The Lost Dimension

"You must be made whole, before you are torn apart."

Writers: George Mann, Cavan Scott, Nick Abadzis, Gordon Rennie & Emma Beeby
Format: Comic Strip
Released: August-November 2017
Printed in: The Lost Dimension #1-8

Featuring: Twelfth Doctor, Bill, Nardole, Jenny, Eleventh Doctor, Alice, Tenth Doctor, Gabby, Cindy, Ninth Doctor, Rose, Captain Jack, Tara, War Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Josie, Seventh Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Romana II, River Song, Third Doctor, Second Doctor, First Doctor

Synopsis

When the universe is threatened when the laws of Time, Space and Reality break down, different incarnations of the Doctor can meet. It should never happen. But this is one of those days!

The universe is collapsing, swallowed up into the void - and the people of Earth have turned against the Doctor, forcing him to team up with his past and future selves!

Verdict

The Lost Dimension was an incredible comic strip crossover! I'm not even sure if it qualifies as a single story but I see no other way to blog it. It was so big that it required two graphic novels but that space was incredibly well utilised. I absolutely loved it. The first issue of Alpha really set the scene with Jenny crashing at the university and being reunited with her Dad, although this time it was the Twelfth Doctor. Her briefly meeting Captain Jack and Tara, and losing them to the white hole, was quite unexpected. Something really wasn't right. Bill and Nardole meeting Kate Stewart and the rest of UNIT was lovely but I thought the most surprising moment of this part was the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS momentarily reverting back to that of the time of the Third Doctor and seeing him get kind of stuck in the later model. The second adventure being one for solely the Ninth Doctor was very good and I loved that Madame Vastra and Jenny accompanied him! It was a wonderful alliance and I loved how it was put to the test once it was revealed that the Doctor had deceived Vastra in telling her that she was the sole Silurian in existence. Horlak was a lovely character and I really liked that we had a mixture in the appearances of the Silurians with them coming from different clans. The Tenth Doctor's solo story was terrific as well as he battled some Classic-era Cybermen! It was lovely to see the clash of eras and I also enjoyed the importance of the Doctor realising that the Cybermen were also infected, rather than doing the infecting themselves. The Eleventh Doctor's solo story was perhaps my favourite part of the entire story! Seeing him end up on Ancient Gallifrey in the times where the Time Lords were just dabbling with TARDIS growth was simply magnificent. The idea that the TARDISes initially rejected their inner dimensions was incredible and I liked that the Doctor inadvertently became good friends with Rassilon. Touching on Gallifreyan history between Rassilon and Omega was excellent, too. The Eleventh Doctor piloting a Type-1 TARDIS was also phenomenal and I liked how that ended up being the reasoning behind the dimensional fluxes throughout time and space. The little special for Jenny was terrific and I liked how we got to see what happened to her very soon after The Doctor's Daughter. It was a nice addition in allowing us to see how she ended up where she did with the Twelfth Doctor. The prospect of Bill fancying her was a fantastic inclusion. The Fourth Doctor having his own adventure with Romana was just marvellous and having him battling versions of the Krotons, Quarks and Ogrons from other universes was simply superb! I really loved the old enemies returning, even if it wasn't quite in the traditional form. The Doctor sold how terrible the Daleks were without them even having to feature and then he used the TARDIS to show them that this universe would not be conquered. And it was all because of one man and his box. River Song's own special was decent and I loved the idea of off-world Silurians! That is something I have not considered before so I really liked that. The characterisation of her was very good and she shared quite a humorous relationship with Willard. Things started to build towards a conclusion in the Twelfth Doctor's own story but he had to brilliantly share a lot of it with the Tenth Doctor. The moment he opened the TARDIS to find his past self, Gabby and Cindy was really excellent. The dialogue between the pair was wonderful and I loved Bill's reaction to learning about the Doctor's other faces. The arrival of the Ninth Doctor into proceedings was great and his reaction to Jenny was very humorous. The finale of Omega was absolutely brilliant and I loved that all of the Doctors appeared, including a somewhat middle-aged War Doctor. I thought the Eighth Doctor staying on Earth with Josie and the other companions was terrific and I really enjoyed that the other incarnations referred to him as the romantic one. The ending was quite simply given the extraordinary build but it worked nicely. The TARDIS, the Doctor's that is, having a good old conversation with the Type-1 TARDIS and sorting things out and having it return things to where they were from the Void was very good indeed. Overall, there was just so much to love about this story! There was even a hypercube and a conversation between the Second Doctor and Alice. It really was just epic!


Rating: 10/10