We begin the story in a singularity bubble several incarnations of the Master have met up in - Delgado, Beever, Ainley and Roberts. 3) As of the writing of this, I have no idea of what the companion's name will be, so we'll be calling her 'New Girl' throughout the book. 2) The 11 issue will be a 'double sized' one to enable a third TPB of the story. There will be no continuity issues or anything that could conflict with the next season, as this is all 'in a brand new, bubble universe'. 1) This is a completely stand alone, 'toys back in the box' story in the style of The Forgotten - by the end of the final issue, everything that has happened here will be washed away. NOTE: Please be aware as you read this of several things. Apologies for spelling issues.'ĭoctor Who: Countdown, An 11-part story by Tony Lee for IDW Publishing I've not even looked at this for 10 years. And so, here we go – an 11th Doctor and Clara adventure (although when pitching we didn't know her name) to come out every month of 2013, leading to a massive 11th issue in November. The whole thing would have been 264 pages in total.

Also, it'll look super busy – this is a pitch. Clara wasn't yet named (she's 'New Girl' in this) and the '12th Doctor' I mention is definitely not Capaldi. Second, I wrote this pitch when Amy and Rory were still with 11. I also had an insane idea that was as 'kitchen sink' as The Forgotten. I never expected this to be made, as I'd fallen out with IDW after I walked off the Doctor Who / Star Trek book on issue 4, but it was the 50th anniversary, and I had to try. And, for the first time, I'm going to show it to you. But people have noted a similarity to a pitch I did 10 years back for IDW, which I've talked about at cons. Tony Lee tweeted 'So earlier I talked about the new special. Bleeding Cool has permission to reprint it below. And yesterday for the 59th anniversary, with Big Finish announcing a 60th anniversary seven-hour audio adventure serialised through 2023 that sees the Doctor de-generate through their previous lives, he looked back nine years and gave us his pitch.

Doctor Who Volume 2 by Tony Lee