Despite continuing with the same Doctor and same companions as the last, this volume restarts the numbering, I guess because of the arrival of superstar writer/artist team Andy Diggle and Mark Buckingham. Well, like too many superstar teams on IDW comics, they don't last long-- all of two issues! And to be honest, it's neither's best work. Diggle's writing is not flooded with continuity references like previous Who scripter Tony Lee, but it shares Lee's lack of depth. And Mark Buckingham can do great work, but I find his tie-in work distractingly over-referenced at times.

It's the second story here, "The Doctor and the Nurse," by Brandon Seifert and Philip Bond, that's delightful. Amy forces the Doctor and Rory to undertake some male bonding, but they hate the idea so much they jump into the future to finish early-- only the TARDIS misses its destination. Meanwhile, Amy gets embroiled in the hijinks of the previously-unknown-to-me-but-delightfully-real-except-that-some-people-actually-died-in-it Great London Beer Flood. Seifert's writing nails the characters and humor, and I loved Bond's Dan McDaid-esque art, cartoony but very reflective of the characters' personalities. It's a shame these two didn't take over the title. (I feel like I say that a lot. I guess a lot of the "guest" contributions on IDW's Doctor Who stuff are often better than the "actual" ones!)

The Hypothetical Gentleman: A shadow being is stealing time from those he touches in order to become real. Some of the drawings of the characters are awful but the story itself is solid Who. The Doctor and the Nurse: Amy forces the Doctor and Rory to spend some time bonding together. Excellent Who-story where all the characters are exactly as they "should," the stakes are high, and it is, in addition, very funny. ( )

Last year my family and I had the pleasure of discovering Doctor Who for the first time. It was love at first sight with the whole family. Now as I impatiently await the next new episode, I find myself drawn to books based on the show. So needless to say this graphic novel held great appeal to me.
What I really liked about this book:
It has the Ponds in it! They are two of my favorite companions of all time. I loved seeing them back in action with The Doctor. I think the author did a good job with keeping up with the characterization and personalities of all the characters. The story-lines are okay. They're not nearly as complex and detailed as other stories that I have read, but they're enjoyable all the same.
What I didn't really like:
The artwork. I thought is was just okay. There were times that the characters looked expressionless. In one part Amy was irritated, but she had the same look on her face when she wasn't. I think one of the most important attributes of graphic novels is to be able to depict the characters emotions in the art frames. I've not read many graphic novels, but the ones I have read seemed to have more details to the pictures. It's not awful, but it could have been better.
Overall, I did enjoy it. It got me a quick Doctor Who fix while I'm waiting for the second half of season 7.
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Series III, vol. 1. 11th Doctor, Amy, Rory.