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Alright so like my previous post i have a question but this is more plot hole related than my question about the tardis lightbulbs extra pulse after it has already disappeared. So like i said im going through a NuWho rewatch and im now in series 3 (the one with martha jones) now the episode i am watching is called Gridlocked and at the end The face of boe tells the doctor Y.A.N.A (You are not alone) and then dies but later in the series its sort of revealed that Captain Jack Harkness(who is immortal thanks to time vortex rose) is the face of boe so how is it possible for the face of boe to die if he is jack harkness who as mentioned is immortal

First of all, duh, it was bad, but I have a couple of problems I want to say.

1. Why didn't the Tardis Translator work, Ryan said he'd been venturing with the Doctor for 8 years. It works after one trip.

2. The doctor finds out that there is Oxygen from the creatures mouths (so Obvious). Why didn't she realize that there was oxygen in the FIRE. FIRE NEED OXYGEN.

3. The mother and Daughter duo died for no reason, the Doctor just killed them, "Come with us, i have a time machine, don't kill yourself".

4. The Father immediately accepting his son (which he ignored like 5 minuets beforehand) was a master engineer? How did that happen so quickly

5. How tf did the dregs evolve that fast? The one Dreg that the Doctor mind read showed it lived before the orphanage. were these memories or just them having access to the internet.

5b did they stagnate their aging?????

6 When does this take place???? Earth dies, gets orphaned, Paradise vacation forms, but China is still a manufacturing country to make vending machines.

I've just finished series 4 and I'm wondering if anyone knows a way I find it

Hi! :) So, I thought I’d ask all of you what you’re personal cute headcanons for all of the Doctors are. Have fun

So I've been getting into classic Doctor Who lately (watching The Android Invasion at the moment, super underrated given how little I've seen people talk about it), and scrolling through many of these seasons, I'm noticing that many of them end with longer and more high stakes-sounding serials than the previous ones from their respective seasons. Are these season finales? (This is one of those questions that's just impossible to Google because of how it has to be worded lol)

I guess to me, it'd just be kinda lame if each story just kept happening episodically without ever setting up and paying off multi-story-wide arcs. Maybe this could be remedied if each Doctor got their own finales to their individual eras, but even then that'd make really long-running eras like the Fourth Doctor's a little tedious for my taste.

Just recently watched Smile 2 and i was joking around with my friends saying The Doctor could easily low diff the Smile entity from the Smile horror movies and it actually got me wondering could he? The Doctor has faced something similar on the Orient Express episode and figured it out with it being visible to him under only one minute. The smile entity is said to usually stick around a week, given enough prep time for the Doctor and connections made do you think he could beat the Smile entity without anyone having to get harmed including himself?

So im doing a NuWho rewatch on max and im in season 2 but ive noticed that when the tardis disappears (at least when tennant flies it) the lightbulb is the last to disappear and i dont mean the tardis itself disappears and then the lightbulb on top disappears im talking about the light itself as in the physical light being created by the bulb disappears. If you were to go back and watch when the tardis disappears the light pulses one last time after its already gone.

Back with my penultimate part! Gosh, I can't believe I'm nearly done! Just to reiterate, everything is just my opinion, and spoilers for all Doctor Who.

9/10 Stories (Continued)

50) Terror of the Autons

I have to admit, after rewatching this recently it has gone down in my estimation to an 8/10. But I still have only good things to say about it! It effectively acts as a second pilot for Pertwee's era, as we're skilfully introduced to the rest of the UNIT Family (Jo, in delightful scenes showing off both her clumsiness and capability, and Yates), the delicious performance of Roger Delgado, and an overall new tone for the era. Season 7 is Pertwee's peak, yes, but I still love the rest of his era, and this is a rambunctiously fun start to it.

49) Snakedance

A perfect sequel. While not quite as good as Kinda, it's really nor far off for me. We develop the lore of the Mara through exploring its homeworld (great worldbuilding there), while at the same time personalising the experience by having it take over Tegan again. Tegan goes through much more in this story than she did in Snakedance: this has got to be Janet Fielding's best performance as she plays the evil part with such power and presence. I love the mysticism too, and the young Martin Clunes is a standout guest actor.

