1988...
The Doctor had only 25 series/seasons under his belt - a half a dozen lifetimes ago. Now (s)he's bigger than ever, and the 50th anniversary has already passed on by. Modern audiences on this side of the Atlantic may have only the barest familiarity with the 20th century incarnations of our favorite Time Lord, and the first 8 regenerations. For you folks, just assume anyone you can't place in these cartoons is The Doctor. He's not always so uptight about crossing one's own timeline.
But, our theme for yesterday & today's Fun & Games is The Doctor and The Daleks, with our puzzles coming from the Annuals for both. So let us pause and reflect upon the most famous Daleks of all time...
Now for a word from the opposition...
Yesterday's tease of The Deano* also came from today's playground - the 2nd** in a series of books from Tim Quinn and Dickie Howett, the creators of the Doctor Who? cartoon that ran in Doctor Who Magazine.
the works by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett for It's Bigger On The Inside! (1988)
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*(The Deano is a play on the famous UK magazine, The Beano. The first strip presented on yesterday's feature, Doc The Menace is a take on the Brit incarnation of Dennis The Menace, which was referred to recently in the comments. (see what you miss if you don't read them?))
**(The first was The Doctor Who Fun Book. We'll get there, i'm just not very linear)
Loved them all. Must track down that Quinn & Howett Special (if I don't already have it).
ReplyDeleteThey tickle me, they do.
ReplyDeleteOf course, besides Bigger On The Inside, there's also The Doctor Who Fun Book (see Sunday's post) and i'm wondering if their Doctor Who? has been collected? We'll probably wind up running a bunch of those strips from Doctor Who Magazine at some point.