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{{Infobox Comic
|comic name= ''Doctor Who'' (2009)
|image=
|series= [[Doctor Who (IDW)]]
|doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]
|companions=''mainly'' [[Matthew Finnegan]] and [[Emily Winter]]<br>with Dr. [[Martha Smith-Jones]] and other guests
|enemy=''mainly'' [[The Advocate]] 
|year=
|writer= [[Tony Lee]]
|editor=
|artist= 
|colourist= 
|lettering= 
|publication title=
|publication dates= from July [[2009]] - October [[2010]]
|publisher= [[IDW Publishing]]
|format= monthly [[wikipedia:American comic book|American comic book]]
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}}'''''Doctor Who'' (2009)''', published by [[IDW Publishing]], was the first [[wikipedia:American comic book|American comic book]], comprised of multiple stories, with an [[Doctor Who Ongoing|ongoing, original ''Doctor Who'' narrative]].  It was set entirely within the [[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|2009 Specials]] and featured the [[tenth Doctor]].
 
It ran for 16 issues and [[Doctor Who Annual 2010|one annual]] during 2009-2010, and was the last comic strip series in the world to regularly star [[David Tennant|Tennant]]'s Doctor.
 
In January 2011, it was superseded by [[Doctor Who (2011)|''Doctor Who'' (2011)]], a publication that initially featured the [[eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]].
==Evolution of the title==
IDW announced in [[February]] [[2009]] that it was planning the series to run for at least 18 issues. The company re-iterated this commitment at the New York Comic Con and in the publisher's page of issue #1. On both occasions, they claimed that the 18th issue, scheduled for publication in December 2010, would feature the start of original comic book adventures featuring the [[eleventh Doctor]].
 
However, in [[February]] [[2010]] [[IDW]] modified its schedule slightly.  The Tenth Doctor's adventures were then set to end with issue #16, scheduled for publication in [[December]] [[2010]].<ref>Ultimately, though, issue #16 went on sale in [[October]] [[2010]]</ref> At that time, it was unclear whether the Elventh Doctor whould simply pick up at issue #17, whether the title would restart with issue #1, or whether the eleventh Doctor would simply be used ina series of limited or one-shot titles.<ref name=Tipton>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25012 Renaud, Jeffrey.  "IDW Announces New 'Doctor Who' Projects".  comicbookresources.com.  28 February 2010.]</ref>  Finally, IDW dropped all pretense of including the eleventh Doctor in this title, and said that he would get his own title, with his own issue #1.<ref>[http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/1416/ IDW press release, 8th October 2010]</ref>
==Content overview==
Ultimately, then, the series focused on the adventures of the [[Tenth Doctor]], pairing him with both new characters created for the comic book and occasional returning companions. Beginning with issue #6 (published in mid-December 2009), the Doctor began traveling with two companions created for the comic book, [[Matthew Finnegan]] and [[Emily Winter]]. [[Martha Jones]] appeared at the end of issue #8 and joined him for the [[Don't Step on the Grass|the four-part story arc]] with [[UNIT]] and [[Erisa Magambo|Captain Magambo]] that followed.
 
All stories occurred consecutively, with one story leading into the next with a [[cliffhanger]] (much in the spirit of the early seasons of the TV series). Judging by author Tony Lee's hints in issue #1, the general plan was always that the first sixteen issues would be interconnected. to some degree.
 
In a Newsarama interview, [[Tony Lee]] said, "We do have stand alone stories set on colony worlds, Lovecraftian horrors in [[Oxford]], [[UNIT]] in modern day [[Greenwich]], and a two parter set in the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]."<ref name=Newsarama>[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/070910-DoctorWho.html Newsarama interview with Tony Lee]</ref> In order, these last three descriptions referred to what became ''[[Final Sacrifice]]'', ''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]'' and ''[[Tesseract]]''.
==Setting for the Tenth Doctor==
 
Initially, the exact placement of the Tenth Doctor stories was slightly vague. Lee wrote in a publisher's column:
{{Quote|When is this set?  Whenever you want.  That's the joy of time travel.  For me, though, it's set during the year of the [[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|specials]]. Maybe after ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', perhaps after ''[[The Waters of Mars]]''.  Either way, the clock's ticking for the Tenth Doctor.  Tick tock, tick tock‚ and soon that door will ''knock four times''|[[Tony Lee]]<ref> ''Doctor Who'' (2009) #1</ref>}}
 
Lee has given subsequent opinions that seem to shunt the stories after ''The Waters of Mars''. In an interview with Comic Book Resources<ref name=CBR>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20400 CBR interview with Tony Lee]</ref>, he said that the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth Doctor's]] adventures in the ongoing are most likely set directly before [[The End of Time (TV story)|''The End of Time'']]. Lee confirmed that this is where he personally sets them in his Newsarama interview. This view is supported by the Doctor's first scene in ''The End of Time'', which revealed that following ''The Waters of Mars'', the Doctor travelled for an indeterminate period of time (the animated TV story, [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'', is also said to take place during this period).
 
