THE INFINITES - Strip 54

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And we're back. The last time we saw these guys they were breaking into the studios at Big Finish. Which begs the question; has anyone seen the Nth Doctor recently?

Some of you may recognise the Infinite's guest as the Merlin Doctor from Battlefield. I've been doing quite a bit of research on him of late for 'Loose Canon' and the next few strips are proof positive of that.

In other news a group that I'm quite involved with, The Glasgow Doctor Who Society, are mentioned in their previous regeneration as the Strathclyde Doctor Who Society in this month's DWM. Before my time,but still a nice surprise.

Right I need to get moving. See you all next week.

In Print - Shades...

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12s Last Words...

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So we haven't put out a strip in a while for one reason or another... With me, (Jim) moving house over the Christmas period, and Alasdair just getting back into writing again. I'm sure we'll be back with more fun and adventures with our favourite Timelord(s) very soon. In the meantime...  

IN PRINT - 122

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Aha!!! A new character! Who is she? Well you can probably work it out if you’ve read the books, but if you don’t then all you need is a little patience and the answer will be revealed soon enough. In other news they’ve revealed the new Doctor’s outfit and I’m a little concerned. They need to get this right and this, in my opinion, is their first misstep. If this Doctor fails, for any reason, then people will always assume it was because she was a woman. Hopefully they’ll adapt it as they go. And I’ve just had an idea for a strip... 

IN PRINT - 119

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I don't think Benny's too happy to hear she has a replacement (River) just like as previous versions of the Doctor gets referred to.. and often by himself.
We've got a new WHO's Cat strip from Micheal David Key aka Mikes Star Art in a couple of weeks time which I think we would all love to see a longer run again, hint hint ;-)
as always don't forget to join our group page on Facebook to get all our latest updates and feel free to post anything of interest in return - we love seeing all the amazing fan art, cosplay or any creative projects out there. 

IN PRINT - 117

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Hello. Can you hear me?

I'm sending this blog via Jim's Whatsapp, so apologies for the bumpy landing.

We've had a few queries about Benny turning up and quite how that fits in with our own version of continuity.

My first thought is that I'm delighted you guys care enough to spot potential gaffs in continuity. It means you've been paying attention and that you care. Heart warming and all that.

Benny was always going to turn up. She's referenced in the first few strips and not accidentally. Benny represents the NAs for a lot of people and seeing as this strip comes out of a love for the NAs and Doctor Who literature in general it seemed inevitable.

As for the how? Well in a Big Finish adventure set during the NA period, Shadow of the Scourge I think, Benny finds herself in the 7th Doctor's mindscape and in fact stumbles across a proto version of 8. So there's your precedent.

Right, I should get going. Catch you all soon.

IN PRINT - 114

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This was written long before the 13th Doctor was chosen, but it really doesn't read like that does it?
There was a slight mix up last week and I referenced a strip that I've written but that Jim hasn't drawn yet. It's hopefully coming soon and it'll confirm that we here at In Print Towers are very much in favour of the new Doctor.

In other news I've just sent Jim a whole new batch of strips to Jim and Nesshead will be getting some soon as well. Sorry for the delay in getting things back to normal.

IN PRINT - 113

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We're back and it's about time.

And yes, this strip is a ringing endorsement of the In Print team regarding the casting of Jodie Whittaker. She's a good actress with a solid CV, anything else is purely window dressing as far as casting the Doctor goes.

We've been a wee while getting things back on track and the responsibility lies solely with me.

I don't talk much about my private life on here, but a small handful of you know my divorce was getting finalised this year. Nothing to get down about, it's very definitely for the best, but it takes time and focus to deal with these things. Also, to give things a more positive spin I met someone else last year and since then we've moved in together and are expecting next month. However in between love, babies, co-habitation and engagements I found a lump. 

You don't need any further details than that, just that everything's resolved as far as that's concerned and it won't hold up the strip any longer.

