Mirror Image

"The door's not even locked! That's practically an invitation! 'Dear Doctor and Rose, please investigate me, love creepy castle.' I'll go this way, you go that way."

Writer: Jacqueline Rayner
Format: Comic Strip
Released: 19th April 2006
Printed in: DWA 02

Featuring: Tenth Doctor, Rose


Synopsis

Landing near a creepy alien castle, the Doctor and Rose split up to explore. Rose enters a room filled with mirrors but she is snatched by her evil reflection and finds herself in another dimension full of Mirrorlings, creatures waiting for their chance to escape using the mirrors to take on a new life and replace the originals, all of whom are stuck along with Rose - some for as long as fifty years!


Verdict

Mirror Image was a short and sweet comic strip. It was perfect for its length and depicted the Tenth Doctor and Rose brilliantly. I really loved the way in which the Doctor was immediately curious and wasn't too happy that the castle door was unlocked just because it wasn't a challenge! Brilliant. The plot itself was good and if expanded on has the potential to be a sublime story. The Mirrorlings were quite ferocious and looked very glamorously coloured thanks to the brilliant artwork of the story. The way the Doctor, similarly to in New Earth, noticed that Rose wasn't herself without mentioning it was pure excellence and typical Doctor. The way he rescued Rose from the Mirrorlings trap was genius. Very clever! Overall, this comic strip was short but very sweet!

Rating: 9/10