THE INFINITES - Strip 55

                                       Previous Infinites Next Strip

Hello loyal In Print readers. NESSHEAD here. This is a historic moment. My first blog. :) I hope you are all enjoying the new strips. Seems like yesterday that I drew the first strip as a guest artist. Drawing for In Print has lead to other Doctor Who assignments. Two annuals and a magazine so far. 

Always a pleasure to draw these non cannon Doctors for you. If you are a member of our Facebook group, please leave some comments about the strip. Would love to here your input. Take care and thank you for reading THE INFINITES.

Al says: So I've given some early 10 dialogue to the Fatal Death Doctor, I'm comfortable with that.

I'm enjoying the hell out of seeing the Merlin Doctor interacting with the Infinites. There should really be more of that, but there's really not a lot of Merlin stuff out there from a Doctor Who perspective. Google will just tell you that a bunch of fans really, really want Colin Morgan to play the Doctor.

THE INFINITES Strip 14

Previous Next

I have to confess I've been looking forward to this one. Ness Emailed me a while back asking if he could draw some different Whovian monsters in the strip and that suggestion kind of meshed with an idea I'd had to show the Infinite Doctor's pasts. Of course the fact that I'd been watching Blackadder at the time probably helped influence the decision...

How could I show Rowan Atkinson at different points of history without referencing Blackadder? It just wouldn't have been feasible. Of course poor Nesshead hadn't much experience of Blackadder, but luckily his friend, Alex Monreal Jr, stepped in with 4 series worth of episodes. I take great pleasure in the fact that Nesshead is now a genuine fan of the Series.

Any wondering where the unusual TARDIS design came from? That's from the 'Back and Forth' Special. Pretty cool isn't it?

Anyway, sorry we were so late today, but as you can see I gave Ness quite a bit to draw. See you all early next week. Jim's buffer is back, so it'll be pretty prompt.  

Please don't forget that we have Twitter and Facebook pages and that you can support us by visiting our store and buying something.

THE INFINITES Strip 13

First Previous Next Latest

Previous Watcher

And that brings us to the end of the 'Who Watches the Watcher', and in true classic style we're ending it on a cliff hanger. We'll be coming back to it towards the end of the year, but first we'll be kicking off the Infinites are that will take us through the 50th. You'll be glad to know that the bulk of the strips for the that are written already. Quite how I managed to get them done and miss the concluding chapter of this arc I'll never know, but Nesshead knocked it out of the park in about half the time I usually give him.

So why is the Watcher picking up these four rather than the Infinites I hear you ask?

Well there's been so much speculation about the Hurt Doctor being a future version that the Watcher has picked up on it sub conscientiously. The language used at the end of 'The Name of the Doctor makes me think that he is a past version, but that's by no means been proven yet. Although this observation from Bleeding Cool seems to back up my thinking.

The Valeyard of course has been a future incarnation ever since 1987 and his appearance here would suggest he has something lurking up his sleeve. Perhaps he's not quite as stable as he's been making out...

The ginger fellow is the Ginger Doctor from 'The Last Regeneration' as designed by Lee Sullivan back in 1998. I interviewed Lee a while back about this Doctor and couldn't resist asking to use him in the strip. Lee Sullivan is a bit of a legend in the Doctor Who art world and has been involved in more than a few areas of the Whovian universe. This recent feature on Kasterborous will catch you up if you don't already know Lee's work.

The last potential Doctor is of course the Warner Doctor from the Unbound arc. Why's he here? He's certainly been popular enough, but he's very much a 3rd Doctor. Maybe he's here to foreshadow his increased presence in the strip, maybe it's hinting at an unexpected twist. The truth? Well the last Doctor was meant to be the person that just got cast as the 12th Doctor, but as it turns out Nesshead doesn't know who has been cast. He's actually managed to stay spoiler free, which in this day in age is pretty incredible. I don't know how long he'll manage to go, but I'll be damned if I'm the one that spoils it for him. Maybe we'll update this strip when he finds out.

Please don't forget that we have Twitter and Facebook pages and that you can support us by visiting our store and buying something.

IN PRINT EPISODE 52

                                              First Previous Next Latest

Previous Watcher Next Watcher

Of course this plot point has since been addressed in one of those ever popular minisode type things that see to be growing in popularity. But still, that's not what's really important in today's strip. I love the way the Watcher doesn't even change his pose slightly as the Infinites cart him away into the crossover finale, which incidentally I only Emailed to Nesshead a few hours ago, so it might not be ready quite in time.

