| Title | : | Doctor Who: The Forgotten |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1600103960 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781600103964 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 |
| Publication | : | First published August 1, 2008 |
Doctor Who: The Forgotten Reviews
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Dim and
Jim read together!!!
It’s just impossible for me to not like a Doctor Who story and although I wasn’t so impressed, I found Doctor Who The Forgotten really enjoyable.
The Tenth Doctor discovers a museum dedicated to his previous incarnations and as he tries to work out what’s happening he mysteriously loses his memory of his previous lives. In order to restore his fading memories and also save the day (as usual) he has to remember events from his previous selves using all the previous doctors’ items. As a Whovian who unforgivable hasn’t see many episodes of the Original series it was awesome to see all the old Doctors in action. I am a little disappointed though because their adventures weren’t so thrilling and I believe that the writer could have done so much more with their stories. Still I really liked the main story with the Tenth Doctor especially because of the appearance of the Valeyard, the amalgamation of the darker side of the Doctor's nature. There are also some smaller things that make this story special (for me at least) such as the Clockwork Droids (top 10 Doctor’s villains), the Eight Legs and the witness of the football game during the Christmas Truce of 1914.
I recommend Doctor Who the Forgotten to all doctor who fans, especially to those who feel nostalgia for the original run. -
The Doctor and Martha find themselves trapped in a museum filled with artifacts from his past nine incarnations, and a mysterious someone who is clearly trying to kill off his current body. Flushing out his foe proves particularly challenging, as The Doctor experiences a terrible bout of memory loss. His only hope is that Martha might be able to use the artifacts to jog his recollection.
This graphic novel serves as a sort of recap episode to end all recap episodes. Readers are taken back through a singular escapade from each successive version of The Doctor in “chronological order.” (Haha! Okay, so that sounds rightly ridiculous given the wibbly-wobbliness of his jaunts across his own timelines… so let’s just say it’s in the order of the incarnations as known to the fans.) As a bonus, the rotation includes glimpses of many of his past companions.
The art style is above adequate in conveying the wide array of scenes, facial expressions, and time periods. Color is played with in a pleasingly atmosphere-setting manner for each memory/flashback, seeming set to fit both the situation and the Doctor himself (himselves? Never mind). There was a bit of inconsistency at times, however. There were a few instances where #10’s face resembled a pug dog… and at about the halfway point, Martha is almost unrecognizable for several pages. But overall I have to give kudos to the illustrators for handling the variables and managing to capture so many iconic faces.
The tenth Doctor is my personal favorite, so I may be a touch bias.
It was good to see his personality shine through with distinction. For fans like me who are less familiar with the Doctors prior to the millennial reboot, this book also serves as a bit of an Cliff’s Notes education on his previous incarnations and companions. -
Jim and
Dim read together!!!
Dimitris and me choose “The Forgotten” for our first buddy read and I can say it was quite a good choice. Now I have got to say that ”The Forgotten” is for Whovians and I don’t think that you will enjoy it as much if you are not a fan. Luckily we both are huge fans.
The Doctor wakes up in a strange place with no memory, no sonic screwdriver and NO TARDIS. This place is a museum and very soon the Doctor finds out that this museum is dedicated to… well to himself. In order to help him get his memories and his strength back, Martha (oh yeah I forgot she’s there too) brings him exhibits and ask him to tell her the stories behind them. Each exhibit is the story of a different Doctor and although the stories are not that good it’s still nice to see all the regenerations of our favorite Time Lord.
Now who is behind this? Read it and find out. All I want to say is Buddy reads are cool -
This is a great comic book for the fans of Classic Who.
... but I'm probably not the right person to say this, considering that I've only seen a couple of Classic Who episodes and this is the first time I've read a Doctor Who comic book.
The story: The Tenth Doctor and Martha end up in a museum full of things that have something to do with The Doctor, but then The Doctor loses most of his memories. What follows is a whole lot of flashbacks featuring each of the previous incarnations of The Doctor. Each flashback has it's own little story and there's always something that will help The Doctor get out of his current trouble.
I liked the story a lot. There are plenty of good lines and some very unexpected scenes. It's very sad in places because it reminds you of everything The Doctor went through and all the people he's lost. How strange it must be for Martha to hear about those memories and people who used to be in her place. I thought the art could have been better, but I can't judge exactly how good it was, because the copy I received was of very poor quality.