48) Frontier in Space

A space opera done in superb Doctor Who style. The Doctor and Jo are plunged into a rather horrific situation, where they can find no friends for most of the story. All the while we get the thrilling political plot of the Earth-Draconian relationship falling apart, with great guest characters on both sides. This is also of course Roger Delgado's final appearance as the Master, and he gives his usual excellent performance. The final revelation of the Daleks being behind it all is a real, superb shock, and the Part 6 cliffhanger is epic.

47) Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

Love the sci-fi dystopian retellings of 2000s gameshows, and the gritty, high-flying story they lead into. This brings Nine's arc to an amazing close as he has to face a war against the Daleks again, but this time, after his experience with Rose over the last season, he reaffirms his standing as the Doctor, over that of the warrior he had to be. 'Coward or killer?' 'Coward. Always coward.' And Eccleston gives a low-key, emotional final performance before his regeneration.

46) Invasion of the Dinosaurs

The clear standout from Jon Pertwee's final season (Malcolm Hulke is one of my favourite Doctor Who writers if you can't tell). This starts off with a deserted London and dinosaur appearances, and as we progress more and more of the fascinating plot behind it is unravelled. The conspiracy is thrilling, and Sarah's abduction to the 'spaceship' is an excellent development. It ends up being a stirring environmental message: the villains are portrayed as clearly wrong for what they want to do, but their motive is very understandable. And Yates' betrayal really hits hard. Complex, involving, excellent.

45) The Happiness Patrol

The lesson that you can't be happy all the time, and that you have to accept sadness as a part of your life, is a lesson it has taken me a long time, and some considerable distress, to learn. I'm still learning it really. So, this stands as a cracking sci-fi allegory for something I think every human can relate to. This is why McCoy's final two seasons are the BEST!

44) Under the Lake/Before the Flood

Part 1 is a modern take on the classic base-under-siege story, and it's so oppressive and haunting with the ghosts and the claustrophobia. Part 2 maintains this angle, but widens the scope into a time paradox tale, that brings the story full circle and wraps everything up in a neat bow, while aweing you with how crazy the temporal shenanigans are. It also gives some excellent voice to how unhealthy the Doctor and Clara's relationship has become.

43) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

Good grief, this is terrifying. I suppose it's something to do with taking a child, a symbol of innocence, and making them an unstoppable monster. It's all very well-grounded in its Second World War setting too, which combines perfectly with the sci-fi elements. Also introduces the awesome Captain Jack Harkness and has a very moving ending that proves Moffat is capable of writing women; he just often misses the mark.

42) Horror of Fang Rock

Yeah, I talked about base-under-siege stories and this is a superb example. The misty island with the isolated lighthouse works as a sublime setting for an alien incursion, that slowly creeps around killing the brilliantly defined characters. Tom and Leela are also on absolute fire.

41) The Time Meddler

Plays on the audience's expectation of another pure historical to provide a subversion of that genre. It's also an excellent comedy carried forth by the rib-tickling chemistry between Hartnell and Peter Butterworth as the Meddling Monk, who ends up serving as our first fascinating hint into the Doctor's own world. That cliffhanger where his TARDIS is revealed is nothing short of phenomenal.

40) The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

In which RTD brings together all his many characters and threads created in the popularity boom Doctor Who experienced during his era. It's his most epic finale, I think, with everyone working against an enemy fully engaged at their most intimidating. Julian Bleach as Davros is also the best version of the character since Michael Wisher's original performance, and he and Tennant have some sublime conversations. Donna's ending is also one of the most heartbreaking companion exits ever. I know it's been reversed now, but that was done so long after this story, I think this still hits just as hard.

39) The Aztecs

This has actually recently become my favourite Hartnell story: a 10/10 over and above even the other Hartnell stories I've put above it. This is my favourite pure historical by far (and there are many I love!). While we in the 21st Century can poke holes in the idea that the Europeans wouldn't have destroyed the Aztecs if they'd got rid of human sacrifice, I'm perfectly willing to accept this 60s interpretation of history for the purposes of the story. The story stresses against the common Western perception of the Aztecs as barbarians, making clear that their human sacrifices existed alongside such beauty and knowledge. Barbara's drive to save all this in her guise of resurrected priest is so compelling, and her ultimate realisation that she must not change history, and must allow the Aztecs to be destroyed, is perfectly harrowing. But she did manage to save Autloc: 'You may have failed to save a civilisation, but you did help one man.' Truly one of the greatest stories of all time.

