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Jacqueline Rayner

Auteur de The Stone Rose

89+ oeuvres 4,186 utilisateurs 142 critiques

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Œuvres de Jacqueline Rayner

The Stone Rose (2006) 761 exemplaires
Winner Takes All (2005) 528 exemplaires
The Last Dodo (2007) 393 exemplaires
EarthWorld (2001) — Auteur — 289 exemplaires
The Legends of River Song (2016) 140 exemplaires
Short Trips and Side Steps (2000) — Directeur de publication — 137 exemplaires
Wolfsbane (2003) 135 exemplaires
The Sontaran Games (2009) 128 exemplaires
Magic of the Angels (2012) 101 exemplaires
Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles (2018) 84 exemplaires
Short Trips: Companions (2003) 58 exemplaires
Short Trips: Zodiac (2002) 58 exemplaires
The Marian Conspiracy (2000) — Auteur — 57 exemplaires
Doctor Who: Tales of Terror (2017) — Contributeur — 53 exemplaires
Short Trips: The Muses (2003) 50 exemplaires
Doctor Who Files: The Doctor (2006) 50 exemplaires
The Pictures of Emptiness (2009) 49 exemplaires
Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor (2018) — Contributeur — 47 exemplaires
Short Trips: Farewells (2006) — Directeur de publication — 47 exemplaires
100 (2007) — Auteur — 37 exemplaires
Doctor Who: Legends of Camelot (2021) 35 exemplaires
Oh No It Isn't! [audio drama] (1998) — Adapter — 32 exemplaires
The Doomwood Curse (2008) — Auteur — 32 exemplaires
The Transit of Venus (2009) 28 exemplaires
Love and War [audio drama] (2012) — Adaptation — 27 exemplaires
Just War [audio drama] (1999) — Auteur — 27 exemplaires
Walking to Babylon [audio drama] (1998) — Auteur — 26 exemplaires
Doctor Who Files: Rose (2006) 26 exemplaires
Birthright [audio drama] (2003) — Auteur — 24 exemplaires
Step Back in Time: Extra Time / The Water Thief (2012) — Auteur — 24 exemplaires
Doctor Who Files: The Slitheen (2006) 24 exemplaires
The Suffering (2010) 22 exemplaires
"Merlin" the Complete Guide (2009) 22 exemplaires
Dragons' Wrath [audio drama] (2000) — Auteur — 19 exemplaires
The Highgate Horror (2016) — Auteur — 18 exemplaires
Starborn (2014) 15 exemplaires
The Eye of Torment (2015) — Auteur — 15 exemplaires
"Merlin": Potions and Poisons (1600) — Auteur — 13 exemplaires
Doctor Who: The Water Thief (2016) 13 exemplaires
The Highest Science [audio drama] (2014) 10 exemplaires
Donna Noble: Kidnapped! (2020) 9 exemplaires
Doctor Who: Imaginary Friends (2023) 8 exemplaires
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose [abridged] — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
Mindset (Blake's 7: The Classic Audio Adventures) (2015) — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
Time Apart (2020) — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
Merlin Villains Guide (2010) 6 exemplaires
The Lone Centurion - Volume 1 (2021) 5 exemplaires
Doctor Who: Collected Stories (2007) 3 exemplaires
Many Happy Returns 3 exemplaires
Doom's Day: Dying Hours (2023) 2 exemplaires
Doctor Who: The Collection [2007] (2007) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
The White Dragon (2024) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Buried Treasures — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Marian Conspiracy 1 exemplaire
Siren Song (Between The Lines) (2017) 1 exemplaire
I, Rorius 1 exemplaire
Screameager 1 exemplaire
He Loves Me Not 1 exemplaire
Suspicious Minds 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who (2015) — Contributeur — 122 exemplaires
Doctor Who: The Target Storybook (2019) — Auteur — 68 exemplaires
Short Trips: Monsters (2004) — Contributeur — 49 exemplaires
Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins (2005) — Contributeur — 48 exemplaires
Short Trips: 2040 (2004) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
The Doctor Who Storybook 2010 (2009) — Contributeur — 34 exemplaires
The Diary of River Song: Series Three (2018) — Contributeur — 22 exemplaires
Voices from the Past (2011) — Contributeur — 18 exemplaires
The Doctor Who Stories (2009) — Contributeur — 17 exemplaires
Bernice Summerfield: Epoch (2011) — Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
Doctor Who: The Darksmith Legacy (2009) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Bernice Summerfield: The Story So Far, Volume One (2018) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
In●Vision: The King's Demons (1996) — Contributor "Footprints in a Different Time" — 2 exemplaires

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Nationalité
UK
Professions
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I absolutely loved this. River is my favorite character besides the doctor so of course, I would love this. All of the stories were great but there was definitely some ones that stood out.
 
