Pierre, in dire need of life energy as his body mutates, tracks Janette down at the Raven.
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Oooh, awkward…. How does the popular girl turn down the geek with the acne…?
Heh, heh, he brings new meaning to “Sorry, I don’t have my face on!” …heh, heh… …wonderful…
Wow, Duvallee really let himself go since we saw him regenerate.
Errr… What would happen if Duvallee fed on a vamp? I don’t think that would go well.
That was… really quick. How often does he need to feed? At the rate he’s deteriorating it looks like he’ll simply drop dead on the next page.
Now I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for the poor guy. When the Master started experimenting on him, he probably didn’t understand what that kind of immortality entailed.
On the other hand, he doesn’t seem to feel sorry for himself, or for his victims. Now I’m a bit less sorry for him.
I wonder if there IS a way he can die. Maybe he’ll just have to be left on the moon or somewhere where he can’t hurt anyone. (Now I’m imagining a story where future moon colonists suffer mysterious deaths caused by some sort of monster.)
Ewww… also, it doesn’t look like the constant regeneration did anything to make him smarter, poor fellow.
No really, I feel nothing but sympathy for the poor guy. All he ever wanted was his beloved Janette.
Love stories that end badly always make me feel sentimental
In this case, he didn’t get to finish feeding – AND he was shot and decapitated – so he’s probably worse off than “normal.” He may grab up a half-dozen or dozen victims in a very short time and then have a relatively stable period. In this case, he was forced to regenerate on a low tank…
And I do feel sorry for the guy. Got played for a chump by the Master, and has suffered the consequences for 650 or so years. Probably went mad right around the time the Mayflower sailed.
I’m guessing he’s already fed on at least one vampire- remember LaCroix’ quote earlier, about not getting near him?
There’s only one way out for him that I can see- destruction.
Either someone laser-screwdrivers his regenerations away, and leaves him a shriveled husk (because humans don’t have the natural lifespan Gallifreyans do, even before they get regenerations as part of their TimeLord Benefits Package), or they drop him into the middle of an overloading nuclear power plant, like poor Owen.
FK never, ever said that being undead was cool and fun. They always had to just make do with what was left, even LaCroix. His eventual redemption was in that he actually came to give a damn about his children, as opposed to the immoral (not amoral- he ENJOYED raping and pillaging and the power) life he had. He was far more human in death than he ever was in life.
Funny, how most shows about immortal beings end up inevitably as tragedies.
Just remember- “immortal” and “immoral” differ only by one(’s) character.
@Raster – ooh! That’s deep… Is that (immortal/immoral) a quote, or your own?
More good stuff. Feels like the endgame has started.
Countess: “Now I’m imagining a story where future moon colonists suffer mysterious deaths caused by some sort of monster.” Cool idea! Someone ought to make a TV show about that
Pierre is not Jekyll & Hyde-he’s more like the Phantom of the Opera. Despite his ugly face, I do feel a little sorry for him. I really hate the Master now for ruining this poor man’s life.
@violin: As if we needed another excuse to hate the Master…
Raster: Owen? Nuclear power plant?
Looking forward to the next installment of the Master/LeCroix fight — Universal never gave us a really good Dracula vs. Wolfman fight, and this looks to be the next best thing.
Raster: “Owen”? “Nuclear power plant”?
I must have missed that episode of “Total Drama Action”…
“Poor” Pierre meets a woman he’s never seen before, spends a combined timespan of something like five minutes with her, and obsesses about her for 650 years? That man is definitely a few bricks short of a load. Actually, he’s almost the entire load short of a load.
Well, he tracked her down after all this time .. his messed up little plan to reunite might have had better effect if he fed first but.. how many customers of hers would he go thru in a night? A week? Definitely bad for business after a month :p
I wonder if he tracks her down in his unstable mode, then after he feeds each night, thinks better of it.
Raster – just a note, the laser screwdriver hasn’t been invented by the Master yet, so not an option (thankgoodness… the whole laser screwdriver concept never made sense to me)
I think that there is a song that talks about Duvallee: U-G-L-Y…
Now the real question is… can they feed off each other? Would Pierre feeding on Janette kill her, or would her vampyness triumph? And could Janette use Pierre for some actual blood, not the fake stuff? From a practical perspective, this may work.
Darek: wouldn’t work. Pierre burns through the lifeforce. If he tried to absorb from a vampire even once, then there would only be one “soul” between them at any one time.
I also wander what would happen, if he Pierre became a vampire, and then regenerated. he would become ALIVE, but he would still be a vampire? would he absorb himself? I think he would simply become sick. Like he would have vampiric cravings, and no way of biting. ???
What if he fed upon a Time Lord? They have pretty great deal of energy in them.
And you all, of course, know which Time Lord I’m talking about.
astrocitizen: The Owen / nuclear power plant thing is a reference to Torchwood Series 2.
I feel some pity for the Pierre that was, in Medival France.
For the monster he became I wish only a quick death.
Eww… But that’s brilliant detail. I’d be a bit freaked if I met him in a dark alley, for sure!!
Nice to see Bruce Forsyth make an appearance, to see him nice!!! Great page, Rich
o_o now there’s an interesting twist! MOAR PLZ. lol
seriously, I love this, it just gets better and better!
lol I wonder what the next story’s going to be. my sister is asking me to ask you to do a doctor who/hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy crossover comic lol. that would be pretty funny and cool tho, I do admit.
anyhow, plz keep up the good work, this is great stuff.
Wow, he looks terrible… in fact, he seems to be deteriorating even more from one panel to another! Whatever the Master did, I don’t think it was good for Pierre’s mental or physical health.
