IN PRINT - CLIFF NOTES

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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!

IN PRINT - LEGACY

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So it would seem that the Doctor is just as addicted to 'Doctor Who Legacy' as the rest of us. Not a surprise really.

Today's strip is brought to you entirely by Jesse Lax who wrote and drew this strip before leaving it in out shared Dropbox folder where it took me two months to spot it. And seeing as Legacy released it's first major update this week it seemed like a good chance to show it off.

I have to admit when I first read about 'Doctor Who Legacy' I really wasn't convinced. At all. Sure the art looked pretty, but the concept sounded like a dull combination of those repetitive turn based RPGs and Candy Crush, so I stayed clear for a while. However now that I've started I can't stop playing and it'll surprise no-one here that I've been playing using the 7th Doctor. I'm hoping in time to collect an In Print based team. Sadly there are no plans at this time to release the Valeyard. Yes I Emailed and asked, don't you guys know me by now?

Jim returns next week with a new arc. Not the arc I initially thought it was going to be since I wrote the next two arcs in the wrong order, but that's getting fixed up in post production as it were.

I'd like to remind you all that we now have a Facebook group for In Print. Please come and join us as it's the only way to be sure to receive updates on the strip.

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 - THE I FILES Part 5

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And with that the Hurt Doctor joins the cast.

Of course this presents a few issues for the strip continuity, the most obvious being the accidental regeneration during 'The Great Costume Debacle', but rest assured I have a way round it and it'll be addressed later this year.

As for why we had Mr Hines dressed up as the 2nd Doctor? Well quite frankly the man has form as you can see from the picture. Actually that's probably the coolest bit of cosplay I have ever seen. As it happens Jamie is still my favourite companion, even after all these years.The fact that he's Scottish helps, but a big part of it is the easy chemistry he shared with Patrick Troughton. The two of them were an absolute joy to watch on screen.

Next week we have a Guest Print from Paul Salvi and then we'll be returning to the regular arcs. 2014 is all planned and the final tweaks are being made to the scripts. It's going to be a fun year.

IN PRINT - THE I FILES Part 4

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It's something that has always bothered me about 'Trial of a Time Lord'; the fact that the Doctor is pretty guilty of the charges. No-one in their right mind could deny that he was constantly interfering, but it was the genocide charge that bothered me. Mostly because by the time I saw 'Trial' the Doctor had blown up Skaro and dismantled the Cyberfleet. Things have only gotten worse in that respect since New Who started.

So it occurs that the only reason the trial was halted was for precisely the reason stated in today's strip, which is the mother of all technicalities.

Can you imagine what might have happened if the Matrix had picked up on his guilt over any of the destructions of Gallifrey? 'Day of the Doctor' may have retconned his genocide of the Time Lords, but the attempted genocide of the Daleks (and this is at least the 3rd effort) would have been enough to condemn him.

Hmmmm.

IN PRINT - THE I FILES Part 3

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They're not here for Jack? I don't think anyone expected that, including Jack it would seem. I mean surely he's wanted by several law enforcement agencies? And now that I come to think of it what's he doing in this TARDIS anyway?

Oh that Jack.

So just who are they after? You have a couple more weeks before you find out and I think the answer may surprise you. Please feel free to discuss your theories in the comments section.

We're back next week with the penultimate episode (is that right? I'll need to double check) and after that we a have another Guest Print from Paul Salvi and then it's back to the regular stuff. I'm starting to make headway with the material for this year. The 50th Specials have given me some different ideas to implement and it's all starting to come together nicely.

Right I'm off to cough up a lung in the corner. I'll see you all next week.

IN PRINT - THE I FILES Part 2

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Hi, my names Jim and I'm a alcoholi- Wait! Nope wrong group, you lot are all Doctor Who fans aren't you! Only joking- I don't even drink. But enough of my personal life, your all here for the 2nd instalment of the I-Files. Alasdair's busy today supporting his wife on a charity run so that's why I'm here filling a few lines for him.
Jesse Lax is the man on art duties today, and what a fantastic job he's done bringing Mulder and Scully into the In Print Universe. He'll be entertaining you for the next few weeks while I'm taking a break from the regular strip.
Don't forget that as always we have Twitter and Facebook pages and we love to see your input there and that you can support us by visiting our store and purchasing one of exclusive tee's.

