IN PRINT - 'SOMETHING' NATURE Part 6

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Ah yes, after all the abuse 7 has given 8 and 10 about their respective romances it's about time one of them confronted him about Joan.

We're approaching the end of this arc, which means a return to the Infinites soon. Which is slightly concerning as I have written the next few strips, but I haven't typed them up and sent them to Nesshead yet. And I've been tidying up my house since I wrote them. Once I've finished this blog I'm off to see if I can find them. Please keep your collective fingers crossed!

I was at the Glasgow leg of the Symphony Spectacular last night and had an absolute blast. Even if Peter Davison kept insisting that David Tennant and Steven Moffat came from Glasgow rather than Paisley. I may not belong to Paisley, but I do stay there and didn't overly appreciate that lack of distinction. But that's pretty much the worse thing I can say about the night.

I was meant to be out with the Glasgow Doctor Who Society after the concert last night to celebrate one their members turning 30, but a bug from earlier in the week meant I had to skip it. Still, hoping to catch up with all of them next Sunday. Presuming of course I'm not frantically Emailing every artist I know looking for a filler strip because I can't find the next one for Ness....

THE DISCO OF OBSCURE DOOM!

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A big thank you to 2ndfade.

Actually a big thank you to all the artists that have covered me recently.

But today it's thank you to 2ndfade. I hope you've all been reading his blog - 2ndhearts

I'll have internet back by next week, so you'll get a fuller blog then.

See you guys then.

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What sad timing.

We lost Christopher Barry recently, one of the Founding Fathers of Who. Even a quick scan of his resume tells you need to know; 'The Daleks', 'The Daemons' and my personal favourite 'The Brain of Morbius'.

In fact 'The Brain of Morbius' is what makes today's strip so sad in terms of timing, apart from directing it Mr Barry also made a brief appearance of 'The Morbius Doctors'. For those of you that don't know these Doctors appeared during the Mind Bending sequence and were originally inteneded to represent the first eight (and unseen) Doctors, making William Hartnell the 9th Doctor. It didn't take however and by the time of 'The Five Doctors' Hartnell was back to being the original. An unsuccessful attempt was made to bring in some big acting names to play the first eight Doctors, but in the end eight members of the Production team stood in instead, Mr Barry included.



So that's who the faces belong to. Their clothing comes from different Gallifreyan eras and we owe a massive thank you to Sasha Lipinsky for photoshopping the faces onto the costumes to give Jim and Nesshead a good photo reference to draw them.

The Other is a character from the 'New Adventures' who may or may not be a previous incarnation of the Doctor. The reveal of this character lead to the assumption by many fans that the eight faces belonged to him.

We'll see more of them next week.

In other news Nesshead is currently wondering around Gallifrey One! If you see him feel free to go up and say hello, he's mostly tame these days.

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We're back this week with The Infinites part 3. Nesshead's been busy this week with the strip and also his entry to the Design a Doctor competition over at the Doctor Who and the Tardis by Craig Hurle page on Facebook. Go give him a vote with a like on his picture now!!! Alasdair's still away from the site this week as he and his wife had a lovely baby daughter last week. Al will be back next week so you'll have to put up with me again (Jim). Next week the main In Print Comic is back with a new run taking you right up to the Doctor Who 50th anniversary and we've got plenty of fun and thrills coming up in the coming months. We'll be bringing you some classic and obscure characters from the wider Whoniverse. Also there will be a new look to the site, change in logo.. after all we're almost two years old now ourselves! Today is also our 100th post, more cause to celebrate!
Don't forget to 'Like' us on Facebook and follow Twitter,.. spread the word! We'll be back next week but look out on Facebook in the mean time for updates and a exclusive picture or two. Plus I'll updating In Print's Tumblr with photos and art too.

Until next week....

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We've seen something like this before.

Everything's connected. Everything is going to tie together for the 50th in November. We have big plans here at In Print. Speaking of the 50th, you can read my thoughts on the preparations for it over at Kasterborous.

