Missy is the Doctor's arch enemy and played something of a trojan horse in laying the groundwork for a female Doctor. The Missy Chronicles catalogues the continuing adventures of the rogue Timelord covering the full range of the incarnation's existence.As an on-screen character, Missy was often polarising - and the adventures detailed here while not quite as divisive are certainly varied in success. On paper, Missy is rather more violent than on screen and sometimes the book dipped into the 15+ territory for gore.
My favourite of the stories here are by Goss (a darkly relevant tale of revenge by a recently regenerated Missy), Scott (Missy is asked to do Gallifrey's dirty work with grim results) and Rayner (Missy tries to mobilise women of history for her own reasons).
Verdict: Mixed bag for the Doctor's favourite frenemy.
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