Doctor Who books (fiction, nonfiction, nonfact)

[Steve Roby]

Oh, someone punch him out.

(Sorry, I had to get in on this. I did a partial rewatch not too long ago.)

 

[Allyn Gibson]

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.

Today May announced he's offering Seasons of War audio books, beginning with readings of the anthology.

 

[Mr Awe]

Oh, someone punch him out.

(Sorry, I had to get in on this. I did a partial rewatch not too long ago.)

I think that's why Lonemagpie smartly bailed!

 

[Steve Roby]

Today May announced he's offering Seasons of War audio books, beginning with readings of the anthology.

This is really getting to be a bit much. For Pete's sake, deliver something, and then sell something else. Chinbeard Books don't seem to be involved with the new projects, which makes me wonder how much of this is on May's shoulders.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I admit, I'm getting an Alec Peters vibe from May.

 

[Steve Roby]

I suspect a slightly different diagnosis for May than Peters, but I'm worried the end result may be the same.

 

[Turtletrekker]

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).

Jenny and Five in the same comic? Do they interact at all?

Sounds fun. Hopefully, it's better than last year's Cybermen event.

 

[Nightowl1701]

Jenny and Five in the same comic? Do they interact at all?

Literally the first word out of her mouth is "Dad?" Too bad Five doesn't get to hear it, or that their meeting comes to such an abrupt conclusion (his TARDIS gets gobbled up in the White Hole, saving her ship via Time Ram).

 

[Turtletrekker]

Literally the first word out of her mouth is "Dad?"

Perfect!

 

[Turtletrekker]

As fate would have it, comicbook.com posted the aforementioned exchange between Jenny and the Fifth Doctor.

 

[The Wormhole]

"I'm going to have to ram you" is very unfortunate dialogue to have there. Especially if taken out of context, you know what I mean.

Also, is that Gallifreyan military armour she's wearing?

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Also, is that Gallifreyan military armour she's wearing?

It is. I think I called it "Gallifreyan Boob Armor" on Twitter for obvious reasons.

She's also flying an ancient Gallifreyan Bowship.

 

[FredH]

Newest Declan May offering: "13 x 13", an ebook collection of thirteen "hypothetical" 13th Doctor stories, each by a different author doing their own interpretation of what the Whittaker Doctor may be like.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

This seems like a really strange tribute to me -- John and Carole Barrowman are introducing a new character, Sladen, in tribute to Lis Sladen in an upcoming Torchwood comic book. A better tribute, imho, would be to add Sarah Jane Smith to Torchwood as a cast member.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

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).

I liked "The Four Doctors." I don't remember much about how it ended but I loved the idea of the Continuity Bomb and how it reversed a key decision for each of the Doctors. I also loved the twist about who the fourth Doctor in the story was.

(No, I'm not going to keep doing that another half dozen times)

What?! Awww... Booo!

Oh, someone punch him out.

(Sorry, I had to get in on this. I did a partial rewatch not too long ago.)

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[Nightowl1701]

This seems like a really strange tribute to me -- John and Carole Barrowman are introducing a new character, Sladen, in tribute to Lis Sladen in an upcoming Torchwood comic book. A better tribute, imho, would be to add Sarah Jane Smith to Torchwood as a cast member.

Maybe that was Barrowman's original plan, and the Beeb slammed the brakes on it and forced him to improvise a new character.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

That's certainly possible. It could be something as simple as, "No, Titan, your comic book license doesn't cover Sarah Jane Smith."

 

[The Wormhole]

It could be something as simple as, "No, Titan, your comic book license doesn't cover Sarah Jane Smith."

Well, she was the companion in their Fourth Doctor comics, or would having an older Sarah Jane make a difference?

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Torchwood and Who are separate licenses. Titan may not be allowed to mix them.

 

[Nightowl1701]

Old Sarah Jane's currently hanging out with Ten's comic companions Gabby and Cindy in his series, so there's nothing stopping her from appearing there.