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Fortunesdearest | 8 autres critiques | Feb 2, 2024 |
That's right, the Thirteenth Doctor and the fam have ended up in the Land of Oz! Or some version of it, anyway.

I won't say this one is a huge standout among Doctor Who spinoff novels, but it's certainly entertaining enough. The Wizard of Oz elements combine in some fun ways with the Doctor Who elements, and there's some nice Classic Who continuity. (Enough so that people with a solid knowledge of old school Who can probably make a good guess as to which episode this romp in a fictional world is a sort of sequel to.) Aside from the fact that I have real trouble believing she's never read The Wizard of Oz, the Doctor's characterization feels very right, which is great. But her companions, for plot reasons, aren't really themselves for most of the story, which is too bad, as I'm someone for whom a lot of the appeal of these spinoff novels is seeing the author capture the characters' voices well. Also, I have to keep reminding myself that the modern-era Who novels are (reasonably enough) primarily aimed at children. I swear, every time I read one I experience a tiny surge of disappointment that the writing is simpler than that of the definitely-aimed-at-adults novels I remember from the 90s and early 2000s. But that's a me problem, and it didn't keep me from enjoying this.

It is pity about the giant spoiler on the front cover, but then it is the thing that got me interested in the book, so I guess I can't fault the marketing department too hard for it.
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bragan | 3 autres critiques | Aug 28, 2023 |
It was fine. Paul Magrs' story was weak, as usual, and not helped by his compulsive need to be meta.
 
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3Oranges | 4 autres critiques | Jun 24, 2023 |
Access a version of the below that includes illustrations on my blog.

The strip continues its use of rotating creative teams throughout the twelfth Doctor and Clara era. Since The Crimson Hand, the strip has always tried to do an ongoing strand when the show is off the air for protracted periods of time, but it is less consistent about if it tries to do this when the show is on. Yes, ongoing stories for the Eleven/Amy and Eleven/Clara runs, no ongoing stories for the Twelve/Clara run. I wonder what determines this? Well, presumably Scott Gray knows how to make the magic...

Space Invaders! / Spirits of the Jungle
These two stories perhaps exemplify the fault with the rotating creative team approach. This isn't to say that the stories are awful or anything—I feel a bit bad picking on them, to be honest—but they are also not up to much. Space Invaders! has a fun premise of the Doctor and Clara being in a gigantic space storage facility, but I don't feel like it does anything fun with it, as it basically becomes a fight between them and a giant monster. Similarly, Spirits of the Jungle is crammed with ideas and action, but the ideas are mostly just there; the story doesn't really do anything of note with the idea of a living jungle, or Clara encountering a Danny Pink simulation, or what have you. The fakeout ending is all too obvious: this is an area where the regular page length of a DWM strips lets the twist down. Clearly the story isn't going to wrap up on page three! It would be more effective to trick the reader into thinking it's a two-parter, and then having a cliffhanger at the end of part two.

The Highgate Horror
This is a solid enough story. Lots of atmosphere as the Doctor and Clara battle vampires in a spooky cemetery, aided by future companion Jess. But the ending—as I feel like is often the case with these two-part stories by inexperienced comics writers—seems to come out of nowhere. Like, it's ten pages of solid horror, and then the Doctor's like, "oh this previously unmentioned time thingummy can fix all out problems." But David A Roach really nails it, of course.

The Dragon Lord
"Adrian Salmon, draw dragons." Well, of course it looks great. But to be honest I found the story a bit of a muddle, and got lost, especially as the Doctor seemed very angry for reasons that I never really grasped.

Theatre of the Mind
Roger Langridge has been a recurring artist on DWM since Happy Deathday in 1998, and the main letterer of the strip since TV Action! in 1999. But Langridge is also an accomplished writer of comics, something I know from his short, lamented, but very good 2010-11 run on Thor. Here for the first time in seventeen years at DWM, he writes as well as draws... and the the result is excellent, the first strong strip in what was shaping up to be a bit of a lackluster volume. The Doctor meets old friend Harry Houdini... and of course battles aliens. Langridge has a great grasp of character voice, some good gags and imagery, and real economy of storytelling. Everything here shines in both writing and art. His caricatured style is good for capturing Peter Capaldi, of course, but I was also surprised to realize that he probably does the best Jenna Coleman of all the DWM artists?