I'm a good bit more excited about The Snowmen. I'm loving the idea of a Doctor who has given up, finally had his fighting spirit beaten out of him. I mean, there's no way it's going to last, but I plan to enjoy it whilst it does. Whilst the 10th Doctor dabbled in it at the beginning of The End of Time I don't think we explored it nearly enough, I'm hopeful that Matt Smith will correct that for us all. The other thing I'm looking forward to is Richard E Grant. Right up until broadcast I'm going to be convincing myself that's he's playing either the Doctor from Scream of the Shalka or on of The Fatal Death Doctors or perhaps, given his history of playing differing versions of the Doctor, The Valeyard himself. I'm almost certainly wrong on all three counts, but I'll enjoy the possibility whilst I can. And if it turns out I'm totally wrong? Well I'll still have Richard E Grant appearing in an episode of Doctor Who. It's a bit of a win/win situation.

We're not sure what's coming to you next week. It may be the conclusion of this particular arc or it might be the Christmas Special itself. We'd be pretty interested to hear what you guys would prefer. Feel free to leave feedback either in the comments section, Twitter or Facebook,

Either way we'll see you again in seven days....

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Wasn't it just?

What might have happened if the Master had discovered the Valeyard's little project? It's a good question, but a better one might be why does he keep regenerating?

Obviously I know the answer to that one, but I'd love to hear what you guys think about that...

Anyway, I've been putting it off but at some point I should really tell you what I thought of the Angels take Manhattan:

I didn't hate it, but like anything that has that kind of hype and build up it could never live up to expectations. I don't buy the finality of the whole scenario, Rose was left in a much more isolated situation and she came back. We'll see the Ponds again, just as soon as the Doctor realises he could just hire a car and drive to Manhattan from any other state or pick the Ponds up a few years into their exile.

I still maintain that I would have enjoyed this episode an awful lot more if we hadn't known how it was going to end. Which is why I'm not spilling about the Master or the Continuity Wars.

Anyway....

Hartnell's wig from last week seems to have generated quite a bit of positive response as well as his own twitter account. Don't worry, we haven't seen the last of this particular character (is that the right word, should I say prop?), 2nd Fade and myself have some plans ahead. But before I get onto them I really need to finish writing the Christmas Special for this year, especially given that I received the three of the first few pages in my Inbox this week. They all look fantastic, but you'll need to wait to see them.


In other news it appears a former member of the Who cast and a man very much still involved in the Who community dipped his toe into a certain reality program this week. I don't watch it so I can't really comment. However Jim has taken time to provide us with credits to this weeks strip in homage to the man. Very retro.

However it goes without saying that all of us here at In Print wish him the best of luck in this particular trial. Just watch out for men in black....

I need to go sleep now but before I go there's just enough time to remind you all that we're still on Twitter and Facebook, feel free to follow and like us there.

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There you have it. For anyone who ever wondered where the Master in Scream of the Shalka came from; this is my version of events. And since it's the only version of events It's going to have to do.

This strip also includes my take on what happened to the Master after the TV Movie. Has anyone else ever addressed that point before? Surely I'm not the first on that one.

The strip has deviated somewhat from it's initial premise, maybe one day I'll get back to 7 and 8 screaming at the television set as Matt Smith annoys them, but for now I'm quite happy exploring obscure continuity. Hopefully you're ok with it as well.

Kasterborous ran an article about us this week. Apart from calling us a "popular online comic featuring all versions of the Doctor that you can imagine", which made me smile, they also queried just what we were up to with The Wrong Doctor.

It's a fair question and one that needs something of an answer. Tone Cartoons went into a small amount of detail over on his Facebook page for The Daily Dalek, but since not everyone follows him (your loss I'm afraid, we love the Daily Dalek!) I thought we'd post something here as well.

The premise for The Wrong Doctor is remarkably simple; what if a different version of the Doctor went on a previous or future regeneration's adventure? Given that there's a been a Time War and the Doctor has lost a handful of centuries it would make sense that some cutting and pasting of his personal time line might occur. How would the 4th Doctor have dealt with Ian and Barbara finding the TARDIS for example?

It's an idea that I proposed on Gallifrey Base a few years ago and it's been percolating in the back of my head ever since.

Tone and I are now working on the first few scripts and arcs as well as coming up with 'rules' to keep things consistent.

I'm also working on finishing our Christmas Special (it's 75% written), The Infinites and Dangling Threads.

