United in War- the cover!

So, here it is. The scene is the lounge aboard the Midnight Runner, with the Doctor Ian and Barbara. Susan and Marchor aren’t featured. The picture in the background is the Sculptor galaxy, or at least it’s supposed to be. It looks to me like the Milky way, but in the story it’s NGC 253/Sculptor, which I’ve labelled as Acteon

So what happens? Well, the entire premise of the story is based on the tall tale the Third Doctor tells Jo in Frontier in Space-

DOCTOR: Did I ever tell you the story about how I was once captured by the Medusoids?

 JO: What are they?

 DOCTOR: Medusoids? How can I describe them to you? Well, they’re a sort of hairy jellyfish with claws, teeth and a leg.

 JO: Erk!

 DOCTOR: Anyway, they put me under one of these mind probes things, you see, and tried to get me to tell them where I was going. So, I said I was on my way to meet a giant rabbit, a pink elephant and a purple horse with yellow spots.

 JO: What happened?

 DOCTOR: Well, the poor old machine just couldn’t believe it, had a nervous breakdown.

 JO: And then what happened?

 DOCTOR: Well, they put me under another one of these mind probe things and the same thing happened.

 JO: But you weren’t telling the truth. I mean, you weren’t really going to meet a giant rabbit, a pink elephant and a, what was it?

 DOCTOR: A purple horse with yellow spots. Yes, I was. You see, they were all delegates for the third Intergalactic Peace Conference.

 JO: How did you get away from these things?

 DOCTOR: Well they had to turn me loose eventually.

 JO: Why?

 DOCTOR: They ran out of mind probes.

Third Doctor and Jo Grant- Frontier in Space

I mean, it sounds like a joke, but what actually happened? Tune in at the weekend to find out!

Special thanks to Bob and the The Doctor Who Project team!

 

DOCTOR RRR’S GUIDE TO THE WHONIVERSES- DOCTOR WHO- FROM THE BEGINNING

THE PETER CAPALDI ERA-

SERIES 8 (SEASON 34) PART 1-

The Good Man debuts, so take a Deep breath and let’s go see a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Thames!
The Paternoster gang- Madame Vashtra, Jenny and Strax all join the New Doctor- Peter Capaldi as the 14th Incarnation/1st in New Regeneration cycle (NOT 12th- that’s marketing that can’t add up) and Clara.

They investigate Spontaneous combustion and the plot of the Half-faced Man. All good fun. Then it’s Innerspace as they go Into the Dalek, or should that be Honey I shrunk the Kids? Or The Borrowers?

Anyhoo, Rusty the Dalek gets his space invaded and a bit or re-wiring by The Doctor. Does he become a ‘good’ Dalek though? (rhetorical question- no answers on a postcard please! (That is so 80’s))

Robot of Sherwood is a bit campy, trying to be part Time Warrior, part Maid Marian and her Merry Men (It’s pancake day!) It’s fun though.

Listen goes to the opposite extreme, being a Gamechanger, partway through the series, the tone shifts. This is a genuine ghost story, full of twists and scares. While Time Heist is a great caper.

Rounding off is the Caretaker, the Doctor undercover at Clara’s school, meeting Danny Pink and confronting an alien killer that looks like a cross between a Dalek and a spider/Shadow-creature from Babylon 5.

And that’s the overview of the first half of the season. I may have mentioned it, but I’ve got a story coming up on The Doctor Who Project website- UNITED IN WAR on 22/06/2024 TDWP is a Canadian fan site whose stories can be downloaded in pdf format. I did start a story back in 2012 for the 39th season, but that fell through. I have been reading the past few seasons and Brief Encounter stories, as I’d featured pics of the covers on last year’s vids, so gonna carry on promoting it.

Read more: DOCTOR RRR’S GUIDE TO THE WHONIVERSES- DOCTOR WHO- FROM THE BEGINNING

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A year of Anniversaries- including HK19!

There are going to be several milestones passed this year. Not least my 50^th birthday. Then there’s the 45^th anniversary of Alien (in space no one can hear you party!) the 30^th of Friends (the one with the anniversary) 10 years since I started Infinite Whoniverses, 25 for the Doctor Who Project, 11 for Travel vlogs and 14 for the actual blog. Though one that nearly passed by was four years since Making the First Move was published in the final issue of Hearts Kiss magazine. The irony of trying to get an SF story published and the first one was Romantic! What a fluke! I got paid £38 for that, just before the pandemic and lockdowns (well, apart from Bojo partying)

Then it’s nearly three years since Stripe of a different color (US spelling, not UK!) went into Galaxy’s Edge magazine issue 50, which is still in the archive section on the website.

So, there’s probably more anniversaries than I know about but there’s the main few!

Arc Manor-

https://www.arcmanorbooks.com

Caezik romance (formerly Hearts Kiss)-

https://www.facebook.com/heartskissmagazine

Weightless books (ebook only)-

Heart’s Kiss: Issue 19, February-March 2020

Barnes and Noble-

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hearts-kiss-kayla-perrin/1136406032

Galaxy’s Edge issue 50-

http://www.galaxysedge.com/archives/page/2/

And that is the 1,355th post!