The Movellans and the Daleks engage in a firefight right in the command module of the Dalek flagship. The 7th Doctor informs Davros that he is quite through with dealing even remotely mercifully with him and leaves him to his fate with the Movellans. As the Doctor is leaving, however, Davros makes a cryptic remark that stops the Doctor in his tracks.
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I love how the 7th Doctor was drawn here. This is the best you have done, Rich! WOW! And, you captured his speech pattern perfectly. Well done!
oooh lovely crinkly exploding stuff!, and those rrrrrrrroling r’s McCoy puts forth so frrrreequently , pure delight!
and a champion of time? oooerrrr!
Excellent speech by 7! Very nicely done.
Pure awesomeness, once again, Rich. Excellent fight collage in the first panel. You’ve gotta love it when Davros goes “completely cake”. Nice work. Also, very cryptic response by Davros. Rich, you sure know how to grab our attention and keep us begging for more. Keep up the fantastic work!
Hmm…..Davros here is a little reminiscent of his stance in Genesis, where he sees the Daleks as a force for “good”. Is he off on another of his delusions fo grandeur, me wonders?
Davros is ALWAYS having delusions of grandeur! That’s how the Doctor defeats him every time their paths cross.
Wonderful page to find just after watching the Rememberance of the Daleks DVD! That little ’speech’ by Seven is right on par with that confrontation in Rememberance, Rich! And You’re adding another twist again, should be interesting to see where this goes.
NEW PAGE! So soon! ^_^ I wonder what Davros means by ‘champion of time’…? :-/
Hmm…
Oh dear. You’re going for Time’s Champion, are you? If you must…
And 7’s umbrella handle doesn’t quite look question mark-ish enough.
Still though, I love 7 in this page. And he still got an “r” rolled around through it all.
That’s because he’s holding it between the hook and the point.
As for “Time’s Champion”, is that a book or something?
Another twist! Yet again, I find myself awaiting the next comic. GW
And just let me say, your comic has really made me wonder why it is they make out the Dalek’s to be these undefeatable machines… they’re getting their butt’s kicked left and right in this thing by numerous species.
Oh you don’t know? Oh good. That makes me feel MUCH better.
Time’s Champion was a concept in a book series (can’t remember which) that followed the seventh Doctor. In this case, Time and Death were Eternals, like the White and Black Gaurdian. As best I could figure out, shortly before the sixth Doctor regenerated, Time chose him as her champion, to work on her behalf. The Doctor reluctantly accepted and forced his regeneration into the darker seventh Doctor.
That’s the best I could figure from what I’ve heard.
I personally treat the concept like Lungbarrow: absolute poppycock.
I absolutely LOATHED the New Adventures books. I tried reading the TimeWyrm series and it just absolutely honked me off. The stories were so complex and convoluted they made Sylvester McCoy’s TV run look like an alphabet book. And the few Missing Adventures books I read made me angry. “The Crystal Bucephalus” or however you spell that, was DREADFUL! It gave nods to Star Trek the Next Generation (which also made me mad) and had the Doctor acting so out of character it was as though the author had never actually seen the show.
Rich, you just described why I LOATH the TVM, it’s bad enough I feel cheated out of one more Seven story, but the reason for the regeneration was set up SO out of Seven’s charactor, I refused to watch anymore and missed Eight.
I never got to see much of 7(The tv station where I live that broadcasted the show stopped showing it after 5.)so seeing him all tough and rolling his r’s was really neat. But what is Davros talking about?!
I am not sure if I am grasping at straws but Davros always was a planning and scheming fellow, looking ahead and trying to gain the ultimate victory. This begs the question of his possible relationship with the time daleks. Could that be part of his plan? He knows of the time lords and he certainly would want the power to control and conquer all of time so it really does make you stop and think about a possibility of his being part of that portion of this huge story. Then again could the whole huge series of events be caused by another power that could manipulate all of these players, (here is where I go out on a huge gamble and say…) Could it be the Black Guardian perhaps trying to get his revenge at the doctor? (Alright I said my bit and will go crawling back under the rock
Wow Rich! You’ve really outdone yourself here.