38) The Tomb of the Cybermen

The first story of the base-under-siege season, and it's a doozy. This is my favourite 60s Cyberman story for sure (and nearly my favourite overall), with a varied, well-defined cast of characters all pressed into this enclosed space where the mystery and dangers of the Cybermen await. Troughton, Jamie and Victoria are brilliant leads throughout: that discussion between the Doctor and Victoria about family is so beautiful. And the battle against the restored Cybermen is enthralling and exciting. Toberman is of course a horrid black stereotype, but I don't hold that against a story made this long ago, and I do think his final sacrifice remains a moving moment.

37) Kinda

A very obtuse story, that I loved long before I truly understood what it was about. When I say I understand what it is about now, I very much say that provisionally, as I'm sure I've got something wrong. This story portrays society as a cyclical thing that moves through things like war and revolution at regular intervals, bringing devastation every time. And our monster of the week, the sinister Mara, is portrayed as the trigger for that change. The whole thing also has just a wonderfully mystical vibe: I love it!

36) The Time of the Doctor

Matt Smith is MY Doctor, so this does hold a special place in my heart. It brings all the story arcs of his era to a hugely satisfying conclusion, as we see that they have all been linking to the question of whether he will bring Gallifrey back to the universe (and thus start another Time War). Really makes you think about Steven Moffat's long game with his Matt storylines. While Matt's last season was rather weak, his specials are certainly not, and the actor gives such a brilliant performance. We see the character's age physically, as well as in the emotional ways Matt had always portrayed it: burdened with knowledge but also brimming with kindness and wisdom. The Time Lords giving him a new regeneration cycle shows how the Doctor has now become a hero to them, far from the dismissed, disliked renegade he once was, and the Eleventh Doctor's final speech is nothing short of beautiful.

35) Into the Dalek

An immensely challenging story in which we see the Doctor having to face his own hatred for the Daleks, asking the question of how far the Doctor is like a Dalek, in his attitude towards the Daleks. It sees Capaldi desperate to find good in this Dalek, and bolstered by Clara when he loses faith. And when the Dalek becomes a 'good Dalek' by adopting the Doctor's hatred of the Daleks, you can see how much this confrontation with his own failings injures Capaldi. Outstanding.

34) Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords

Interesting one for me, because I think it gets less good with every part, but the overall product remains excellent enough for me to put it up this high. Utopia alone is a masterpiece: you become so attached to the warm Professor Yana, only for him to be revealed as the Master in a scene that never fails to give me chills: the best RTD villain return to be sure. Sir Derek Jacobi contends for my favourite Master just from those five minutes, and I have purchased the first volume of his War Master stories because I really want more of him! Part 2 isn't quite on this level, but remains excellent political thriller that ends with a shock when the Master finally wins. Part 3 is the weakest because of the deification of the Doctor, which I really hate, but I still love the gritty post-Master-victory world, and Martha's compelling story. And the final scene where the Master refuses to regenerate is very moving: Tennant really sells his character's longing for a fellow Time Lord and his grief over losing his old friend.

33) Twice Upon a Time

I'll get this out of the way first: it's very angering when Moffat makes out the First Doctor to be some sort of 60s misogynist, as we all know the character was nothing like that. But beyond that, this is a fabulous goodbye for Capaldi that makes excellent use of the experience of the character's first regeneration. Although Hartnell's reaction to his regeneration is flipped here (he very much accepted it in The Tenth Planet), I still find his kind-of 'pocket timeline' story moving. And it never intrudes upon this final outing for Capaldi: just compliments it by showing how the Doctor always needs to carry on, and move onto the next chapter. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls was very much Capaldi's finale: this is our little epilogue that bids an uplifting farewell to the character. Capaldi's final speech makes me feel such an ache for this Doctor, one of my favourites, who after so much growth has to leave us now.

