After reading The Weeping Angels of Mons my expectations for Titan Comics were low, but Origins somehow managed to be worse than I expected. The narrative is patronisingly simple and predictable, and the artwork is copy-pasted to an absurd degree. It’s honestly quite insulting.

I got nothing from this. I didn’t learn anything new about the Fugitive Doctor or the Division or anything else a title like “Origins” would imply. And the menagerie of creatures (including Carrionites, Tetraps, and Nimons) on the cover don’t ever appear in the comic itself.

Here’s the thing: Origins didn’t have to be great. It could afford to be mediocre because any Fugitive Doctor content is going to be eaten up by fans desperate to see more of her. But even with that in mind, the comic fails to deliver.

Hard pass. The only reason I’m not giving it a lower rating is because the story is coherent, at least, and it’s not like the book is riddled with bigotry and bad politics – it’s just weak.

CONTENT WARNINGS: genocide, evacuation, imprisonment