The first panel is poster worthy
and then you drew Davros beautifully – if that’s not a contradiction in terms 
– esp in the first 3 panels – and the story, the dialogue – is killer. I can hear Sylvester rolling his r-r-r’s and pronouncing his judgment upon Davros – till Davros suddenly pulls that enigmatic you-dont-know-what-you’ve-done line that makes the Doctor pause in mid stroll-of-contempt (love that last panel too btw) to find out what the heck is going on
If things keep going this way, we may have a 7 OhNoes group to sit down with the 10 OhNoes if this keeps up! (Altho 7 is just so much more practical than any other Doctor, I just can’t picture him stuck helpless in any danger for long)
Oh my…I sense an “Emergency Temporal Shift” coming.
I’m a bit confused. I immediately assumed that the “Time’s Champion” thing Davros was talking about was what I had head about from the spin-off media, especially as it’s Seven he’s talking to. But Rich claims ignorance of the whole concept. Is this a gigantic coincidence, a red herring? What the heck does Davros mean?
Also, I love the way Seven is drawn in the last panel.
NICE! I’m glad you added a little twist at the end like that. I like that Davros’ end isn’t going to be too clean cut. I also like seeing 7’s dark streak right there as he’s walking away. Very nice touch, Rich.
Excellent.
Doesn’t “wholsome” have an “e” in it
Other than that, another BRILLIANT page. And i like how, even after this long, there are still new developments. You truely are the best
YAY! Violent exothermic reactions!
by the looks of itmy asking why the sontans claimed to have defeated the Movellans is going to be obsolete soon!
I’m not going to specualte what champion of time mean becuase I trust Rich’s nose for a good story
but i have a feeling this is why 10 tries to save davros in Journey’s end and mentions trying to save him in in the first year of the time war. I know you came up with all this long before those episodes were even thought of but i do like that it explains to me just why the doctor wanted to save such a vile enemy, it was somehting i was having a problem with and now thanks to you Rich I’ve finally got a good explanation thanks to this suppurb latest page
10/10
pun intended
Twisted I if I may make a small speculation, we know 10 got converted into supreme dilak and that 8 was in processing to that, now 8 halts his progression into a dialak now you have a half timelord half dialak appear out of no where a mutation so to say….
8 = Davros
@The Voyager:
The Time War Daleks are the undefeatable machines. These ones are the White Daleks from the old series, and probably earlier in the Daleks’ history so they have worse technology. A few bullets would make them blow up. In the new series, however, they hall all kinds of fancy bits added, which was probably for fighting the Time War, or maybe it’s Time Lord tech?
@Khelbenvasq:
I think you mean “Dalek”?
>it explains to me just why the doctor wanted to save such a vile enemy, it was somehting i was having a problem with and now thanks to you Rich I’ve finally got a good explanation<
Wow, I think you have something there. Looking forward to learning about the Champions of Time!
Kat Klingon:
Well, see, here’s the thing. I LOVED the Fox TVM. Partially because it was the first Doctor Who episode made in years at the time, but also because (with a few painful exceptions) it was quite true to the series. There’s subtle hints of continuity (mainly in the equipment we see the Doctor using at the beginning) and in other places. The new Doctor (McGann) not only fit right in with the classic Doctors (in a way that Eccleston and Tennant really don’t) but was a joy to watch and I would have loved to see more McGann episodes. I was really hoping the new series would star him.
My primary argument *for* the series is that it’s a whole lot better then a lot of stuff people blindly accept for the classic series. Like pretty much ANYTHING in Colin Baker’s run. Those episodes SUCKED, there’s no getting around it. His costume blew, the writing was awful, the sets were weak. Colin Baker, bless him, did what he could with the crap they dumped on him and then they blamed him and fired him. And you want to talk about stupid regeneration sequences, how about “Time and the Rani” where he apparently did nothing more than fall down. I thought the TV movie handled the Time Lord/Earth medicine problem really well.
carol:
The 7th Doctor’s run was good as far as the Doctor and Ace were concerned. The episodes were complex and confusing and way too “artsy”. “Greatest Show in the Galaxy” read like a weird dream rather than an SG show and “Ghostlight” made minimal sense. But Sylvester and Sophie Aldred were worth watching every minute they were on screen.
Davros’ comment here is not series (or spinoff material) related and meant to be cryptic. You’ve missed nothing.
