look or even a South American Indian look.
*The 2nd story involves The Sixth Doctor w/companions Frobisher and Peri in the 73rd century, where they visit a rare nature preserve to see live penguins and for Frobisher, who has shape-shifted into a penguin, to mingle with.
However, the trio is seen by police droids, as they, the police droids, believe the abduction of a penguin (Frobisher) is occurring. The Doctor, in particular, is seen as mentally ill for participating in this and is put in a mental ward.
The Tremas Master, called such because he took over King Tremas in the episode 'Keeper of the Traken,' shows up to admit he was the one who put The Doctor in the said mental ward.
The creepy Autons also show up. The Autons don't serve any purpose other than to be a quick obstacle for Peri and Frobisher.
*The 3rd story involves The Seventh Doctor and Ace, who happens upon an 18th-century home after tracing 'something.'
Two elderly individuals, drained of their life force, are cared for by a lone nursemaid. The nursemaid is in the employ of 'the master' of the house, which turns out to be, you guessed it, The Master (known as the Tremas Master as mentioned earlier).
The nursemaid was present because The Master wouldn't lower himself to be a nursemaid, even though we've seen The Master masquerade as servants before in the series.
Also, this story hints The Master is working with the mysterious individual who has been abducting companions.
*The final story is about The Eighth Doctor and his companion, Grace.
The Doctor randomly shows up at Grace's home to ask her to join him for a 'final adventure' and accepts just as she returns home late from work.
The Doctor takes her to various places around the galaxy, but suddenly she gets motion sickness. Odd since the panels, not to mention common sense, hint that these visits take place over a lengthy period.
Yet, she gets motion sickness as if The Doctor is showing her the planets quickly. That could also be the case and would make this Doctor weird and needy, especially since he comes off as desperate initially trying to get Grace to travel with him.
Regardless, he takes her to an Earth-like planet where human villagers called Lowgrounders choose to be taken away by alien overseers because these overseers saved their world some time ago.
It's called 'ascending.' In reality, it's the youth farmed involuntarily for their organs.
The humans or Lowgrounders were initially warlike but blindly followed the overseers because of what the Overseers did.
The Lowgrounders are now docile and subservient. Even though The Doctor says, they can return to their aggressive ways once they get wind of the youth organ farming.
So we have The Doctor being needy and inconsiderate and idiot aliens who are willing captives, willfully giving their youths to other aliens, but have the strength to overtake their captors.
Yeah, for me, The Fifth Doctor story was the best.
Like the last volume, each story has a particular adventure but ends with The Doctor's companions abducted by a mysterious being.
*****
*1st story of this volume has The Fifth Doctor w/companions Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan exploring a random planet that happens to be where the Rutans and Sontarans are continuing their ongoing war.
While the Rutans want to interrogate and possibly kill The Doctor and his companions, the Sontarans take in The Doctor and said companions and even listen to The Doctor's counsel about a defensive attack.
However, the Sontaran nature of dying as warriors prevents alternative fighting methods that spare Sontaran lives.
I like the art style of The Fifth Doctor and companions. Adric looks younger than he does in the show and has almost an Asiatic look or even a South American Indian look.
*The 2nd story involves The Sixth Doctor w/companions Frobisher and Peri in the 73rd century, where they visit a rare nature preserve to see live penguins and for Frobisher, who has shape-shifted into a penguin, to mingle with.
However, the trio is seen by police droids, as they, the police droids, believe the abduction of a penguin (Frobisher) is occurring. The Doctor, in particular, is seen as mentally ill for participating in this and is put in a mental ward.
The Tremas Master, called such because he took over King Tremas in the episode 'Keeper of the Traken,' shows up to admit he was the one who put The Doctor in the said mental ward.
The creepy Autons also show up. The Autons don't serve any purpose other than to be a quick obstacle for Peri and Frobisher.
*The 3rd story involves The Seventh Doctor and Ace, who happens upon an 18th-century home after tracing 'something.'
Two elderly individuals, drained of their life force, are cared for by a lone nursemaid. The nursemaid is in the employ of 'the master' of the house, which turns out to be, you guessed it, The Master (known as the Tremas Master as mentioned earlier).
The nursemaid was present because The Master wouldn't lower himself to be a nursemaid, even though we've seen The Master masquerade as servants before in the series.
Also, this story hints The Master is working with the mysterious individual who has been abducting companions.
*The final story is about The Eighth Doctor and his companion, Grace.
The Doctor randomly shows up at Grace's home to ask her to join him for a 'final adventure' and accepts just as she returns home late from work.
