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|image = The Path of Skulls Rebirth.jpg | |image = The Path of Skulls Rebirth.jpg | ||
|doctor = First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
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|setting = [[Path of Skulls]] | |setting = [[Path of Skulls]] | ||
|editor = [[Jessica Burton]] | |editor = [[Jessica Burton]] | ||
|writer = | |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 = | |release date = 26 September 2018 | ||
|publisher = Titan Publishing Group | |publisher = Titan Publishing Group | ||
|format = Comic - 1 part | |format = Comic - 1 part | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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 | 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. | 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. | ||
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* [[Barbara Wright]] | * [[Barbara Wright]] | ||
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* The Doctor lands the TARDIS on an [[Path of Skulls|unnamed planet]] with a [[pink]] sky. | * 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]]. | * The skull path was laid to honour the [[dead]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 02:16, 15 August 2024
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]]
- The skulls are from Pathicols. (COMIC: 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)
- He also recalls how Ian had thought the TARDIS interior to be an illusion. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
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