The second volume in the 11th Dr. Who Graphic Novels. This one has two very interesting stories. First they (Rory, the Doc, and Amy) get transported by the Tardis to 9th century Earth and wind up in the middle between the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Then they try to take a vacation world with a dimensional fracture that makes it so there are tons of different stories and times that you can participate in. But, they get interrupted by a crashing Sontaran ship, and then, yikes, tons of Sontarans, Rorys, Amys, and Doctors.

I liked both stories, but, the character I liked best was Kevin the dinosaur in the second story. He was great. The art seemed a bit better than the last two too, but, I still liked the story more than the art. ( )

There are two stories here, curiously undifferentiated in the collection. The first, only an issue long, has the Doctor, Amy, and Rory playing soccer with Anglo-Saxons, and it is not as fun as that description ought to imply.

The rest of the volume is made of what I can only assume is the title story. It's one of those tales where time zones get all mashed together, and to be honest, I find those tedious if they have no more substance than that-- Doctor Who long ago passed the point where temporal juxtaposition was innately interesting. Thankfully, this one does have a little bit of something to offer, mainly an army of temporal duplicates of the TARDIS crew, Sontarans on flying carpets, and a robotic dinosaur named Kevin. Also, Matthew Dow Smith's artwork, which is one of the real high points of IDW's Doctor Who stories over all. When Worlds Collide isn't great, but it's an above-average adventure for the range.

There was a brilliant review here earlier that GoodReads somehow devoured. It went

something Vikings something something Westworld something talking dino named Kevin! something something something


Library copy ( )

vol. 2