The Doctor takes her to various places around the galaxy, but suddenly she gets motion sickness. Odd since the panels, not to mention common sense, hint that these visits take place over a lengthy period.
Yet, she gets motion sickness as if The Doctor is showing her the planets quickly. That could also be the case and would make this Doctor weird and needy, especially since he comes off as desperate initially trying to get Grace to travel with him.
Regardless, he takes her to an Earth-like planet where human villagers called Lowgrounders choose to be taken away by alien overseers because these overseers saved their world some time ago.
It's called 'ascending.' In reality, it's the youth farmed involuntarily for their organs.
The humans or Lowgrounders were initially warlike but blindly followed the overseers because of what the Overseers did.
The Lowgrounders are now docile and subservient. Even though The Doctor says, they can return to their aggressive ways once they get wind of the youth organ farming.
So we have The Doctor being needy and inconsiderate and idiot aliens who are willing captives, willfully giving their youths to other aliens, but have the strength to overtake their captors.
Yeah, for me, The Fifth Doctor story was the best.
June 23, 2025
One relatively perfunctory story each for the Fifth through Eighth Doctors, with dark-hued illustrations respectively cartoonish, deep-etched, gritty and caricatured. (The companions don’t come off at all well.) While contributing to a wider arc, this isn’t particularly edifying as a standalone volume.
February 11, 2024
What seems to be a series of unconnected events in the Doctor's travels results in the disappearance of his dearest friends.
The key art is OK, but there are times when the character art looks way off. The mystery is excellent and Tipton has captured the spirit of each Doctor very well.
The key art is OK, but there are times when the character art looks way off. The mystery is excellent and Tipton has captured the spirit of each Doctor very well.
December 16, 2017
Didn’t like the art as much in this book stories where ok.
July 24, 2023
Four one off tales with Doctors 5 through 8. This go around there are more pages devoted to who is kidnapping the companions and that mystery is beginning to roll into shape.
December 28, 2023
A marked improvement to the first volume. Art is better, the plot thickens, and the Sixth Doctor felt actually like himself.
May 28, 2014
Onwards to Volume 2 of the Prisoners of Time, and compared to Volume 1, not much different. This one we start to see signs of the Doctor working out that something is going on, but we don't have more information. There is more groundwork laid towards the revelation though.
Again my rating on this is split do to that either the artwork is great and the story is okay, or the artwork is okay, but the story if enjoyable.
The 5th Doctor's story was a great idea in the world of Doctor Who. Seeing the Rutans and the Sontarans fight. We've heard about their war, but this gives a good insight into a battle. The trouble is the artwork through me off again. The artwork made them the companions appear to be little kids, and the Doctor younger as well.
The 6th Doctor's story felt more in line both artwork and story wise with Doctor Who Magazine's run of his stories. Including Frobisher! I know the thoughts on Frobisher are extreme, but he does work in the comic series. It was good to see him make more use of his shape shifting abilities as well. This story also marks a good use of the nature of time in the arc as a whole.
We move onto the 7th Doctor's story. Because I am writing this a couple of days later, I forgot what it was about. That shows you how interesting it was. It did involve Anthony Ainley's Master which was nice to see. The artwork was decent as well. The plot was about aliens appearing human or something. I'll just move on to the next one.
The last Doctor in this volume is the 8th Doctor. The only good thing was seeing the return of Grace Holloway. Other than that the artwork was the weakest out of all of them and the story was more memorable then the 7ths.
At the end of this we have some nice nods for the fans, but nothing of substance to add. The 6th Doctor's story is the strongest of the lot. Comparing both this and Volume 1, I would say take them with a grain of salt. Read them for fun, but mostly just for Doctor Who fans.
Again my rating on this is split do to that either the artwork is great and the story is okay, or the artwork is okay, but the story if enjoyable.
The 5th Doctor's story was a great idea in the world of Doctor Who. Seeing the Rutans and the Sontarans fight. We've heard about their war, but this gives a good insight into a battle. The trouble is the artwork through me off again. The artwork made them the companions appear to be little kids, and the Doctor younger as well.
The 6th Doctor's story felt more in line both artwork and story wise with Doctor Who Magazine's run of his stories. Including Frobisher! I know the thoughts on Frobisher are extreme, but he does work in the comic series. It was good to see him make more use of his shape shifting abilities as well. This story also marks a good use of the nature of time in the arc as a whole.
