December 4th, 2007
The 10 Doctors: Page 72
The first Doctor runs into the Lady President who clearly doesn’t recognize him. The Doctor finds this very odd, and asks if she’s seen himself around somewhere. He learns that the 8th Doctor has gone out of the citadel.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:16 am
Oh no… One might be re-considering his own self-imposed exile. The fabric of the universe is in danger!
And none of the Time Lords recognize him… and yet the Master and the Meddler did in their respective appearances! Why?! Damn you Rich I must know! So help me I’ll build my own TARDIS and jump ahead to when this comic is finished to find out if I must!
I must say, you’ve certainly kept the wily rascal One in-character.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Aww… First Doctor. So endearing.
I’m dying to know what’s going on! Are you planning on any sort of revelation to your readers in the near future? It’s almost Christmas, after all
December 4th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
GOOD GRIEF!!
lol 1 and 10 are confuzzled….
…WHAT??
December 4th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
“What have I become” Lol! Lovely! Well worth the wait.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Fan-TAS-tic! I just found this comic yesterday and blitzed through the archive and now a brand new one today. Thank you! And bravo for such a gripping comic.
My theory on the non-recognition thing: Master, Monk, and the Rani are caught up in the same temporal mess that the Doctor versions are. The Time Lords are in the time line that’s being effected, so can’t recognize the out-of-place elements.
Or they could just be dumb as bricks from staring into the time vortex too much.
Can’t wait to find out.
December 4th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Well, that’s what happens when you know too much about your own future.
December 4th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Someone on 2000adreview told me about this today - I am now bang up-to-date. Loving this. Really so very good.
More please.
December 4th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I can’t make any coherant comment at the moment. :p
December 4th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Yay! Keep going!
December 4th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Hmmmm… The plot thickens…
December 4th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!…Explain…Soon…Or…Head…Explode…
December 4th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
1 looks AWESOME in Gallifreyan robes.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
You have got #1’s character down perfectly for this stage in his life Rich. This is before he met Barbara and Ian, so at this point The Doctor still holds Humans in contempt. It’s perfect! Ravings indeed!!! Wonderful.
BTW, agree with Steven. #1 + Timelord robes = Brilliant!
December 4th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I think on Christmas, one of the Doctors (preferably the 10th) should randomly pass a Christmas Tree. He would notice it, stare in surprise, examine it, ponder for a while, notice the audience, break the fourth wall by winking, and then carry on his way.
Hmmm…that’s only seven panels though.
Anyway, good job with all this. The First Doctor looks cool in his new get up.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Just love One in his Gallifreyan robes…and that puzzlement, almost hurt…
Wow…can’t wait to find out…don’t want it to end….
December 4th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
I think your portrayal (both with the words and the sketching) of One is fantastic, especially in panels 3 and 5. Yay for new pages and comments abound.
Keep up the good work…
December 4th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
poor one, far from age mellowing someone, he has a lot ahead of him! and even a romance! still i’d like to know who the wife was, and iris wildthyme, from one of the short trips novels, i think it was, she and the doctor had a ‘thing!’ gasp!!!
December 4th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
and i must say, i think the first doctor makes the robes look regal and sophisticated
December 4th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Oh yeah, One working the Time Lord headpiece! Curiouser, and curiouser…sounds like a paradox within a paradox.
Wasn’t temporal physics the Doctor’s best subject at the academy? I can’t remember, any old school fans out there know?
December 5th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Check out this life structure, “Doc-tah”, because one day you’re going to be living it!
December 5th, 2007 at 12:54 am
I believe the Doctor’s best subject at the academy was thermodynamics, according to a conversation he had with Drax in the final part of the Key to Time series. Granted, this is the kind of thermodynamics that would allow him to cancel out the formation of a black hole with a supernova within the time vortex so as to allow energy to remain constant as evidenced in the most recent Children in Need special, but there you have it.
December 5th, 2007 at 12:58 am
nicely put Jim North!
December 5th, 2007 at 2:43 am
I think Dave is right. Thermodynamics does seem to suit The Doctor, particularly the 2nd law.
