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Yes that was my little swipe at people that thought the War Doctor was perhaps the Master or the Valeyard despite having 'as the Doctor' in big flaming letters right next to him the very first time he appeared.

I love the Valeyard, you might have noticed, but I really do get tired of all the 'It's the Valeyard!' yelling each time someone vaguely resembling him or an aspect of him appears. The only exception being the Dream Lord, I mean just look at the direction of 'Amy's Choice' compared to 'The Ultimate Foe'. Not only have the same root (darkest part of the Doctor type stuff), but the teleportation plot device they both use are directed identically!

Anyway, safe to say this new 10 is not the Valeyard, he's just what he appears to be, an earlier form of 10.

Jim was saying to me the other day how chuffed he was that we had enough strips that we could do flashbacks. For my part I was ecstatic to finally address the 8 to 9 regeneration we did in one of early strips. It's been annoying me ever since 'Day of the Doctor'.

In other news I've started back with Loose Canons, a conversation about self publishing with a friend of mine has given me the much needed kick I was needing, More on that in the coming weeks...

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I honestly hadn't thought too much about it when I first started coming up with the idea of 'In Print'. I just knew that I loved the old multi Doctor stories and the fact that the Doctor can never get on with himself. I'd just finished re-watching them all, mostly because I'd read 'Cold Fusion' by Lance Parkin shortly before that and it had made me nostalgic.

Lets all be thankful that it wasn't Paul Cornell's entry for the 'Timewyrm' series instead, if I'd read that before I started doing 'In Print' then I would never have started.The trip into the Doctor's mind in that book is very, very close to how I see the strip's reality working, although Paul's version has more ambition and scope. That and some of the imagery featuring the poor 5th Doctor just wouldn't work for the humourous tone of 'In Print'.

Luckily though I read 'Timewyrm: Revelations' months into the strip's run. I spent about a fortnight panicking about it though.

Anyway, the point is that I just plonked 7 and 8 down in the TVM TARDIS and figured that people wouldn't question the logic of that given that this was a blatantly non-cannon comic strip.

I underestimated the pedantry of Whovians.

The above strip chronicles my various attempts to explain just what's going on. Although Handles puts it most succinctly, my favourite remains the Shalka Doctor's explanation.

In other news I've been reading 'Engines of War' the last few days. It's not been sold as such, but it is definitely a PDA. It ticks all the boxes; features a past Doctor and is published by the BBC. I'm halfway through and loving it so far. If I'm reading it right it also features a semi regular member of our cast, but I'll confirm that on Gallifrey Base once I've finished reading it, not before.

 Plans are still a little in flux for next week, but rest assured we have a Plan A and Plan B. So there'll be something new for you guys. See you then!

THE INFINITES Strip 24

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We now know that John Hurt played the real, official 9th Doctor, but that Christopher Eccleston is still referred to as the 9th according to Steven Moffat (and I can't fault his reasoning). But before this most recent confusion there were still other contenders for the office of the 9th Doctor.

The Shalka Doctor (or is that the Great Intelligence? The lines are blurring slightly) was the official 9th Doctor for an incredibly short period of time before RTD was able to announce his newest project to the world.

The Fatal Death Doctor also has a claim, albeit a bit more tenuously, as he appeared on a BBC sanctioned project and was under the stewardship of one Steven Moffat.

We've glossed over this subject once before, but I thought it deserved to be revisited for the Grand Tour.

In other news Jim has created a Facebook group for In Print. I would urge you all to join it, especially if you've not been getting all of our updates. We've found that although we have about 5,000 of you liking us on Facebook that each update tends to reach less than 200 of you. Being part of the group means that you should see each and every update. We've also been showing off pre-strip sketches and alternate designs for some characters. Come and join us, it's going to be fun!



   

IN PRINT - Place holder

The final stage of Con Wars will be with us very soon.

In the mean time you can enjoy a place holder strip that Jesse came up with.

Back soon...

IN PRINT EPISODE 70

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And........... cut!

That's 'Paradox Now' done. For now at any rate. There's still a few unanswered questions and that's not accidental. Feel free to speculate in the comments section.

The next few arcs drawn by Jim are considerably shorter, but will still help set the stage for the coming year. But first we return you to Nesshead and the 'Grand Tour'.

Which raises a point. We've started doing the arcs in blocks rather than swapping week about between Jim and Nesshead. What do you guys think? Do you prefer it this way or did you like alternating? Let us know!

That's all I have to say just now. My eldest daughter was up most of last night and I'm not nearly as awake as I would like to be.

