Script: Nev Fountain Art: Roger Langridge
Alien Boyfriend by Noe Geric 20/12/20
'Rose Tyler, I...' And then, the Doctor disappeared. Leaving Rose Tyler crying on the beach. Everybody thinks he was going to reveal his love for her, but The Green-Eyed Monster is the proof that the Doctor wasn't in love with Rose... but with Jackie! After a three-month coma, Rose awakens in the (apparently now featureless) TARDIS, only to find herself in a TV show! And Rose is more jealous than ever when she finds out that the Doctor and her mother are now a couple!
An interesting and very funny story from the brilliant Nev Fountain, The Green-Eyed Monster is something that couldn't have been done before the 2005 series, as it involves Rose's whole family. Mickey, Jackie and the Doctor have all another life now after her long coma, and she's jealous of them. Of course, the strip is supposed to be half-funny and half-serious, but the fun part is more present.
The panel where Jackie kisses the Doctor is perhaps the best scene of the whole DWM comic strip ever. It come as a surprise, out of nowhere. Of course, all this is a masquerade organised by the Doctor to save Rose's life, but it manages to be incredibly gripping. I always wanted to know how far Fountain would go, and I wasn't disappointed; this is a masterpiece! He turned the Davies' family drama we saw in Series One and Two with the Tyler family, into a serious parody. This is Rose's last strip in the magazine, and it's her best. Her Series 2 personality is fully explored, her love for the Doctor and her jealous attitude. Also her need to get Mickey out of the TARDIS! Ho, and there's a lot of sex jokes in all that. A very nice try!
Roger Langridge's artwork is the most appropriate for that sort of story. The only problem is that his version of the TARDIS interior seems quite empty. Even the console room looks smaller than it is on TV. But that strip also convinced me that he wasn't a bad choice for Doctor Who strips after all!
An incredible job done here, one of the most powerful strip in the Doctor Who universe, and a must-have for every fan, as it comes out of a weird idea and turns into the most incredible and surprising story of the magazine: 10/10