32) Survival

When asking the question 'How would you end Doctor Who?', one must remember that it was ended once already. This story wasn't written, aside from Sylvester's final speech, as Doctor Who's ending, but it hits on every level as an excellent finale. I think the fact that it's just another story actually really helps it: means we just focus on the dynamic plot and rich themes of animalism that pervade it. Also, after the climax of the Doctor and Ace's relationship in The Curse of Fenric, this is the beginning of a much more stable, equal dynamic between them, that I think works as the perfect send-off character-wise. And Sylvester's final speech is the perfect way to close out 26 years of Doctor Who: reflecting on all the majesty of exploring the universe, and on the ordinary, and with a promise that Doctor Who will return. Because Doctor Who is just too good an idea to keep down: if it ever (heaven forbid!) went off the air again it would undoubtedly come back in a number of years, just as happened after this sublime finale.

31) The Evil of the Daleks

A true epic, that takes us from contemporary London to Victorian England to Skaro. I adore the slow building of the plot, as the Daleks' terrorising of this Victorian house unfolds, and the Doctor manipulates Jamie into providing examples of the Human Factor. The question of Human Factor vs Dalek Factor is excellently portrayed throughout. Professors Waterfield and Maxtible represent the good and bad sides of human nature, and the Daleks' rejection of all the good sides of human nature in favour of their own key characteristics is impactful. After the eeriness of the Victorian household that serves as backdrop for investigating the Human Factor (through Jamie's actions but also through the Professors), the showdown on Skaro is truly amazing, and if that had truly been 'the final end' of the Daleks I would have been very happy.

10/10 Stories

These are stories that go beyond excellence into the realm of a true masterpiece. I cannot overstate how much I adore each and every one of these.

30) The Night of the Doctor

In case you forgot since my intro (many months ago now!), I was sure to include this in my ranking as Paul McGann's only other TV appearance. It's so satisfying to have McGann back visually after so long, and having listened to many of his audios this script fully feels like it's acknowledging them and all the character development the character underwent. You feel his pain as he is confronted by the fact he can no longer be the Doctor in such violent surroundings as the Time War, and the weight of his decision to cast aside his name is immeasurable.

29) The Seeds of Doom

A rip-roaring adventure. The first 2 parts act as a test case for the rest of the story, as we see the danger of the first Krynoid mount until it is destroyed, in the same act that sees the other pod stolen. The remaining 4 parts see the danger of the second Krynoid explode outwards as it overwhelms everything, the threat level increasing with every part. A brilliant cast of guest characters, especially the sinister Harrison Chase, complement Tom and Sarah's excellent leading performances perfectly.

28) 73 Yards

RTD did it: he gave us another 10/10! The image of the distant woman, who never moves from her spot, is so haunting, and even more so is how everyone who goes up to her runs away screaming. Ruby's journey after losing the Doctor, losing her mother, losing help from UNIT, is utterly gripping, as we see the character undergo enormous growth. The bad guy is truly terrifying and Ruby's defeat of him through use of the distant woman is brilliant. The revelation that elderly Ruby is the distant woman is also good, even if I'd be lying if I said I totally understood it. I hope we get more stuff this good in the years to come!

27) Midnight

This is my favourite script penned by RTD, no question. It's all more or less filmed as one long sequence, with a terrifyingly alien, unknowable monster bringing human frailty and fear to the surface. The fact that the presence of the alien is so clear just through the acting of Tennant and the guests is remarkable, and it all sends a chill down your spine. And the sacrifice of the stewardess, who you realise along with everyone else you never bothered to wonder about the name of, is excellent.

26) City of Death

Just pure wit and sophistication. Tom and Lalla were perfect for this story, as they deliver their incredibly intelligent lines with relish and panache. The whole thing is just so clever and so mad and so funny: perfectly defined characters and a masterfully insane plot, with, as I said, the most incredible sophisticate leads for the story. Douglas Adams' greatest Who masterpiece.

And that's it for another week! With only one more to go now, I am truly amazed at the support all these posts have been getting. I want to thank you all very much for reading and interacting, and I hope to see you next week for my ultimate Top 25 of Doctor Who!

How was the Eleventh able to regenerate (or at least begin to do so) at when River shot him in Impossible Astronaut? Hadn't he used up all of his regenerations?

I think I’ve made it up, and mashed together multiple episodes. But, I remember so clearly, a market place/might have just been a alleyway, somewhere Middle Eastern, with maybe women with face veils, and I’m sure it’s somewhere around the bad wolf era, it’s like maybe yellow brick Middle Eastern looking alleyway? I feel like I remember bad wolf being written or briefly discussed there (but might have been later than the era but revisited) I’m sure rose is in it but maybe not? I remember it not being a huge part of the episode, only the beginning of it maybe. There may have been a lady running and rose/companion running after her. My boyfriend thinks I’ve mashed together: turn left, the fires of Pompeii, and the rings of akhaten.

