Doctor Who: Panel to Panel voyages to the City of the Damned!

By John Freeman on June 8, 2020

Episode #120 of Jeremy Bement’s Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast, devoted to the series comic strip stories, is live.

The Thirteenth Doctor/Tenth Doctor series from Titan Comics concludes and there’s a review of the final issue, available now in all open comic shops and digitally, in the episode.

It all ends in a… blink!? With the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors finally together, they might actually stand a chance of surviving the Swinging Sixties. But with Weeping Angels surrounding the TARDIS, and Autons not far behind, temporal paradoxes might be the least of their worries!

Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Year Two #4. Cover A by Sanya Anwar

The climactic conclusion to the first arc of the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctor team-up by Eisner-nominated writer Jody Houser and Witchblade artist Roberta Ingranata. A collection will be released in September 2020.

The opening page of "Doctor Who - City of the Damned", from Doctor Who Weekly #9. Art by Dave Gibbons — The opening page of “Doctor Who – City of the Damned”, from Doctor Who Weekly #9. Scripted by John Wagner, art by Dave Gibbons

Plus, the Fourth Doctor visits “The City of the Damned”, a cracking early Doctor Who Weekly story published across #9 – 16, and most recently reprinted in Panini UK’s The Iron Legion collection…

The Fourth Doctor arrives in the city of Zombos on the planet Zom. A ruling council, the Brains Trust, whose members wear eyeless masks which look like brains, have identified emotions as the cause of all crime and outlawed them. With the Moderator General and the Moderators, the people are controlled and forbidden emotional experiences…

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.