Richard:
Nice speculation work there. Let’s see how you did as the story progresses.
Maaaaybe.
Mr.Darkness:
Heh… If only we all had one of those.
Maureen MacDonald:
I don’t know how “gigantic” a coincidence it would be to come up with a name that uses common and evocative words like time and champion in a Doctor Who story. But I assure you I have not read the spinoff books.
Straker/Mitchell Craig:
Thank you!
Remorse1994:
Boooom!
McGann’s the Mann:
Thanks!
Khelbenvasq:
Speculations speculations! Heee….
You_Will_Obay_Me:
He does mean Dalek, just as I’m sure you meant “You WIll ObEy Me”.
Lewis:
Thanks! Stay tuned!
Hmm, I don’t suppose Davros’ comment about being ‘Time’s Champion’ has anything to do with the events of Big Finish’s audio drama ‘Master’? In there, the Doctor was referred to as ‘Time’s Champion’ and the Master as ‘Death’s Champion.’
It does sound similar to those books mentioned, but I think it’s much more likely that you’ve listened to Master, Rich so…
Also; this is my first ever post! I’ve read and enjoyed this comic for quite a long while Rich, and I’ve enjoyed it immensely! Thanks so much for your hard work!
Kino, as Rich said “Davros’ comment here is not series (or spinoff material) related and meant to be cryptic. You’ve missed nothing.”
Hi Kina!
Yeah, Lewis is right. I didn’t get the idea from any spinoff media. I haven’t read the “Time’s Champion” books, nor have I heard the “Master” audio drama. This is something I’ve come up with by myself which will be made clear as the story progresses. I least, I hope it will be clear.
…. How embarrassing.
………..If it turns out that that’s NOT Davros but actually 10th in a few years after being forced into being a Time Dalek, I am going to flip.
fantastic. love the first panel,a wonderful ‘action sequence montage’!! and #7 has never been more ‘more-than-a-timelordy’!!!
another amazing page rich. keep up the good work. brilliant speech by 7 and what did Davros mean by ‘champion of time’
Amazing work, I loved the Seventh Doctor’s speech, really captured him. Rolling Rs and all.
Loads of action in the first panel.
You’ve really captured the Dr 7’s dark persona in panel 5 and his speech pattern since he was last seen in the comic.
Rrrreally grrreat.
More 7!!!
Perfect 7. You’ve absolutely and completely got the character spot on. I can hear him saying it.
What does he mean, that he’s a champion of time? As if! The Doctor (any version, save the Valeyard) is a champion of time!
Would the Doctor actually allow Davros to die? He tried to save him in the Time War, and again at Journey’s End. And the classic Doctor, in multiple incarnations, is famous for offering a hand to an enemy at the time of their demise. This is especially true of the Fourth Doctor, but I haven’t yet seen a Doctor who wouldn’t. With the acception, perhaps, of Six. I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t part of what makes the Doctor great that he doesn’t believe he has the right to take even the most inhuman of lives?
While it is true that the 5th Doctor chickened out at the last minute when he had a blaster pointed directly at Davros’ face, the 6th Doctor did leave Davros to his fate at the hands of the ticked off Imperial Daleks at the end of “Revelation of the Daleks” and the 7th Doctor waved bye-bye to him when he fell for the whole ‘Hand of Omega’ trap that was originally set up by the 1st Doctor (pre original pilot) in “Remembrance of the Daleks”, instead of saving him which he probably COULD have done.
Certainly for every villain the Doctor tries to give them the chance to redeem themselves, but when they KEEP COMING BACK each time just as evil or worse than the last, there comes a point where you’ve just got to let them die by the sword. That’s what I think the 7th Doctor was feeling in “Remembrance”. That’s how I wrote it here.
This page shows why McCoy’s doctor is my favorite doctor, he can appear as a funny cheerful guy but deep inside is a dark mysterious individual, sort of like a mixture of both the first and second Doctor
CRYPTIC METAPHOR!
Rich, you are absolutely correct about the New Adventures books. I too rather loathed most of them. I was once so annoyed that I threw one across the room..except that it was summertime and so the window was open, and the book disappeared into the darkness outside. I almost didn’t bother retrieving the thing.