It depends, I think, on the writers Hearn chooses to work with. I'll be happy if I never see Ben Cook's byline again. If Hearn simply carries on with Spilbury's go-to writers, then nothing, imho, has really changed except the name on the masthead.
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I suspect he'll assemble a new team - editors tend to have their repertory companies just as directors do... (And OK I'm biased here, having been in Marcus's and thus sniffing an opportunity!)
Meanwhile, pretty much every day Declan May adds more to his War Doctor unofficial book series. I hope some of it is work that was put on hold when Big Finish was doing its War Doctor series, because otherwise he's announcing a pretty ambitious program.
Looking over some stuff posted on Gallifrey Base, it seems he's also going to tackle the Curator.
Ambitious? I admire his verve, but I also feel a bit uneasy that he's exploiting the BBC's property to the extent that he is, and he has me wondering at what point the BBC's lawyers will get involved. (Shades of Alec Peters and Axanar, I guess.)
Among the many projects he's announced, yes, there's a Curator novella. I think he's now up to two more anthologies, three War Doctor novellas, and a Curator novella.
The only significant licenced material relating to the War Doctor I can think of is one single novel with no sign of a follow-up and an audio series brought to an end by John Hurt's death. May's evidently decided it's his playground now.
There's also a short story in an official anthology released a few years back, where the War Doctor is defending a weapons depot on Gallifrey where the Time Lords are putting children to work from attacking Daleks. Titan's Eleventh Doctor series had War Doctor flashbacks as part of its arc too. But otherwise, yeah, that's the extent of official licensed material about him.
Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension Alpha, the first chapter in 2017's Doctor Who crossover from Titan Comics, came out yesterday.
Something -- a White Hole -- is eating space and time, and Jenny, the Doctor's "daughter," is on a mission to find a Doctor who can save the universe. Eventually, she does -- the twelfth Doctor at St. Luke's -- and shenanigans follow.
There's fan-service galore -- besides appearances by Doctors three, five, nine, ten, and eleven, there's also Kate Stewart (who was drawn to look like Jodie Whitaker, strangely enough) and Osgood, not to mention a cameo from Jenna Coleman (as Queen Victoria). And I think there's a portrait of Jon Snow in the Doctor's rooms at St. Luke's.
The story's thin, but it's the first part of an eight part crossover, so that's to be expected; this is all set-up. It reminded me in some respects of Crisis on Infinite Earths; time and space is being gobbled, and Jenny's essentially Harbinger, running ahead of the wavefront, trying to gather up people to take a stand. So I think what we'll see over the next six parts is various Doctors fighting the White Hole and the destruction it's causing in their own times and places, and then in the final issue the twelfth Doctor will put everything together and solve the problem, hopefully avoiding the Big Red Reset Button ending of the previous two crossovers (Four Doctors and Supremacy of the Cybermen).
Something -- a White Hole -- is eating space and time, and Jenny, the Doctor's "daughter," is on a mission to find a Doctor who can save the universe. Eventually, she does -- the twelfth Doctor at St. Luke's -- and shenanigans follow.
There's fan-service galore -- besides appearances by Doctors three, five, nine, ten, and eleven, there's also Kate Stewart (who was drawn to look like Jodie Whitaker, strangely enough) and Osgood, not to mention a cameo from Jenna Coleman (as Queen Victoria). And I think there's a portrait of Jon Snow in the Doctor's rooms at St. Luke's.
The story's thin, but it's the first part of an eight part crossover, so that's to be expected; this is all set-up. It reminded me in some respects of Crisis on Infinite Earths; time and space is being gobbled, and Jenny's essentially Harbinger, running ahead of the wavefront, trying to gather up people to take a stand. So I think what we'll see over the next six parts is various Doctors fighting the White Hole and the destruction it's causing in their own times and places, and then in the final issue the twelfth Doctor will put everything together and solve the problem, hopefully avoiding the Big Red Reset Button ending of the previous two crossovers (Four Doctors and Supremacy of the Cybermen).
Who are the writer(s) and artist(s)?
For this issue? Written by George Mann and Cavan Scott. Mann's been writing the twelfth Doctor comics, Scott the ninth Doctor. Art by Rachael Stott, Cris Bolson, Pasquale Qualano, Elton Thomasi, Klebs Jr., and J.B. Baston. For twenty-six pages of story, that's a lot of artists. It looks to me like Stott penciled it all, and the rest of the gang inked her work. There are a couple of places where things don't look quite right (for example, Jenny in her Gallifreyan boob armor on page 10, which looks awkward and painful), but it generally looks consistent.
So the writers and artists will change for each issue of the overall series?
But what is it?
Yeah. The creative teams going forward:
Part 2: Ninth Doctor Special -- writer Cavan Scott, artists Adriana Melo and Marco Lesko.
Part 3: Tenth Doctor Year 3 #9 -- writer Nick Abadzis, artists Mariano Laclaustra and Carlos Cabrera
Part 4: Eleventh Doctor Year 3 #10 -- writer Nick Abadzis, artists Leandro Cesco and Triona Farrell
Part 5: Special #1 (fourth Doctor, River Song, Jenny stories) -- writers Katy Rex, Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby; artists Iolanda Zanfardino, Wellington Diaz, Ivan Rodriguez
Part 6: Twelfth Doctor Year #3 #8 -- writer George Mann, artists Rachael Stott, Rod Fernandez
Part 7: Special #2 (fourth Doctor, River Song, Jenny stories) -- writers Katy Rex, Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby; artists Iolanda Zanfardino, Wellington Diaz, Ivan Rodriguez
Part 8: Lost Dimension Omega -- writers Nick Abadzis, Cavan Scott, George Mann; artists Mariano Laclaustra, Carlos Cabrera
The reason the ninth Doctor gets a special rather than an issue of the ongoing series is that Titan has quietly culled the ninth Doctor ongoing from their publishing line.
Part 2: Ninth Doctor Special -- writer Cavan Scott, artists Adriana Melo and Marco Lesko.
Part 3: Tenth Doctor Year 3 #9 -- writer Nick Abadzis, artists Mariano Laclaustra and Carlos Cabrera
Part 4: Eleventh Doctor Year 3 #10 -- writer Nick Abadzis, artists Leandro Cesco and Triona Farrell
Part 5: Special #1 (fourth Doctor, River Song, Jenny stories) -- writers Katy Rex, Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby; artists Iolanda Zanfardino, Wellington Diaz, Ivan Rodriguez
Part 6: Twelfth Doctor Year #3 #8 -- writer George Mann, artists Rachael Stott, Rod Fernandez
Part 7: Special #2 (fourth Doctor, River Song, Jenny stories) -- writers Katy Rex, Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby; artists Iolanda Zanfardino, Wellington Diaz, Ivan Rodriguez
Part 8: Lost Dimension Omega -- writers Nick Abadzis, Cavan Scott, George Mann; artists Mariano Laclaustra, Carlos Cabrera
The reason the ninth Doctor gets a special rather than an issue of the ongoing series is that Titan has quietly culled the ninth Doctor ongoing from their publishing line.
I've never seen one before - no one has - but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
Thanks, Allyn. Sounds like an ambitious project and I hope it'll work out better than previous multi-Doctor comic efforts (although I still have a special fondness for The Forgotten). I'll probably wait until the whole thing is available as a trade paperback.
But what is it?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the Universe; a white hole returns it.
(No, I'm not going to keep doing that another half dozen times)
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