“Entropy increases… Yes daily, The more you put things together the more they keep falling apart. That’s the essence of the 2nd law of thermodynamics and I never heard a truer word spoken.”
–The 4th Doctor, Logopolis [Season 18 - Episode 7]
“Everything has its time and everything dies.”
–The 9th Doctor, The End of the World [Series 1 - Episode 2]
December 5th, 2007 at 4:49 am
One has been my favourite Doctor for years. He had sinister down to a fine art and still managed to be cute with his “hmm?”s and “Hmph”s
December 5th, 2007 at 6:10 am
Great installment, and totally appreciating the genius choice of using a pre-’An Unearthly Child’ first Doctor
*Sees the President’s aide*
Rich, you devil
December 5th, 2007 at 6:11 am
7th Doctor (looking at a broken machine he doesn’t remember building): No, looks pretty far gone. You’d need a genius to unravel it.
Rani (disguised as companion, Mel): But you’re a genius.
Doctor: Oh yes, I definately remember that.
Rani: Especially in thermodynamics.
Doctor: ….How did you know that, Mel?
Rani: You told me. You said it was your best subject at the academy.
-”Time and the Rani”
December 5th, 2007 at 8:56 am
What have I become?
Sounds like One is about to burst into a Johnny Cash style rendition of ‘Hurt’. Although that’s probably more suitable for Nine, thinking about it…
December 5th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Before he met Barbara and Ian The Doctor was still very much the dusty old Timelord (even though he was still quite young), you have to admit, he does look at home in those robes.
December 5th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
December 5th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Do they Not Rememeber this at the end
December 5th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
like Mid Erasing(End Of Five Docs No One Remembered Because sarah last remembered seeing the Doc In Hand Of Fear)
December 5th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
hrmmm, TimA, thanks to your comment about breaking into a song, i now have a mental image, of Three of the Doctors, sitting around, and singing a crosby stills and nash number heh heh heh…. there ya go Rich, a challenge for you
December 5th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
This story is basical one supermassive lead up to the Time War involving every Doctor Who character past and present. Wibbly wobbly timey wimey!
December 6th, 2007 at 1:28 am
Pretty cool - not just 9&10, but all the Doctors before 8 can be hidden from the others! Tho they still run the risk of being recognized simply by having been seen before.
But .. why is he whining about being allied with Outsiders? The rest makes sense, but I understood that he always sympathized with them, even spending his childhood running off to visit with the Hermit.. its not something I can see him objecting to.
Still, I know there’s an explanation somewhere…
Tho.. I wonder if at this point we are going to find out any more about his wife and kids who eventually gave us Susan the granddaughter. (I’m guessing, Rich, that you are choosing to stay away from that bit, as who knows what tidbits the show might throw us about that in the future.. but still…I can wonder, right?)
December 6th, 2007 at 2:01 am
Funny, you mention The Doctor being well-versed in thermodynamics, because this was the exact reason why The Rani shanghaied him onto her planet in ‘Time and The Rani.’ Though evilly brilliant in her own right, it’s funny how she needed The Seventh Doctor into helping her with her scheme for a Time Manipulator.
To Mreen: The First Doctor was taken before he decided on helping others, meaning at the time he didn’t exactly trust Humans right off. There was a novel I had written when The Doctor and Susan were on Earth (long before Barbara and Ian, btw) where Earth was undergoing an unnatural winter.
The problem was due to an alien force draining the heat from the planet, and it would’ve spelled the end for Humanity if a child hadn’t convinced The Doctor he couldn’t just sit about in his TARDIS feeling sorry for himself.
Meanwhile, I will grant you in the BBC books, it has been mentioned The Doctor frequently visited Low Town (home of the Shobogans and Non-Time Lord Gallifreyans) because at times he got a bit fed up with life in the Capitol from time to time.
However, I feel Rich is demonstrating The First Doctor’s age where he can’t believe his future selves have reverted back into doing things he perceives ‘childish.’
