Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor

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Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor, published by Titan Publishing Group, is an American comic book series comprised of multiple stories. So far, it is set within the 2009 Specials and features the Tenth Doctor and a new companion, Gabby Gonzalez. It is supposed to run for 15 issues annually.

Main stories

  1. Revolutions of Terror (3 parts)
  2. The Arts in Space (2 parts)

Back-up strips

Typically, these are one page stories by Rachael Smith. No back-up was printed in issues #1 and #2.

  1. Psychic Paper Inc Claims Department
  2. A Rose by Any Other Name

Notes

  • The series was launched on 23 July 2014, coinciding with the launch of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor. To promote both series, a Doctor Who Comic Day event was held on 26 July.[1] Titan also publishes a Twelfth Doctor series, and will publish a 5-issue Ninth Doctor series in 2015.
  • Previously, IDW held the licence to produce an American comic book series based on the show.
  • This is the Tenth Doctor's first ongoing comic series since Doctor Who (2009). His last comic appearance prior to this series was Prisoners of Time.
  • The cover to the first issue was drawn by Alice X. Zhang, based on a fanart piece she previously debuted online.
  • Individual issues of the series will be collected in hardcover volumes in 2015.[2] Issues are also available digitally on the Comixology app and website.[3]
  • Gabby Gonzalez is a playable character in the Doctor Who: Legacy mobile game.[4] The code to access her is printed in copies of #1.
  • The first issue features a back-up strip entitled "Sontaran Stand-Up", promoting Titan's line of vinyl figures.

Cover gallery

The series debuted with a number of variants available with different retailers, a number of which correspond with one for Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor. A cover gallery of variants for the first issue is printed in #2. Each issue has a variant for B (Pull-List variant) and C (limited Incentive variant; 1 copy is printed for every 10).

Alice X. Zhang's cover to #2 (entitled "The Turn of the Universe") is available as a print from Big Chief Studios.

Footnotes