Dialogue throughout the series confirms that the stories firmly take place after the "he will knock four times" prophecy first heard in ''Planet of the Dead'', but more exact placement is not yet possible barring a possible future reference to the events of ''The Waters of Mars.'' It is worthy of note, however, that a major plot point in both ''Silver Scream'' and ''Fugitive'' deals with the Doctor having saved the life of a woman considered a "fixed point" in history. Considering the events of ''The Waters of Mars'', in which the Doctor learns a painful lesson about violating this rule, placement before ''Waters of Mars'' is a possibility.
 
==Stories==
# ''[[Silver Scream]]'' (2 parts)
# ''[[Fugitive]]'' (4 parts)
# ''[[Tesseract]]'' (2 parts)
# ''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]'' (4 parts)
# "[[Ground Control|<u>Ground Control</u>]]", "[[The Big, Blue Box|<u>The Big, Blue Box</u>]]", "[[To Sleep, Perchance to Scream|<u>To Sleep, Perchance to Scream</u>]]", "[[Old Friend|<u>Old Friend</u>]]" - 2010 Annual
# [[Final Sacrifice|''Final Sacrifice '']](4 parts)<ref name=Annual/>
 
 
===Annual===
According to an old tradition in the [[wikipedia:American comic book|American comic book]] industry, IDW published an [[Doctor Who Annual 2010|annual in 2010]]. This special issue was 48 ad-less pages, square-bound, and contained four original short stories. It should not be confused with [[Doctor Who Annual|British annuals]] more commonly associated with ''Doctor Who''. It was first published on 14 July 2010 in North America.
 
Initial publicity regarding the annual indicated that it would focus on [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. <ref name=Annual>[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/idw-announce-first-us-doctor-who-annual.html IDW announce first US ''Doctor Who'' Annual]</ref>
 
The Annual featured the first IDW appearance of the [[Eleventh Doctor]], appearing alongside the [[Tenth Doctor]] for two panels during a dream in the story "[[To Sleep, Perchance to Scream]]".
 
===Trades===
Also, as it has done with its one-shots, ''[[Agent Provocateur]]'', and ''[[The Forgotten]]'', IDW has begun reprinting the story arcs as trade paperbacks. The first volume, ''[[Fugitive (graphic novel)|Fugitive]]'', published in March 2010 reprinted the first six issues of the title.
==Cover Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
File:Drwho01-cvra.jpg|Issue 1 (Cover A)<br>''[[Silver Scream]]
File:Drwho01-cvrb.jpg|Issue 1 (Cover B)<br>''[[Silver Scream]]
File:Drwho02-cvra.jpg|Issue 2 (Cover A)<br>''[[Silver Scream]]
File:Drwho02-cvrb.jpg|Issue 2 (Cover B)<br>''[[Silver Scream]]
File:Drwho03-cvra.jpg|Issue 3 (Cover A)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho03-cvrb.jpg|Issue 3 (Cover B)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho04-cvra.jpg|Issue 4 (Cover A)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho04-cvrb.jpg|Issue 4 (Cover B)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho05-cvra.jpg|Issue 5 (Cover A)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho05-cvrb.jpg|Issue 5 (Cover B)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho06-cvra.jpg|Issue 6 (Cover A)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho06-cvrb.jpg|Issue 6 (Cover B)<br>''[[Fugitive]]
File:Drwho07-cvra.jpg|Issue 7 (Cover A)<br>''[[Tesseract]]
File:Drwho07-cvrb.jpg|Issue 7 (Cover B)<br>''[[Tesseract]]
File:Drwho08-cvra.jpg|Issue 8 (Cover A)<br>''[[Tesseract]]
File:Drwho08-cvrb.jpg|Issue 8 (Cover B)<br>''[[Tesseract]]
File:Drwho09-cvra.jpg|Issue 9 (Cover A)<br>''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]
File:Drwho09-cvrb.jpg|Issue 9 (Cover B)<br>''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]
File:Drwho10-cvr.jpg|Issue 10<br>''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]
File:Drwho11-cvra.jpg|Issue 11<br>''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]
File:Drwho12-cvr.jpg|Issue 12<br>''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]
File:Doctorwho_annual2010.jpg|[[Doctor Who Annual 2010]]
File:Drwho13-cvr.jpg|Issue 13<br>''[[Final Sacrifice]]
8 - Final Sacrifice Part 1b.jpg|Issue 14 <br>''[[Final Sacrifice]]
8 - Final Sacrifice Part 1c.jpg|Issue 15 <br>''[[Final Sacrifice]]
File:Drwho16-cvr.jpg|Issue 16 <br>''[[Final Sacrifice]]
</gallery>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Doctor Who (IDW) comic stories]]

Revision as of 20:16, 26 November 2010

Not to be confused with the American comic publications Doctor Who (1984), Doctor Who (2008) or Doctor Who (2011); or the tele-film, Doctor Who (1996).

Doctor Who (2009), published by IDW Publishing, was the first American comic book, comprised of multiple stories, with an ongoing, original Doctor Who narrative. It was set entirely within the 2009 Specials and featured the tenth Doctor.

