The Doctor

Something I don’t quite get, if the Doctor bi-generationed and the Fifthteenth doctor is a improved mental state after what happened with the Thirteenth Doctor and the Fourteenth Doctor goes through rehab, how do they end up as one being again or something again?

Well, at least when it comes to the comic strip running in Doctor Who Magazine, which I can’t help but view as the really “official” comic run and one which goes all the way back to the first TV Comic strips in 1964.

So, I’m assuming the DWM strips will stick with Gatwa’s Doctor until Christmas 2026?

Of course, this isn’t the first time the publisher of the officially licensed Doctor Who comic strip has kept with a Doctor after their on-screen departure: TV Comic kept with Troughton’s Doctor for almost six months back in 1969 (in the process giving us the foundations of “Season 6B”) and it continued to feature Pertwee’s incarnation for pretty much the same length of time until the broadcast of Robot cemented his successor in the role.

Interestingly, DWM writer Alan Barnes hasn’t opted to keep the Doctor on his own, but has teamed him up with Mel, at least for this story—hate to think where he considers this “fits” into Series 14/15, though I’ve never particularly bothered with that idea, ever.

As we don't have a new Christmas Special to enjoy this year, it'll be back to the iPlayer for me to ensure some genuine festive Who-ness on the big day. This year, it'll definitely be clicking on A Christmas Carol. I always get goosebumps watching that scene when the Doctor shows miserly Kazran Sardick his future—the combination of the performances, music and direction just gets me every time. Half-way out of the dark, indeed.

So, what Christmas episode would you choose?

I can understand why they were tempted to re-dub the line… and the fact that the camera is focused on Pertwee’s reaction makes it easier to make the change. But…

Firstly, it’s totally gratuitous. Secondly, wouldn’t a “Sea Devil” be more likely to talk about “The War Between The Sea and the Land”?

Will anyone ever surpass Tom Baker's longevity in the role of the Doctor?

So there is fan comic i used to read as a child called comic who writen by marco castiello and drawn by elisa moriconi , if you don't know that comic, it's basically a chibi styled doctor who fan comic with the 9th 10th and 11th doctors into some misadventures, (geez how many times have i said comic?) also they have their own nicknames 9th being called "eccly", 10th being called "tenny" and 11th being called "smithy".

Ok done explaining the comic, so the issue was called a new flatmate, dated december 25th 2013 same day time of the doctor was released, where the 11th doctor "smithy" was undergoing a regeneration, and suddenty two doctors emerged, introducing 12th doctor "cappy" to the comic, and then 10 years later the giggle was made which introduced the idea of bi-generation, which to me was a big surprise, because of the fan comic had something similar like this.

I must admit I found the recent Russell T Davies interview in the Big Issue magazine interesting for a couple of reasons:

Firstly, he does appear to be moving on from Doctor Who, which I feel is perfectly understandable—if only for the sake of his longterm writing career.

Secondly, it does rather confirm that “his” rights to Doctor Who are essentially the same as any other freelance writer from the classic years—that is, he owns his scripts, and any characters/creatures introduced in them, but that’s all. (Does he own anything he introduced while rewriting other writers’ scripts?) The BBC, meantime, still owns the core concepts of The Doctor, the Tardis, and the Doctor Who name and logos.