The Dressing Room Part 1 - Jim Wilkins

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2016 - It's certainly been an interesting year to say the least. Jim here... I haven't blogged in a while. Mike's delighted us with Who's Cat for the last few months which has been an absolute hoot to read as many of you have found due to our phenomenal figures for the website have shown! It's been a godsend while I've been on maternal duties with the birth of my daughter Charlotte earlier this year and being a stay-at-home Dad looking after my two other young boys - Mylo and Alfie.. BUT I'm back drawing a new 3 part adventure for over the holiday period starting today featuring our usual crew and more from our InPrint-Verse. And from all the In Print team we'd like to wish you all a very merry Christmas!

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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 - EPISODE 77

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As it happens the similarities between 7 and 12 seem to more than we first suspected. There's the Scottish accent of course (and they are cool), but from what we've seen of the trailers so far there seems to be an underlying darkness to this Doctor and a desire to correct past mistakes that we haven't seen since The New Adventures.

This is looking promising. Very, very promising.

And that's the end of 'The Fall of the Eleventh'. Next week should have been more Infinites, but Nesshead's laptop died and he's at San Diego this week. Apparently there's some kind of Comicon or something on...

If you get a chance you should go and find him and say hi.

We have an unusual strip for you next week and then a couple of guest slots. We'll see you all then.

IN PRINT - EPISODE 75

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That actually bothered me.

A lot.

There was a massive amount of build up to it. Years had been spent building up to it and in the end it didn't happen because Clara asked the Time Lords to stop it happening.

Not that I have a problem with a new set of regenerations being granted, there's certainly been precedent, but surely they could have granted them as the Doctor lay dying on the fields of Trenzalore, the transformation into his Time Line having already started. You could have had some fun with the Doctor pulling himself back together, literally, in order to regenerate.

But they went for the crack.

Oh well.

In other news the nice people at Tiny Rebel Games have given us 20 codes for Handles to celebrate his addition to the In Print cast.

Keep an eye on our Facebook group, there'll be a question popping up there in the next hour or so and the first 20 people to respond will get one the codes. So check in and make sure you're a member to be in with a chance!

I've had Handles on my team for ages, I have him levelled up to 50.

Part two next week, see you then!

IN PRINT EPISODE 45

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And there's Frobisher. Just when you think we couldn't get any further outfield with our companion references. Just be thankful that I can't think of a joke with Fitz in it. I know Jim is. I have him drawing enough new characters as it is.

But you'll see the results for that in good time.

Frobisher, for those of you that don't know, was a companion of the 6th Doctor in the Comic Strips. He wasn't really a penguin, that was just the form he chose to adopt most, because who wouldn't want to be a penguin?

There's no new Infinites next week as Nesshead is busy with a display of Hanna Barbera Art. You can find out more here. You might even be able to pick up a Nesshead...

So next week and a fortnight later we'll be having some more Tales from the Prop Cupboard. We've had some from 2nd Fade waiting to appear for the last month or so. In fact one of them is a prelude to an upcoming mini crossover between the main strip and the Infinites.

Did everyone enjoy 'The Bells of St Johns'? I know I did, I especially enjoyed the surprise cameo from one of our own cast as The Great Intelligence. Nice touch.

Tonight's looks as if it might be distantly related to 'The Pyramids of Mars', which can only be a good thing in my opinion.

As always we're on Facebook and Twitter so head over and show your support by giving us a Like and a follow!

Until next time....

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It's true you know; the Doctor did actually have a Cyberman as a companion. It was during the eighth Doctor's run in the DWM Comic and these days you can find him in Doctor Who - The Glorious Dead (Complete Eighth Doctor Comic Strips Vol. 2): Glorious Dead v. 2. And if you care to buy the collection through that rather blatant plug then you are in fact supporting In Print on a financial level.

So, yeah, I've expanded the cast again. Maybe one day we'll have a behind the scenes strip featuring Kroton and Mrs T. Probably not though.

Not much else to tell you this week, we'll have more news as Jim and myself adapt to remastering fatherhood. What we can say is that plans are in full flow for November, we have something special planned.

Our Twitter or Facebook accounts remain open if you have any questions throughout the week.

See you all in seven days or there abouts.

IN PRINT EPISODE 32

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Before I get any Emails about it can I just say that I know the 7th Doctor wouldn't take part in a sword fight of this nature, I have seen Battlefield you know.

You may notice that Jim's using this fight to explore the TARDIS a bit more. What a great staircase for a sword fight.

As for the punchline? Well I'm referencing a plot development in 'The Room with no doors' by Kate Orman. I don't want to spoil the book for anyone who hasn't read it, so you can read up on it here.

A joke that requires research to become funny? Hmmm.

Hopefully it works for you. I've been wanting to reference one of Kate's books for a while, I've had the pleasure of corresponding with her (and her partner Jonathan Blum on occasion) due to my work with the DWRS and the current plot gave me the perfect opportunity.

In other news Jim is off meeting Jo Grant or Katy Manning) today. She's going to be signing a print of the strip she featured in not so long ago. To say Jim's a little excited might well be a bit of an understatement. So if any of you are also seeing Katy Manning at Forbidden Planet today be sure to watch out for Jim.

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

And in the mean time we'll leave you with the two Doctors fighting with Light Sabers. Why? Well why not? Enjoy!

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