We move onto the 7th Doctor's story. Because I am writing this a couple of days later, I forgot what it was about. That shows you how interesting it was. It did involve Anthony Ainley's Master which was nice to see. The artwork was decent as well. The plot was about aliens appearing human or something. I'll just move on to the next one.
The last Doctor in this volume is the 8th Doctor. The only good thing was seeing the return of Grace Holloway. Other than that the artwork was the weakest out of all of them and the story was more memorable then the 7ths.
At the end of this we have some nice nods for the fans, but nothing of substance to add. The 6th Doctor's story is the strongest of the lot. Comparing both this and Volume 1, I would say take them with a grain of salt. Read them for fun, but mostly just for Doctor Who fans.
June 4, 2016
So we have four stories featuring the Fifth through Eighth Doctors in the Second Volume of Prisoners of Time
1) In Their Nature: The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa, and Adric land in the middle of the Sontaran War against the Rutans. Mixed feelings on this one. On one hand, there's some profundity in the Story and the Doctor tries to help. On the other, he achieves very little. Then again, this was the Season 19 Doctor, so that's kind of in line with the character, I'll give this a grade: B-
2) Facades: The Doctor, Peri, and Frobisher (the only non-TV Companion to appear) are at a nature preserve and the Doctor ends up thrown into an insane asylum, though he does end up fighting Autons. I'm not certain they made use of old sixie, but there's a very intriguing clue at the end. Any story that has the Doctor traveling with a penguin has got some merit. Grade: B
3)Cat and Mouse: A Seventh Doctor story set in an old house with the Doctor and Ace. It's beautifully atmospheric particularly the shades and coloring. It's got some clever turns and a ghostly creature. A very solid tale. Grade: A-
4) The Body Politic: Here's what's weird about this story. The Eighth Doctor had only one full televised story and the character who was played by his co-star opted not to become his companion in the TV movie. However, since then, he's had hundred adventures in novels, audios, and comics. And so what do they do? They have the Doctor go back to pick up the sidekick from the TV Movie. Huh? The story itself is okay, but it's kind of disruptive to the theme and begs her to pretty please take a spin in the TARDIS. I mean if our mysterious villain has been kidnapping the Doctor's closest friends, why kidnap someone who didn't really want to travel with him anyways. It would have been a better had they'd paid a little money to get the rights to use Charley Pollard or Fitz. Still, it undermined the ongoing theme a little, so I'll give this one a Grade: C+
1) In Their Nature: The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa, and Adric land in the middle of the Sontaran War against the Rutans. Mixed feelings on this one. On one hand, there's some profundity in the Story and the Doctor tries to help. On the other, he achieves very little. Then again, this was the Season 19 Doctor, so that's kind of in line with the character, I'll give this a grade: B-
2) Facades: The Doctor, Peri, and Frobisher (the only non-TV Companion to appear) are at a nature preserve and the Doctor ends up thrown into an insane asylum, though he does end up fighting Autons. I'm not certain they made use of old sixie, but there's a very intriguing clue at the end. Any story that has the Doctor traveling with a penguin has got some merit. Grade: B
3)Cat and Mouse: A Seventh Doctor story set in an old house with the Doctor and Ace. It's beautifully atmospheric particularly the shades and coloring. It's got some clever turns and a ghostly creature. A very solid tale. Grade: A-
4) The Body Politic: Here's what's weird about this story. The Eighth Doctor had only one full televised story and the character who was played by his co-star opted not to become his companion in the TV movie. However, since then, he's had hundred adventures in novels, audios, and comics. And so what do they do? They have the Doctor go back to pick up the sidekick from the TV Movie. Huh? The story itself is okay, but it's kind of disruptive to the theme and begs her to pretty please take a spin in the TARDIS. I mean if our mysterious villain has been kidnapping the Doctor's closest friends, why kidnap someone who didn't really want to travel with him anyways. It would have been a better had they'd paid a little money to get the rights to use Charley Pollard or Fitz. Still, it undermined the ongoing theme a little, so I'll give this one a Grade: C+
July 3, 2014
In Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time, the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth Doctor each has his own plot, and each Doctor faces a different enemy. However, amid these plot lines, each Doctor also faces a common enemy, who seeks to get at the Doctor through his companions.
The plot lines of the individual stories are interesting, and the end of the volume certainly has a “Stay tuned for the next episode” kind of feel, but it is interesting to examine the work as it is related to the television show. Each of the comic book Doctors has a strong resemblance to his live-action counterpart, as do his companions. However, they still look like comic book characters. Further, several of the episodes borrow characters which the Doctors meet in the television show, as if the writers did not want to stray too far away from what was familiar, as if they did not want to stretch the reader’s imagination too far away from what is already known.
