The Immortal Emperor

"I ask you to show me the Great Wall of China and when we get there... they've still got the scaffolding up!"

Writer: Jonathan Morris
Format: Comic Strip
Released: 1st August 2008
Printed in: Doctor Who Storybook 2009

Featuring: Tenth Doctor, Donna

Synopsis

The Tenth Doctor and Donna arrive in China during the Qin Dynasty. "A couple of centuries BC." The Great Wall of China is still being built. Before the Doctor can stop her, Donna takes photos with her mobile phone. The pair are captured and thrown into a pit where they battle a robot made of pottery...

Verdict

The Immortal Emperor was a good comic strip and, despite being quite short in length, was entertaining and told a good story! I really liked Donna's reaction to arriving at the Great Wall of China but the scaffolding was still up! Hilarious. The pottery robots in ancient China was a tremendous idea and one I feel can be expanded upon in a future story. Meng Tian was a good enemy and looked tremendous with the excellent artwork done by Rob Davis. The Doctor's use of quickly talking himself out of trouble, as seen countless times, was once again great. His genius of leading Donna to use her mobile phone to ring Wilf, her granddad, causing a break up in signals of the 'pot-bots.' The Emperor actually being a pot-bot was unexpected and very unique! The climax was cleverly done and everything was left for history to do as it should be. A short, but very good comic strip, there just needed to be a bit more to happen!

Rating: 7/10