The Door to a Winter Long Ago

                               

                                      

"The door leads to another time. Another century even. Fifty years from now."

Writer: Moray Laing
Format: Comic Strip
Released: 10th August 2013
Printed in: The Official 50th Anniversary Annual

Featuring: Eleventh Doctor, Clara

Synopsis

The Doctor's playing around in the TARDIS causes a wooden door to appear in the bedroom of a young boy. However, the door is a gateway to London in 1964, and as the Shadowy Creatures pounce on the time distortion, the Doctor and Clara need to repair the damage and rid the universe of the door!

Verdict

The Door to a Winter Long Ago was an excellent little comic strip adventure! I thought the story was good and liked the idea of the Doctor's goofing around causing a doorway between two different time zones. I liked the relationship between the Doctor and Clara, but thought the artwork for Clara could have been done so much better! The Shadowy Creatures were good enemies, similar to the Reapers as seen in Father's Day, they thrived and fed on things which shouldn't be in a certain time - in this case a mobile phone. The way the Doctor solved the issue of the door and two children running through a door to go sledging 50 years ago was good and simplistic which was great to see. Short, as the annual strips tend to be, but The Door to a Winter Long Ago was very good!

Rating: 8/10