Witch Hunt
This story I had a dim memory of reading as it came out (which was not true for the other stories here, most of which I had completely forgotten)... and I was surprised to find Clara's last DWM adventure an absolute delight. A Halloween-themed fundraiser at Coal Hill School goes horribly wrong when Clara—dressed as a witch—is sent back to the era of the witch hunts and hunted by the real Witchfinder General! It looks great of course (Clara in a simple black witch outfit is perfect) and is packed with lots of great moments: "curses" start working... but the Doctor is able to use that to his advantage by picking up a penny and giving himself luck. Clara in prison is a tour-de-force of illustration from Martin Geraghty and David Roach. There's lots of whimsy here mixed with real peril, especially when the Doctor must face down Miss Chief, a seemingly omnipotent entity who just really really gets on his nerves, the kind of enemy that Peter Capaldi's Doctor sparkles facing down. Lots of good gags, strong character moments. Jac Rayner is rapidly emerging as a new talent on the DWM strip.

The Stockbridge Showdown
Five hundred issues of DWM... commemorated by a twenty-page strip featuring Sharon, Max Edison, Izzy, Frobisher, Destrii, Majenta Pryce, (kind of) Chiyoko, Dogbolter, and Hob! With art by all the most prominent current members of the DWM art team, but also bringing back Dave Gibbons and John Ridgway! Like, what can you say against or even for such a celebratory jam? It also gets in references to DWM's two dead companions, Sir Justin and Gus... and the Gus moment is the emotional heart of the strip. "No one ever remembers Gus. Except me." This is what I think elevates it, not just using the strip's history as a source of continuity, but delivering a surprise character moment. "You see, I'm not on your list, Dogbolter... you were on mine." Finally, 413 issues later, the Doctor brings Dogbolter to justice.

It's got lots of nice moments beyond that. It's great to see a sure-of-herself Izzy, and the bit where she points out that of course she's reconciled with her parents is great; it's nice to see her and Destrii getting along; it's good to see Destrii at all (though we don't know what she's been up to) and Majenta Pryce using her powers for good. Max gets his moment in the spotlight, and we even get to visit DWM's other mainstay of a setting, Cornucopia. The way each artist is assigned their own two-page spread is very well done; we finally get to see Dan McDaid draw Majenta again, for example.

A well-earned and well-done celebration of five hundred issues. I mean, c'mon... they got Dave Gibbons to come back!

Stray Observations:
  • I think I'm getting good at pegging when David Roach is collaborating with Mike Collins and when he's not. Their styles are very sympathetic, but there's some slight differences when Roach isn't inking over Collins's pencils.
  • At thirty-eight issues, Clara has the third-longest run of any comic strip companion, behind only Izzy and Frobisher, and just edging out Amy. Not sure I would have guessed she had the longest run of any tv companion! But it kind of makes sense; there were some big hiatuses in Clara's tv tenure. (Note that this doesn't mean she appeared in all thirty-eight issues of the era, just that she was the companion for that period.)
  • Scott Gray totally ignores the fact that Dogbolter was seemingly killed off in Death's Head #8. Look, I know, but it was written and illustrated by Dogbolter's creator! And he ignores that Hob became a vengeful killing machine in The Incomplete Death's Head #6-12. I can't imagine why!
  • Maybe it would have been overegging the pudding, but I could have done with a couple more cameos at the last-page celebration of Max's birthday on Cornucopia. C'mon, throw in Horatio Lynk and Amy Johnson!
  • Okay, it feels a bit churlish to complain about this, but whenever the strip celebrates its own history, it feels to me like what it celebrates is not the entirety of that history, but just 1979-87 and 1996-present. Sure, 1987-95 was not the best era of the strip, but it often seems like Ground Zero didn't just erase the New Adventures strips, but everything involving Sylvester McCoy's Doctor at all. I'm not saying that Olla the Heat Vampire needed to pop up here... but, I dunno, give us a Muriel Frost or House on Allen Road appearance? The strip continued to introduce original characters and concepts during that run, and surely someone out there is nostalgic for them! And it's not like this period is one Scott Gray is unfamiliar with... he debuted on DWM then!
  • Say it again. Dave Gibbons! John Ridgway! Wow! They both have still got it.
  • "JUST A TRACER" WATCH: Second billing! Of course, he's not "just a tracer" in this one...
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Stevil2001 | 2 autres critiques | Mar 25, 2023 |

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Œuvres
89
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Membres
4,186
Popularité
#6,014
Évaluation
½ 3.6
Critiques
142
ISBN
140
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