I have the individual season 5-10 blu-ray box sets, but want to consolidate them to save shelf space .

As a result, I was interested in buying the complete Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi box sets on blu-ray, but I don't like the longbox style packaging because it won't fit on my shelf. I want something like they did with the David Tennant and Jodie Whittaker box sets, or the packaging that was done with the DVD version.

Since the studio did not release non-longbox packaging, I'm wondering if there are options for alternate empty packaging and/or cover art that I can swap the discs with. Either official, (like what Fox did with the Season 6 DVD box set of The Simpsons) or fan-made (as long as it's not breaking any copyright laws,) would be fine with me.

It's rare for female companions not face harsh criticism, especially when they do the criminal act of.....falling in love with The Doctor. And many people treat it like an outrageous thing to do, when, if most people were put in the same circumstances, they would also fall or become very attached. While companions like Donna Noble are overly praised just for the fact they didn't fall for him, Rose and Martha are deeply hated for just being young girls in love with the man who took them away from their problems and to the stars.

I see many people calling Rose and Amy "horrible people" just for the way they treat Mickey and Rory sometimes (for me, hating on Mickey is understandable....), meanwhile characters like The Doctor and Captain Jack are praised when they've done much worse. Also, Amy and Rose are just human, and in the core, good people.

And something i also see a lot is the villainization of Amy's character. She wasn't a great person on series 5? Yeah, she wasn't, and her treatment of Rory and even The Doctor is pretty shitty sometimes. But already in the middle of the series she starts growing as a character and showing her love for Rory. And it only gets better with series 6 and their continuous demonstrations of love in both sides, showing that, yes, she does love Rory as much as he loves her, and she is also willing to sacrifice everything for him. I find the divorce arc in "Asylum Of The Daleks" pretty unnecessary, since by the next episode they're already all lovey-dovey again. Amy wasn't great, and i think the women slapping men=funny trope is ridiculous, but people acted like she murdered Rory or something,when....it wasn't nearly nothing.

Rose was also an extremely over criticized character, like, good for her she left her shitty boyfriend and life and went to travel to the stars with a hot alien that loves her. I could speak so much more in this topic (cof, cof, steven moffat and the way he wrote female characters, cof, cof, Martha being hated for calling the Doctor out when he's the one who treated her badly), but i feel like i have already written too much and no one will feel like reading this enormous text.

2nd Doctor Artwork by me.

I LOVE doctor who, I've been watching it in order and I'm on the 11th doctor. It's been taking a very long time for me to get through the 11th doctors part just because I hate Amy Pond with every fiber in my being and can't stand when she's on screen but she gets SO much screen time. Does anyone have any advice on how to get through it

Ok, bear with me here, this requires a heavy chunk of Expanded Universe lore. I’ve been developing a headcanon that incorporates the Timeless Child without completely rewriting the Doctor’s history as a Time Lord (while also, handily, bringing things like the New Adventures novels into canon).

So this is based primarily on the TV episodes “The Timeless Children” and “The Day of the Doctor,” the novels Human Nature and Lungbarrow, and Russell T. Davies’ short story “Doctor Who and the Time War.” If you haven’t read/seen these, there will be spoilers.

So in “The Timeless Children,” Tecteun speculates that the Timeless Child is from another universe she dubs Universe Two. Aside from this we know nothing if where the Child is from. So, what if they are from an alternate Gallifrey. Hear me out, so whenever we are shown an alternate universe on Doctor Who, there are some differences but the universe usually follows the same lines as the main Doctor Who timeline. Except there is never a Doctor. There is only ever one Doctor, the one from the main universe who hops into an alternate one. So, what if that was initially true for the “core” reality? What if the original Doctor existed only in Universe Two?

