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'''Dan McDaid''' was an illustrator for the ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2008]]'' short story ''[[The Body Bank (short story)|The Body Bank]]''. He later wrote, drew and worked as a colourist for the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip. He wrote ''[[The First (comic story)|The First]]'', ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'', ''[[The Stockbridge Child]]'', ''[[Mortal Beloved]]'' and ''[[The Age of Ice]]'', wrote, drew and coloured ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]'', and drew ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'' (with [[Dave Gibbons]], [[Roger Langridge]], [[Adrian Salmon]], [[John Ross]], [[Mike Collins]], [[John Ridgway]], [[Martin Geraghty]] and [[David A Roach]]).


'''Dan McDaid''' is a British comic writer/artist born in [[1977]], who is sometimes credited as "'''Daniel McDaid'''".  Although he has some pre-dating work as an illustrator, his professional comic book debut was in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
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[[File:McDaid10.jpg|thumb|left|A typical Dan McDaid image of the comic [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]'')]]
==Overview of ''Doctor Who'' work==
McDaid's art is strikingly different than most other artists working for ''DWM''. It is deliberately representative, rather than realistic. His work is evocative of several artists he claims to have been influenced by, like John Romita, Jr. and [[Grant Morrison]]. He describes himself as having a "man-crush on Darwyn Cooke"<ref name=CBR>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15842 Cardwell, Mark. "Talking Doctor Who with CBI Finalist Dan McDaid".] ''CBR News''. 3 April 2008</ref> — something immediately obvious on comparison of his work to Cooke's definitive {{w|DC: The New Frontier|''The New Frontier''}}.
In [[2007]] he became professionally engaged in ''Doctor Who'' comic art by providing illustrations for a [[Gareth Roberts]]-penned text story called "The Body Bank" in [[Panini]]'s 2008 ''[[Doctor Who Storybook]]''.  From there, his services were engaged by the parent Panini publication, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.  He was rotated into the line-up of revolving artists in the interim between [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] and [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]].  Initially, he was paid as a writer for his story, "[[The First]]". 
[[file:McDaid10.jpg|thumb|right|A typical Dan McDaid image of the comic [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[DWM]]: "[[Hotel Historia (comic strip)|Hotel Historia]]")]]
However, in issue #394, he made his professional debut as a comic book artist.  Despite having never been paid to draw a comic strip, he was effectively the sole creator of the story, "[[Hotel Historia (comic strip)|Hotel Historia]]".  This work was unusual on many levels.  It marked the first time in ''DWM'' history that a single person had written, drawn and colored a story.<ref name=CBR>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15842 Cardwell, Mark. "Talking Doctor Who with CBI Finalist Dan McDaid".] ''CBR News''. 3 April 2008</ref> Moreover, as originally intended, the story was the first truly companion-less story of the [[Russell T Davies|RTD]] era, and the first in ''DWM'' since the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s era.  By virtue of this story, McDaid was also likely the first penciller to ''debut'' in ''DWM'', and probably the first to do so in any regularly published ''Doctor Who'' comics.


Since "Historia", McDaid has not illustrated a comic story in the pages of ''Doctor Who Magazine''.  However, starting with [[DWM 400|the 400th issue of the magazine]], he has become the ''de-facto'' [[head writer]] of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comics. He resurrected Majenta, and turned her into the first multi-story comics-only [[companion]] since the [[BBC Wales]] programme began.   She became an important part of the narrative arc that has occurred after the departure of [[Donna Noble]] — and McDaid has since written "[[Thinktwice]]", "[[The Stockbridge Child]]", "[[Mortal Beloved]]" and "[[The Age of Ice]]".
== Opinions on other ''Doctor Who'' artists ==
He referred to [[Marvel UK]]'s work on the earliest strips, such as [[Pat Mills]], [[John Wagner]] and [[Dave Gibbons]]' ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'', as "mind-blowing". He's also noted the commonality between those comic strips and the first [[Russell T Davies]] era of ''Doctor Who'', noting in 2008 that after [[Steve Parkhouse]] came in to ''DWM'':
{{quote|... the strips get more otherworldly and oblique, taking ''Who'' into territory where the TV show would never go.  That was twenty years ago of course — these days, the TV show is practically a spin-off of those comic strips.  And more power to it, I say.|Dan McDaid<ref name=CBR />}}
However, he seems to have been most influenced by [[Scott Gray]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]] run, which he claims are his bible for "how to write ''Who'' — and particularly ''Who'' comics".<ref name=CBR />


