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Added "Featured graphic novels". Inserted image of art cards. Included Forbidden Planet page in publisher's summary & art cards Notes. Moved Note of boxset art reusing Will Brooks' Cover B up. Combined "From the packshot image" & "The spines of the graphic novels" Notes. Added subbullet to art cards Note of what Covers they reuse & who made them, & another subbullet of cover used for Four Doctors graphic novel. Added detail to External link bullet that you can't actually buy the collection.
YoungCodger (talk | contribs) (Made Note of Forbidden Planet & Amazon pages its own Note. Added Notes that this seems to've been planned to release under Doctor Who Comic (2020); that the graphic novels may have received unique covers for this set; where the art of the Doctors on the spine & the cover art of this set originates; & of the art cards. Added detail to External Links that Forbidden Planet website is just "Pre-Order" - you can't buy it.) |
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Plus - discover what [[River Song]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] have been up to during this mega-event, and how they played a part in its unexpected resolution. | Plus - discover what [[River Song]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] have been up to during this mega-event, and how they played a part in its unexpected resolution. | ||
== Featured graphic novels == | |||
* ''[[Four Doctors (graphic novel)|Four Doctors]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Lost Dimension: Book One]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Lost Dimension: Book Two]]'' | |||
== Featured stories == | == Featured stories == | ||
* ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'' | * ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'' | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Given the branding on the cover, this set appears to have been planned to release under [[Titan Comics]]' ''[[Doctor Who (2020)|Doctor Who Comic]]'' series. This is correlated by [[Paul Cornell|Paul Cornell's]] GoodReads blog referring to it as ''Doctor Who Comic: The Many Doctors Collection''.<ref name=":1" /> | [[File:The Many Doctors Collection art cards.jpg|thumb|The art cards utilising the art of [[Will Brooks]]; [[Alex Ronald]]; and [[Neil Edwards]] and [[Ivan Nunes]], respectively.]] | ||
* The publisher's summary of this release is | * Given the branding on the cover, this set appears to have been planned to release under [[Titan Comics]]' ''[[Doctor Who (2020)|Doctor Who Comic]]'' series. This is correlated by [[Paul Cornell|Paul Cornell's]] GoodReads blog referring to it as ''Doctor Who Comic: The Many Doctors Collection''.<ref name=":1">[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/63341.Paul_Cornell/blog?page=8 Paul Cornell's Blog, page 8] at [https://www.goodreads.com/ goodreads.com].</ref> | ||
* This release was originally slated for release on either [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], according to [[Nick Abadzis]]' blog,<ref name=":4">[https://www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2022/5/11/many-doctors-doctor-who-box-set "Many Doctors" Doctor Who Box Set blog post], posted 11 May 2022, from [https://www.nickabadzis.com/ Nick Abadzis' website].</ref> or on [[5 October (releases)|5 October]] 2022, according to | * The publisher's summary of this release is available from The Doctor Who Site's Merchandise Guide's article, <ref name=":2">[https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/titan-comics-four-doctors-lost-dimension-hardcover-boxed-set/ Titan Comics Four Doctors Lost Dimension Hardcover Boxed Set] article at [https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/ merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/].</ref> Forbidden Planet's page,<ref name=":5" /> and Amazon's listing for it.<ref name=":3" /> Titan Comics' website and social media has no news articles or posts on this collection in any capacity at all. | ||
* This release was originally slated for release on either [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], according to [[Nick Abadzis]]' blog,<ref name=":4">[https://www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2022/5/11/many-doctors-doctor-who-box-set "Many Doctors" Doctor Who Box Set blog post], posted 11 May 2022, from [https://www.nickabadzis.com/ Nick Abadzis' website].</ref> or on [[5 October (releases)|5 October]] 2022, according to Paul Cornell's blog on GoodReads<ref name=":1" /> and Go Collect,<ref name=":0" /> before being delayed, or as Go Collect labelled, 'Cancelled'.<ref name=":0">[https://blog.gocollect.com/titan-comics-extended-forecast-for-08-30-2023/ Titan Comics Extended Forecast for 08/30/2023] at [https://gocollect.com/ gocollect.com].</ref> | |||