Now we should probably jump to RTD’s Time War story. This was originally supposed to be the story of how the Eighth Doctor destroyed the Time Lords and the Daleks and regenerated into Nine. But, now that we have the War Doctor, this is no longer canon. Or is it? What if in Universe Two, the Doctor’s life continued on roughly the same lines until the Time War, where instead of dying on Karn and regenerating into the War Doctor, he fought in his Eighth Incarnation and ended the war as he does in the story. It’s mentioned that the Doctor’s survival was a gift from an unnamed woman, given with her final kiss. So what if this not only saved the Doctor, but granted him endless regenerations. Falling through space and time, instead of regenerating into the Ninth Doctor, as the story suggests, what if he regenerates into a little girl? Perhaps with the face of one he saved or failed to save in the Time War, to remind himself of who he is supposed to be (like he later does with Twelve’s face)?

This is where Tecteun finds her in “The Timeless Children,” trapped in the prime Doctor Who universe, completely alone. Now this is where the New Adventures stuff comes in. A big part of those novels was exploring the Cartmel Masterplan, an unused plot thread from the last few seasons of Classic Who that would have seen the Doctor revealed as a master manipulator, secretly guiding events to turn out the right way throughout all of history. It was also to be revealed that, along with Rassilon and Omega, the Doctor played a key role in the foundation of Time Lord society, in a mysterious incarnation known as the Other. Allusions to this were sprinkled throughout the New Adventures novels, culminating in Lungbarrow. The Timeless Child reveal doesn’t necessarily negate this. What if, after the events shown in “The Timeless Children,” the Doctor does indeed become the Other, helping to discover the secret to time travel, building Time Lord society, helping to invent the TARDIS, and at some point having a granddaughter.

This next part is based off of the fantasy story “The Old Man and the Police Box” that John Smith writes in the novel version of Human Nature, which writer Paul Cornell acknowledges was mainly plotted by Steven Moffat, whose fingerprints are visible all over it. The basic summary of the story is that an old man from Victorian England invents a box for policemen that is bigger on the inside and can disappear and reappear anywhere to chase criminals. He tests it out and comes across the land of Gallifrey, who worship the old man as a god. He tells them not to and teaches them a better way. He constructs a society similar to Britain, and teaches the Gallifreyans to be kind and helpful, giving them an extra heart and inventing a way to change bodies instead of dying. He teaches them how to build the police boxes and how to travel in time so they can travel the universe helping people. He establishes rules and laws but they take them too seriously and become stagnant, never interfering in events and never progressing. Eventually he steals one of the police boxes and runs away, knowing they will chase him for breaking his own laws, but realizing that freedom was better than power. Reading between the lines of this, we can find the basic story of the Other: a founder of Time Lord society responsible for the two hearts, regeneration and TARDISes. So, what if this is basically what happened, after becoming the Timeless Child and granting the Gallifreyans of the Prime universe their Time Lord biology, they become the Other and eventually, when they grow tired of what the Time Lords have become, they decide to become the Doctor again, regenerating into the same old man that ran away from Universe Two Gallifrey and starting it all over again—which, to be fair, seems to be a cycle the Doctor is constantly stuck in. He takes his granddaughter and disassociates himself from Time Lord society by wiping both their knowledge of the Timeless Child/the Other, as well as his own. As far as anyone is concerned from then until the Master reveals the (partial) truth, the Doctor is just a Time Lord who ran away.

This headcanon doesn’t come close to cleaning up all the loose ends from the massive amounts of Doctor Who media out there, but I like it because it helps reconcile a lot of the different and apparently contradictory strands. I also like that it keeps some of the mystery that Chibnall was trying to bring back with the Timeless Child twist without negating what we already know.

TL;DR—Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, the Doctor’s still a Time Lord

On the stolen Earth episode, why didn't the doctor just, you know, go back in time, land on the earth, then have his position un-fixed? Feels like it would have been a lot easier, especially to just test it out before going STRAIGHT TO THE SPACE COPS to figure out where Earth went

like, am i being dumb or was that not the obvious solution to at least just know where they are? or was there something I missed that stops it?

Did anyone notice that Amelia's book was mentioned in 'The Bells of Saint John' which I just noticed was named after the TARDIS's police box disguise cause I feel it was only me.

This is one of the most interesting deep dives into the Daleks would recommend!

I'm very new to doctor who and know nothing about it except what you see in s1-12 (nuwho). I read that this book is a collection of comics from the 12th's "first year". Does this mean it's just the episodes drawn out? Or are there unique adventures written specifically for the comics?