Like I said before, I don't know much about Classic Who, so I don't know how correct the characterizations of previous Doctors are in this book, but I can say that I enjoyed them and now I'm even more interested in watching the original series. -
This was a bit weird to read, because I found myself liking it less for the actual story being told and more for the individual stories concerning the Doctor's previous incarnations. I think that is pretty much the crux of the book, as well... it is much less about the overarching story being told (which, insofar as Doctor Who fare goes, is a bit lackluster and feels patched to the point of irrelevance) and more about the vignettes concerning Doctors 1 through 9. The individual stories are brief but poignant, especially if you're a Doctor Who fan of old, all of them are well told and capture the essence of their subject masterfully. As for the narrative tying it all together, well, you could have almost left it out entirely and still had a great guide the Doctors old to young.
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Cute enough, with beautiful art in the first two issues. I liked seeing a little bit of everyone, but there was barely a coherent plot and I somehow totally missed how it was resolved. I'm sad that the art in the third issue was by far the worst because I would have liked to see Five, Tegan, and Turlough with better illustrations that looked more like them. I'm glad it somewhat bounced back from the fourth issue on. It wasn't really anything special, but I've somehow put off reading this volume since it came out in 2009 so I'm glad I finally got around to it.
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http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1354745.html[return][return]The Tenth Doctor wakes up in a mysterious museum which appears to contain relics of his past lives; tended by Martha Jones, he finds himself reliving certain experiences of each of his previous nine incarnations, until he works out what is really going on. (Set shortly after Journey's End.)[return][return]With any multi-Doctor story, you have to assess the writer's success in characterising each Doctor (and companions), and with comics you have to grade the artists' ability to depict the actors' faces as well. The Forgotten scrapes a pass mark on both counts. There are some seriously jarring notes in both the One/Ian and Three/Brigadier scenes, which suggests that Tony Lee doesn't quite get the male companions (Jack Harkness is in the vicinity but unseen at a later point in the narrative). And unfortunately Stefano Martino, the artist for issue 3, is rather awful at portraying Ten, Four and Five. (Pia Guerra and Kelly Yates are at least adequate for the other five issues.)[return][return]At the same time there is definitely cause for fannish glee. There are an awful lot of companions featured here (in order: Susan, Ian, Barbara, Steven, Jamie, Zoe, the Brigadier, Jo, Sarah, Harry, Leela, Romana II, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion [!], Peri, Mel, Ace, Rose and Martha) and most of them are at least half-decently done. Putting aside my whining about the recognisability of the faces, the art is excellent. The story has a certain internal integrity and ties in rather well (as it turns out) to New Who's Season Four, though with a decent number of continuity references to the whole of the series. Thoroughly good fun." -
Mostly okay. The most egregious sin the book committed was using the word 'inning' instead of the British style singular 'innings'.
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Doctor Who: The Forgotten by Tony Lee started as a six issue comic. I read it as a bound graphic novel volume.
Martha and the Doctor arrive in a museum dedicated to the Doctor and his exploits. Someone though is calling the shots. The price is the Doctor's memories. By reliving previous adventures, one from each regeneration he finds he can regain his memories.
The Forgotten was a fun romp through the previous Doctors, though not as imaginative as the webcomic, The Ten Doctors. The end, though, has a nice resolution though that predates Gaiman's writing for the television series.
The artwork is good. The Doctor in all his different forms is recognizable. The oldest ones are drawn in black and white. -
This was really enjoyable! Especially nr 1-5. I found nr 6 a bit too much tho, I'm not sure why.
The Doctor is stuck in a Museum with objects of his past, but he can't remember any of it. With the help from a beloved companion he relives stories from the past that are connected to certain objects and slowly makes it through all the doctors and companions this way. While being attacked of course!
Doctor Who fans will certainly enjoy this, I know I did! It has the right amount of weirdness, Doctor antics and danger.
Illustrations: 3.5 stars
Story: 3.5 stars
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It is great to be able to read a story that has all the Doctors rather than just a recent one. I wish each doctor had gotten an issue rather than a third of an issue, though it would have made this volume a beast.
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The Dr. and Martha are stranded in a strange museum dedicated to him. The displays include preferred clothing and an item for each of his previous incarnations. Unfortunately, he has no memory of any of them. Having lost these pieces of himself he is failing fast. It is up to Martha to jog his memory by using those items. The story shares an adventure with each Dr. and a few of his companions. But "everything is not as it seems." New fans are introduced to old Doctors and companions. As an older fan who began with the Classic Who, I loved the jaunt down memory lane.
