The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 1 Rich's Notes: The 10th (and current) Doctor goes to The Eye of Orion (the Five Doctors) to reflect after the events of The Runaway Bride. He meets up with his previous incarnation, the 9th Doctor and Rose, here exploring the Eye of Orion sometime between the events of Father’s Day and The Empty Child. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 2 Rich's Notes: The 9th and 10th Doctors and Rose stumble upon the 7th Doctor and Ace, who we join at some point between Dimensions in Time and The Enemy Within(aka. The Fox Movie) You’ll notice the style of the drawings changing a bit from page to page as I struggle to settle on a realism vs. cartoony feel for this comic. Hopefully it’ll settle soon. And hopefully none of you will give a rat’s bottom. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 3 Rich's Notes: The 10th Doctor, in order to keep the peace, attempts to explain the situation to Ace and Rose. Ace, however, has an advantage. She's seen some of the Doctor's previous incarnations in a strange time trap set up by the Rani (The 30th Anniversary special: Dimensions in Time, which blew chunks). The 2nd Doctor arrives, seemingly already understanding the situation, accompanied by Jamie and Zoe. (The 2nd Doctor arrives from some curious timeline not fully explained by the TV series. Presumably his onscreen regeneration was a farce and he was employed by the Time Lords for a time to run missions for them before they finally changed him into the 3rd Doctor. We see this canon-challenging timeline in The Three Doctors, The Five Doctors, and The Two Doctors. He is able to steer the TARDIS and is working FOR the Time Lords. He has also been able to pick up a few of his old companions during this time, including Jamie, Victoria and (in this case, anyway) Zoe. Who DO remember him after all!) The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 4 Rich's Notes: The 2nd Doctor’s arrival naturally heralds that of the 3rd (and his companion, Jo, arriving sometime between The Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death) and the two resume their arguing. Jo, of course, has no problem quickly accepting that these are all different Doctors, after all, she’s seen it all before (The Three Doctors). Rose, however, is taking this a little hard and Ace has no time for babies. While chaos reigns and confusion begins to really settle in, the 10th Doctor is really starting to feel the effects of his Time Line being meddled with somehow, and his emotions begin to take their toll. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 5 Rich's Notes: The 10th Doctor attempts to get a grip with his wierd emotional and temporal displacement rushes and gets some assistance from the 5th Doctor, probably the most empathic of his previous incarnations. The 5th Doctor and his companions, Tegan and Turlough are fresh from The Five Doctors, fleeing from Gallifrey so the Doctor doesn’t have to take office as Lord President, and already familiar with at least 3 of his other incarnations. (Editor's Note: This strip, originally published on March 17th, 2007, was drawn a full eight months before Time Crash aired.) The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 6 Rich's Notes: While the 3rd and 7th Doctors have a little talk with the 9th Doctor about some interesting choices he’s made recently, the 6th Doctor (who’s somewhere between Revelation of the Daleks and Trial of a Time Lord part 1: The Mysterious Planet) shows up in time to be indignant, (*gasp*, no!) and the 1st Doctor arrives in time to start making sense of it all. Incidently, the 1st Doctor has been plucked from a time before the original 1963 pilot episode An Unearthly Child. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 7 Rich's Notes: The 1st Doctor uses his natural commanding nature to make the other Doctors explain what is going on. The 2nd Doctor tries to break the news gently, but the 3rd Doctor has to clarify. Rose has a major flip-out when she discovers that the Doctor has a FAMILY somewhere, somewhen. Some of this requires a bit of explanation. The 1st Doctor has come in from shortly before the pilot of the original series. It wasn’t until he and Susan landed and stayed in 1960’s England before the series that the TARDIS chameleon circuit broke down. So he doesn’t immediately recognize the Police Box TARDISes of all his successors. He knows they’re Time Lords, that’s all. He figures he’s been ‘caught’. (The Doctor claims to have left Gallifrey on the run because he was bored. But we learn later that there’s far more to his history then he’s implied. Depends how much of it we take seriously, though. He must have, at one time, been a very important figure). The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 8 Rich's Notes: Various companions make various comments to various Doctors, and the chaos is quelled by the commanding tones of the 1st Doctor who starts to take charge. Just then, the 4th Doctor with Romana & K9 (From somewhere between Shada and The Leisure Hive) arrive. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 9 Rich's Notes: The 4th Doctor sends Romana off to occupy the companions while the 1st Doctor tries to start making sense of the situation. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 10 Rich's Notes: The Doctors sound off and the 5th Doctor notices that 8 is missing. The 9th and 10th Doctors realize that they have a hole in their memories pertaining to the 8th Doctor. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 11 Rich's Notes: Meanwhile, the 8th Doctor (some time after The Enemy Within - aka The Fox Movie) has gone to his home planet, Gallifrey, ostensibly to have his TARDIS checked over by the real experts, but also to catch up with the latest President of the High Council. She, however, knows the Doctor all too well... - by reputation, apparently - and predicts his next words. Creator's note: The Lady President here is the first completely original character in this comic. She's not based on anyone from the series. This is taking place during 8th Doctor's lifespan which was never televised (and for simplicity's sake, I'm not using any novels or comics or short stories or anything else as my source material... except the novelization of the Fox film which fits the Doctor Who canon a little better) and so there is no reference for what went on at this time. So I've given myself a lot of leeway. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 12 Rich's Notes: The 8th Doctor is concerned because very little has been going on. He automatically suspects that something big is on the way. The Calm Before the Storm. The Lord President, on the other hand, isn’t so concerned. The Time Lords never are. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 13 Rich's Notes: The Lord President loses patience with the 8th Doctor and sends him off to wait for the repairs of his TARDIS and suggests he be off while she’s still feeling generous. Meanwhile, a technician enters the Doctor’s TARDIS. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 14 Rich's Notes: Strange bio-pattern-like energy shoots out from deep within the heart of the TARDIS’ core and envelops the technician, forcing him to regenerate while he gets taken over by the life force of the Master! (Master to be redesigned later. This one blows!) The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 15 Rich's Notes: The Doctors discuss the possibilities of what must have caused the temporal wierdness. The first Doctor takes charge. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 16 Rich's Notes: While Romana keeps the companions busy with convoluted explanations of basic temporal theory 101, the 10th Doctor explains to the 1st why there might be some problems with the TARDISes in this time line. The others show some concern. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 17 Rich's Notes: The Master slips out of the TARDIS, and steals a new one. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 18 Rich's Notes: The 4th Doctor and K9 investigate 10’s claim that the TARDISes will be powerless. The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 19 Rich's Notes: The 4th and 7th Doctors rejoin the others who are trying to come up with solutions. 4 points out what should be the obvious solution. (Reference: Remembrance of the Daleks) The Ten Doctors: A Graphic Novel by Rich Morris Chapter 1 20 Rich's Notes: The 8th Doctor has discovered something that he believes will convince the President of Gallifrey to take him more seriously. But Commander Maxil of the Chancillary guard blocks his way.