Doctor Who: Once Upon a Time Lord, written by Dan Slott with art by Christopher Jones, will be published by Titan Comics on 24th October 2023 – and is available to preorder now.

In the new adventure, in order to survive the fiery Pyromeths, Martha Jones must spin three sensational yarns about the Tenth Doctor and his greatest adventures with old and new foes alike!

This epic story that sees companion Martha Jones captured by the insatiable Pyromeths, and her only hope for survival is to keep them distracted with sensational untold tales of the Tenth Doctor facing off against his greatest foes–both classic and new!

“Witness the incredible adventures of the Tenth Doctor like never-before!” enthuse the Titan Comics team. “You’ll be on the edge of your TARDIS as Martha recounts three unbelievable tales of The Doctor facing off against his deadliest foes!

Dan Slott’s Doctor Who comics debut reveals his love for the franchise, featuring cameos from multiple Doctors and their enemies, including the Daleks and Cybermen.

Fans will also delight at the special bonus story starring the Ninth Doctor and Rose!

Bursting straight out of the long-running hit television series, this Doctor Who collection continues the time-traveling tales of the Doctor and friends.

Dan Slott is an Eisner Award-winning and New York Times best selling comic book writer. He’s best known for his 10 year run on Amazing Spider-Man, including the Superior Spider-Man saga and the original Spider-Verse comics. He’s the current writer on Marvel Comics’ monthly Spider-Man book and Titan Comics’ annual Doctor Who specials.

He has also written an Eisner nominated run of Silver Surfer, as well as runs of Fantastic Four, Tony Stark: Iron Man, Mighty Avengers, Avengers: The Initiative, The Thing, Batman Adventures, Ren & Stimpy, and the critically acclaimed Batman mini-series, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell. His run on She-Hulk helped serve as the inspiration for the She-Hulk: Attorney at Law series on Disney+.

Christopher Jones is a Minnesota-based illustrator and comic book artist, having worked for comic book publishers including DC, Marvel, Titan, Slave Labor Graphics, Image, Malibu, Caliber, and more. His credits include Doctor Who: The Third Doctor for Titan Comics, written by long-time Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell and Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor, written by Andrew Cartmel. He also recently drew the sci-fi/fantasy graphic novel Also Known As, written by Tony Lee and Andrew Nicholaou, with colour by Charlie Kirchoff.

• Doctor Who: Once Upon a Time Lord is on sale from 24th October 2023 at bookstores, comic shops and digital | Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million – and AmazonUK or Forbidden Planet for UK

DOCTOR WHO: ONCE UPON A TIME LORD 
Author: Dan Slott
Illustrators: Christopher Jones and Matthew Dow Smith
Publisher: Titan Comics
HC, 64 pages, FC, $17.99 
ISBN: 9781787738690
On sale 24th October 2023

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.

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