The cover of “Issue 1” is a nod to the famous Radio Times cover for the original transmission…
PANEL 1: New Series Gallifrey plus Classic Series Dark Tower. Had to be done.
PANEL 5: Slight updates to the shots of Troughton and Pertwee, and Bill added to make up the trio.
PANEL 6: No celery. No question marks. Huge improvement.
A slightly truncated version of the Eye of Orion sequence leads us into Tom’s arrival in the story…
Question One: if we’re going to do a telecomic version of the story, one where Dr Tom is involved, then where does the adventure take place for him? The obvious answer is at the start of Shada, since that’s where he got timescooped from on TV. However, that creates certain logistical problems. For a start it would mean adding Romana II to the story, and we’ll have enough to do adding Tom to the cast.
Question Two: which version of Tom do we use? Which outfit will he wear? The burgundy one from his last year? The classic Hinchliffe version? Or the parody version with the extra long scarf and the flying ducks?
Answering both those questions led me to only one possible option for where the story takes place for Dr Tom, which in turn answered the question of which outfit he would be wearing…
Continues Tuesday.
Looking forward to following this!!
WO-HOW! That looks so cool. Can’t wait.
This is going to be quite different! Marvellous I’ve watched it a thousand times, time for a new spin.
With actual Tom and Bill!
I’m guessing the 4th Doctor is lifted somewhere around Face Of Evil when he was travelling alone.
In that case you’d be guessing wrong…
Look again.
The clue is there.
“You see but you don’t observe”
Sherlock
Hmmm. Well Tom’s got the old Season 18 costume on the cover of course. Just can’t work out where in that year he may be lifted from. From the deckchair on Brighton beach, perhaps.
Nope.
You’ll find out where Tom gets timescooped from soon. Tomorrow in fact!
What episode is the shot of Troughton in the time scoop from?
It’s the publicity photo of Pat & Nick getting scooped that was used in the TV version.
Is there any chance you could do a telecomic of The War Games part 10 with Time Lord lore and all that?
Quite a good chance actually, it’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.
As you’ll see if you look at the bottom of the page for Test Flight in the Troughton bit of the “Comics” section…!
you mean something like THIS: https://whopix.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/the-war-games-conclusion-a-mini-telecomic/