* Forbidden Planet's page for this release is still online, but considers it a pre-order with a placeholder release date of [[January (releases)|January]] [[2030 (releases)|2030]].<ref name=":5">[https://forbiddenplanet.com/351364-doctor-who-four-doctors-lost-dimension-hardcover-boxed-set/ Doctor Who: Four Doctors: Lost Dimension (Hardcover Boxed Set) page] at [https://forbiddenplanet.com/ forbiddenplanet.com].</ref> Amazon has a hardback listing, but with no purchase widget, noting the item as "Temporarily out of stock", with a Publication date of [[2 January (releases)|January 2]], 2079.<ref name=":3">[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1787739341 Doctor Who: Boxed Set Hardcover – January 2, 2079 page] at [https://www.amazon.com amazon.com].</ref> | * Forbidden Planet's page for this release is still online, but considers it a pre-order with a placeholder release date of [[January (releases)|January]] [[2030 (releases)|2030]].<ref name=":5">[https://forbiddenplanet.com/351364-doctor-who-four-doctors-lost-dimension-hardcover-boxed-set/ Doctor Who: Four Doctors: Lost Dimension (Hardcover Boxed Set) page] at [https://forbiddenplanet.com/ forbiddenplanet.com].</ref> Amazon has a hardback listing, but with no purchase widget, noting the item as "Temporarily out of stock", with a Publication date of [[2 January (releases)|January 2]], 2079.<ref name=":3">[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1787739341 Doctor Who: Boxed Set Hardcover – January 2, 2079 page] at [https://www.amazon.com amazon.com].</ref> | ||
* From the packshot image, it appears that the graphic novels of ''[[Four Doctors (graphic novel)|Four Doctors]]'', ''[[The Lost Dimension: Book One]]'', and ''[[The Lost Dimension: Book Two]]'', may have received unique covers for this collection | * The boxset art uses [[Will Brooks]]' Cover B for ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'' [[TLD 1|''#1'']]. | ||
* From the packshot image, it appears that the graphic novels of ''[[Four Doctors (graphic novel)|Four Doctors]]'', ''[[The Lost Dimension: Book One]]'', and ''[[The Lost Dimension: Book Two]]'', may have received unique covers for this collection, as their spines use [[Jeremy Enecio]]'s [[Doctor Who Evergreen (illustration)|''Doctor Who Evergreen'']] illustrations done for [[BBC Studios]] to depict the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]], [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]], [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh]], and [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth Doctors]]. Whether the covers would have been or not is indeterminable however, as no other promotional images of this set exist. | |||
* According to The Doctor Who Merchandise Guide's article,<ref name=":2" /> the Amazon listing,<ref name=":3" /> and Nick Abadzis' blog,<ref name=":4" /> this collection would have included three art cards. These art cards are able to be seen on Forbidden Planet's page for the collection.<ref name=":5" /> | * According to The Doctor Who Merchandise Guide's article,<ref name=":2" /> Forbidden Planet's page,<ref name=":5" /> the Amazon listing,<ref name=":3" /> and Nick Abadzis' blog,<ref name=":4" /> this collection would have included three art cards. These art cards are able to be seen on Forbidden Planet's page for the collection.<ref name=":5" /> | ||
** They use Will Brooks' Cover B for ''The Lost Dimension'' ''#1''; [[Alex Ronald|Alex Ronald's]] Cover A for ''The Lost Dimension'' ''[[TLD 8|#8: Omega]]''; and [[Neil Edwards]] and [[Ivan Nunes]]' Cover A for ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]] [[FD 1|#1]]''. | |||
*** Neil Edwards & Ivan Nunes' cover was also used as the cover for the ''Four Doctors'' graphic novel. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://forbiddenplanet.com/351364-doctor-who-four-doctors-lost-dimension-hardcover-boxed-set/ '''''The Many Doctors Collection'''''] on the [[Forbidden Planet (shop)|Forbidden Planet]] website. Note that it says 'Pre-Order'. | * [https://forbiddenplanet.com/351364-doctor-who-four-doctors-lost-dimension-hardcover-boxed-set/ '''''The Many Doctors Collection'''''] on the [[Forbidden Planet (shop)|Forbidden Planet]] website. Note that it says 'Pre-Order' and cannot actually be purchased. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