Jim has a series of scripts that should take us past my paternity leave and I re-read the entire run of the Infinites yesterday and Nesshead should have new scripts in the very near future.

So, yeah, sorry about the gap, but a massive thank you to Mike and 2ndFade who kept it smaller than I could have hoped.

It's good to be back.

The Gallifrey Exchange #2

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The Gallifrey Exchange is brought to you entirely by Jim as I attempt to get more strips to him. Life is drifting towards the new definition of normal, but not quite there yet.

And in other news Capaldi seems to be leaving. A shame, but not a huge surprise. I've quite enjoyed his performance, but I'm not utterly convinced that he's had the best of circumstances to perform in. 

THE BOILER ROOM OF OBSCURE DOOM...!

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Way down deep in the Boiler Room of the In Print 'Verse the Ice Warrior DJ's are celebrating the return of their glorious race in tonight's episode of Doctor Who. For those unfamiliar with the Boiler
Room, they are a series of televised recordings of various underground DJ's performances from across the globe. You can find most of these uploaded to YouTube, check some out - The Boiler Room TV .
Today's art comes courtesy of 2NDFade, a regular round since very early on. You can find more of his abstract art here -- http://www.2ndfade.com/

IN PRINT - 1966 Part 2

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I really wish I'd written this one. I love the idea of the 1st Doctor's garden from the Five Doctors being the start of the In Print verse. I think it was Paul Cornell that first put the idea forward in Timewyrm, I'll need to check.

Either way, it's a nice idea and Jim pulls it off nicely.

Next week 2ndfade is back. See you all then.

IN PRINT - 108

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I'm back and it's about...

Actually. No. I use that line far too often. 

But I am back. Plot moving forward now and as you can probably tell we're about a year behind, but I don't think we'll be long catching up. See gap years are good for something 

And we have a new Doctor coming up. Jack Davenport anyone?

The Gallifrey Exchange #1

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So we lost a Doctor.

It's not every day you wake up to that kind of news. John Hurt would be a sore loss even if he hadn't played the Doctor. The Elephant Man, Winston Smith, Adam Sutterton, Control, Hellboy's Pop, Ollivander and the first man to have an alien burst out of his chest. We'll forgive him his part in the Indiana Jones franchise.

The Dressing Room Part 3 - Jim Wilkins

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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...

IN PRINT - 104

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And there we have it. For those of you that hadn't cottoned on yet there are now two versions of ten floating about the Print Verse. He really should have been here years ago. It was my son that pointed it out to me, he has a fairly firm grasp of numbers for his age and has been studying the Doctor's regenerations intently thanks to having 'Legacy' on his tablet. Once I explained to him about the War Doctor and the Metacrisis regeneration he's since insisted on calling the War Doctor Nine instead and Ten has become Eleven and Twelve. And he knew it was true because my 'Infinite Doctor' print has both versions on Ten in it. It was only really a matter of time before he asked how many Tens were in In Print and once he did....

Yeah, so this arc may have been kick started by a conversation at the Glasgow DW Society, but it's been my son's refusal to let go of a concept that's kept it rolling.

In other news I got to read a advanced copy of Battlefield thanks to The Doctor Who Companion. What did I think of it? Well you can read the answer here. Knowing me and alternate Doctors you can probably guess....

IN PRINT - 102

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Everyone's a critic!

Five years ago today Jim and I were nervously watching the stats back on the DWRS website to see if anyone was reading the first ever In Print strip. Thankfully people were enjoying the strip and five years, 102 strips, umpteen specials and some additions to the team later we're still going.

There's been the odd bump along the way. Babies, illness, divorce and life will have that effect, but through it all we've kept going and there's no reason to think I won't be copying this entry five years from now to use in our 10th anniversary!

In other news I'm sure you've all heard that the new Companion is being announced today in the middle of something called a Fut baal mitch. I'm sure I'll find out through Facebook afterwards...