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4.5 stars.
I enjoyed reading this graphic novel and the twists and turns towards the end of this were completely unexpected.
It's a shame that majority of the IDW Doctor who graphic novel series isn't in print anymore because I wanted to read more of them. -
IDW is an American comic publisher that has used the new series to write on new and old - this is a decent multi doctor story with a twist involving .....
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Awful art. Infantile writing. Truly a waste of ink and paper.
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An entertaining look at previous versions of The Doctor . I enjoyed the First Doctor, third Doctor and Fifth Doctor segments of this story.
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For my dad who loves Dr Who.
It was good but complex if you haven’t seen the old Dr Who. -
Multi-Doctor stories can go either way. Fortunately the story here is more This is Your Life than The Two Doctors. The more Doctor Who you've seen the more you'll get out of this. I've seen at least one story by each of the first ten Doctors, with the exception of Patrick Troughton's second Doctor (soon to be remedied—Tomb of the Cybermen will be with me next week). Thus each of the ten Doctors in the story, and a smattering of the numerous old companions that appear, was played brilliantly by the relevant actor in my head. The script is good enough to stand on its own, but it's thoroughly enhanced with William Hartnell's doddering crotchetiness, Tom Baker's bemused baritone, Paul McGann's sad resolution, and so on. And then there was that wonderful line courtesy of David Tennant's tenth Doctor early on in the first part, when he and Martha discover a room dedicated to the previous nine incarnations of the Doctor, complete with each of their favoured outfits and paraphernalia. After Martha despairs at some of these vestimentary horrors, the tenth Doctor defends his former selves: "Come on, Martha — everyone has fashion disasters in their past. Their scarves, their hats, their… vegetation."
As far as the artwork goes it's pretty good for the most part, with plenty of background tidbits for long time fans of the show to spot. There's an odd moment when the Doctor's shoes change colour after the first story, but maybe there's some deep reason behind that which I didn't get. And the art in the third part is a little jarring compared to the earlier work, but I believe that's due to a mixture of unavoidable and unpleasant circumstances, so I'm obviously not going to complain.
All in all, if you're a fan of all things Doctor Who, both new and old, then this is a great collection. And if you're not a fan, then you're a bad, bad person. -
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who slowly getting closer (but not by much, it’s only April after all) what better way to get ready than with a graphic novel that shows all the Doctors in their glory? The Forgotten is exactly that and I think any Whovian would really enjoy this one.
The Doctor (Ten) and Martha have found themselves in a rather strange museum where all the displays are dedicated to the Doctor’s long life. All starts out rather normally but he starts to loose his memories and all of the things he pointed out to Martha now mean nothing to him, and to make matters worse someone is trying to harm him. So one by one he must recover the memories of his past incarnations.
As most of the new Whovian haven’t had many chances to watch the older incarnations it’s a nice little intro to their personalities and what the Doctor was going through at the time. There is a flashback devoted to each Doctor, 1 through 9, and you even get to see his companions in action too. Though maybe not in a way you expect. I thought it was really amazing to see Ten deal with all the memories that he normally doesn’t talk about, and how seeing his old companions really affects him. I couldn’t help but feel for him, there is so much heartache that he has to go through very quickly as he remembers those he left, those who left him, and those who died. We even get a nice little treat towards the end that has me really looking forward to see what they do with the 50th anniversary special.
By now most know that I’m not fond of artist shifts so it should be no surprise when I say I wasn’t fond of it here. All of the art is solid but it’s different styles and I like consistency in a single story. However it doesn’t detract from the story and I would still say that this is a must for all die hard Whovians (if you like graphic novels). It’s a fun read and you get to find out some rather interesting tidbits.
I received this in exchange for an honest review. -
I think I just read one of the most beautiful stories of Doctor Who.
This story can be compared to an episode in which they use material from a lot of previous episodes. Like a lot of shows do these days (mostly to save money...), with a minor story in the background.
So what makes this story so special then? Well...
The Doctor and Martha land in what seems to be a museum. Not just any museum, but a museum which showcases the life and adventures of the Doctor.
Once the Doctor reaches a room where all his former outfits are shown, the story-telling can begin.
The Doctor tells us a short story of every incarnation. These stories are based on the accesoires that are shown with the outfit, like the 'psychic paper', a cane,...
Admitted, not every flashback story is as interesting as the other. But it's so nice to see a glimpse of an adventure you never saw on television.
