Supernature

"We didn't know! There's no way we could've known that anyone who sets foot on this planet is condemned to death!"

Writer: Johnathan Morris

Format: Comic Strip

Released: 29th April 2010

Printed in: DWM 421-423

Featuring: Eleventh Doctor, Amy

Synopsis 

The Eleventh Doctor and Amy arrive on a mysterious planet inhabited by criminals. Something is infecting the criminals and now the infection has caught up with Amy. The Doctor must stand alone and fight the infection before it spreads across the galaxy...

Verdict 

Supernature was an intriguing, fun and excellent comic strip adventure! It's taken me a while to delve into the comic stories but I've finally got there and with my recent purchase of The Child of Time graphic novel, I can now read the first 9 comic stories to feature the Eleventh Doctor and Amy. And the novel started off well! I liked how Nerena opened each of the three parts setting the scene of the disaster and death that was occurring on the plague ridden planet. The Doctor and Amy's arrival was very funny, as the Doctor stated, with his 'efficiency' in getting the pair to be stood at gunpoint thirty seconds after leaving the TARDIS. The idea of a convict planet being mixed with a mass of unique nature was certainly a dynamic concept! Comic strips are well known for their colour and art but this story was certainly the most artistic, bright and colourful Doctor Who story I have done yet! I loved the concept of hybridisation and the Doctor's adoration of the 'icky' occurrence made it all the better. Finch was a terrific character and his relationship with the Doctor was quite hilarious. The cliffhangers were both very good and similar which was interesting with Amy and the Doctor both being hybridised. The reactions were terrific on both parts and the way Amy in butterfly form rescued the Doctor from being attacked was excellent! The plot itself was very good and the basis of hybridisation, with both humans and the vegetation morphing between each different species was fantastic! It allowed some marvellous visual imagery and the unexpected attacks on the convict centre was really great. I liked the Doctor's intelligence in adapting to ancient controls to reverse the hybridisation but despite its cleverness, the resolution seemed a little too easy for me. It wasn't awful by any means but I was hoping for something more dramatic! The humour with a naked Amy after returning to her human self was magnificent, could we see that scene from a different angle please? The message from Nerena at the end was wonderful as she would now be living in ecological paradise where everyone else thought the planet dead. 

Rating: 8/10