IN PRINT - 101

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He's right of course, the strip immediatly before this one started with 96 (TV Movie year) and finished on our 100th strip. That was a while back now, there have been plenty of real life delays and the likes at my end. My favourite delay is because I had to rewrite this first arc entirely after my friend David (don't call him Dave) from The Glasgow Doctor Who Society pointed that having a room 101 and a character essentially played by John Hurt was too good to pass up, If you don't get the connection then I suggest you go and watch 1984. Actually, no, I insist.

Of course David meant it as a one off strip, but the whole thing grew arms and legs and marched off in a whole new direction. Hardly the first time that's happened with an idea on here.

Anyway. Of course if you're doing a strip referencing 1984 then you really need to have 5 and 6 present. You just do.

Hard to believe we're into April and this is the first main strip of the year. Still it's just in time to help mark our 5th anniversary. I can't quite get my head around that idea, it just doesn't feel like it at all. 

Right before I sign off for this week I'd like to point you all in the direction of my friend Kenny. Some of you may have seen Kenny before as he's appeared in Doctor Who: Besieged (actually I think it might have been a follow up to that, I'll need to check), a fan film of a superior quality directed by and starring Ryan Hendrick as the Doctor. Recently Kenny and Ryan have collaborated on 'Perfect Strangers' which has been doing rather well for itself and are currently working on it's follow up that boasts none other than Sylvester McCoy in it's cast. 

But it's Kenny's current project that I feel deserves highlighted just now. Kenny does a one man show called Hero Worship that he's currently trying to take to the Edinburgh Fringe later on this year. The show tackles two subjects that are incredibly dear to my heart; mental health and superheroes. However going to the Fringe isn't cheap and Kenny is looking to raise money to help get him there. You can donate here if you're so inclined, every penny helps.

Right, that's me done. I'll see you all next week for a surprise guest star that my son pointed out should have appeared in the strip ages ago. See you then. 

In Print - 98

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We're fast approaching the 100th strip. Well the 247th strip if you take into account the Infinites, Prop Cupboard, Who's Cat, Guest Prints, the extras and of course the Christmas Specials. But it's the 100th main strip, the strip that started the whole ball going. I read once, somewhere, that the average length of a web comic is somewhere around the 30 strips mark, because that's when the creator exhausts his ideas and enthusiasm for the project. So it's with more than a little bit of pride (mostly in the rest of the team, especially Jim) that we seem to just keep going and have only ever missed one Saturday. Although to be fair it was over Christmas...

Today's strip serves to highlight the range of characters we've had on here as well as point out how much of a continuity we've built up. And Jim's chosen to homage Lee Sullivan's 'The Usual Suspects' to highlight our rogues gallery. That made me smile.

I should really try and write the 101st strip before I get cocky though.

I really, really enjoyed 'The Zygon Invasion', it was nice and dark and once again the two part structure allowed for the tension to be cranked up significantly.

I won't be at the Glasgow Doctor Who Society this week due to prior commitments, but you should still go along anyway. They've just posted a video of various members (including myself) talking about 'The Woman who lived'.

See you all next week.

IN PRINT GUEST PRINT - Cyber Paul

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A guest strip from Paul Salvi today. Long time readers will recognise Paul as a regular guest artist over the years, in fact he did the very first Guest Print. He's done a few others as well and was kind enough to do today's strip on very short notice. When I first encountered Paul he was drawing a comic called Living with Insanity and went on to draw The Line after his stint on that was finished. He's also contributed to the now wrapped up Gutters. Sadly he's not been drawing much recently (which makes me extra grateful for today's strip), hopefully he finds time and motivation to get back to a regular strip soon. Hell, I know I've got an idea for a multiple Master strip that needs an artist....

Oh and anyone wondering why the Special Weapons Dalek is referred to as Derek should read this.

Ness is back with the Infinites week, see you all then.