When Worlds Collide

"Any world can be custom made just for you!"

Writer: Tony Lee
Format: Comic Strip
Released: June-August 2011
Printed in: DW11 #6-8

Featuring: Eleventh Doctor, Amy, Rory

Synopsis

Multiworld. A place where any world can be created around you, every detail how you please. The Doctor has brought Amy and Rory to enjoy a holiday and to meet his friend Rok Soo'Gar. There's one problem though - the Sontarans need to crash-land and their leaking fluronic gas is about to cause chaos...

Verdict

When Worlds Collide was an outstanding comic strip adventure and certainly the best of the Eleventh Doctor stories from IDW yet! In fact, I think it was the best story from the whole of the IDW run - it really was marvellous! The Multiworld setting was very intriguing and I liked that the Doctor was enacting the Wild West claiming to be Doc Gallifrey whilst Rory couldn't quite get into the acting. The Doctor's old friend of Rok Soo'Gar soon turned up and there was a little bit of reminiscing before the Sontarans arrived! They are a favoured enemy of mine and I loved that they got a full outing with the Eleventh Doctor as that was something we didn't see on television. We had Strax but not a battle fleet like here. Their arrival caused chaos and mayhem as their ship crash-landed on Multiworld with leaking fluronic gas that didn't get on with the fluctuating rift that gave the planet its world-hopping abilities. The Sontarans, the Doctor and his companions were all shattered fragments resulting in twelve different versions spread across the worlds. The Sontarans all assumed different roles but I think the cliff-hanger to part one with them being Nazis was simply sublime. Amy's reaction to that was magnificent and it really was just incredible to see. An actual Sontaran wearing the Nazi armband! Superb stuff. The Doctor getting stuck in the Jurassic era without his sonic screwdriver was good as he had to tackle Kevin who was actually a robot dinosaur. He was set in character thanks to the crash and that posed problems for the Doctor. Rory being mistaken for Billy the Kid and being sentenced to hanging was quite something too but I loved that the Marshall was called Sonny Taran. Pure genius. I loved it. Lisa appearing in all three worlds was intriguing and a good way to show the shattering of everyone thanks to the crash. She was a really great character in each but her sacrifice in Amy's on the magic carpet was the most noble. But she did it for a reason because she and Amy had discovered that there were actually thirteen different types of Sontaran. This was what the Doctor was missing. It was Rok Soo'Gar and he had quickly assumed command of the Sontaran fleet. The Doctor using the Rutans to bring them around to his way of thinking was very good. Rory having to use Excalibur to defeat Rok was good and I loved how that spoke for his command and authority. The different versions of the Eleventh Doctor working together was a delight to see and I liked their combinations in the TARDIS. Rory enjoying the company of several versions of his wife was humorous and you could hardly blame him for enjoying himself! Amy had similar thoughts towards multiple versions of her husband too. Overall, this was a brilliant comic strip adventure with excellent cliffhangers, a very pacy story and a superb plot!

Rating: 10/10