Comments on: The Ten Doctors

The Ten Doctors

JHarris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:57:19 -0800

The geekiest thing you will see this month is this fan-made comic called The Ten Doctors. Unexpectedly awesome, though!

By: JHarris

JHarris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:58:35 -0800

Via Progressive Ruin.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:03:27 -0800

Note, it cuts off after page 31.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:24:27 -0800

It went to page 72 for me (story's still not over at that point though).

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:33:06 -0800

The coolest thing about this is that my brain does all the voices. "Whin thay stairt talkin' a lood o' hogwash, it's bayst just tae agree wit 'em." Ah, Jamie, the Chekov of Doctor Who.

By: cmyk

cmyk — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:56:15 -0800

Eeee! This made my night. Love the depiction of the Fourth Doctor - all those scribbles!

By: humannaire

humannaire — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:15:12 -0800

This ate an hour of my time...and was worth every minute. What a load of fun! Keep up the good work, JHarris!

By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:15:42 -0800

Reminds me of the time travel episode of Tek Jansen...

By: JHarris

JHarris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:23:33 -0800

I found the story was just okay, but that the guy got intra-Doctor interactions exactly right, and the depictions of the various characters charming enough to try a FPP. But I was a little worried about overall suitability. Glad you guys liked it!

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:17:51 -0800

The caricature of Tom Cook is wonderful.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:29:13 -0800

But where's the companion with the fur bikini and the dagger?

By: tdismukes

tdismukes — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:29:55 -0800

This is great! Thanks, JHarris.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:48:00 -0800

>>> Oh, she's there. Aged a bit beyond the hides-and-knife get-up, admittedly.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:59:11 -0800

I was so loving it... until he misspelled "ridiculous." But that's why they invented erasers, don't ya' know?

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:12:31 -0800

I know I'm not the only one that hopes this ends with Romana and Peri making hot companion-love together.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:31:42 -0800

Yeah, Hartnell had to be the heavy. ...jeez I'm a geek.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:15:19 -0800

Every time I see "Gallifrey" I keep reading it as "Gallimaufrey". (Let's see if anyone gets that reference.)

By: dd42

dd42 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:29:50 -0800

Steven C. Den Beste, You're not an IMSA alum by any chance, are you?

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:02:07 -0800

So I woke up unexpectedly early this morning, and decided to check MeFi... and spent an hour and a half caught up in this. Thanks a lot! No, really, that was good. I'm not the world's biggest Doctor Who fan, but the characters I didn't recognize right off I could get from the comments. Just trying to figure out who he hasn't brought in yet... there's not many left that I can think of.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:50:46 -0800

Actually, I used to always read "Gallimaufrey" as "Gallifrey" -- but that's because I was a Doctor Who fan before I was an IMSA student.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:53:35 -0800

Pistol. Hope is a curtal dog in some affairs: Sir John affects thy wife. Ford. Why, sir, my wife is not young. Pistol. He wooes both high and low, both rich and poor, Both young and old, one with another, Ford; He loves the gallimaufry: Ford, perpend. (Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene 1)

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:56:58 -0800

Actually, I was thinking of this.

By: greytape

greytape — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:45:17 -0800

Why did they all defer to the first doctor? How much sense does that make?

By: thatwhichfalls

thatwhichfalls — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:51:44 -0800

Why did they all defer to the first doctor? How much sense does that make? They all have memories of being the first doctor and are aware that he'll totally kick their asses if they get out of line. Great post. Thanks.

By: drill_here_fore_seismics

drill_here_fore_seismics — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:30:39 -0800

This is fun, but I think I'll wait for a cbz/cbr file to read it in one go.

By: Karmakaze

Karmakaze — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:46:13 -0800

I had so thought this post was going to be a reference to this.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:47:51 -0800

I have to link to these drawings, since I think they're awesome, but in September my roommate also took on the task of drawing all ten of the doctors. If you want his commentary on each of the doctors, look at his site.

By: humannaire

humannaire — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:01:46 -0800

By no means can I be considered "a big Dr. Who fan." In fact, I had to infer most the references. But they were so intuitive, and enough Dr. Who subculture has made its way through the veil of pop culture and the common unconsciousness that the whole read was more than merely enjoyable: It was inspiring! To reiterate: Best hour or so I've wasted as a result of an fpp in quite a while.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:12:34 -0800

Usually when someone says something like "some dude made a fanfic comic where all the bad guys and all the good guys all get together in impossible ways to do something really huge" I groan and wait for the inevitable point where someone suspiciously resembling the author becomes the central plot point. but this was very entertaining and the disdain the different doctors had for one another as great. plus, his art style is very nice. I just wish it were inked so it looked cleaner.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:29:45 -0800

also, The Master is so awesome. No matter how many times he regenerates, he's always the dude with the Slicked back hair, goatee and pointy eyebrows.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:07:20 -0800

piratebowling: Overall those are very nice, although I thought #2 looked a little grim and #3 a little off of ol' Pertwee. The others I quite liked. Although the "site" link actually links back to this thread, maybe the link is malformed?

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:26:14 -0800

Oh, shmegegge, each page has a cleaned up color version right below it, although you have to click on it to see it full-size. I think I prefer the pencil version though.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:31:49 -0800

Oh, another self comment I know, but.... One of the nicest things here are the sly references. "Too many Bakers spoils the crust" refers to the fact that there's Tom Baker and Colin Baker there. "So you've decided to show up this time" refers to the fact that in The Five Doctors, Tom Baker wasn't involved and had to be included using footage from an unmade episode. And of course there's the fact that no one remembers #8....

By: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:22:42 -0800

I. love. this.

By: angeline

angeline — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:58:54 -0800

And the polarity reversal joke, which is a joke in itself. Hee! Thanks much for this.