And just when you think this book is just a flashback story, the background story of the museum gets really interesting.
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This was an enjoyable read, but I think that fans who are familiar with all of the Doctor's regenerations and subsequent companions will get a little more enjoyment out of it than those who are only familiar with the last 3 doctors or those who are only passingly familiar with the older series.
I enjoyed all of the little cameo appearances that occur throughout the comic (at least those that I knew, I haven't made it through most of the old series yet). It is written well and manages to keep you guessing who the villain is up until the second to the last issue, and even then it gives you a solid "wait... WHAT?" moment.
The artwork is serviceable, it's not the most beautiful I've seen and it's not the worst I've seen. There were definitely moments where I thought to myself that the Doctor didn't look right or the companion didn't look right, but overall it's well done.
The following paragraph provides some story details, but there are no real spoilers, everything I discuss happens within the first issue.
The premise of the story, "Who is the Doctor without the memories of his past selves?", is definitely interesting and does have some promise but I don't feel it was really explored fully. In fact I never really felt that he was any different than he ever is, there was no real sense of loss when he supposedly forgets his past regenerations, especially since he begins remembering them (via flashbacks) almost immediately.
The setting of the story is very memorable, but again, I wish it was explored more fully. A museum dedicated to the Doctor? All of his exploits on display? How cool would that be?
Overall, the writing is good, the art is serviceable, and the ideas are excellent (amazing even), but the execution is lacking and the overall experience falls a little flat. 3.5 out of 5. -
I am a Dr Who fanatic, a true whovian. I started watching Dr Who as a kid when To Baker was the Dr. I have gotten my sons addicted to Who by watching the entire seasons 1-6 of the new Who on Netflix. This graphic novel wa a treat to read. I won't spoil anything in this review.
The story stars with Dr Who (of the David Tennant era) and Martha in a museum. Martha was not my favorite companion by any means but it was fun seeing here again. As they start exploring the museum, it turns out that everything in the museum has some relationship to the Dr. The more they explore, the more the Dr loses his memory. To get his memory back, Martha suggests that he remember his past lives.
Honestly, the story itself is kind of lame. Actually, it's much like the lamer Dr Who episodes that seem to happen infrequently on the series. Nothing really memorable here.
What makes the read a good one is that when the Dr remembers each past life, the story switches to a vignette of that Dr's life. A flashback to the previous doctor and a bit of a story, usually 3 or 4 pages worth. It was so much fun re-meeting the older doctors and their companions. I never really new the 8th doctor and he has his part here.
The flashback scenes mostly have to do with an object that doctor was fond of: bessie, jelly babies, a walking cane, etc.
If you are not a whovian, don't bother with this. There are much better things to read and I'd suggest starting with the new series anyway. If you are a whovian, you should not miss out on this. It's a collection of doctors, an anthology of companions.
It's a fairly quick read at 76 pages. The graphics are pretty good but don't expand well on a large monitor. The text is readable up to very high resolutions but the graphics are better seen at a resolution to low to read the text.
It's worth the price. I recommend it to the right crowd. -
Tony Lee & Pia Guerra, “Doctor Who: The Forgotten” (2009)
Interesting and nostalgic illustrated comic
Chapter One “AMPUTATION”
Cool wardrobe of previous incarnation's costumes.
Chapter Two “RENEWAL”
Clever how the first two Doctors' stories are in black & white, like the original TV series. The 3rd Doctor gets colour.
Chapter Three “MISDIRECTION”
What an awesome title page image of a game of cricket played by the 4th, 5th and 10th Doctors.
However the quote, “End of the sixteenth inning, and only five out ..” is clearly wrong, that's not how cricket is played. Maybe an American-Korean injected influence.
Chapter Four “SURVIVAL”
The 7th Doctor is called 'professor' by Ace.
Chapter Five “REVELATION”
Chapter Six “REUNION”
“You see, no Time Lord is just a single person. We are the sum of all our past lives. And when you deal with one of us … You deal with all of us. Hello. We're the Doctor. From Gallifrey.”
Susan: “Look to the light, Grandfather. Ignore the darkness ahead … Goodbye.
