The Twelfth Doctor: Year Two: The School of Death

In this fourth volume of the Twelfth Doctor’s comics, Twelve and Clara are at a remote private school off the west coast of Scotland: a boarding school for the rich and privileged, but also a place where something fishy seems to be going on. Clara is there because her friend Christel Dean (based on “The Fan Show” host Christel Dee), a teacher at the school, has disappeared. Twelve is there to keep an eye on Clara—and also because he suspects something is up.

The writing of this comic series continues to be strong and very Twelvey. Loved the appearance of the Osgoods and Kate, and cracked up at how Twelve has “doctored” his contact photo of Kate by giving her the Brig’s moustache! There is a lot to like about this comic (about the only thing I didn’t like was the scene where the Tardis accidentally materializes into the bathroom while Clara is having a bath. NOT NECESSARY!

The collection contains The School of Death and two shorter stories: The Fourth Wall and Robo Rampage. Of these two stories, The Fourth Wall is better. It makes very effective use of, you guessed it, the fourth wall—I laughed out loud! Robo Rampage, meanwhile, was OK, but the art was a bit chunky, and the whole thing was an anticlimax. It might have worked better in the middle of the collection.

I’m adoring these comics and want many, many more! ( )