Hope you guys enjoyed the arc and we'll see you next week.

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IN PRINT EPISODE 63

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Right. Well.

I rather enjoyed that.

Lots to talk about. Lots to discuss. However for various reasons not all the team has seen it yet, so I'm going to wait until next week to tell you what I thought of it.

Short version: I really enjoyed it. It had a few flaws, but they're very easy to forgive given the sheer amount of things they got right.

The only other thing I'll say is that I am totally in love with the character of the curator. One single scene and I already love him.

Oh yeah and there's a strip. Stuff happens, but in 1D rather than 3D. We'll have more for you next week. We'll be releasing them as Jim finishes drawing them so keep your eyes peeled.

I'm off to watch it on my telly now. Won't be as cool as 3D on the big screen, but there are a couple of moments that demand revisiting.

I'm going to file it under research for the strip....



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IN PRINT EPISODE 62

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So that's what happens, you get five versions of the same Time Lord regenerating at once.

Right, be honest; who was expecting that?

Jim really knocked that one out of the park didn't he? So, yeah, everything just changed in the In Print Verse. We've lost two of our cast and those that are still around have post regenerational trauma and a new wardrobe to deal with. At least they will have once they deal with the Grandfather.

Presuming they do deal with the Grandfather that is...

Right, I'm booked to see 'The Day of the Doctor' at 9.30pm UK time, presuming my wee girl is doing ok. Jim's going at the same time, but to a different showing (a shame really). Anyone trying to discuss the Special with us before we've finished seeing it will be ignored. Sorry guys, I've gone this long without spoilers...

See you on the other side!

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IN PRINT EPISODE 61

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Nope, it's not good. Not good at all.

I've just shoe horned in a Star Trek joke. Oh well.

"A chronologically advanced and evil version of Movie boy." I'd forgotten I'd gone for that description. That works a lot better than my attempt at describing the Grandfather yesterday. 

So, one of our Doctors is no more. What do you think happens when part of the Doctor's hard drive gets wiped? I mean apart from Matt Smith rolling on the floor in pain that is.

You'll get to find out tomorrow. I'm sure it'll be the highlight of your day.

Can't imagine there's anything else happening...



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IN PRINT EPISODE 60

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What can I say; TNG was big back in the 90s and up until last week that was the best place to find 8.

It's not Captain Picard of course, it is in fact Grandfather Paradox. If I haven't mentioned before he's a slightly future and pretty evil version of 8. We've tweaked him a bit for the purpose of the strip. We've crossed the facial features of 8 and 9, mainly because the description of him in the books is a little like 9. The clothes are also a mix of the two Doctors and as luck would have it is a pretty close echo to the War Doctor. Our re-design pre-dated the reveal of the War Doctor costume by the way...

Anyway, I need to skip ahead 24 hours. As you may have noticed this strip has appeared on Thursday, this is because we're going daily from here through to the day after the 50th Special. So we'll see you back here tomorrow with the next part of Paradox Now.
Well I'll see you in a few moments, but you get my drift...

IN PRINT EPISODE 58

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Right, so you ight have noticed that this isn't the next instalment of The Grand Tour fro The Infinites. You're right; it isn't. Nesshead has been having problems with his mouse pad and is a little behind schedule. I can relate; my 'm', comma apostrophe and @ key are all broken and I'm having to use the On-Screen Keyboard to access them. It's a really annoying issue. 

So instead we have the next instalment of Paradox now instead and we've invoked fan service and continuity as a result. Colin Baker's beard was a fan request. These are written and drawn in advance so I forget who exactly asked for the beard -I tried looking back over past conversations with Jim, but we text/Email/PM quite a bit so it's a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack- but I' pretty sure it was one of the two Steves. The Two Steves (who needs The Two Doctors?) are pretty active on our Facebook page and when one of them suggested we should use Colin Baker's beard in the strip we felt it was only fair to oblige, also it was a pretty good way of differentiating between Six and the imposter. 

We saw Six making his break for freedom a short while back and we've been hinting for a while that the six that had been in the strip from the beginning wasn't all he seemed. This revelation puts this strip in an entirely new light I feel. 

It's almost as if I have a plan....

I started a new project this last week. I've started planning a book. The plan, at this stage, is that I'll write a book about the non-canon Doctors, a guide really. I'm quite excited about the idea and I'm currently working on putting a pitch together for it. The chapter summery is already in place. So if any of you happen to publish Who non-fiction books or some one who does then feel free to get in touch...

