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 - EPISODE 88

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It did seem like something of an odd choice didn't it? Having said that I was still glad to see 'Remembrance of the Daleks' reprinted as apart from being a cracking story the Target novelisation featured the first mention of the Other. In fact it's often regarded as being a prelude to the NAs. Still it's hard to be negative about any reprints, especially as we've got 'Human Nature' getting reprinted this month.

In other news it seems that Gallifrey One is going on as we speak. Nesshead is there representing the In Print team and he's brought ribbons. Seek him out, I'm not told he doesn't bite. At least not anymore.

Oh and has anyone out there got any idea where I could find a decent reference book for Big Finish stuff? I'm having bother finding one for a decent price.

THE INFINITES Strip 8

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So, who guessed that those shadows belonged to the Unbound Doctors fro Big Finish? Give yourselves  a pat on the back. For those of you that don't know them 'Doctor Who Unbound' was a series of 'What if' tales from Big Finish starring new actors in the role of the Doctor. Starting with Geoffrey Bayldon, who just got shunted down a trap door, played a version of the 1st Doctor that never left Gallifey for example. Other actors (and on actress) that appeared in the range included David Warner, David Collings (who had previously been Mawdryn), Derek Jacobi, Arabella Weir (see a female Doctor isn't a new idea) and Michael Jayston reprising his role as the Valeyard.

Hold on; The Valeyard? Wonder if that has something to do with these guys being in his room...

Speaking of the Valeyard and Big Finish, I was very excited to hear about the upcoming release of 'The Trial of the Valeyard' which'll follow on from 'Trial of a Time Lord', at least I was until I discovered it was a subscription only deal until Christmas 2014. So unless Big Finish would like to review it and send me an advance copy I guess I'm waiting till then.

A big thank you goes out to Paul Hanley whose take on the Warner and Collings Doctor was the basis for our versions of them. Thanks, Paul!

Right I'm off, we're still on Facebook and Twitter the rest of the week.