Totally my fault. I've had some pretty serious personal stuff going on the last month or so and I've not had the chance to finish off the last script. Luckily though the rest of the scripts are written up until November, so that's that particular panic over. No. Wait. I still need to give 2ndFade some more scripts for the Prop Cupboard.
         
Speaking of the various strips I'm in the process of putting a reading guide together and updating the previous and next buttons so that you can read the strip as a whole a lot easier. That was due last month, but took a fair bit of a hit as well. Which begs a question, would you guys prefer the buttons at the side took you to the latest version of each strip or are you happy with the taking you to the first? They're there for your benefit, so let us know which you'd prefer.

So, yeah, in other Whovian news we seem to have a new Doctor. As you can see Jim has drawn him already and its making me even more exited about Peter Capaldi taking charge of the TARDIS. I'm pretty damned excited about this bit of casting. I had resigned myself to a younger, less well known (but talented given the most recent evidence) individual taking the role. It wouldn't have been terrible news, but I have been missing the days of the slightly older Doctor. Mind you I am going to miss Matt Smith, he has brought a real feeling of an old man in a younger man's body to the role and if he has to go then I'm very excited to see an actor of Capaldis calibre stepping into his shoes. Its also nice to see a Scot in the role again, but I'm a little biased that way.

I haven't seen Malcolm Tucker by the way. I totally missed that at the time, although Ill be catching up on that very soon. My experience of Mr Capaldi comes by way of Local Hero, The Angel Islington and Frobisher from Torchwood. We have a nice little penguin joke brewing, but you'll have to wait for that.

Yes, In very excited to see what happens next. Especially as there's been a few hints that we might see his Doctor alongside the John Hurt version. We might not have had as any episodes as we would have liked this year, but we really cant complain about the number of Doctors or the men playing them.

Can we?

Don't forget that we have Twitter and Facebook pages and that you can support us by visiting our store and buying something.

THE INFINITES Strip 12

                                                        First Previous Next Latest

Previous Watcher Next Watcher

Its true you know, he never kissed anyone before 1996 and it seems to have become something of a compulsion for him of late.

I wonder if the 12th will be quite as guilty of it as his immediate predecessors? I guess well have a better idea about that once hems (or she, I'm really not bothered by gender as long as they play the part well) unveiled tomorrow. Personally I'd be quite happy if the rumours were true about Peter Capaldi, it'd be nice to have a fellow Scotsman back in the role, especially an older one. We'll see what happens I guess. Jim's going to waiting with pencil and paper waiting to see who gets cast...

That's us half way though our crossover, there's one more part from Jim next week and then Nesshead finishes it off for us the week after that. Are you guys enjoying this or should we keep the two strips seperate? Do let us know.

Don't forget that we have Twitter and Facebook pages and that you can support us by visiting our store and buying something.

IN PRINT EPISODE 51

                                           First Previous Next Latest

Previous Watcher Next Watcher

It's a valid question. The Great Intelligence never hid what it was yet the Doctor still had an epiphany about his identity.

Oh well.

Seven shouldn't get too judgemental though as he's blatantly missed five extra Doctors. One of whom bears a striking resemblance to a certain foe he may or may not be watching. The crossover continues next week with another strip from Nesshead.

So were you at SDCC? Nesshead was meant to be there, but missed out at the last moment to a technicality. The trailer sounded like it was a lot of fun, oh well, maybe we'll all get next year...

And it's a big thank you to all of you, our faithful readers! We hit a half million views last night. This literally couldn't have happened without you, so a big thank you fro all in In Print!

 I'll leave you with a reminder to check out our Twitter and Facebook pages and that you can support us by visiting our store and buying something.

THE INFINITES Strip 7

Previous Next

And here we go; the latest Infinites. Nesshead has been working on this pretty much constantly the last few days, in fact I'm pretty sure he hasn't even slept yet. This strip was due last week, but due to a hardware fault Nesshead found himself without his computer, so Jim stepped in with the strip that was due in today. There should be another Infinites next week as the strips need to both be in a certain place so that they're ready for their crossover.

A crossover? Yes, we're going to attempt a crossover of the strips. Now don't worry if you only tend to read one of the strips (although why you would is beyond me, their both a lot of fun) they've been written so that they read just as well separately as they do as a whole. I hope you're taking notes Marvel and DC.

