The 8th Doctor's Finale
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shankieJust before the new Doctor Who TV series started, the 8th Doctor was still appearing in Doctor Who Magazine comics; but was not going to be in the show. Just before this arc, a sometimes-villain body snatcher Destrii became the Doctor's companion. Because she doesn't appear in her actual form with where I'm going with this, here she is.
In The Flood here, published in DWM #346 - #353, she's wearing an appearance-altering bit of tech obtained in the last adventure. The Doctor takes her to Earth, where she fits in rather poorly, regardless. This story was going to be the place where 8 regenerated into 9 at the end, but it didn't happen; it was decided that Rose Tyler, not Destrii, would be the 9th's companion first. I suppose it works; still, there's a reference to 9. Foreshadowing, really.
I love the 8th Doctor for a lot of reasons that can basically be summed up like this; he's the Scott Free of the Doctors, and that's awesome. This story is excellent, in colour, and shows that off pretty well. And shows how a Time Lord can have godlike power without it entirely going to their head. At least for a little while.
On my tiny monitor, some of the text is hard to make out. If that's an issue for you, too, well... sorry about that.
As a way of apology, the Doctor takes the Asian food vendor and his wife out to a pub; Destrii remains uninterested in them or their troubles, but it all soon gets interrupted, anyway. The Doctor catches someone trying to pick his pocket, and thinks it's kinda funny.
Then, Cybermen arrive.
Awesome, awesome looking Cybermen. I've gotta say, I prefer this design to either from the show, even if it's a little Star Wars, it's nifty.
Things get a little iffy, Destrii fights Cybermen like the fish-girl Amazon she is, and the Doctor gets sent to a doctor at MI6 after getting knocked out. He's not much for the guy running the place, from past experience; also, he looks a whole lot like the Master and I kept expecting him to be.
::teehee::
Destrii and the Doctor both get captured by the Cybermen after the first attempt to fend them off fails. He continues to be glib about the whole thing.
At least, until the Controller reveals what he's up to; using crazy-causing rain to genetically enhance humans to be better for Cyberman conversion.
With logic that isn't actually too far off, really. Especially considering they're temporally and spatially outsiders.
It takes Destrii screaming at him to kick the Doctor into gear with a plan; that begins with offering up his own suicide. Being a Cyberman, the head robot guy isn't about to say no to a dead Doctor.
Now, for climactic finale of awesome.
You can see where he was supposed to regenerate here; funny that it actually comes up, and not all that far from what had 9 become 10, really.
An appearance of cows that actually had me liking them, hehe. I don't usually like cows at all, but, that was kinda cute. If they knew what Destrii was saying, a mention of leather might set them off, yeah.
Presumably, some time closely following this, the Time War happens. I always assume it was 8 who was involved and it resulted in the regeneration to 9 shortly before the TV series started up again. He does seem a little surprised by his ears and all.
In The Flood here, published in DWM #346 - #353, she's wearing an appearance-altering bit of tech obtained in the last adventure. The Doctor takes her to Earth, where she fits in rather poorly, regardless. This story was going to be the place where 8 regenerated into 9 at the end, but it didn't happen; it was decided that Rose Tyler, not Destrii, would be the 9th's companion first. I suppose it works; still, there's a reference to 9. Foreshadowing, really.
I love the 8th Doctor for a lot of reasons that can basically be summed up like this; he's the Scott Free of the Doctors, and that's awesome. This story is excellent, in colour, and shows that off pretty well. And shows how a Time Lord can have godlike power without it entirely going to their head. At least for a little while.
On my tiny monitor, some of the text is hard to make out. If that's an issue for you, too, well... sorry about that.
As a way of apology, the Doctor takes the Asian food vendor and his wife out to a pub; Destrii remains uninterested in them or their troubles, but it all soon gets interrupted, anyway. The Doctor catches someone trying to pick his pocket, and thinks it's kinda funny.
Then, Cybermen arrive.
Awesome, awesome looking Cybermen. I've gotta say, I prefer this design to either from the show, even if it's a little Star Wars, it's nifty.
Things get a little iffy, Destrii fights Cybermen like the fish-girl Amazon she is, and the Doctor gets sent to a doctor at MI6 after getting knocked out. He's not much for the guy running the place, from past experience; also, he looks a whole lot like the Master and I kept expecting him to be.
