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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/

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A big thank you to 2ndfade.

Actually a big thank you to all the artists that have covered me recently.

But today it's thank you to 2ndfade. I hope you've all been reading his blog - 2ndhearts

I'll have internet back by next week, so you'll get a fuller blog then.

See you guys then.

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And we're back in the Prop Cupboard, it's been a while hasn't it? In fact I need to get more scripts sent over to 2ndFADE, it's far too long.

I try not to be a dictator in regards to our output, whilst I have an overall plan for In Print I usually try and accommodate the different members of the art team when they ask to draw certain characters and monsters. Sometimes it's a cameo and sometimes it results in a whole arc I hadn't initially planned, but ends up working it's way into the grand plan.

There's a slightly different with 2ndFADE. The scripts form over a series of Emails as we discuss different aspects of who and at some point an amusing scene will occur to me that we then working on filling with little details.

Little details aren't always run past me. It's nice to see Nuala and Alfie again for example! Thanks, 2ndFADE.

Of course when we first put this one together 'Nightmare in Silver' was still called 'The Last Cyberman', we never updated that as I quite frankly prefer the original title. I'll be interested to hear in the comments section if you guys can place all the Gaiman references.

You can find more of the work by 2ndFADE here at his website -  www.2ndfade.com

Nesshead is back next week. It was his birthday yesterday, you should all drop over to his Facebook page and wish him a belated happy birthday.

Speaking of next week, any guesses as to where the War Doctor will end up this time?

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No Infinites this week. It has been far too long since we brought you some exploits from the Prop Cupboard and we've had this one in reserve for quite a while now. So here it is. You guys get to enjoy it and Nesshead gets an extra fortnight to get started on his contribution to the 50th Anniversary. I got some preview art from it the other day and you guys are going to love it! 

Todays strip was initially the second part of one script, you've already seen the first part, but 2ndfade has so much fun with the visual aspects of my scripts that it ended up spread over two strips. At least that's my recollection, 2ndfade may remember it differently.

Either way it does highlight some changes in tone between the Classic Series and the New. The Movellans just wouldn't work in New Who, their design is very much of their time. I still think the Yeti could have worked and would have been scarier than the CGI Snowmen we ended up with, but at least there was a nod back to the Great Intelligence's roots.

The Time War with the Daleks had it's beginnings in the Classic series, Genesis of the Daleks in particular, but I always wondered how they hoped to take on the Time Lords given that the Movellans fought them to a standstill.

By the next time I see you I am hoping to have had my copy of Scream of the Shalka delivered, so expect some thoughts and comments about that to be voiced. Hopefully they'll do Curse of Fatal Death next.

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My wife is not a fan of Doctor Who. Not even slightly. She can't stand any aspect of it even in the slightest and she worries that it's too scary for the kids to watch with me, mostly because the one episode she did watch had Captain Darling turn into an Ood.

Why am I telling you this? Well partly it's to distract you all from the fact that this strip has an Ice Warrior complaining about not appearing in New Who the very same day they finally reappear in New Who and partly because 2nd Fade has produced the only bit of Who art that my wife has ever liked. She simply adored that my youngest daughter and Jim's newest son had been turned into cartoons for this strip.

Jim and I are pretty over the moon that our kids are now canon. Thanks, 2nd.

So, yeah, Ice Warriors.

What can I say? This strip is written pretty far in advance, Jim's drawn up to August and I really need to get him more scripts. When this was one put together there wasn't the slightest hint of them reappearing. Still 2nd Fade does a pretty cool Ice Warrior and we feel the need to show it off.

Let's not talk about the Zygon in the corner.

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