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|image            = The Path of Skulls.jpg
|image            = The Path of Skulls Rebirth.jpg
|doctor            = First Doctor
|doctor            = First Doctor
|companions        = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
|companions        = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
|setting          = [[Path of Skulls]]
|setting          = [[Path of Skulls]]
|editor            = [[Jessica Burton]]
|editor            = [[Jessica Burton]]
|writer            = [[Richard Dinnick]]
|writer            = Richard Dinnick
|letterer          = [[Comicraft]]'s [[Sarah Jacobs]] and [[John Roshell]]
|letterer          = [[Comicraft]]'s [[Sarah Jacobs]] and [[John Roshell]]
|artist            = [[Mariano Laclaustra]]
|artist            = [[Mariano Laclaustra]]
|colourist        = [[Carlos Cabrera]]
|colourist        = [[Carlos Cabrera]]
|publication      = ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who]]''
|publication      = ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who]]''
|release date      = [[26 September (releases)|26 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|release date      = 26 September 2018
|publisher        = Titan Publishing Group
|publisher        = Titan Publishing Group
|format            = Comic - 1 part
|format            = Comic - 1 part
|epcount          = 1
|series            = ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who]]''
|series            = ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who]]''
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|next              = Card Conundrum (comic story)
|next              = Card Conundrum (comic story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story of ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who]]'', published in [[2018 (releases)|2018]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story of ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who]]'', published in [[2018 (releases)|2018]].


== Summary ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
After a bout of exploring the bowels of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], [[Ian Chesterton]] arrives back in the [[TARDIS control room]], gushing over the ship's interior dimensions before the ship materialises on a new planet.
 
Arriving, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] runs off as always, heading down a path. Digging into the ground, Ian pulls free a [[Pathicol]] skull, a race that, like many in the galaxy, the [[First Doctor]] knew nothing about, even if he often acted otherwise.
 
Though [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] theorizes that the path is a sacrificial site, the Doctor is quick to deduce that the path honours the dead, with its position facing the sunrise marking rebirth and renewal.
 
And as a [[Time Lord]], of all beings, should know, life depends on change and renewal.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor lands the TARDIS on an [[Path of Skulls|unnamed planet]] with a [[pink]] sky.
 
* The skull path was laid to honour the [[dead]].
== Notes ==
* Barbara initially believes the altar to be a [[Sacrifice|sacrificial]] site.
''to be added''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[skull]]s are from [[Pathicol]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Great Shopping Bill (comic story)|The Great Shopping Bill]]'')
* The [[skull]]s are from [[Pathicol]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Great Shopping Bill (comic story)|The Great Shopping Bill]]'')
* The [[Twelfth Doctor]] recalls how his first incarnation was always "trying to be old and grumpy and important", and justifies the attitude due to his youth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'')
* The [[Twelfth Doctor]] recalls how his first incarnation was always "trying to be old and grumpy and important", and justifies the attitude due to his youth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'')
* He also recalls how [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] had thought it was an illusion. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* He also recalls how [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] had thought the TARDIS interior to be an illusion. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
 
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 02:16, 15 August 2024

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The Path of Skulls was the first story of The Many Lives of Doctor Who, published in 2018.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

After a bout of exploring the bowels of the TARDIS, Ian Chesterton arrives back in the TARDIS control room, gushing over the ship's interior dimensions before the ship materialises on a new planet.

Arriving, Susan runs off as always, heading down a path. Digging into the ground, Ian pulls free a Pathicol skull, a race that, like many in the galaxy, the First Doctor knew nothing about, even if he often acted otherwise.

Though Barbara theorizes that the path is a sacrificial site, the Doctor is quick to deduce that the path honours the dead, with its position facing the sunrise marking rebirth and renewal.

And as a Time Lord, of all beings, should know, life depends on change and renewal.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor lands the TARDIS on an unnamed planet with a pink sky.
  • The skull path was laid to honour the dead.
  • Barbara initially believes the altar to be a sacrificial site.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]