::teehee::
Destrii and the Doctor both get captured by the Cybermen after the first attempt to fend them off fails. He continues to be glib about the whole thing.
At least, until the Controller reveals what he's up to; using crazy-causing rain to genetically enhance humans to be better for Cyberman conversion.
With logic that isn't actually too far off, really. Especially considering they're temporally and spatially outsiders.
It takes Destrii screaming at him to kick the Doctor into gear with a plan; that begins with offering up his own suicide. Being a Cyberman, the head robot guy isn't about to say no to a dead Doctor.
Now, for climactic finale of awesome.
You can see where he was supposed to regenerate here; funny that it actually comes up, and not all that far from what had 9 become 10, really.
An appearance of cows that actually had me liking them, hehe. I don't usually like cows at all, but, that was kinda cute. If they knew what Destrii was saying, a mention of leather might set them off, yeah.
Presumably, some time closely following this, the Time War happens. I always assume it was 8 who was involved and it resulted in the regeneration to 9 shortly before the TV series started up again. He does seem a little surprised by his ears and all.
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on 2008-08-13 12:42 am (UTC)no subject
on 2008-08-13 01:56 am (UTC)Doctor Who canon can't agree with itself half the time, so, just having a general idea is mostly what you'd need.
YouTube has episodes of the old series, I think even the 1996 movie (in which the 8th Doctor is the only good thing, alongside the Master's creepy gross gayness) is there. The BBC site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/) has some fun stuff, even free ebooks (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/) and other stuff.
Timelines have been made in a few places: at Whoniverse.org (http://www.whoniverse.org/biography/timeline.php) for a decent one. There's also one on Wiki, I think, and a few lurking on the internets here and there.
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on 2008-08-13 03:01 am (UTC)no subject
on 2008-08-13 03:29 am (UTC)Honestly, the new Who is great, but watching the old episodes then being all like "OMG lookit who it is!" squee on seeing them re-done... cannot be duplicated. XD
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on 2008-08-13 05:48 am (UTC)I love the 8th Doctor for a lot of reasons that can basically be summed up like this; he's the Scott Free of the Doctors, and that's awesome.
Oh man, he so is. And that guy, the leader of MI6? He looks just like a fat version of Ainley!Master. Creepy. I also love the way Eight is pretty much like "Yeah, I was almost god-like there for a minute...Meh. Let's go have an adventure!" I must read more of him heh.
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on 2008-08-13 06:15 am (UTC)It could be a smash hit, I tell you.
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on 2008-08-13 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
on 2008-08-13 07:19 am (UTC)Paul McGann in comic form! Eee!
:P
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on 2008-08-13 07:23 am (UTC)no subject
on 2008-08-13 07:28 am (UTC)BTW, have finally got my ass in gear and have been writing up that rec of your fic I promised over a month ago. It should be posted later tonight (or today, depending of what time of day it is for you!).
Also? I need a Flash icon! *nods vigorously* Time to go icon browsing, which is always fun. I'd love to steal and cap that scan you did of Superman saying 'I can do Batman!' but it was too big. :(
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on 2008-08-13 07:45 am (UTC)Oh yeah! Awesome, that's so cool. :D
It's early morning here right now, because I keep putting off going to bed. XD
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on 2008-08-13 07:54 pm (UTC)What's really weird is how I never used to think anyone outside of Britain watched this show or knew anything about it. Mainly because the BBC has such shit TV shows that good ones are incredibly rare. British TV is just shit in general really.
Anyway I'm going to pop down to my comic book shop and see what I can dig up. Thanks for once again adding to my comic book collections. First Star Trek now Doctor Who. I blame you for obsessions. Its easier on my conscience haha.
I've started watching the spin off now though. Torchwood. It would be interesting if that had a comic book line. xDD
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on 2008-08-14 12:45 am (UTC)Apart from stuff in DWM, IDW publishes (not quite as good) Doctor Who with 10/Martha adventures, and Doctor Who Classics with 4. But, they're not perfect, but, they have their moments.
All TV is mostly shit, so, heh. A lot of days I watch TV about half is BBC America, generally because there's nothing else on...
I'll take blame for increased nerd-ness on any level, yes. :D
And... there so is. (http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/120122493536876.htm) XD
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on 2008-08-14 08:07 pm (UTC)And it's all your fault. XD
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on 2009-07-31 05:37 pm (UTC)Wonder if this was a precursor to The Uncoming Storm?