Until next time, adiós amigos!

IN PRINT - THE I FILES Part 1

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It's true you know, I've rarely seen any crossovers that have a lasting impact on either party. Most of the time it seems to get done mostly because it can. This particular cross over wasn't going to be much different initially, but the more of it I wrote the more I realised that this was going to serve as an introduction of a character the In Print Verse. I think you'll all be a little surprised by who it is, I know they caught me by surprise. Kind of. I mean I had been planning on adding them to the cast anyway, but I never planned on adding them in this arc, they just kind of shoved their way in. 

 In the mean time I'd hope that I didn't have to introduce Agents Mulder and Scully to you. But I know their are slightly younger members of the audience out there, so let's just say they were the leads in 'The X-Files' (it's where the name came from for this arc) and that they were big in the 90s. If you haven't seen The X-Files then I'd strongly recommend you check them out soon. Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad, cut his teeth on this series. Just... go and watch it if you haven't already. 

I've not made the Celestial Intervention Agency up incidently, they appeared on a semi regular basis in the Classic series and evolved into the Celestis in the EDAs. Quite when Mulder and Scully joined is a story for another day. 

Do you like the ID cards that Jesse made up for Mulder and Scully? Hope so, because he's also produced a blank one for you guys to have fun with. It'll be up on our Facebook and Twitter pages later on today.

Oh and there's some Torchwood crossover stuff going on as well. Apart from Jack cropping up the Docs are watching the Torchwood crossover segment from The Stolen Earth/Journey's end. Which should keep Project: Torchwood happy as they've been asking us to include more Torchwood for a while now. Speaking of Project: Torchwood; they interviewed myself and Jim not long ago, you can read the result here.

Right, I'm off now. See you all next week.

IN PRINT Guest Strip - Kala Sathinee

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This week we have a wonderful strip from artist - Kala Sathinee. You  can find more of her art over at Deviant Art.

THE INFINITES Strip 2

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Emergency broadcast!!

Jim here this week instead of Alasdair... Alasdair's quite busy this weekend but I'm sure he'll let you all know more about that next week.

Second edition of the Infinites today from our very own Ness-Head... He's busy too this week hanging around the stars at Gallifrey One 2013. I've even heard news that he showed the Valeyard himself - Michael Jayston, this very comic strip!
Only a couple more weeks before the regular In Print starts again, and believe me we've got a fun packed year ahead of us... Plenty of twists and turns so make sure you tune in every Saturday because you wont want to miss what we have in store for you all.

As usual big thanks to everyone involved with In Print - Alasdair Shaw, 2ND FADE, Ness Head, Tone Cartoons, Paul Salvi, Michael David Key and Jesse Lax - you're all stars in your own right. And everyone that helps pushing In Print out - The Daily Dalek (also by Tone Cartoons), The Doctor & the Tardis by Craig Hurle, Inferno Fiction.. We wouldn't reach such a great readership without you guys... Thank you!

Anyway, enough of me and remember you can catch us on Twitter and on our Facebook page. We'll be back for more mayhem next week!

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - MICHAEL DAVID KEY

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Episode 42 will be with you next week. Myself and Jim have been up our collective ears in family stuff what with it having been Christmas and all. I would say normal service will resume next week, but it won't. But, more on that next week.

It's nothing to worry about though.

In the meantime we thought you'd like to see some of the entries we had for the Infinity Doctors open audition we had a couple of months back. The two above strips come from Michael David Key, or as most of you probably know him; Mike from Mike's Star Trek and Doctor Who Art page on Facebook.

We loved Mike's entries and were really very sorry not to be able to give the top spot, however Mike is a good friend of the site and you'll be seeing some of his stuff on the site in the coming year. In fact he's already featured on our Christmas Special.

Anyway, I need to be going. I'll see you all next week with some big news.

