THE INFINITES Strip 7

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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.

THE INFINITES Strip 6

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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 4

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A contact? I wonder who that might be?

I already know of course, but I wonder how many of you can guess?

It looks as if Dr Who really likes Seven's jumper, I can understand that; I'm wearing a Tshirt with it printed on it as I type.

I really do love the attention to detail that Jim and Nesshead bring these strips. I've spent the last few minutes staring at the chair in the last panel. It's a thing of beauty is it not? Takes me right back to the TVM.

I'd purposely put a 7th Doctor visual reference into this strip and was pretty chuffed to see that Nesshead had added an 8th Doctor one as well. This whole web series has been a bit of a love letter to all my favourite bits of Who and I really hope you guys are enjoying reading it as much as I'm enjoying writing it.

I'm currently working on the build up to the November Special, which will include even more of my highlights, in fact I can't believe it's taken so long to work these two into proceedings. Anyway, time I was going. Just enough time to mention that we're on Twitter and Facebook.

See you all next week.

THE INFINITES Strip 0

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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 - MICHAEL DAVID KEY

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Episode 42 will be with you next week. Myself and Jim have been up our collective ears in family stuff what with it having been Christmas and all. I would say normal service will resume next week, but it won't. But, more on that next week.

It's nothing to worry about though.

In the meantime we thought you'd like to see some of the entries we had for the Infinity Doctors open audition we had a couple of months back. The two above strips come from Michael David Key, or as most of you probably know him; Mike from Mike's Star Trek and Doctor Who Art page on Facebook.

We loved Mike's entries and were really very sorry not to be able to give the top spot, however Mike is a good friend of the site and you'll be seeing some of his stuff on the site in the coming year. In fact he's already featured on our Christmas Special.

Anyway, I need to be going. I'll see you all next week with some big news.

Feel free to leave feedback either in the comments section, Twitter or Facebook,

IN PRINT EPISODE 40

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Ah yes, Seven and Eight. Didn't they used to star in this strip?

I seem to have gone off on a bit of a tangent of late, but don't worry; it's all part of the plan.

This week marked 49 years since Doctor Who appeared on our screens and this time next year we'll be in the middle of a full swing celebration of the half centenary. In fact our plans for this year coming are so epic that myself and Jim have already decided to forego the Christmas Special in favour of a Giant-Sized Anniversary strip  instead. All the dangling plot threads will come together as we celebrate 50 years of our favourite Time Lord.

But you'll still be getting a Christmas Special this year. It's coming together nicely. So nicely in fact that Jim hasn't stopped Emailing me pages from it since last night. Not that I'm complaining you understand, I don't think I'll ever tire of seeing scenes I've written come to life.

It's not just Jim though. We have a range of contributors for this year's Special and I really don't think any of you will guess what the nature of them.

In other news DJ Foo has followed in Colin Baker's footsteps and been voted off. DJ and Hartnell's Wig have been the two break out stars this year going by the feed back we've received so far. Let us know in the comments if you'd like to see the DJ back in the thick of things.

We're still on Twitter and Facebook, feel free to follow and like us there. 750 likes on Facebook and counting, would be nice to hit the 1,000 mark before the New Year.

Hint, hint...

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 8 Jesse Lax

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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 4 JESSE LAX

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Well that's more new characters. Well after a fashion, after all as Eight implies they're all versions of the Doctor. If you don't recognise them then I'd suggest clicking here, here and here.

Right, everyone caught up?

The Infinity Doctors was written while listening to my son play the intro to Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends over and over. I hope it shows.

You'll have noticed by this point that I have a fondness for alternate Doctors. I have done ever since I discovered the Valeyard and then the Cushing Doctor. But where it really took root was when I discovered the Other in the New Adventures, suddenly the number of Doctors was no longer limited to 13 and any every Doctor could be canon. Doctor Who Unlimited as it were.

Anywhere, more from the Infinity Doctors in a fortnight. Back to the Seven and Three dual next week.

As always you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Oh and don't forget we've put out a call for Fan Art. Submissions can be made to inprintfanart@googlemail.com.

Indeed, if anyone fancies putting together an In Print montage using the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends music that would just about make my year! Send the link to the same address.

In the meantime we're going to leave you with a picture that Jim drew of a Sontaren. 

I think we'll call him Sid.....

THE INFINITY DOCTORS - Strip 2 JESSE LAX

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And we're back with the Infinity Doctors. I do hope we've all been keeping up, especially as we have more guest stars appearing during this run of Guest Prints from Jesse.

It would seem that the Shalka Doctor is up to no good. Which is strange, because he's still the Doctor, right? Right?

I always thought that I would be limited in the number of characters for this strip. In fact it was only ever meant to be 7 and 8 starring, but the other Doctors just keep forcing their way in. I guess with an ego as big as they all have they were never going to sit quietly in the corner and let 7 and 8 hog the lime light.

In fact next week one of the earlier Doctors will be coming to the fore.

In the mean time enjoy today's strip, like the Facebook page and follow us on Twitter.

Oh and Jim got interviewed again. He comes across well I thought, but leaves one question unanswered: when is someone going to interview Al? Seriously; I cry myself to sleep  about this every night.

Feedback on a printed version of our strip has been sadly underwhelming. We'll leave the link up a little longer, but unless we get some feedback soon we'll need to drop the plan for just now.

In the mean time you can support us by buying items from our Amazon Store.

See you next week folks.