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Rich's Notes: The Doctors and their companions relax on the Eye of Orion. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 232

Rich's Notes: The 1st and 10th Doctor discuss how the Guardians kept the temporally displaced Doctors slightly out of phase, just enough so that the time-native Time Lords wouldn’t be able to recognize them, save for a special few who were directly involved or also time-displaced. The 8th Doctor asks Benton about his career as a used car salesman (it was a cover for when he was doing some secret work with America for UNIT) and Liz finally asks the BIG question! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 233

Rich's Notes: The Doctors fumble, then goof around, trying to explain the nature of time. Finally the 1st Doctor explains that they’re waiting on a temporal node while the universe sorts itself out after being interfered with by the Guardians. Once they return to their own times, their memories will alter and time will flow around, filling gaps and correcting minor paradoxes.

Grace announces to the 8th Doctor that she’s going to work on Terminus with . The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 234

Rich's Notes: The 8th Doctor offers to take Nyssa and Grace back to Terminus as well as drop off the new K9 body the Doctors built for . Mel decides she’s going to stick with Glitz and Drax and and the 2nd-and-a-halfth Doctor decides to stay with the 2nd Doctor. And so the Doctors begin to go their seperate ways. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 235

Rich's Notes: Susan urges the 10th and 8th Doctors to find companions because she doesn’t like to think of them traveling alone. She and the 1st Doctor are the first to depart.

While the rest of the gang are saying their goodbyes, the Meddling Monk shows up informing the 10th Doctor that this isn’t quite over yet. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 236

Rich's Notes: The K9s say goodbye, exchanging forbidden data for emergencies.

This page is partly a dedication to one of my favorite SF and also a demonstration of why a multi-K9 comic would have been really boring. And probably very short. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 237

Rich's Notes: The Monk takes the 10th Doctor aside to tell him that he has an opportunity to prevent the Last Great Time War from happening and wiping out the Time Lords. All he has to do is hand over the data file he got from Damon to the 8th Doctor. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 238

Rich's Notes: The Monk explains that the entire series of events that led to the Last Great Time War was started by the Time Lords’ own temporal interferance, and that it never should have happened at all.

The 8th Doctor finds the 10th and the Monk slips off. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 239

Rich's Notes: The 8th Doctor says goodbye and the 10th Doctor struggles with his decision. He finally decides not to hand over the data spool. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 240

Rich's Notes: The 2nd Doctor, the 2nd-and-a-halfth Doctor, Jamie and Zoe say their goodbyes and leave. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 241

Rich's Notes: Drax decides it’s time to leave, taking the Rani, Glitz and Mel with him. The various Doctors keep warning him and Mel about the other two, but they’re determined to stick together. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 242

Rich's Notes: The 7th Doctor and say their goodbyes. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 243

Rich's Notes: It’s the 3rd Doctor’s turn to round up his passengers, and he’s got quite a boatload. His official current , Jo, the Brigadier, Benton, Yates and Liz who came to visit from Jo’s future, and her K9, and Capt’n Jack who’s hitching a ride back to London to get back to his TW team. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 244

Rich's Notes: All this saying goodbye is becoming a little much for the 9th Doctor. He goes to leave with Rose, but when stopped by the 4th and then the 8th Doctor, he finally just has to get himself out of there. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 245

Rich's Notes: The remaining Doctors (4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th) watch as the 9th Doctor’s TARDIS dematerializes.

The 10th Doctor attempts to comfort the 8th and briefly reconsiders handing over the data spool. Peri, who with the 6th Doctor have decided it’s their turn to leave, claps the 10th Doctor on the shoulder. Surprised, he drops the spool which lands at the 8th Doctor’s feet. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 246

Rich's Notes: The 8th and 5th Doctors are curious about the origins and content of the data spool and the 10th Doctor urges them to hand it back.

After a tense moment, they do. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 247

Rich's Notes: The 6th Doctor and Peri say their goodbyes. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 248

Rich's Notes: The 8th Doctor decides it’s his turn to go, taking Nyssa and Grace back to Terminus. Nyssa says a fond farewell to Tegan and the 5th Doctor. The 8th Doctor jokingly propositions and Grace and Romana have a moment. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 249

Rich's Notes: The 5th Doctor says his goodbyes. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 250

Rich's Notes: The 4th Doctor, last to arrive, last to depart, tells the 10th Doctor that he appreciates him. The 10th Doctor expresses his appreciation for his 4th incarnation.

The 4th Doctor, Romana and K9 leave, but not before Romana lets slip about an alien presence at the hospital on Earth.

The 10th Doctor is alone on the Eye of Orion. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 251

Rich's Notes: The 10th Doctor is once again alone on the Eye of Orion. But before he can slump into his previous depression, he reminds himself that all those incarnations of himself are always with him and, in a sense, he’s never alone.

He charges off to new adventures in the TARDIS! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 252

Rich's Notes: And so the TARDIS whisks off on a new adventure.

The sketchy pencil TARDIS merges into the computer generated one of the actual series. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 253

Rich's Notes: Martha walks through a crowded London street, discussing wedding party plans with various family members. After her father's girlfriend squicks her out a bit, she is surprised by the 10th Doctor, who removes his tie in some odd demonstration and then walks off into the crowd.

This is, of course, an abbreviated version of the opening scene of "Smith & Jones", which "The 10 Doctors" is set just prior to.

The End. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 10 254

Rich's Notes: Coming soon, to http://comics.shipsinker.com