These kinds of stories, related to an already established television show, rarely create anything new and challenging of their own. For the most part, they are reiterative, and include just enough inside jokes and relying on the television show to make the reader feel as if she is a part of the story as well. They are not brilliant in and of themselves and do not make a reader wish to seek out the television show, but for a fan of the show, they introduce a certain amount of enjoyment, because it adds stories to characters who cannot possibly appear on the screen again.
The plot lines of the individual stories are interesting, and the end of the volume certainly has a “Stay tuned for the next episode” kind of feel, but it is interesting to examine the work as it is related to the television show. Each of the comic book Doctors has a strong resemblance to his live-action counterpart, as do his companions. However, they still look like comic book characters. Further, several of the episodes borrow characters which the Doctors meet in the television show, as if the writers did not want to stray too far away from what was familiar, as if they did not want to stretch the reader’s imagination too far away from what is already known.
These kinds of stories, related to an already established television show, rarely create anything new and challenging of their own. For the most part, they are reiterative, and include just enough inside jokes and relying on the television show to make the reader feel as if she is a part of the story as well. They are not brilliant in and of themselves and do not make a reader wish to seek out the television show, but for a fan of the show, they introduce a certain amount of enjoyment, because it adds stories to characters who cannot possibly appear on the screen again.
February 7, 2017
Chock full of fan service with one-off vignettes featuring the fifth through eighth Doctors. Unsurprisingly, the story for the Sixth Doctor was the weakest of the bunch.
August 31, 2013
A good continuation of the event, but the changing artists (especially for the 8th Doctor's adventure) throws readers for a bit of a loop. It is taking a good while for the villain to fully reveal himself, as this is the second volume and the Doctors are becoming more aware of what's going on, but most of the action is being saved for Doctors 9, 10, and 11 before all 11 most likely team up in the issues 9 through 12 that will make up Volume 3.
August 28, 2015
A slight improvement on the first volume, at least in terms of replicating the era's style. The Fifth Doctor story is decent and a little sad; the Sixth Doctor story failed to fully develop its plot but did have a few moments; the Seventh Doctor story is a satisfyingly standard tale of its type; and the Eighth Doctor story is decent. The framing story is a little more interesting, and drops some hints about who our villain really is. (B)
April 25, 2014
While I haven't watched any of the Doctors before Ten, this was still enjoyable. Good artwork in this one. Would have rated higher, but this is clearly part of a story arc that isn't confined to just this volume. Typically the bound volumes are one self-contained story. It was entertaining, though, and I will probably seek out the other volumes.
November 25, 2015
The good-to-bad ratio is not as favorable in this volume as in the previous one, with some questionable characterizations of past Doctors. However, it was fun to see the return of various old friends and foes, with the use of Frobisher from the old Doctor Who Magazine strips a particularly nice touch. As before, not brilliantly original work, but appropriate for a fiftieth anniversary effort.
November 14, 2016
3.5 Stars. The stories are getting better-I'm getting a better idea of the main story as a whole. I have to admit, the artwork for the 5th and 8th Doctor stories annoyed me quite a bit-I'm not sure how to describe it-the style made everyone seem rather young, and next to the artwork for the 6th and 7th Doctor stories, seemed rather jarring...
May 23, 2013
Not quite as good as Volume One, but still enjoyable. I was a little disappointed with the issue (chapter) for the 8th Doctor. I was kind of hoping for something more, not sure what exactly, but certainly something that felt less like a watered version of the 11th Doctor.
November 11, 2013
Public library copy.
February 12, 2015
This was just as entertaining as the first! Can't wait to read the second!
September 26, 2014
Interesting enough story with some really nice moments, but other parts start to drag and the art can be quite awful.
February 12, 2015
These stories include Doctors 5 through 8. I have never seen these shows. The story in Prisoners of Time is becoming more connected for me. I can see where it is going. Nice art work.
January 27, 2016
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time. Vol.2
Featuring the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Doctors.
Issue#5 – In Their Nature
Issue#6 – Façades
Issue#7 – Cat and Mouse
Issue#8 – The Body Politic
Featuring the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Doctors.
Issue#5 – In Their Nature
Issue#6 – Façades
Issue#7 – Cat and Mouse
Issue#8 – The Body Politic
May 18, 2014
liked 6th doctor story, thought art in 8th was different in a bad way
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