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52 (review)

2007-05-07T20:19:37Z

Rip Hunter: Look around you, Booster. There's so much more happening out there than we could ever have imagined. That's not 'broken', that's the way things should be. Welcome to a universe of possiblity. (#52)

General Information

Title: 52 #27-52

Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid.

Artists: Keith Giffen, Phil Jiminez, Darick Robertson, Rodney Ramos, Giuseppe Camuncoli et al.

Covers by J.G. Jones and Alex Sinclair.

Supporting features by Mark Waid, Ivan Reis, Phil Jiminez, Scott McDaniel et al.

Review Warning: Spoilers

When 52 was announced I had some serious doubts. Doubts about the ability of four writers to put out a comic a week for a whole year; about maintaining a consistently decent quality of art with such tight deadlines; about dragging out plots to what…

Pete Tyler (person)

2007-04-09T13:22:14Z

Doctor Who - The New Series

Pete Tyler

Played by: Shaun Dingwall (2005-2006)

Age: Approx. 30 in 1987.

Occupation: Entrepreneur.

Doctor: The Ninth Doctor, The Tenth Doctor.

Season One Pete Tyler is the father of Rose Tyler, The Doctor's first companion in the new series. Although Pete likes to imagine that he's a businessman, he's really just a small-time dodgy dealer in the Del Boy mould, buying items of dubious provenance and value and trying to sell them for more than they're worth.

By the time of the first episode of the new series Pete Tyler was already dead, having been killed in a traffic accident when Rose was just a baby. Rose asked The Doctor to take her back in time so that she could witness his death and come to terms with it. He did so, but afterwards…

Donna Noble (person)

2007-04-09T11:46:22Z

Doctor Who - The New Series

Donna Noble

Played by: Catherine Tate (2006)

Age: Approx. 30 in 2008.

Occupation: Secretary.

Doctor: The Tenth Doctor.

Season Two Donna Noble is a loud, pushy woman from Chiswick, England in the 21st Century. Although she only appears in one full story and makes a cameo appearance in another episode, the BBC counts her as an official companion of The Doctor.

She made a surprise appearance on the bridge of the TARDIS in the last scene of season two. A surprise for her because the last thing she knew she was walking up the aisle to be married, and a surprise for The Doctor because he was orbiting a dying sun at the time.

Season Three The quirky cliffhanger was picked up in sp.04, "The Runaway Bride", when it emerged that Donna's body had been…

The Runaway Bride (thing)

2007-04-08T21:00:03Z

Doctor Who - The New Series

sp.04: "THE RUNAWAY BRIDE"

TX: 25 December 2006

Written by: Russell T. Davies

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Running time: 60' 14"

Location: London, Earth/the solar system

Date: 25 December 2007/the creation of the Earth

Monsters and villains: The Empress of Racnoss (a giant spider-alien), The Santas (nasty robotic Santa Clauses).

Plot Synopsis: The mysterious appearance of a bride in the TARDIS control room distracts The Doctor from his grief, but she is no ordinary stowaway - and something inside her has the power to threaten the Earth itself.

Saxon spotting: The tanks open fire on the spaceship under the orders of Prime Minister Saxon.

Trivia: (1) Mr Saxon is the Prime Minister in this…

Doomsday (thing)

2007-04-07T23:10:42Z

Doctor Who - The New Series

2.13: "DOOMSDAY"

TX: 8 July 2006

Written by: Russell T. Davies

Directed by: Graeme Harper

Running time: 46' 13"

Location: London, Earth/Alternate universe London

Date: 2007/2010

Monsters and villains: The Cybermen (human brains encased in robot bodies), The Daleks (mutants genetically engineered to feel nothing but hate for all non-Dalek life forms).

Tardisode Synopsis: A newsreader reports on the escalating Dalek/Cyberman war before being exterminated by invading Daleks.

Plot Synopsis: Earth is caught in the crossfire of a war between the Daleks and the Cybermen, but The Doctor can't save both humanity and Rose Tyler.

Smug…

Army of Ghosts (thing)

2007-04-01T22:00:25Z

Doctor Who - The New Series

2.12: "ARMY OF GHOSTS"

TX: 1 July 2006

Written by: Russell T. Davies

Directed by: Graeme Harper

Running time: 43' 16"

Location: London, Earth

Date: 2007

Monsters and villains: The Cybermen (human brains encased in robot bodies).

Tardisode Synopsis: A reporter finds himself betrayed by his editor and committed to an insane asylum for getting too close to the truth about Torchwood.

Plot Synopsis: Ghosts are walking the Earth, the mysterious Torchwood Institute has an otherworldly orb hidden in its laboratories and an old evil is just hours away from wiping the planet clean of all life.…