As for the strip itself; I'll apologise now for the lack of punchline, but I needed to progress the story in this one and that meant introducing the five shadows in this particular strip. Who are they? Well I'd like to hear your guesses, I'll neither confirm nor deny until next week, but I'm really looking forward to seeing these guys in the strip. 

In case you're wondering the Valeyard just referred to 'Trial of a Time Lord'. It can be argued that it was the Valeyard's interactions with the 6th Doctor that cemented his place in the Doctor's timeline. Until the trial he was merely a possibility, one of many. It's an argument that I'm certainly convinced by and it would seem that the current production team on New Who feel the same way. I wonder if Michael Jayston could be convinced to come back..?

Anyway, I should get going. I'll leave you, as always, with links to our Facebook and Twitter pages. I'l also remind you of the 'Donate' button at the side of the strip. If you fancy donating to Nesshead's repair costs then click and leave a message in the notes. The same goes for myself, Jim and 2nd Fade. There's always items and costs that go towards putting this strip together.

Anyway, enough hinting. See you all next week.

IN PRINT EPISODE 48

                                             First Previous Next Latest

First things first; apologies.

Oh and spoiler warning if you haven't seen 'The Name of the Doctor' yet. In factif you haven't don't read the rest of this blog. Seriously, I'm going to be discussing it. At length.

I'm sorry. I hate spoilers, I really, really do and if I'd thought for one second that last weeks strip was going to include details from that nights episode then I wouldn't have run it.

So, yeah, sorry, guys.

But what an episode! There were several points were I felt I was watching a live version of the strip. After all the Doctor's Timeline seems to be a version of our own little Post Temporal Psychic Construct, although apparently you can discuss Series 24 in there version. Go figure.

Which brings me onto a point that has been bothering me. Could they not have chosen better moments from each Doctor's life? Poor Colin Baker got the short straw all over again and didn't even get a clip just another understudy in a blonde wig. But still, We mustn't grumble, after all we just got the multi Doctor story we thought we weren't going to.

Not just that, but the actor that played the Shalka Doctor was our guide. Now at last we have a potential origin story for him within the main continuity. I mean could he really live the Doctor's life along side him and not become like him in some fashion? And just how did the Shalka Doctor get into this strip anyway?

Hmmmmmmm.

But the highlight for me was seeing the Valeyard dragged kicking and screaming back into the main continuity. I've nothing against the Dream Lord, in fact I quite like him, but it was nice to see the Valeyard getting a name check as a future Doctor. Made my night that did.

Oh and while I remember, the more observant of you may have noticed that the newest Infinites was due up today. Unfortunately Nesshead suffered an IT crisis and Jim was able to step in to plug the gap and as luck would have it the next strip Jim had ready had the Infinites guest starring. And quite an apt episode as well. The Infinites continues next week.

In the mean time we're still on Facebook and Twitter as always and we'll see you all next week.

THE INFINITES Strip 6

Previous Next

And there we have it; as far as In Print is concerned the Dream Lord IS the Valeyard's younger self. I do enjoy the 'unregenerate' feature of Doctor Who's Death Star, I wonder if that could be a bigger plot point down the line. Hmmm.

It's never been explicitly stated on screen, but they really have to be the same person. Apart from having exactly the same origin they also teleport in EXACTLY the same way. Don't believe me? Go and watch 'The Ultimate Foe' and then re-watch 'Amy's Choice'. Exact same guy. But then there is a lot of that in the In Print Verse. It's almost like there's a theme developing....

I also love how the Valeyard seems to have stuck as a name for this Doctor. The Valeyard was merely the identity/role he assumed for 'Trial of a Time Lord', he's still the Doctor.

We've got a couple of running jokes rearing their heads this week. We've already covered the mini Death Star, but we also have the fact that the Cushing Doctor always referred to himself as 'Doctor Who' has always amused me and it strikes me that the other Doctors would take exception to that.

I rather enjoyed last week's Who, although I was rather concerned that Mr Sweet was going to be the Candy Man. That would have been a little awkward. I seriously can't wait for tonight's episode. Neil Gaiman and Cybermen? You just know this is going to be good.

