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The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 26 Rich's Notes: The Sontaran representative explains the true history of the Daleks, and we learn the source of their information! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 27 Rich's Notes: The Doctors have wired the TARDISes together so that 9 and 10 can recharge the others’ power supply. Some of the Doctor’s previous incarnations are skeptical of the setup, while others are genuinely proud of their future ingenuity. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 28 Rich's Notes: A TARDIS in the shape of a long shed materializes around the companions, then dematerializes, kidnapping them. In a blind emotional panic, the 9th Doctor leaps into his TARDIS and takes off, while it is still wired up to the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 7th Doctors’ TARDISes. The energy begins to discharge through the strained cables. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 29 Rich's Notes: The 9th Doctor’s TARDIS snaps at the end of the cables, shorting through and blowing out the TARDISes connected to it and causing it to crash to the ground. The others rush to his aid. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 30 Rich's Notes: The companions discover that they’re suddenly inside a TARDIS. After a bit more bickering between Rose and Ace, Peri (of all people) discovers something useful: an internal communication system, that with a bit of tinkering by Romana, will enable her to get in contact with the control room. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 31 Rich's Notes: Romana contacts the control room and discovers that a lady Time Lord, a mysterious person from her future, has captured her and the companions for some unknown purpose. She is, in fact, the Rani, and their destination is a meeting with the Cybermen! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 32 Rich's Notes: Meanwhile back on Gallifrey, Damon, the Doctor’s friend and Data services technician, has accidentaly discovered that someone on Gallifrey is communicating with the area of space once occupied by the Dalek homeworld, Skaro (now destroyed). Commander Maxil prevents him from getting the 8th Doctor’s help. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 33 Rich's Notes: The 8th Doctor seeks help from the Keeper of the Matrix in finding more proof and information about certain temporal interferences. The Keeper seems oddly familiar to him and he can’t place why. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 34 Rich's Notes: The 1st Doctor takes control. The 9th Doctor objects. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 35 Rich's Notes: The 9th Doctor’s behaviour concerns the 1st, who heads off to Gallifrey with the 10th. Meanwhile the 5th and 3rd Doctors head off of their mission. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 36 Rich's Notes: The 6th Doctor takes the controls of the 4th Doctor’s TARDIS. Which makes 4 & 9 very unhappy. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 37 Rich's Notes: A fierce battle rages in space, the Daleks are about to destroy an enemy ship when it suddenly effects repairs and vanishes into hyperspace. The 6th Doctor repaired the hyperdrive, but when the 4th Doctor goes to greet the would-be grateful ship crew, they turn out to be…. MORE DALEKS! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 38 Rich's Notes: Sarah Jane Smith and K9 mk IV (from some point between “School Reunion” and whenever K9 got trapped in the black hole thing before the pilot for the new SJS series) investigate some bizarre alien readings at an old warehouse. Apologies for the relatively poor quality of the art. But you guys have been so encouraging, I wanted to get more done as quickly as possible. Thanks for reading! More to come. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 39 Rich's Notes: K9 and Sarah Jane discover a trapdoor to an underground level of the warehouse where they find the cybermen have set up base. Knowing the dangers of the cybermen from experience, Sarah Jane calls on the help of some old friends. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 40 Rich's Notes: Sarah Jane convinces Harry to contact UNIT for her. A few too many calls for help and they’ve gotten fed up with her. Brigadier Bambera isn’t nearly as patient as Lethbridge-Stewart was. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 41 Rich's Notes: Meanwhile, on a small crystalline scout ship, Sabalom Glitz and Melanie Bush head out on a rendezvous. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 42 Rich's Notes: Mel and Glitz dock with the Terminus to drop off some medicine for the Lazar’s disease patients. They are met at the airlock by the Garm. Mel, as we feared, screams. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 43 Rich's Notes: Nyssa, after calming Mel down, takes her on a tour of the facilities on Terminus. Glitz apparently has other plans. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 44 Rich's Notes: The 1st and 10th Doctors have a chat about physiology, TARDIS engineering and temporal physics en route to Gallifrey. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 45 Rich's Notes: Having arrived on Gallifrey, the first and latest Doctors head off to find some answers… narrowly missing bumping into the eighth Doctor who has finally grasped the magnitude of what’s going on! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 46 Rich's Notes: The 3rd and 5th Doctors arrive at a space port where a lot of warships are preparing for battle. They run into the Alpha Centauri ambassador. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 47 Rich's Notes: While the 3rd Doctor learns about the state of affairs in the Federation, the 5th Doctor discovers some old enemies are around. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 48 Rich's Notes: The 2nd and 7th Doctors have set the TARDIS to track the companions via the other TARDIS’ time track. However, while they reminisce and sing old Prydonian pep rally songs, they are pulled off course by some mysterious force. Thanks to my wife for writing the Prydonian glee-club song. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 49 Rich's Notes: The 2nd and 7th Doctors have been captured by the white, “Imperial” Daleks, and when the 2nd Doctor tries to flee back into the TARDIS, he gets immobilized. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 2 50 Rich's Notes: The Daleks identify the 2nd Doctor, but their limited understanding of time travel and their distorted logic prevents them from comprehending the possibility of two Doctors existing in the same place at the same time. The 7th Doctor provides an answer for them. Meanwhile, the renegade Daleks are faced with the same problem….