Feel free to leave feedback either in the comments section, Twitter or Facebook,

IN PRINT GUEST STRIP 5 - JESSE LAX

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And that's the end of that arc. I think we'll be calling it Duel of the Time Lords. But that's still being worked up.

Today's strip is a sequel to Jesse's first strip and brings it right into the continuity of the main strip. If anyone is wondering why the Masters are in a shoe box I suggest watching Planet of Fire. It may also give you a clue as to what the Valeyard is up to. Maybe.

If you want any clues about next year you'll have to settle for me telling you it's half written and that I've been watching Logopolis.

I hope you all caught our Christmas Special  last week. If you didn't then go read all 15 pages right now!

See you all next week. If you miss us before then we'll be loitering on Facebook and Twitter.

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 8 Jesse Lax

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And that concludes 'The Infinity Doctors'.

It's not the end of the story though, not by any means. In fact if you've been paying attention to these blog posts then you'll know that we've been looking for an artist to take over from Jesse.

And we found one. That's his version of the Web of Caves Doctor just to the left. We're over the moon to be adding Nesshead to our team of artists. We asked Nesshead to tell us a little about himself.

"I'm an artist with a love for cartooning & Doctor Who. I'm from Pacoima, CA."

So these you have it. Nesshead has already submitted his first strip, in fact it was his audition for 'The Infinity Doctors'. We'll be posting that in the very near future.

But it won't be 'The Infinity Doctors'. Not quite. We're re-branding the strip as 'The Infinites'. Partly because we'll be focusing on just where they come from now that we now why they're here, but mostly because I was starting to get nervous when people were referring to "The Infinity Doctors by Alasdair Shaw". 'The Infinity Doctors' is of course by Lance Parkin, we were merely borrowing the title as the premise for the strip came from Jesse and myself discussing the identity of the Infinity Doctor. As the strip seems to have acquired an ongoing status I felt it was wise to rename it to avoid confusion.

And lawsuits.

But that isn't the only news today regarding new artists and strips.

Another strip has been percolating at the back of my mind for the last couple of years and I was hopeful that I might find an artist to help bring it to life amongst the artists submitting.

Then Tone Cartoons, of The Daily Dalek, submitted.

Not just a strip (which we'll be posting at a later date), but head shots of ALL the Doctors, not just the infinity ones. Then just when I thought he'd gone that extra mile he went further, he submitted a video using his head shots. Since then he's gone on to modify and update the video to reflect the new strip we're now working on.

It's called 'The Wrong Doctor' and we'll be releasing more information on it over the current months. In the meantime you can find the trailer for it here.

Those of you that know me from Gallifrey Base may find that title familiar and if you do some digging you may encounter some clues about the premise as well as proof that it's been on my mind for the last couple of years.

But in the meantime let's give Nesshead and Tone Cartoons a warm welcome to the In Print team!

And once you've done that you can go and like and follow us on Twitter and Facebook if you haven't already.

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 7 Jesse Lax

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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.

In the mean time we're still on Twitter and Facebook .










                                              

IN PRINT EPISODE 35

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Am I the only person finding it hard to take 3 seriously with a bright red nose? Thought not.

Still that's the fight finally over, but we still have a few plot points to resolve. But you'll need to wait for them as it's the Infinity Doctors next week.

Speaking of which it's still not too late to throw your hat into the ring to take the reigns from Jesse with the Infinity Doctors.

This has been an exciting week for me as another, non- Gallifreyan, project got under way. More details as they firm up.

2013 is going to be a big year.

I really enjoyed the Doctor Who/Farscape crossover last week. Not Farscape? Of course it was. That was blatantly John Crichton with a badge.

Jesse's penultimate Infinity Doctors next week, like I said.

In the mean time we're still on Twitter and Facebook .

Oh and Sylvestor McCoy is on Facebook. He doesn't endorse or know about this site, but you should all go 'like him' and post him links to your favorite In Print strips with his Doctor in them.

If you're reading this Mr McCoy I'd just like to say you have been and always shall be my Doctor.

Thank you.

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 6 Jesse Lax

                                                    
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And the Infinity Doctors Spin off/Side strip continues.