As for Susan, it’s really been a major topic of debate about her real relationship with The Doctor. Some fans claim she was really his granddaughter, while others had speculated she was a survivor who accidentally had ended up in the old man’s TARDIS. And because she knew him more of a parental figure, would call him ‘Grandfather’ on occasion.
Of course, in my character’s version, Fangarius is a Gallifreyan Wolf-Being who is The Doctor’s godchild, and was once sternly disciplined by the First Doctor when Fanger attempted talking back at him.
December 6th, 2007 at 2:33 am
“Back when I first started, at the very beginning I was always trying to be old and grumpy and important, like you do when you’re young… and then I was you.”
– The 10th Doctor to The 5th Doctor. [Time Crash, 2007 Children in Need Special]
December 6th, 2007 at 3:06 am
Yeah, that line was very apt.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Fangorous: Outsiders arent humans, they are galafreyans that live outside the city. Before his escape/eviction from Galafrey, the Doctor found them much better company than city folk and was always sneaking out to visit them.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:17 am
added, as I said, the rest of his complaints, among them “being allied with humans” make perfect sense..but I wasnt talking about that.
Rich seems to be avoiding the book universe and various fan theories (most of the un-granddaughter theories seem to spring from fans who couldnt reconcile the idea of the Doctor once having a wife and child with the Doctor they saw on TV) and sticking with what we’ve been shown and told in the show, and that he likes . Which I think is great as we avoid many fan theories clouding issues, and just rip on with a good story!
Rich - I apologize if I seem to speaking for you, I’m just trying to explain my interpretation of what we’ve got. I think I’ll start waiting for you to reply with your thoughts are on your thoughts from now on then!!
December 6th, 2007 at 11:29 am
I’ve been watching “The Dalek Invasion of Earth” on my train ride home the past few days, so William Hartnell’s voice is fresh in my mind.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
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December 6th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Thanks everyone, I can’t believe I forgot about thermodynamics. I loved “Time and the Rani” when I was a kid!
kurt-you summed it up perfectly, it’s one of the best lines ever: wibbley-wobbley, timey-wimey!
December 6th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Dude, you just got Metafiltered! You’re on the front page of Metafilter.com right now.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
I arrived, thinking this would be patently awful. My tolerance for fan-fiction is lower than low.
But after reading all 72(!) installments, I’m more than impressed. Keep it up.
And hey … Russell T. is an adventurous sort. If this gets forwarded properly on up the geek foodchain, who knows?
December 7th, 2007 at 12:32 am
To Mreen:
Exactly, the Shobogans were the ones who rejected Time Lord society and live outside the Capitol. Seems Leela preferred living with them as opposed to modern Gallifreyan life.
And I apologize for misleading you, obviously Rich is focusing on what we know from the original BBC series rather than the books and spin-offs. The reason I alluded to one of the previous books was because the author originally got the idea from a rejected script where they wanted to do an original episode before The Doctor and Susan had met Barbara and Ian. But I guess the producers feared it might ruin the mystery behind the enigmatic old man and his granddaughter travelling the Cosmos in a multidimensional police box.
I love the story because it genuinely combines both Classic and New Doctor Who rather well. Still wondering though what becomes of the Companions.
December 7th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Love it! Rich, you are a genius.I love multi-Doctor stories, and this one is beyond incredible. The Doctors are all unique with their little quirks, but you can definitely see their underlying Doctorishness.
I can’t wait for the next installment. Are we staying with One? Going to check up on another Doctor? See how the Companions are faring?
The only bone I’ve got to pick is that Romana III isn’t Lady President. I know why you didn’t, but it would have been interesting to see Romana in post-Companion state and see her and the Doctor interacting with the power structure reversed. Yeah, I know, I should probably get the audios for that.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Fantastic stuff! I found this today, and I’ve just blown off the first hour or so of work reading the whole thing. This is great stuff, written with real knowledge of - and affection for - the series. I love the artwork; the style isn’t the sort of thing I normally like, but you’ve captured the characters so well that it’s impossible not to love it. Who’d have thought it? A multi-Doctor story that doesn’t suck!