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One commonly repeated claim is that the authorial intent of ''The Land of Happy Endings'' was to retcon that all John and Gillian strips were nothing more than dreams in the Doctor's mind. The truth is more complex. | One commonly repeated claim is that the authorial intent of ''The Land of Happy Endings'' was to retcon that all John and Gillian strips were nothing more than dreams in the Doctor's mind. The truth is more complex. | ||
The original concept for the story was simply to bring back the pair to celebrate 40 years of ''Doctor Who'' comics. Writer [[Scott Gray]] initially conceived of a plot as featuring an elderly John Who reliving his adventures in a virtual reality after the death of Gillian. The Eighth Doctor would have entered the virtual world to confront him and save him. However, when he described this idea to [[Clayton Hickman]], Hickman's reaction was that of nausea, so the idea was abandoned. (''[[The Flood (graphic novel)|The Flood]]'') | The original concept for the story was simply to bring back the pair to celebrate 40 years of ''Doctor Who'' comics. Writer [[Scott Gray]] initially conceived of a plot as featuring an elderly John Who reliving his adventures in a virtual reality after the death of Gillian. The Eighth Doctor would have entered the virtual world to confront him and save him. However, when he described this idea to [[Clayton Hickman]], Hickman's reaction was that of nausea, so the idea was abandoned. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Flood (graphic novel)|The Flood]]'') | ||
Eventually, presenting the world of ''TV Comics'' as one that the Doctor thinks fondly of and dreams of to escape was deemed a better fit. The story was meant to be metaphorical, as many adults dream of the simpler times in their youth. Scott Gray would later state: | Eventually, presenting the world of ''TV Comics'' as one that the Doctor thinks fondly of and dreams of to escape was deemed a better fit. The story was meant to be metaphorical, as many adults dream of the simpler times in their youth. Scott Gray would later state: | ||