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Jazz was a form of Earth music of which the Doctor, in at least some of his incarnations, was particularly fond. His seventh self once called Courtney Pine's saxophone playing his "favorite kind of jazz: straight-blowing". Ace was also enamoured of the performer, saying she could sit and listen to him all afternoon. (DW: Silver Nemesis) Later, the seventh Doctor also tried to mend fences with Sarah Jane Smith over a jazz session at the Royal Albert Hall, following his abandonment of her after the incident with Eldrad, but they couldn't attend because of an attack by the insectoid Kalik. (DWM: Train-Flight)

Once, the sixth Doctor, Peri and Frobisher found themselves on the planet Zazz, whose inhabitants had based their society on 20th century America, and were thus captivated by jazz. While there, they went to the Kotn Club, and sampled the local nightlife. Frobisher revealed himself to be adept at playing jazz piano. Peri was invited to sing, and became an instant sensation. She claimed to have "sung through Porgy and Bess so many times [she] sound[ed] like Paul Robeson." Indeed, Peri had sung "Summertime", a song particularly associated with Robeson. For his part, the Doctor organised a jazz marching band to play a tune that would lead the scavengers away from the main city, much like the legendary Pied Piper. The Doctor said of his tune, "It's not Count Basie, but I think it'll entertain the scavengers." (DWM: The Gift (comic strip)})

Though original to Earth, one did not have to be Human to appreciate it. The Sittuun who went by the Human name, Charlie, had an abiding love of jazz, particularly that performed by Ella Fitzgerald. (NSA: Night of the Humans)


 * Launch issue January 2008
 * Published by IDW Publishing.
 * Monthly priced $3.99 (USA)

Overview

 * Doctor Who, from IDW Publishing, is a USA only title building on the success of the new-Who television series.
 * Unlike earlier USA Doctor Who comics this new title featured all-new, full colour comic strip action for the Tenth Doctor (and Martha Jones) from some of America's top artists and colourists, as well as providing new cover artwork.
 * It was one of two titles launched in the 2007/2008 period (the other being Doctor Who Classics launched in December 2007, and featured the reprinting and re-colouring of the Fourth Doctor's comic strip adventures from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine). The first issue's publication was delayed until February 2008.
 * Each issue regularly features some 32 full colour quality printed pages of which 22 featured an original adventure, next issue page, IDWords (news and interviews from IDW Publishing), and 9 pages promoting other titles.
 * The first six-issue mini-series includes some references to the televised series, such as the cat people from New Earth who appear in several issues. This first arc was written by longtime Doctor Who fan/writer and new-series script editor Gary Russell.
 * The first mini-series' six issues do not carry episode/chapter titles, making this one of the first elements of the Doctor Who franchise to not use story titles.
 * Although published long after the character left the series, Martha Jones appears in the initial story arc and The Forgotten, as well as several of the one-shots.

Stories

 * In July 2008, the first six-issue mini-series was reissued in an omnibus graphic novel edition entitled Agent Provocateur.
 * A second six-issue mini-series called The Forgotten was published beginning in August 2008.
 * In 2009, IDW began a series of one-shots, two of which featured the Tenth Doctor travelling alone, two were set during his time with Martha Jones, and two featured Donna Noble, for the first time in an IDW comic strip.

List of Stories

 * Agent Provocateur. (six parts)
 * The Forgotten (six parts)
 * The Whispering Gallery (one part)
 * The Time Machination (one part)
 * Autopia (one part)
 * Room with a Deja View (one part)
 * Cold Blooded War (one part)
 * Black Death White Life (one part)
 * Doctor Who Ongoing
 * Silver Scream (two parts)
 * Fugitive (four parts)

External inks

 * The IDW publishing site with news, information and previews of all its titles.