Have you all been enjoying it? I ask mostly because Jesse will finishing up drawing it in the very near future so that he can get back to illustrating our other joint project; Dangling Threads.

I find myself somewhat torn; on one hand I can't wait to get more of the Threads out there, but on the other I had more plans for the Infinity Doctors before finishing up the run.

So.............

Are there any budding web artists out there that fancy picking up from where Jesse is about to finish off? If so then you should contact us immediately through inprint@doctor.com. If you know someone who you think would be perfect then throw this page their way.

There are about 20 strips stretching over the course of next year and finishing up around the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

So, there you have it. Your very own chance to become part of the In Print strip.

Providing you can draw legs of course.

Jim will be drawing next weeks strip as normal, for those of you that were worried about that. I know I worry about it most weeks.

On a completely different note; wasn't 'Dinosaurs on a Spaceship' fun? Jim pointed out that there hasn't really been a purely fun episode since the RTD era, I had to check but he's right. As much as I enjoy watching the long game that Mr Moffat is playing it was nice to sit down and enjoy the ride.

As usual keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook feeds and we'll see you all again next week.

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 5 JESSE LAX

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Well that worked out nicely timing wise.

Most of the strips you read on here were written months ago and when I wrote this one there wasn't even the slightest hint that Richard E Grant was about to be cast in New Who.

Those of you wondering why Rowan Atkinson regenerated into another version of Richard E Grant haven't watched Curse of Fatal Death yet, have you? You really should, it makes these strips a lot funnier.

Ok, it makes them make a bit more sense.


Paul Hanley has released another installment of The Doctor and I. You should have a read as we seem to share some guest stars, although I think Paul may a good bit more ambitious then us in regards alternative Doctors.

Jim didn't meet Katy Manning last week. Mostly because it's today she's signing at Forbidden Planet. So those of you autograph hunting today should keep their eyes open as they might be able to get a signature off of Jim as well.


As usual you can keep up with us on Twitter and Facebook. See you all next week.

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 4 JESSE LAX

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Well that's more new characters. Well after a fashion, after all as Eight implies they're all versions of the Doctor. If you don't recognise them then I'd suggest clicking here, here and here.

Right, everyone caught up?

The Infinity Doctors was written while listening to my son play the intro to Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends over and over. I hope it shows.

You'll have noticed by this point that I have a fondness for alternate Doctors. I have done ever since I discovered the Valeyard and then the Cushing Doctor. But where it really took root was when I discovered the Other in the New Adventures, suddenly the number of Doctors was no longer limited to 13 and any every Doctor could be canon. Doctor Who Unlimited as it were.

Anywhere, more from the Infinity Doctors in a fortnight. Back to the Seven and Three dual next week.

As always you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Oh and don't forget we've put out a call for Fan Art. Submissions can be made to inprintfanart@googlemail.com.

Indeed, if anyone fancies putting together an In Print montage using the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends music that would just about make my year! Send the link to the same address.

In the meantime we're going to leave you with a picture that Jim drew of a Sontaren. 

I think we'll call him Sid.....

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 3 JESSE LAX

                                                                                                                       

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  Ok, be honest; how many of you thought the Valeyard's first appearance in Paul's Guest Print was a throw away joke?

Oh he's here alright and he'll be appearing in the main strip further down the road. The Shalka Doctor is still around as well. I'm slowly, but surely, filling the strip up with my very favourite Doctors.

This is the same version of the Valeyard that writes for Kasterborous. I've written an article about our history with that website.

Speaking of personal selections of Doctors you should go and read 'The Doctor and I' by Paul Hanley and Shawn Van Briesen. The scripts are literally teaming with out of continuity references and the art is to die for. It's still a work in progress, but their previous collaboration is complete and available. 'Fade Away' is quite possibly the best Brig story I've ever encountered and it deserves to be in continuity. Go and read it now.

Next week sees the return of the main strip and marks our 50th strip (including guest slots). Yay us!                                              

During the week Jim received a tweet from Miss Jo Grant herself; Katy Manning. It would appear she was quite taken by her Jim's rendition of her. I suspect it may have been something of a high point for him and well deserved to boot.

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