The Glorious Dead (comic story)

The Glorious Dead was a Doctor Who Magazine comic story featuring the Eighth Doctor, Izzy Sinclair and Kroton. Published throughout 2000, it was an epic ten parts long and featured the return to the comic strip of the Master who had appeared in the previous year's story The Fallen.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor, Izzy Sinclair and Kroton are taken to Paradost to find that Sato Katsura and the Master have joined forces. The Doctor and Kroton must fight the Master and Sato for the Glory, where the protector of the Glory has full powers over space and time...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Eighth Doctor
• Izzy Sinclair
• Kroton
• The Master
• Sato Katsura
• Jynx
• Esterath
• Primus
• Seidri
• Tyll
• Ash Warriors
• The Bruce Master
• Shallia
• Spider-Man
• Doctor Octopus

Alternate counterparts[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Husband of Grace Holloway
• Grace Holloway
• Doc Gallifrey
• Tardis Tails
• Lizzy Sinclair
• Lord Quiquaequod
• Sayde le Fey
• Theta Stigma
• The First Rani
• Joe Smith
• Cyborg

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Doctor duels with the Master across the omniverse and is stabbed through the chest by the Master.
• The Doctor has the Terrible Zodin's autograph.
• The Master escaped from the Eye of Harmony and took control over the Doctor's TARDIS.
• Esterath is the Keeper of the Omniversal Spectrum – the focal point of reality.
• The Doctor and the Master left Gallifrey on the same day, by the "same means".
• The Master and the Doctor have fought on Qu'cadia, Sarn and Mahtosttu Major in the past.

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Izzy is shrunk by the Master's Tissue Compression Eliminator.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Among the guests who attend the party are an Alpha Centauran, an Ice Warrior, a Chelonian, a Draconian, and a Dalek.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Glorious Dead is a sequel to the events in The Road to Hell and the final panel in The Fallen.
• On page 5 of Part One in the top right panel with the lettering, "...Let's just enjoy the reception", the skirt of a Dalek is visible.
• As readers were aware the Master was going to return to the strip, the comic deliberately implies that "Morningstar" is the Master in disguise rather than Sato Katsura working with him. The use of a suspicious alias (that starts with "m"), the use of a Tissue Compression Eliminator, and the Doctor recognising the handwriting on Morningstar's holy book are all used to wrongfoot an audience used to the Master's many disguises.
• One of the alternate Doctors, Theta Stigma, is a homage to the strip Peanuts, while the ultraviolent cyborg Doctor homages Axel Pressbutton.
• On page 2 of Part Six, as Esterath explains to the Doctor about the Omniversal Spectrum, among the images that appear can be seen a panel of Spider-Man battling Doctor Octopus from Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #12, published in 1964, although the panel is somewhat distorted and flipped both horizontally and vertically. This supports the concept that the Doctor Who universe takes place within the Marvel Multiverse.
• The Glorious Dead was part of the second Panini Comics collection of Eighth Doctor comic stories, which was published under the name of The Glorious Dead.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Doctor experiences a parallel life where he took up Grace Holloway's offer to stay in San Francisco with her. (TV: Doctor Who; PROSE: So Vile a Sin)
• One of the Doctor's alternative counterparts is a great wizard named Quiquaequod. (TV: The Dæmons)
• The Doctor mentions that the Master also dressed as a priest at Devil's End. (TV: The Dæmons)
• The Doctor recognises the Master's current form from his adventure in Brixton, and the Master chastises him for ignoring the "ranting old man". (COMIC: The Fallen)
• The Master states that his last encounter with the Doctor was in San Francisco, when he fell into the Eye of Harmony and lost Bruce Gerhardt's body while a part of his symbiotic nucleus remained in the Doctor's TARDIS. (TV: Doctor Who)
• Due to his connection with the TARDIS, the Master was dragged to the Moon in the 53rd century, where he saw Shayde and the Doctor facing the Pariah and the Threshold. (COMIC: Wormwood) The Master then used his newfound connection with the TARDIS to direct the Doctor back into Grace Holloway's life, (COMIC: The Fallen) see the Gaijin in Japan, (COMIC: The Road to Hell) and meet Kroton on Trionikus. (COMIC: The Company of Thieves)
• The Doctor refers to his battle with the Tremas Master on Sarn. (TV: Planet of Fire)
• The Master states the Doctor's last wise words to him were, "If we fight like animals, we die like animals." (TV: Survival)
• The Doctor reflects on some advice a stranger gave to him, that "sometimes it's best to just leave the night alone". (COMIC: The Fallen)

Continuity with non-valid sources[[edit] | [edit source]]

• An image of Spider-Man fighting Doctor Octopus in Earth-616 can be seen, depicting events seen in NOTCOVERED: Unmasked by Dr. Octopus! ^[+]Loading...["Unmasked by Dr. Octopus! (comic story)"].