If you thought you ’d have to wait until next yr to see the first story forDavid Tennant ’s shock returnasDoctor Who ’s fourteenth MD , then think again : his first risky venture is already here , just not in the format you were expecting .
Today ’s release of Issue 584 of Doctor Who Magazine also see the kickoff of a major new experimentation : for the very first sentence in its history , the powder store ’s monthly comic flight strip will be a part of current Doctor Who continuity . rig forthwith after the climax of “ The Power of the Doctor , ” which saw Jodie Whittaker ’s 13th Doctor regenerate into the familiar face of David Tennant , the young comedian , compose by Alan Barnes and exemplify by Lee Sullivan , will provide the 14th Doctor ’s first storey , as they attempt to discover who they are and why they carry the face of a former incarnation . The story will run for 12 month , each part releasing in every monthly issue of DWM until the 60th day of remembrance specials breeze next November , presumptively picking up where the comic will leave off .
“ From day one , I want to increase ties between the show and the magazine publisher , ” Humphrey Davy said ina press releaseaccompanying the latest issue ’s launch . “ I love it when we ’re in sync ! A mickle of the great unwashed will be think , David ’s not the literal physician , he ’s a trick , an semblance , a flashback . But no . He ’s veridical . And DWM can help us underline that . ”
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Davies is an avowed life-time - tenacious reader of the mag , and antecedently kick in a veritable column to it while he was Doctor Who ’s showrunner from 2005 to 2010 — a column he will now return to from DWM # 584 forrader . sentence will tell just how much the novel comedian will actually count when Doctor Who returns to TV screens in 2023 , but givenDavies ’ retentive desiresto have a cohesive MD Who transmedia empire — desire he might be ableto in reality move onin this new era — it would n’t be too surprising to see the provisional first step for it remove by bringing the 14th MD ’s very first news report to the pages of DWM .
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