Rivers of London: Night Witch
by Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel; ill. Lee Sullivan (Titan Comics, 2016)
The graphic novel format seems tailor-made for Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, Night Witch offering commensurate strangeness but a punchier delivery than the novels (albeit in this case with glossy, night-for-day art and a manufactured plot complexity rendered damp-squibbish by the resolution).
Doctor Who: Animal
by Andrew Cartmel (Big Finish, 2011)
As Cartmel the script editor, so Cartmel the writer: an eye for the big picture; blithe on particulars. Funky musical transitions cannot enliven this ponderous, time-wasting run-around. Meantimes, Sylvester McCoy retreats into affability mode, presumably to medicate against banal and ham-fisted dialogue.
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
by Christian Darkin (BBV, 1991)
An oddity within the Doctor Who universe, The Stranger unofficially continues the Sixth Doctor’s adventures (sans copyrighted features like the TARDIS) subsequent to the show’s cancellation in 1989. This short but perfectly competent story has production values reminiscent of the Cartmel years.