Doctor Who: The Forgotten

Tony Lee
Star Rating
★★★
Reviewer's Rating
Oct 10, 2013

I've been a Doctor Who fan since I was a kid (which was kind of a while ago). I love the classic series and I love the current show. A patron pointed me towards a recent Doctor Who graphic novel, The Forgotten. It features the Tenth Doctor (my favorite of the new series) and his companion Martha Jones (who I also love), but with "guest" appearances from all of the preceding Doctors. The Doctor and Martha wake up inside a museum, with no memory of how they got there and no clue as to where the TARDIS is. Things get stranger when they realize the museum is dedicated to the life and adventures of the Doctor himself, then things get more complicated when the Doctor is hit with a strange amnesia. He can recall the recent past, he knows who he is, who Martha is, what the TARDIS is, but he can't remember anything from his past lives. Martha begins helping him remember, and we're treated to flashbacks of the past Doctors having adventures, from the First to the Ninth.

Writer Tony Lee does a fantastic job of capturing the style of the various Doctors and their companions in dialogue. I could hear the actors' voices in my head as I read. The flashbacks also capture the flavor and style of each Doctor's era, with the first two Doctors' stories in black and white (just like they were broadcast). The overarching story is fun and trippy, and the art throughout is pretty and clean. It's an entertaining ride, and the only reason I don't give it more than three stars is because a comics adaptation of a TV show just can't fully measure up to the TV show itself in my eyes.

Reviewed by Josh N.
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