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IN PRINT EPISODE 57

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And so it begins. Paradox Now is going to be replacing our Christmas Special this year and as such it will be running all the way through November. In fact we are hoping to update a lot more during November, not quite daily, but certainly more than once a week.

Jim's is working away on the buffer just now, and as November begins we will make a decision on the update schedule. This is the real reason the Classic Doctors are not appearing in 'The Day of the Doctor' you know, we had them booked.

In regards to today's strip, I always wondered just what that equipment was really used for when I saw the TV movie. I mean, really, it does look as if it was designed for torture or for, well, you know....

As for Grandfather Paradox? He's from the books, the EDAs specifically. I was always struck by the coincidental similarities he shared with the 9th Doctor, you couldn't have planned it really. Jim has taken elements of 8 and 9 to create our version of the Grandfather. The leather coat and the umbrella are my contributions. The umbrella to note the fact that the Grandfather was first mentioned in 'Christmas on a rational planet' which was a NA.

So, for everyone who thought the Valeyard was the big bad? Well keep watching....

Round three of the Grand Tour next week, then we will return to Paradox Now.

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IN PRINT EPISODE 55

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Actually we don't tend to talk about Series 23. Mostly because it was a dark time to be a Whovian; The Trial that made up that series was more than a little metaphorical and its extended suspension was in serious danger of becoming cancellation.

Colin Baker gets a lot of the blame for what happened, but he just hasn't earned any of that blame. I love what he did with the material he was given at the time and Big Finish has shown us the heights that his Doctor could have reached given a proper chance. His recent reading of the Rings of Akhaten hammers that point home even more.

Who else would love to see other Classic Doctors reading New speeches? Paul McGann reciting 10s description of the Time War from The End of Time? Peter Davison reading the Doctors description of who is is from Rose?

Tom Baker reading the end credits?

But I digress (these shoes!), Series 23 has something else for which it should be remembered the Valeyard. He remains a powerful concept, one that got watered down in last minite editorial changes and confused story points. But he has never. ever, been forgotten. His name check in The Name of the Doctor got me really excited that he may be coming back. Perhaps Michael Jayston could reprise the role?

Anyway.

Next week we have the beginning of The Infinites Anniversary Special and the week after that we reveal the name of this arc and kick of the Anniversary celebrations in earnest.

Join us wont you?

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Actually, apart from the fact he has both arms 9 is a pretty good fit for Grandfather Paradox. And he did lose a hand in the next regeneration...

Seriously though I'm glad we're doing this arc just now and not after the 50th Anniversary episode (has it got a name yet? I'm getting a bit fed up of calling it the 50th. I'd love for it to be called 'The Three Doctors) as I suspect that the Hurt Doctor may end up being the one that destroys Gallifrey and I'd have to rewrite a whole arc because I had lost a throw away observation.

You'll also have noticed that we still haven't revealed the name of this arc. Tell you what; we'll reveal it in a couple of strips. How does that sound? After all it's not as if we've given you any clues. Honest.

In the meantime if you care to hazard a guess then the comments section is all yours.

So did everyone enjoy the glimpse into the past of the 'Fatal Death' Doctor last week? How would you all feel about seeing more like that? I hope everyone answered "yes" to both those questions or you are not going to enjoy the next few Infinites strips. I know I'm looking forward to them.

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I just couldn't resist some kind of reference to Douglas Adams for strip 42, if you don't get why you then you need to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Seriously.



It also marks a nice point for Jim to sign off for a little while. Before anyone panics I'd like to assure everyone that, like James Bond, Jim will be back. Jim and Mrs Jim are expecting a little Jim in the next wee while and whilst he'll still be drawing the strip it didn't seem fair to expect him to meet deadlines as well as all the fatherly duties he's about to encounter.

And he has plenty to be drawing, scripts for the next 3 or 4 months have been written and sent out with the exception of 'The Propcupboard of Obscure Doom', which needs typed up and sent to 2nd Fade. Once that's done I just need to work a bit ahead on 'Dangling Threads' and 'The Wrong Doctor' and I'll be set for my own Paternity Leave

So, Jim's on Paternity Leave for a bit. He'll still be around on Twitter and suchlike though.

Which brings us onto the other bit of news we have for you today.

While we have some filler strips lined up to fill Jim's slot 'The Infinity Doctors' returns next week. The strip itself has regenerated into 'The Infinites' and are drawn by Nesshead now.

We've been working with Ness behind the scenes now for a while and can't wait to show you the strips he's been producing.

So, we'll see you all next week for Nesshead's first strip and in the meantime you can find us on Twitter or Facebook,