The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)
- You may be looking for the titular comic story.
The Widow's Curse was the twelfth volume of the Panini Publishing series of Doctor Who Magazine comic collections, and the second to feature the Tenth Doctor. In included those Tenth Doctor DWM strips from the middle of his run, and gave DWM's take on Martha Jones and Donna Noble.
Like all in the series, it was notable for its high quality digital restoration of the comics. It was the first chance readers had of seeing the original version of the comics since they were first published in DWM in 2007 and 2008.
Publisher's summary
COLLECTED TENTH DOCTOR COMIC STRIPS - VOLUME 2
Join the Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones and Donna Noble as they embark on a series of extraordinary adventures in these collected comics from the pages of DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE!
This book features nine amazing stories: THE WOMAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD, BUS STOP!, THE FIRST, SUN SCREEN, DEATH TO THE DOCTOR!, UNIVERSAL MONSTERS, THE WIDOW'S CURSE, THE IMMORTAL EMPEROR and THE TIME OF MY LIFE!
The Doctor encounters giant robots and little old ladies on the Planet Loam, helps Martha survive on Mars (from the safety of a double-decker bus!), joins Shackleton's journey to the South Pole and visits a spooky village on a distant world where monsters dwell in every home...
Meanwhile, a band of disparate and desperate aliens plot the Doctor's death, Donna discovers hell on Earth on the island of Shadow Cay, and a trip to Imperial China proves far more dangerous than the TARDIS crew could ever believe...
PLUS! A bumper commentary section where the writers, artists and editors reveal the stories behind the strips, featuring never-before-published sketches, unused and deleted scenes, original story outlines and more!
AN ESSENTIAL COLLECTION FOR FANS OF DOCTOR WHO AND CLASSIC BRITISH COMICS!
Comic stories
- The Woman Who Sold the World
- Bus Stop
- The First
- Sunscreen
- Death to the Doctor!
- Universal Monsters
- The Widow's Curse
- The Immortal Emperor
- The Time of My Life
Additional features
- Commentary (by writers, artists and editors)
Credits
- Project Editor & designer: Tom Spilsbury
- Designer: Peri Godbold
- Consultant: Scott Gray
- Cover pencils and inks by: Martin Geraghty
- Cover colours by: James Offredi
- Head of Production: Mark Irvine
- Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
- Managing Director: Mike Riddell
- Special thanks to: Russell T Davies, Clayton Hickman, Peter Ware, David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate and all the writers and artists whose work is presented herein
Notes
For a couple of years, it appeared that this was the last of the titles in Doctor Who Magazine's graphic novel reprint series. However, after much delay, the final Tenth Doctor volume, The Crimson Hand, was released in April 2012.
