Doctor Who
Titan Comics - publisher of theDoctor Whocomics crinkle since 2014 - have reveal the first comic Word of God to boast The Doctor ’s thirteenth avatar . First airing in 1963,Doctor Whois the longest - running sci - fi seriesin television system history , having run on hiatus but never having been cancel in its 55 twelvemonth campaign . The series focalise upon the risky venture of The Doctor - a time - traveling alien , both a genius and a disarmer , who acts as a defender of the weak and the oppressed .
The understanding for the show ’s length of service lies in a conceit that Time Lords like The Doctor have the power to rejuvenate their bodies in minute of great stress or harm , becoming entirely new people . to begin with introduced to carry on the popular show after The First Doctor , William Hartnell , had to leave the role for reasons of sick - health , the approximation of regeneration has allowed the show to go on , even as the player playing The Doctor retired from the role .
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Titan Comics announce the newfangled comicThe Many Lives of Doctor Whoin a press release today , a zero - upshot special that will lead directly into a monthly Thirteenth Doctor serial publication , whose spillage will coincide with the start of the latest time of year of the legendary show . The story will be tell from the perspective ofthe newly converted Thirteenth Doctor , as her previous lives newsbreak before her eyes as she is bear .
It ’s say that your life story flashes before your centre when you die , and the Doctor ’s had many of them ! As the Doctor regenerates from his 12th avatar to her thirteenth ( as toy by Jodie Whittaker ) , she relives unseen escapade from all her preceding selves from Classic through to NewWho . Hitting memory board in September 2018,The Thirteenth Doctor of the Church # 0features a stellar cast ofDoctor Whocomic Divine including writer Richard Dinnick and artists Mariano Laclaustra , Giorgia Sposito , Arianna Florean , Iolanda Zanfardino , Brian Williamson , Claudia Ianniciello and Rachael Stott , the creative person of Titan ’s newThirteenth Doctorseries !
This special 64 - page version - the first Thirteenth Doctor comic - comes with two masking to gather : an art cover by Claudia Ianniciello and a pic variant by designer Will Brooks - only available in mirthful shops . TheThirteenth MD # 0is part of Titan Comics ' larger plans for the Thirteenth Doctor , which includes the launch of issue # 1 in October and Doctor Who Comics Day on November 24 .
The trailer art exhibit an telling variety of scenes and art styles . Tom Baker ’s Fourth Doctor - the one with the long scarf and big smile - is rendered in an appropriately invigorate style by Arianna Florean - an artist on theTenth Doctormonthly laughable record . A more realistic flair is utilized by Mariano Laclaustra ( creative person on Titan’sTwelfth Doctorseries ) , who fork out the above prototype of William Hartnell ’s sullen First Doctor and his associate determine the sun stretch across an apparently alien landscape .
While it is still uncertain when Whovians everywhere will finally getto see Series 11and the first distaff Doctor in action , it seems that Titan Comics is ready and capable to whet their appetite for newDoctor Whoadventures until then . The trailer artwork forThe Many Lives of Doctor Whois fantastic and while the story concept is just original ( with former episodes of the show having depict The Doctor flashing back through his earlier escapade while in the throes of re-formation unwellness ) it seems likely that veteranDoctor Whowriter Richard Dinnick will find a way to put a alone twirl on the story .