Nyssa, after calming Mel down, takes her on a tour of the facilities on Terminus.
Glitz apparently has other plans.
Nyssa, after calming Mel down, takes her on a tour of the facilities on Terminus.
Glitz apparently has other plans.
Yay! I’ve been hoping Nyssa would turn up
Absolutely loving this comic, though this is the first time I’ve commented. Your work is simply brilliant!
Welcome and thank you!
Big love for Nyssa!
Awesome pages!
Can’t keep a good crook down hey. I knew Mel hadn’t completely domesticated Glitz.
As cute as ever, she is…Even in toon form. Good job…And I knew Glitz had something up his sleeve. EVERY port we see him hat, he has some sorta scheme.
Glitz never really struck me as a bad guy. He’s probably a nice guy deep down….deep, deep, deep, DEEP, deep down…
And Nyssa has arrived! Wonderful!
Rich, you’re a wonder! Time passes, real life intervenes, but you manage to STICK WITH THE STORY! Thank-you, thank-you so much for always coming back to us (the *fanz*), the Doctor (all of them) and your wonderful, richly-realised and (amazingly) consistent take on the WHOniverse.
I’m always looking forward to the new “episode”, and as soon as I’ve finished reading (and sometimes even *while* I’m reading), I want *more*. You’ve absolutely hooked me, Rich, with your detailed, serious and sympathetic presentation of the Doctor and his/their adventures. Hmm, better also add “ingenious”, “respectful” and “affectionate” to those descriptors
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You go, boy!
I think your work (the writing, the art and the storytelling) in this comic series is of the highest quality, better than many “paper” comicbooks and *most* webcomics. (Better, in fact, than *all* of the non-humerous webcomics I know.) Your artwork remains excellent, the level of “historical” and background detail is a delight and the characterisation — of the Doctors and everyone else! — remains absolutely, unbelievably *good*.
Perhaps I should have kept the , “You go, boy!” comment for *here.* Oh well. But anyway, thanks again, Rich, for taking the time — and making the effort. Your comic has all the qualities that made me love Doctor Who in the first place.
*****
Oh, and my favourite one-shot Dr. Who villains? Two of them, one named and one…nameless?
First is Sutek from _Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars_ (with the Jon Pertwee Doctor). My best friend at the time — I was in intermediate school in New Zealand, like junior high in America — was an fan of all things Egyptian, and that seemed to spill over. Oh, and it was the first Doctor Who book I ever bought.
Aaand second is — an alien thing I can’t identify, also (I think) from the Jon Pertwee run. This was a space-alien nasty that landed on a British beach and lay there like a massive ice cream cornet, occasionally extruding tentacles to drag hapless humans into it. Its first victim was a police constable who came riding up on his bicycle to investigate. I seem to remember the Doctor himself eventually having to go inside it.
And no, I don’t remember the name of either the creature *or* the episode. Sorry. But the size of the impression this villainous creature made on me should be apparent from the fact that I still remember as much as I do — and I only saw the episode *once*, on TV when it first aired, when I was a child of three or four. *And I’m 40 now.*
Thanks for the nightmares, Doctor! 8-D
Louise
Aaaargh, spelling error! In the fore-going ramble, the word should have been “humourous”, not “humerous”. Apologies, apologies….
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Wow, Louise…. you’ve really floored me! I’m so flattered, I’m not sure what to say. Except THANK you! I’m so glad there are people out there to share this with. I was so excited when the new show started and it was GOOD. It quickly became mainstream. I can say words like Dalek and TARDIS and people know what the hell I’m talking about now.
Thank you for reading, enjoying, and very importantly, giving me feedback.
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Incidently, “Pyramids of Mars” is a Tom Baker episode… and the squiddy-alien creature, I don’t remember that one at all! I think it might be “The Sea Devils” (on a beach) or “Terror of the Autons” had a squiddy thing in it. Otherwise, I haven’t got a clue! Can anyone else identify this episode for us?
Funny. I own the Pyramids of Mars on DVD. And mine’s a 1975 episode, with Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane) facing Sutekh. Sarah proved to be one heck of a shot.
The girl definitely knew her way around a rifle.
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lol – Elisbeth Sladen always had a problem with that, she thought ‘Where would Sarah Jane have learned about rifles?” but the director won out which I kind of liked. Sometimes you just need to see a companion doing the ‘cool’ bit unexpectedly.
ah Glitz, Glitz, havent you learned your lesson yet? (and that would be … a No.)
He was always sort of likeable for a guy that sold his own crew to be frozen souless ice slaves. It takes some moxy on the writers and actor to keep a character likable after that!
I think Louise might be thinking of The Claws of Axos — it didn’t take place on a beach, but it did include a character on a bicycle meeting a nasty fate. It was a tramp, not a policeman, though. But the description “like an ice cream cornet” and tentacles sounds like Axos to me.
Has this comic been planed out, or are you just making it up as you go along?
A little of each. I have the basic story set up in my head. The actual dialogue and results of each encounter are much more spontaneous.
Ah Nyssa, how I love you.
Lots of love to Nyssa! She’s one of my favourite companions. She also had one of the best departures EVER! The only comparable departures would be Steven’s and Romana’s – because they all left to help those in need, and that’s what being a companion to the Doctor’s all about!
BTW, I love the way you draw Nyssa. As much as I love her, her appearance in the series early on – especially her cat-like eyes – annoyed me sometimes. She was awesome in ‘Black Orchid’ – especially since Sutton also played Ann Talbot, great acting there – and her role in ‘Terminus’ was excellent.