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== External links ==
McDaid's art is strikingly different than most other artists working for ''DWM'' in that it is deliberately representative, rather than realistic.  His work is, perhaps unsurprisingly, evocative of several artists he claims to have been influenced  by, like John Romita, Jr. and [[Grant Morrison]].  He describes himself as having a "man-crush on Darwyn Cooke"<ref name=CBR/> — something immediately obvious on comparison of his work to Cooke's definitive [[Wikipedia:DC: The New Frontier|''The New Frontier'']].
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==Opinions of other ''Doctor Who'' artists==
* [http://danmcdaid.blogspot.com Dan McDaid's blog]
He calls the original [[Alan Moore]]/[[Dave Gibbons]]/[[Pat Mills]]/[[John Wagner]] run of [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]] stories "seriously mad" and  "mind-blowing".  He's also noted the commonality between those comic strips and the RTD era of ''Doctor Who'', noting that after [[Steve Parkhouse]] came in to ''DWM'':
* [http://twitter.com/danmcdaid Dan McDaid's Twitter account]
:' . . . 'the strips get more otherworldly and oblique, taking ''Who'' into territory where the TV show would never go.  That was twenty years ago of course — these days, the TV show is practically a spin-off of those comic strips.  And more power to it, I say."<ref name=CBR/>
== Footnotes ==
 
However, he seems to have been most influenced by [[Scott Gray]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]] run, which he claims are his bible for "how to write ''Who'' — and particularly ''Who'' comics."<ref name=CBR/>
==External links==
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*[http://danmcdaid.com Dan McDaid's website]
*[http://danmcdaid.blogspot.com Dan McDaid's blog]
*[http://twitter.com/danmcdaid Dan McDaid's Twitter account]  
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Dan McDaid was an illustrator for the Doctor Who Storybook 2008 short story The Body Bank. He later wrote, drew and worked as a colourist for the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip. He wrote The First, Thinktwice, The Stockbridge Child, Mortal Beloved and The Age of Ice, wrote, drew and coloured Hotel Historia, and drew The Stockbridge Showdown (with Dave Gibbons, Roger Langridge, Adrian Salmon, John Ross, Mike Collins, John Ridgway, Martin Geraghty and David A Roach).

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A typical Dan McDaid image of the comic Tenth Doctor. (COMIC: Hotel Historia)

McDaid's art is strikingly different than most other artists working for DWM. It is deliberately representative, rather than realistic. His work is evocative of several artists he claims to have been influenced by, like John Romita, Jr. and Grant Morrison. He describes himself as having a "man-crush on Darwyn Cooke"[1] — something immediately obvious on comparison of his work to Cooke's definitive The New Frontier.

Opinions on other Doctor Who artists[[edit] | [edit source]]

He referred to Marvel UK's work on the earliest strips, such as Pat Mills, John Wagner and Dave Gibbons' Doctor Who and the Iron Legion, as "mind-blowing". He's also noted the commonality between those comic strips and the first Russell T Davies era of Doctor Who, noting in 2008 that after Steve Parkhouse came in to DWM:

... the strips get more otherworldly and oblique, taking Who into territory where the TV show would never go. That was twenty years ago of course — these days, the TV show is practically a spin-off of those comic strips. And more power to it, I say.Dan McDaid[1]

However, he seems to have been most influenced by Scott Gray's Eighth Doctor run, which he claims are his bible for "how to write Who — and particularly Who comics".[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cardwell, Mark. "Talking Doctor Who with CBI Finalist Dan McDaid". CBR News. 3 April 2008
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