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Blurb:
Stranded in a strange Museum that's dedicated to him, and with no TARDIS in sight, The Doctor and Martha must make sense of their surroundings, hindered by one small fact - The Doctor has lost his memories of every one of his previous incarnations! With items relevant to each Doctor in their possession, The Doctor must try to use them to regain his memories before it's too late, starting with his earliest incarnation's memories, involving Susan, Barbara, and Ian... but quickly moving on to Zoe and Jamie, and more! This all-new series written by Tony Lee (Starship Troopers) features artist Pia Guerra in her first monthly comic since Y The Last Man. -
I've never really gotten into the Doctor Who as much as I would've liked. Believe me, I've tried. Especially the newer ones, but I guess it was, no offense intended, too British for me.
Which is too bad because when looking into the backstory of Doctor Who, I found I loved it. I loved the idea of each Doctor regenerating into a new person when necessity demanded it. Loved the idea of a companion, a multitude of them. And, of course, the Tardis. Despite the weirdness of it, it works.
so I was happy to find a Doctor Who title(other than Michael Moorcock's The Coming of the Terraphiles) that I really liked. So the good Doctor and his companion finds a museum showcasing the Doctor himself and his entire past incarnations. But the doctor is stricken with memory loss and he has to rely on the objects within the museum to remember a piece of his own history, and henceforth, also learn a clue to the next step towards escaping the museum.
The vignettes of the Doctor's varied lives was the best part. You see his generosity, his heroism, and you see how each doctor approaches the problem in each one's unique way.
And it's not too shabby that it's drawn by Pia Guerra. Great read. -
On the surface this is a fun story and it's great to see so many references to the classic series in one arc but the trouble is this has been done before, three times as far as I can count, and so it's all a little bit fluff and no substance for my liking (like much of the Nu-Who output IMO).
One of my biggest problems with the new series as a whole is the self-referential element, the way the Doctor appears to be an actor playing the Doctor who also knows he's an actor playing the Doctor etc etc, well that effect is quite strong here and put me off the story to some extent.
The writing is decent enough, but patchy and prone to cliche and in-jokes (see self-referential). The artwork is extremely patchy, with the quality ranging from awesome to barely adequate. Overall it's a disappointing title but there is enough to hook Who fans, classic and new, and it is certainly worth the effort. The three stars come mainly for the fact that I wasn't expecting to get misty eyed right at the end - read it and find out why - that part was handled expertly. -
Ten se réveille amnésique au milieu d’un musée qui lui est consacré. Il y retrouve Martha, qui semble connaître bien plus de choses qu’elle ne le devrait, et qui va l’aider à retrouver la mémoire en lui faisant revivre certaines aventures arrivées à ses incarnations précédentes.
Ce tome là est bien plus réussi que Agent Provocateur. On garde le même fil conducteur tout le long de l’ouvrage et on voyage avec de courtes histoires dans le passé du Docteur.
Même si elles offrent parfois une caractérisation étrange (je n’ai jamais vu One aussi méchant sans raison), certaines sont vraiment très belles comme celle de Nine et des soldats jouant au football entre les tranchées de la Première Guerre Mondiale.
Le seul point faible vient peut être du méchant, prenant une apparence étrange, entre Ten-Two et le Master, et dont je n’ai pas compris l’objectif réel.
Le but véritable de cette histoire étant en réalité de pouvoir montrer tous les Docteurs, sur ce point, c’est très réussi. -
This was a really cute addition to the Doctor Who Universe but was more slightly geared to fans of the original show as well as the renewed series. There were flashbacks to each previous doctor but all of the references were totally lost on me as I have never seen any episodes from show old show. Although it was nice to see the older fashions. The vignettes were so short you don't really get to know the older docs too much, but it was a nice mini introduction.
The Tardis also made an amazing addition to this book character wise. I loved getting a glimpse into the ships mindset. The plot started out really interesting but became a bit convoluted. In the end I understood what was happening but it took me a while to get there.
All in all if you are a huge Doctor Who fan you should read this just because it's Doctor Who, but if not I really wouldn't bother. -
I have to say this is probably the best doctor who story I've ever read that's not from Dr. who magazine, basically the doctor in his 10th incarnation awakens to find Martha Jones and himself in a museum in which he is the main exhibit, With massive memory loss he sets off to rediscover his past incarnations in the hopes of regaining his memory and saving their lives
Though each of the doctors as written in this miniseries do not truly reflect the TV personas of the characters it's real cool to see the first through ninth doctors in flashback stories and at some point in the story we see the companions from the past it was so fun to see Adric Nyssa Kameleon Steven and the others but then again I'm a big Dr. Who nerd
All in all it's a fun read but nowhere near as good as the marvel UK/Panini's epic stories from doctor who magazine
