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|team              = [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Eighth Doctor]]
|team              = [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Ninth Doctor]]
|featuring        = [[Brian (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Brian]], [[Dalek Prime Strategist]], [[Time Commander]], [[Scientist Dalek (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Scientist Dalek]], [[Dalek Executioner]]
|featuring        = [[Brian (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Brian]], [[Dalek Prime Strategist]], [[Time Commander]], [[Scientist Dalek (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Scientist Dalek]], [[Dalek Executioner]]
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'''''Tales of the Dark Times''''', starring the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Brian the Ood]], and the [[Dalek Time Squad]], was ''[[Comic Creator]]''{{'}}s contribution to the multi-medium ''[[Time Lord Victorious (series)|Time Lord Victorious]]'' storyline. It marked the debut of Brian as a major character after his first mention in ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]''.
'''''Tales of the Dark Times''''' was ''[[Comic Creator]]''{{'}}s contribution to the multi-medium ''[[Time Lord Victorious (series)|Time Lord Victorious]]'' storyline. It marked the debut of Brian as a major character after his first mention in ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]''.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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The Daleks once again thank the Doctor for being their saviour, which the Doctor uneasily accepts. He informs the Daleks that the ship used to belong to a race wiped out by the Kotturuh. The race had left behind databases of information, hoping for the right race to turn up.
The Daleks once again thank the Doctor for being their saviour, which the Doctor uneasily accepts. He informs the Daleks that the ship used to belong to a race wiped out by the Kotturuh. The race had left behind databases of information, hoping for the right race to turn up.
=== Episode 4 ===
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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=== Episode 2 ===
=== Episode 2 ===
* Several [[Velosian]]s
* [[Time Commander]]
* [[Time Commander]]
* [[Dalek Prime Strategist]]
* [[Dalek Prime Strategist]]
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* [[Scientist Dalek (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Scientist Dalek]]
* [[Scientist Dalek (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Scientist Dalek]]
* [[Dalek Executioner]]
* [[Dalek Executioner]]
=== Episode 4 ===
* [[Ninth Doctor]]
* [[Ikalla]]
* [[Creature (Tales of the Dark Times)|Creature]]


== References ==
== References ==
* The Doctor recognises Brian, but is surprised when he refers to him as a [[friend]].
* The Tenth Doctor recognises Brian, but is surprised when he refers to him as a [[friend]].
* [[Parvanna]] is one of the least welcoming planets in the [[Dark Times]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* After being mentioned in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Starlight Robbery (audio story)|Starlight Robbery]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'', this story provides the first visual depiction of the [[Velosian]]s.
* After being mentioned in ''[[Starlight Robbery (audio story)|Starlight Robbery]]'' and ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'', this story provides the first visual depiction of the [[Velosian]]s.
* [[James Goss]], writer and creator of these particular comics, has stated that all of the stories take place during a 'big gap' after the [[Battle of Mordeela]], which takes place in the novel ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]''.<sup><ref>https://twitter.com/gossjam/status/1320047089200627719</ref></sup>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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'Tales of the Dark Times' Episode 2.jpg|Episode 2 cover
'Tales of the Dark Times' Episode 2.jpg|Episode 2 cover
'Tales of the Dark Times' Episode 3.jpg|Episode 3 cover
'Tales of the Dark Times' Episode 3.jpg|Episode 3 cover
'Tales of the Dark Times' Episode 4.jpg|Episode 4 cover
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[[Category:Great Vampire stories]]

Revision as of 17:29, 9 November 2020

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Tales of the Dark Times was Comic Creator's contribution to the multi-medium Time Lord Victorious storyline. It marked the debut of Brian as a major character after his first mention in The Guide to the Dark Times.

Synopsis

to be added

Episodes

# Doctor Featuring Released
Episode 1 10th Brian 24 September 2020
Episode 2 N/A Dalek Time Squad 10 October 2020
Episode 3 8th 22 October 2020
Episode 4 9th

Plot

Episode 1

Brian the Ood, a remorseless but persistent killer who hates his name, searches for his only thing he has close to a friend, the Tenth Doctor. He finds the Doctor in a desert, holding his sonic screwdriver and wearing sullied Time Lord robes. The Doctor informs Brian that he went to the desert because he "wanted to do something good", which he achieved by finding and saving the last survivors of an ancient species, who the Doctor sees as white orbs floating around him. He tells Brian that they are teaching him secrets from their ancient books. However, Brian cannot see the orbs; he tells the Doctor that he has been alone in the desert for days, being fed on by ghosts. He challenges the Doctor to name any of the ancient books, but the Doctor cannot, revealing that he has been duped. Brian zaps the ghosts with his translation sphere.

Episode 2

On the planet Velosia, the Velosians greatly fear an impending attack from the Kotturuh. Fearing that a Dalek flying saucer is a Kotturuh ship, the Velosians expect the worst, only for it to turn out that the Dalek Time Squad wish to help them fight off the Kotturuh. The leader of the Velosians wishes for them not to go to war, as they want to keep their planet peaceful. The Time Commander decrees that the Daleks will take only the best and brightest of Velosia to safety.

After talking it over, the leader of the Velosians decides that the greatest healers, artists, scientists, poets, and comedians will join the Daleks. The Daleks and the Velosians accepted this, and the chosen Velosians were taken aboard the flying saucer.

As the leader of the Velosians accepts his fate with the Kotturuh, the Dalek Time Squad prepares to harvest the Velosian refugees.

Episode 3

The Dalek Time Squad stumbles across an abandoned ship hanging in space. Ignoring the Eighth Doctor's advice of learning from the ship's art and history, the Daleks locate a source of Huon particles.

The Daleks absorb all of the Huon particles from the ship and are instantly in trouble. The Doctor explains that it's easy to convert any kind of matter into Huon particles but difficult to turn Huon particles back into other forms of matter or energy.

The Daleks once again thank the Doctor for being their saviour, which the Doctor uneasily accepts. He informs the Daleks that the ship used to belong to a race wiped out by the Kotturuh. The race had left behind databases of information, hoping for the right race to turn up.

Episode 4

to be added

Characters

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

References

  • The Tenth Doctor recognises Brian, but is surprised when he refers to him as a friend.
  • Parvanna is one of the least welcoming planets in the Dark Times.

Notes

Continuity

Cover gallery