Wow he looks horrible. I am torn between sympathy for what he went through and lack of sympathy fior what hes done, I mean he been alive for 650 years and given how quickly hes deteioriated thinks of how many people he must of killed.
Looking forward to the next part.
Goodness gracious! He’s OOGLY! (XD.. oogly. Ha ha.)
sorry for this but ew ew ew ew ew ew ew eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!
poor guy must be painful though!
great page!
…oh boy, I know what’s in the next page…
Actually, to throw another bit of tragedy into the mix. If I’m understanding things right, this isn’t constant regeneration (like Rassilon’s immortality), it’s basic Time Lord style regeneration triggered by death and followed by a massive need for energy as well as mutation from the imperfectly-controlled regeneration. Something to consider–if that’s the case, how many times must the guy have *died* over the centuries to degenerate this point? Bet his death-count makes those Scottish Sword-Swingers look wuss by comparison.
After all this time, I’ll bet he was hoping she’d be happier to see him.
John: “lol I wonder what the next story’s going to be. my sister is asking me to ask you to do a doctor who/hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy crossover comic lol. that would be pretty funny and cool tho, I do admit.”
I was wondering that myself. I must admit, I’d like to see Rich do a crossover with that other popular British SF/Adventure show from the 60’s. You know, the one that’s also getting a 21st century revamp. It has that OTHER famous intro music from Ron Grainer… it was filmed at the same location as The Masque of Mandragora… You know which one I mean.
Be seeing you.
Doctor Who/HitchHiker’s Guide? Gee, Vroom Socko, just show her anything from the 4th Doctor/Romana II era. Douglas Adams was practically writing it as a test for the radio show! There’s even a book by Oolon Callufed in “Destiny of the Daleks”.
Also, I totally meant to bring this up earlier but forgot while I was being squicked by Pierre: I love your depiction of Janette in the second panel. It’s a nice little moment of vulnerability, understated and very effective.
Hey Vroom Socko, would the OTHER show we’re talking about have characters like Blake and Avon, hmmm? that would be *cool*
Mousme: *Beams* Thank you very much!
Kladyelf: Ugh. I always thought watching that show was like watching a dull Tom Baker episode without Tom Baker in it. Granted, I never managed to sit through an entire episode and not because I didn’t want to. Just kept catching it halfway through or just as I was about to do something else. Don’t know it well enough to do one now. But someday, maybe. Can’t say the idea really excites me, though. Not yet.
Kladyelf: The characters on the show I was thinking of don’t have names. Just numbers.
Vroom Socko: I recognized which show you were referring to… I can see it now…the Brigadier has just “retired” from UNIT, about to take up his cover identity as a maths teacher…and wakes up one morning in the Village… If the Villagers thought they had a tough nut to crack in J*** Dr***, uh, I mean, Number Six, just wait till they try to break the Brig! But we digress…
Still loving “Forever Janette”, Rich!
Wow, Pierre looks really scary.
@cfhuber:
I can see Nine, looking for his old friend…
Nine, right after The Last Great Time War, talking to the current PM, this goofy smile on his face: I reckon you’ve got about five minutes.
He pauses, and waits.
PM, looking at him like he’s daft: Five…minutes? Look- I don’t know how you walked in here, past a dozen armed men, and more locked doors, but…five minutes you say? Until what, exactly?
Nine, leaning forward, suddenly, looking like Death’s Loan Shark: Until I take this place apart, brick by brick, and find where you’ve stowed one of your pissant little planet’s greatest heroes at. Lethbridge is a Very Old Friend. I’m The Doctor. Look. Me. UP.
Vroom Socko, thanks for the quote, as well as agreeing. well the old hitch hiker’s series didn’t really get a revamp, more like a tribute movie, but I see where you’re coming from.
still though, the comic has taken elements from the old and from the new, not just from the revamped series. which means he could easily take elements from the old hitch hiker’s guide, and not be constrained to the newer one, and still be sticking to his usual style.
I wonder if he plans any crossovers, it would be funny. I know that I created several crossover stories between hitch hiker’s guide and star trek, it was hilarious.
imagine the TARDIS in the Starship Heart Of Gold. lmao. The Doctor as a travelling companion until he’s able to fix somehting broken in it.
…actually that’s a pretty original idea, I will admit.. The Doctor has always had companions who follow him in his adventures, well a story where HE is the companion would be completly new and off the wall lol.
So this “other show” people keep talking about… perhaps we need to open on a man with curly blonde hair and a tasteless multicoloured overcoat fleeing from a weather balloon. In the process of getting away, he rounds a corner and crashes into a hobo playing the recorder.
The hobo picks himself up, dusts himself off and says… “I am Number Two. You are Number Six. Welcome to the Village…”
Oh, and… cracking strip, Rich
So now we know the identity of the mysteeeeeeerious stranger… what’s next? And I’m wondering if the mutation part of perpetual regeneration is what turned the Master into a jelly snake…
Okay, “Blake’s 7″ or “The Prisoner” or “The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, whatever other shows you guys want to talk about, please take it to the forum. This is not the place.
The Cat Who Walks Alone:
According to the novelization of the Fox Film (which I’m using more for reference in my stories) the “jelly snake” is actually a crystalline alien life form the Master posessed at some point. Not a mutation. And it’s Pierre who has perpetual regenerations, not the Master.
Whoa, Duvallee has really let himself go, lol
I’d heard that about the snake, Rich. I guess if that the Master never gave himself perpetual regeneration, I’ve misunderstood how he came to do that rapid-healing thing a strip or two ago. Mea culpa. (And no more Prisoner gags about the Second and Sixth Doctors, I promise)