If only I got paid for my time behind the keyboard.

Good thing I enjoy it really isn't it.

That's me for another week, just enough time to remind you all that we're still on Twitter and Facebook, feel free to follow and like us there.

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At last we finally know what was behind that door in the God Complex. Or least we know what I think was behind the door. Of course it was the Doctor, or least a dark distillation of him.

This is the third time the Valeyard has turned up in this strip. The first time it was in a guest strip by Paul Salvi, the second was more recently in The Infinity Doctors. You'll notice that he's acquired a Special Weapons Dalek since the last time we were in here, there's a story there and you'll find it here.

We're almost ready to announce the winner of the "Next Infinity Doctors" artist, however not all the entries are in just yet and we won't make a final judgement until everyone has had their chance. Soon though, very soon.

So, that'll be another artist on board. Did you know that none of the team that bring you In Print have actually met each other? I'm in Scotland, Jim and 2nd Fade live in England and Jesse hails from one of our former colonies. We'd all really like to meet up for a drink sometime and plan out In Print in person and over a pint. But since In Print doesn't bring us any income and we all have families it doesn't seem likely to happen any time soon. Of course if any of you want to contribute to the In Print Pub Fund then feel free to click on the donate button below. Or not. It's entirely up to you.

Of course if you want to just contribute towards Jim, 2nd Fade or Jesse getting a digital drawing pad or a Tablet for myself so that I can write strips on the move; then the same button applies, just let us know what you're contributing towards. Or just keep reading and don't worry about it, because quite frankly we'll keep making the comic anyway. We're enjoying ourselves far too much.

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Right, plugging over.

In actual strip related business I'm sure a few of you are wondering why the Master keeps regenerating and why he isn't regenerating in order. There's a very good reason for that, there's also a very good reason why we haven't seen the Derek Jacobi Master. All these things shall be revealed in time.

Believe it or not there is a plan.

I'm still not quite ready to discuss The Angels take Manhattan, but in the mean time you can always check out Joel Watson's take on it over at Hijinks Ensue. He makes a very valid point, only Martha got a traditional Companions exit.

Anyway, we'll see you all next week for Jesse's final Infinity Doctors. In the mean time we're still on Twitter and Facebook, feel free to follow and like us there.

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Here we go; the penultimate Infinity Doctors from Jesse.

Jesse's leaving The Infinity Doctors to go back to Dangling Threads, our first collaboration. As much as I'll miss him here I can't wait to get the ball rolling on Threads again.

It's been a fun ride hasn't it? I've certainly enjoyed it. I had been hoping to announce the new artist today, but there are still a few more loose ends to tie up and we're still waiting on a couple of submissions. Rest assured that going by the entries thus far the Doctors will be left in very good hands.

Which means I best get cracking with writing the next set of strips so the new guy (or girl) can get to work on them.

I also need to finish the Christmas script. Not leaving Jim and the others much time at this rate.

Moving on; I'm not going to discuss last weeks Doctor Who. Not until I work out if I enjoyed it or not.

It seems that a good number of you enjoyed John Simm's Master dancing last week, including John Simm himself. Which was nice.

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You're humming it right now aren't you? I know I am.

Those last three panels may be my favourite ones so far; 

I can almost see the Master dancing to the Scissor Sisters.

Those of you paying attention will have noticed that none of our regulars appear in this strip. Between that and 

The Prop Cupboard and The Infinity Doctors we've been expanding our cast significantly of late, the cast seem to be expanding of their own accord and lately I just seem to be trying to manage them all rather than write them. It's a box full of mad men and they're intent on taking over

Anyway, next week we really do have The Infinity Doctors, although TheOneRing.net seemed to really enjoy last weeks last minute Extra.

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Our guest strip today comes from our very own Jesse Lax. Many of you will know Jesse as the artist behind my other comic project Dangling Threads. 

When he's not designing the look for the Doctor Who Reprint Society or drawing Threads Jesse is the Creative Director of Kwaai Games. His current project is Vampires: The Dark Side, you should go check it out.

To see more things that Jesse has drawn you should check out his dA page.

Now, does anyone know who our guest star in the strip is?

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