It ran for 16 issues and one annual during 2009-2010, and was the last comic strip series in the world to regularly star Tennant's Doctor.

In January 2011, it was superseded by Doctor Who (2011), a publication that initially featured the eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams.

Evolution of the title

IDW announced in February 2009 that it was planning the series to run for at least 18 issues. The company re-iterated this commitment at the New York Comic Con and in the publisher's page of issue #1. On both occasions, they claimed that the 18th issue, scheduled for publication in December 2010, would feature the start of original comic book adventures featuring the eleventh Doctor.

However, in February 2010 IDW modified its schedule slightly. The Tenth Doctor's adventures were then set to end with issue #16, scheduled for publication in December 2010.[1] At that time, it was unclear whether the Elventh Doctor whould simply pick up at issue #17, whether the title would restart with issue #1, or whether the eleventh Doctor would simply be used ina series of limited or one-shot titles.[2] Finally, IDW dropped all pretense of including the eleventh Doctor in this title, and said that he would get his own title, with his own issue #1.[3]

Content overview

Ultimately, then, the series focused on the adventures of the Tenth Doctor, pairing him with both new characters created for the comic book and occasional returning companions. Beginning with issue #6 (published in mid-December 2009), the Doctor began traveling with two companions created for the comic book, Matthew Finnegan and Emily Winter. Martha Jones appeared at the end of issue #8 and joined him for the the four-part story arc with UNIT and Captain Magambo that followed.

All stories occurred consecutively, with one story leading into the next with a cliffhanger (much in the spirit of the early seasons of the TV series). Judging by author Tony Lee's hints in issue #1, the general plan was always that the first sixteen issues would be interconnected. to some degree.

In a Newsarama interview, Tony Lee said, "We do have stand alone stories set on colony worlds, Lovecraftian horrors in Oxford, UNIT in modern day Greenwich, and a two parter set in the TARDIS."[4] In order, these last three descriptions referred to what became Final Sacrifice, Don't Step on the Grass and Tesseract.

Setting for the Tenth Doctor

Initially, the exact placement of the Tenth Doctor stories was slightly vague. Lee wrote in a publisher's column:

When is this set? Whenever you want. That's the joy of time travel. For me, though, it's set during the year of the specials. Maybe after Planet of the Dead, perhaps after The Waters of Mars. Either way, the clock's ticking for the Tenth Doctor. Tick tock, tick tock‚ and soon that door will knock four timesTony Lee[5]

Lee has given subsequent opinions that seem to shunt the stories after The Waters of Mars. In an interview with Comic Book Resources[6], he said that the Tenth Doctor's adventures in the ongoing are most likely set directly before The End of Time. Lee confirmed that this is where he personally sets them in his Newsarama interview. This view is supported by the Doctor's first scene in The End of Time, which revealed that following The Waters of Mars, the Doctor travelled for an indeterminate period of time (the animated TV story, DW: Dreamland, is also said to take place during this period).

Dialogue throughout the series confirms that the stories firmly take place after the "he will knock four times" prophecy first heard in Planet of the Dead, but more exact placement is not yet possible barring a possible future reference to the events of The Waters of Mars. It is worthy of note, however, that a major plot point in both Silver Scream and Fugitive deals with the Doctor having saved the life of a woman considered a "fixed point" in history. Considering the events of The Waters of Mars, in which the Doctor learns a painful lesson about violating this rule, placement before Waters of Mars is a possibility.

Stories

  1. Silver Scream (2 parts)
  2. Fugitive (4 parts)
  3. Tesseract (2 parts)
  4. Don't Step on the Grass (4 parts)
  5. "Ground Control", "The Big, Blue Box", "To Sleep, Perchance to Scream", "Old Friend" - 2010 Annual
  6. Final Sacrifice (4 parts)[7]


Annual

According to an old tradition in the American comic book industry, IDW published an annual in 2010. This special issue was 48 ad-less pages, square-bound, and contained four original short stories. It should not be confused with British annuals more commonly associated with Doctor Who. It was first published on 14 July 2010 in North America.

Initial publicity regarding the annual indicated that it would focus on the Doctor's TARDIS. [7]

The Annual featured the first IDW appearance of the Eleventh Doctor, appearing alongside the Tenth Doctor for two panels during a dream in the story "To Sleep, Perchance to Scream".

Trades

Also, as it has done with its one-shots, Agent Provocateur, and The Forgotten, IDW has begun reprinting the story arcs as trade paperbacks. The first volume, Fugitive, published in March 2010 reprinted the first six issues of the title.

Cover Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Ultimately, though, issue #16 went on sale in October 2010
  2. ↑ Renaud, Jeffrey. "IDW Announces New 'Doctor Who' Projects". comicbookresources.com. 28 February 2010.
  3. ↑ IDW press release, 8th October 2010
  4. ↑ Newsarama interview with Tony Lee
  5. ↑ Doctor Who (2009) #1
  6. ↑ CBR interview with Tony Lee
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 IDW announce first US Doctor Who Annual
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