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 - 'SOMETHING' NATURE Part 5

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The first time we saw the Doctor diving through the sky was during Lance Parkin's 'The Dying Days' in a scene so intense and exciting that it could have come straight out of a series finale, which is perhaps why it felt slightly familiar when the 12th Doctor did something similar in the last finale we had. We've also had the Shalka Doctor, as written by Paul Cornell, free falling in what remains the best TARDIS entrance in any medium. It's not hard to to imagine that the current Who team had those two scenes in mind when 12's free fall was put together.

Of course it's also possible that they'd been watching 'The End of Time', but then today's strip kind of falls apart if we go down that road.

In other news I'm still working on fixing the navigation links, unfortunately my plan to do them last Sunday was foiled by my five minute nap lasting significantly longer than planned. Soon though.

Maybe even tonight if I can shake this hayfever.

IN PRINT - 'WHOVIAN' NATURE Part 3

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It's always heartbreaking that scene. Doesn't matter how often I watch it.

We've gone for 'Whovian Nature' this week, these titles just won't stay static.

On a side note; have we featured Martha in the strip before? I'm not sure we have. Probably because I'd struggle to poke fun at her in a way that the BBC hasn't already. The unrequited love aspect of her character was constantly played up and apart from that aspect there isn't much to make fun of. I remain gutted that she didn't join Torchwood, a seriously missed opportunity in my opinion.

Anyway, short entry this week. See you all next time.

IN PRINT - 'NOT' HUMAN NATURE Part 2

 

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 'Human Nature' does raise a number of issues regarding continuity and just how the NAs fit into the overall continuity.

I'm not even going to try and address them, that's a minefield I'm not prepared to on a Saturday morning. All I'll say is that my own, personal, take on it is that the events of the novel got wiped out during the Time War and history hates a vacuum.


The initial script had the last panel set in Mr Cornell's office. Jim decided to put him at a signing at my local Waterstone's either because he likes subtle nods or because he's not stalkery enough to know what Mr Cornell's office looks like. Incidently 'Love and War' has been out on CD for a while. The fact the poster is still up either suggests particular things about just when this strip is set and how much time has past since the Christmas before last when we were last here or that the Glasgow staff are really bad at changing displays. I know the answer of course, but I'd never say anything unkind about people who have their own Dalek.


Right, I need to get moving as I'm actually meant to be in Glasgow in about an hour and a half. See you all next week.

IN PRINT - HUMAN NATURE Cover

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A new arc. I didn't mean to call this 'Human Nature', that was always a draft name that I never got round to replacing with anything better. So, 'Human Nature' it is. Just don't expect it to be a Cornell type masterpeace.

In fact now that I think about it, why haven't we seen Paul Cornell write anything for New Who since 'Human Nature'? A mystery for another day.

Those of you that have enjoyed Jim's covers in the past will be happy to see that we're starting each arc off with them now. The strip proper starts next week and thanks to our newly reinstated buffer I can tell you that Jim already has it in the bag, in fact it came in whilst my Best Man was over visiting from the States and it got a chuckle from him so hopefully you guys will enjoy it.

Anyway, I'll have a lot more to say about the Cornell versions next week when the arc starts off properly.

See you all then.