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The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 102 Rich's Notes: Since the Daleks are struggling to destroy eachother as well as their attackers, the advantage goes to the Federation forces. Things are going well and the 5th Doctor checks in with the 3rd to see how the battle is playing out. The 3rd Doctor confirms that all is well so far, but then gets a new set of signals. A massive fleet of Sontaran ships unexpectedly comes out of nowhere, an the Sontaran reveal a plot to eliminate the Daleks, the Federation fleet AND the Time Lords! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 103 Rich's Notes: The 3rd Doctor is restrained by the Sontarans before he can warn the fleet. The 5th Doctor tries as well, but the Master has jammed his signal. The Master explains how he plans to use his new, augmented Sontarans to take over the universe. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 104 Rich's Notes: Mistaking the Sontarans as surprise allies hoping to gain the lion’s share of the glory, the Draconian Ambassador and the Ice Warrior general move to greet them as befits their honour and station. But they get a nasty surprise when the Sontarans attack them. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 105 Rich's Notes: The Master, his plot revealed, now uses the sabotaged computer to take over control of the 5th Doctor’s ship. He uses it to torment his old enemy, but causing him to destroy the Federation allies. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 106 Rich's Notes: Ace and Rose are dodging and destroying Daleks when they come across a chamber filled with massive cyberman technology. They decide to destroy it. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 107 Rich's Notes: Tegan and Peri, under Cyberman mind control, lure Ace and Rose into the hands of the cybermen, who have decided that they’re so screwed, their only chance is to try to force the Doctor into helping them by using his companions as blackmail. Even as they strap the girls into the cyberman conversion modules, they are interrupted by the sounds of materialization. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 108 Rich's Notes: The Cybermen discuss the logical problem of forcefully determining the identity of the new arrival, who turns out to be the 9th Doctor. But he keeps them guessing as he plays with their tin-heads. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 109 Rich's Notes: The 9th Doctor keeps the cybermen distracted long enough for Drax and K9 to install the machinery on top of the gigantic cyber…. thing. Whatever it is. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 110 Rich's Notes: When he gives the signal, Drax pulls the lever, K9 transmits the signal and all the machine’s energy is transferred to destructive plasma that pierces the heart of every Cyberman in the complex! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 111 Rich's Notes: The 9th Doctor rescues Rose and Ace, then gets Drax to help him carry Tegan and Peri, unconscious because of their sudden release from Cyber mind control, to the TARDIS. Ace admires Drax’s choice of TARDIS exteriors and the Doctor gets cheerfully exasperated by his crew. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 112 Rich's Notes: The 8th Doctor and Leela sneak back into the Citadel to find out what’s been going on with Andred and her children, and also to get to the bottom of the whole Valeyard/Keeper of the Matrix issue. Meanwhile, Maxil is revived for a special mission! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 113 Rich's Notes: The 6th Doctor wakes up on the Dalek ship, having been knocked about by explosions and the 4th Doctor’s accident. He discovers that the 4th Doctor was probably killed in the air ducts and didn’t escape, and so alters his plan to deal with the Daleks believing that he too will die when the 4th Doctor’s time line catches up with him. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 114 Rich's Notes: The 6th Doctor puts it all on the line, arguing with the Supreme Dalek and ordering them to withdraw from the battle. After a telling and tense moment, the Supreme Dalek relents. For now. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 115 Rich's Notes: The Sontarans decide to attack the leader of the retreating Dalek faction, and just as the 6th Doctor senses that his plans are falling apart, things get worse with the arrival of Commander Maxil. The Supreme Dalek gets totally confused by the appearance of a second Keeper of the Matrix, and while he tries desperately to sort out the logical problem in his brain, the Sontarans attack. I’m sure at least some of you readers feel like the Supreme Dalek here. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 116 Rich's Notes: The 3rd Doctor sows the seeds of doubt into the War Chief. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 117 Rich's Notes: The 5th Doctor finds a way to stop the Master from using his ship to kill people. Disabling his maneuvering thrusters and his weapons. That does, however, leave him vulnerable to a booster rocket blast directly into Earth’s atmosphere which would leave him in freefall and a very messy impact. Just when the Master is about to revel in his old enemy’s death, however, Nyssa and Mel show up, and the Master decides to kill them first. Just for fun. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 118 Rich's Notes: The 5th Doctor warns Nyssa and Mel that the Master is after them, but gets distracted when he finds an unexpected module in the guts of his ship. The Master attacks them, but they manage to zip out of the way of the laser cannons at the last instant! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 119 Rich's Notes: ***Warning, this page contains harsh language*** (Editor's note: A little late for that, don't you think?) Nyssa and the Master engage in a bit of cat-and-mouse, until she turns the tables on him. Releasing one of her ship’s many thrusters, it slams into the Master’s fighter and destroys it. Nyssa finally gets revenge on the man who killed her father and her whole planet. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 120 Rich's Notes: Having destroyed the Master’s ship, Nyssa heads back to check on the 5th Doctor, who has accidently sent himself on a collision course with the Earth. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 121 Rich's Notes: The 1st Doctor manages to delay his crash into the dying sun of Proammon and uses his bought time to try to contact another of his selves to come and help him escape. The 2nd Doctor, already open for telepathic contact, picks up the signal and decides that an extreme situation requires an extreme solution. He decides he has to project another self. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 122 Rich's Notes: The 2nd Doctor explains to Glitz about future self projections while conjuring up assistance. He first projects a “Watcher” a faceless transitory stage in the midst of the energy burst of regeneration. He changes it to a blend of incarnations 2 and 3. Sadly, he doesn’t seem to get along with this one either. The transitory incarnation 2.5 you see here was inspired by the (as yet unfinished) fanfilm, Devious starring Tony Garner playing the Two-and-a-halfth incarnation. The reason being that he just happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to both Patrick Troughton AND Jon Pertwee. While this, of course, is no more “canon” than any other fanfilm in my eyes, I just love the look of this guy, am amazed by the resemblances, and hey, they shot a regeneration completion into the 3rd Doctor WITH JON PERTWEE! His appearance in “The 10 Doctors” neither acknowledges the “Devious” storyline nor contradicts it. I just figured, man, this guy looks great and he got a chance to act with Jon Pertwee, I’m going to give him a chance to appear with Patrick Troughton, just ’cause I can. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 123 Rich's Notes: The Supreme Dalek’s flagship goes out of control and plummets into Earth’s atmosphere, pursued by a Sontaran battlecruiser intent on its destruction. A well placed shot cuts off the 6th Doctor’s attempt to find a way to repair the damaged conduit that will restore control to the Dalek ship. It also blasts open part of the hull from which the ship spews out pieces of broken superstructure, pipes, metal tiles… and the 4th Doctor! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 124 Rich's Notes: The Supreme Dalek’s flagship goes out of control and plummets into Earth’s atmosphere, pursued by a Sontaran battlecruiser intent on its destruction.