Revolutions of Terror Part 2

"You talk a lot, but I think you deliberately leave out important stuff..."

Writer: Nick Abadzis

Format: Comic Strip

Released: September 2014

Series: DW10 #2

Featuring: Tenth Doctor, Gabby

Synopsis 

Gabriella Gonzalez was working late her father's laundromat - when a vortex exploded out of every machine! Now terror has gripped her corner of Sunset Park: Gabby's future brother-in-law, Hector, claims he saw the Devil; her grandmother saw a demonic vision of her dead husband. Evil sights abound, strange things are everywhere - and Gabby is right smack in the middle of them! Never more so than right now: trapped in a subway car by a monster wearing her face. Her only help - some skinny guy in a suit who won't stop waving a little blue flashlight around!

Verdict

Revolutions of Terror has continued with high standard in this issue and has actually improved with the advancement. Where part one was all about the introduction of Gabby and her backdrop, and rightly so, we need to know about our companion who we'll come to love over the coming issues, but now she officially met and coerced with the Tenth Doctor. The relationship was the focal point of this part which I liked as through the Doctor telling Gabby what the hell was going on we as the reader also learned. And to me it sounds like we've got an exciting story! Beings from another plane it seemed - the psychosphere! It sounds all very enchanting and it really was fascinating reading the Doctor's explanation. The tone of David Tennant's tenth incarnation really was captured with ease in this issue which sometimes seems to be a problem with DWM published comic strips. I'm liking Titan's stuff a lot based on early impressions. Using Gabby's Mexican family and background mixed with the upcomings of Halloween and the Day of the Dead, the reference to Aztec legend was superb! I'm a big lover of History (I'm applying for a degree shortly!) and references of this kind are most welcomed. But the beautifully inserted reference to The Aztecs and Cameca was just perfect. Absolutely wonderful! An all time favourite past story reference I think! And one that raises a question or two as the Doctor implied he'd gone back to visit her on at least two occasions after inadvertently getting engaged to her! Excellent stuff. The introduction of the Pranavores and Cerebravores was done magnificently and I loved how through emotions, whether it's empathy or fear respectively, they feed from humans without us even knowing. I found the claim intriguing that the Doctor only recently discovered the Pranavore's existence and that they were as native to Earth as any of us! The way the Cerebravores had come to the planet was far from natural though. The use of the washing machines in the laundromat being actually significant and pretty pivotal to the next part was so good I was in disbelief. How did they manage to justify washing machines? It was the bridge in which the evil psychosphere beings had passed through. So what does the Doctor do? He goes to the other side of course to stop whatever it is they're planning. After an eventful subway ride in which a monster was ingeniously defeated by a mirror, the Doctor left Gabby with his trust and a job. Despite being humorously clacked over the head by his would-be companion, it was clear he liked him and she was interested about him. She knew he was no ordinary man. And I liked that. The double cliffhanger of sorts was a fantastic way to go and has set up the next part in wonderful style. A really enjoyable read! As with part one, the rating of the full story will appear on the future blog entry of the final part of the story.