We have a surprise cameo next week. It's a brand new 'In Print Extra' strip featuring a star of the 50th Anniversary special and a potential spoiler. We're still working out how to bring this to you without spoiling anyone. We've got seven days, we'll be fine.

The Special Weapons Dalek has become something of a regular in the strip, I'm sure his appearances here have contributed to this new figure of him being released.

Fairly sure.

See you all then. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages, you never know what might crop up.

THE INFINITES Strip 5

Previous  Next

The Valeyard is canon you know, I'm not just making that up. The evidence is rather overwhelming; he appeared on the show itself after all. Indeed given that he was in every episode of Series 23 he's actually clocked up more screen appearances than Christopher Eccleston and Paul McGann put together. I've discussed this in more detail over at Kasterborous if you're interested.

Nesshead has actually met Michael Jayston, the man behind the robes, recently. Nesshead actually showed him a copy of this strip and the Valeyard himself pronounced it "Excellent". You have no idea how happy this has made us here at In Print Hall.

We've seen behind door 11 before during 'the Duel of the Time Lords' arc and I have to confess I enjoy the idea of The Valeyard hiding in plain site within the Doctor's own Post Temporal Psycho Construct. He sits so neatly between canon and non-canon that he just had to be The Infinite's contact within the Post Temporal Psycho Construct. He even has a Big Finish story al to himself, 'He Jests at Scars' is part of a wonderful little range called 'Doctor Who: Unbound'. Go and get a copy if you haven't heard it already, there's a link at the bottom of the page.

The Doctor returns tonight and I personally can't wait. They still insist on calling it Series 7b, but it's 8. I'm starting to get used to the idea that we're only getting half a series and a special in the 50th Yeat of the Doctor. Not happy about it, but getting used to it.

Our Twitter or Facebook accounts remain open, but please remember that I have three kids these days so the chance of watching it live are greatly diminished.....

THE INFINITES Strip 3

                                                              Previous Next

             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      VOOZSING! 

We're back this week with The Infinites part 3. Nesshead's been busy this week with the strip and also his entry to the Design a Doctor competition over at the Doctor Who and the Tardis by Craig Hurle page on Facebook. Go give him a vote with a like on his picture now!!! Alasdair's still away from the site this week as he and his wife had a lovely baby daughter last week. Al will be back next week so you'll have to put up with me again (Jim). Next week the main In Print Comic is back with a new run taking you right up to the Doctor Who 50th anniversary and we've got plenty of fun and thrills coming up in the coming months. We'll be bringing you some classic and obscure characters from the wider Whoniverse. Also there will be a new look to the site, change in logo.. after all we're almost two years old now ourselves! Today is also our 100th post, more cause to celebrate!
Don't forget to 'Like' us on Facebook and follow Twitter,.. spread the word! We'll be back next week but look out on Facebook in the mean time for updates and a exclusive picture or two. Plus I'll updating In Print's Tumblr with photos and art too.

Until next week....

THE INFINITES Strip 2

Previous Next

                     



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 INFINITES Strip 0

                                  Previous   Next

And here we go.

For those of you paying attention this is the direct sequel to 'The Infinity Doctors', as much as Jesse was loving drawing it there just wasn't enough time in the day to fit it in on a regular basis.

So it's a big thank you to Jesse for starting the ball rolling in such wonderful style a big hello to Nesshead who succeeds him as the regular artist for what we're now calling 'The Infinites'. A role he secured by sending us in the above strip. If it looks familiar that's because he was working off of the same script as Mike Key was when he produced his versions. In fact you'll see this strip one more time as we'll be showing off Tone's version as well in the near future. Nesshead's first full, written for him, strip will be appearing here in a fortnight.

So, have I gone too obscure with the joke in second panel? Has anyone got it? I'd love to know as I was rather proud of it.

I've also left a subtle hint about which of these guys might actually be the Doctor from the Infinity Doctors, in the 'In Print' Universe at least. I'd love to hear your theories in the comments.

In fact I know exactly who each of these Doctors are and how they're all connected to each other and I'm hoping to build up to the reveal in time for November. Although I may end up moving that into next year depending on how my timing of other plot points goes. Either way you guys are going to have to wait for just now, although don't let that stop you speculating in our comments section or on our Twitter or Facebook feeds.

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 8 Jesse Lax

                                                             Previous Next

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

    Previous  Next

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 .










                                              

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 6 Jesse Lax

                                                    
Previous Next

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.