Breakfast at Tyranny's Part 2

"My consciousness is switching between bodies."

Writer: Nick Abadzis
Format: Comic Strip
Released: 24th May 2018
Printed in: DWC: Tales from the TARDIS 22

Featuring: Tenth Doctor, Gabby, Cindy

Synopsis

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Life has become very strange for the Doctor, Cindy, Gabby, and Noobis. Suddenly everything about their worlds was wrong – in ways both subtle and terrifying. Did Gabby really leave the Doctor and grow old as a waitress in NYC? Has the Doctor secretly been made of plastic all along? With the help of her ‘dog’, Noobis, Cindy was the first to realize that they were trapped in a dream world. Now she must race against time to extract her friends from a waking nightmare!

Verdict

Breakfast at Tyranny's concluded in decent style wit this very good second and final part. It was quite different to what I was expecting and that was good as I loved the follow on from the cliffhanger of the first part. The Doctor seemed to have become something similar to an Auton with his sonic screwdriver being inside of his hand and the way its fingers detached to reveal the device was exactly like the plastic Nestenes that he has battled on so many occasions. I loved the idea of the Doctor being in a TARDIS showroom and the prospect of him getting to pick and choose exactly what kind of TARDIS and what instruments he wanted was terrific. He genuinely seemed excited which was lovely to see. Of course, we knew something wasn't quite right as Gabby and Cindy were the ones showing him around so it was obviously some kind of illusion and that would be further confirmed by the fact that the Doctor's actions were having an effect on more than one place. Well, what he thought to be different places but it was all actually the same place. It wasn't as confusing as I'm making it sound and it actually worked out very nicely. The wraith hounds had disappeared but were replaced by something more sinister but keener to conceal their identity. They were exploiting the Doctor, Gabby, Cindy and Anubis but Cindy wasn't as vital to them in the loop. That allowed her a pivotal position when it came to the resolution as she could call upon the telepathic powers of both Anubis and the Doctor to help break everyone free. The images of duplicate bodies surrounding the trapped and suspended real one was actually quite gruesome but I was really intrigued to see so many of the Doctor's past faces in the attire of the Tenth Doctor. It just didn't look right at all and made for quite the picture! Cindy's comment about recognising the faces from the TARDIS art gallery was also very interesting - the Doctor doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would sit for a portrait. The mystery behind the identity of Boris was good and I hope that there's some elaboration in the future. The conclusion was full of action and well-paced and we quickly returned to the Circle of Transcendence. The red knock-off of the TARDIS was really bad and the Doctor wasn't a fan at all. The creature wasn't of this universe which was intriguing as Dorothy and the Doctor were almost finished plugging the gaps before it broke through and attacked. The cliffhanger with it taking Cindy as it was defeated was unexpected and sets things up for quite an adventure. A trip to a different universe, perhaps? Overall, a very good story!

Rating: 8/10