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The Ten Doctors: A by Rich Morris Chapter 5 102

Rich's Notes: Since the 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 ships unexpectedly comes out of nowhere, an the Sontaran reveal a plot to eliminate , the Federation fleet AND the Lords! The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 103

Rich's Notes: The 3rd Doctor is restrained by the before he can warn the fleet. The 5th Doctor tries as well, but the has jammed his signal. 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 Ambassador and the 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: and Rose are dodging and destroying Daleks when they come across a chamber filled with massive 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 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 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 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 /Keeper of the 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 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.

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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 , 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 ’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 , however, 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 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 . 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, starring Tony Garner playing the Two-and-a-halfth incarnation. The reason being that he just happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to both AND . 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. 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 5 125

Rich's Notes: While the Supreme Daleks’ ship plummets to the Earth’s surface, out of control, the and Maxil argue about the Keeper’s plan. The Doctor agrees, however, that there’s no longer anything he can do about it, and Maxil announces that he will now leave in his TARDIS.

The Supreme Dalek demands that Maxil hand over the TARDIS instead, but the Doctor interferes, telling the Daleks to let Maxil go as they can’t use the TARDIS without the Imprimature! (As mentioned in “”) The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 5 126

Rich's Notes: The 6th Doctor fasttalks the Supreme Dalek into letting Maxil escape. Maxil is a little confused by the Doctor’s generosity, but leaves as ordered. While trying to find a way to steer the Dalek ship into the ocean to minimize the damage to the Earth’s population, the Doctor notices his 4th self struggling on the surface of the ship!

He convinces the Daleks not to EXTERMINATE him with the idea of tricking the Daleks into thinking he’s tricking the Doctor into helping to repair the damage from the outside.

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Rich's Notes: The 6th Doctor talks the 4th Doctor through repairs to the Dalek ship. The Supreme Dalek, however, decides that once they’re mobile again that they will shoot straight back up into the battle in space rather than bring their hated enemy inside to safety.

Meanwhile the 4th Doctor gets ‘buzzed’ by a passing 1-man fighter.