VWORP VWORP! ISSUE 5

THE IRON EMPIRE! UNMADE DOCTOR WHO ANIMATIONS! ABSLOM DAAK! JOHN RIDGWAY AND STEVE PARKHOUSE!

The acclaimed Doctor Who comics and artwork fanzine Vworp Vworp! Returns with its long-awaited fifth issue this January.

This time, the focus is on the sadly cancelled NELVANA animated series, together with some of the most iconic Doctor Who strips ever created. We have some incredible scoops to share with you, together with brand new strips from a range of artists, old and new.

This 148-page issue, available in three cover variants and lavishly illustrated with original artwork and never-before-seen photos, includes:

A major new piece on the various Doctor Who animated series pitches over the decades, richly illustrated over 34 pages. A tantalising saga of perpetual near misses, Richard Bignell weaves and bobs through a cavalcade of pitches by NELVANA, ENOKI FILMS, RUBY-SPEARS, KAREN McCOY, BBC FICTIONLAB and more as we consider not just the question of who, but also why (and why not)?

Interviews with artist JOHN RIDGWAY and writer/artist STEVE PARKHOUSE, going behind the scenes of their magnum opus, the VOYAGER saga

PHIL BEVAN remembered, with personal recollections of his brother, Kit, as well as friends Jeremy Bentham and Stephen James Walker, offering a unique insight into this much loved artist, who illuminated the vibrant fanzine scene in the 80s and 90s

BRAND NEW COMIC STRIPS AND FICTION:

THE IRON EMPIRE – what happened to the Empire during the reign of Emperor Vesuvius? Find out in this much anticipated sequel to the Mills/Wagner great that launched Doctor Who Weekly, written by Lance Parkin and drawn by Steve Andrew Ever pondered the fate of the Thals in the TV Century 21 Dalek strips? Find out in YEAR ZERO, a new instalment in the adventures of outer space robot people, imagined by writers Alan Stevens and Matthew Kilburn and artist Andy Walker

Abslom Daak gets a bittersweet coda in PAPER TIGER, written by Alan Stevens with crisp black and white art by the legendary John Ridgway

We’re also treated to three thrilling pages of DALEK KILLERS! – an intriguing reboot (of sorts) pitched to Titan by Richard Starkings and Lee Sullivan

Thrill to Sam Gingell’s debut strip, NEWTON’S SLEEP, a thought-provoking examination of the Cybermen as a reaction to societal decay and decadence. Sam crashed onto the scene in 2022 and surely this won’t be the last we see of him

Sixties script editor Donald Tosh’s final piece of fiction, JOURNEY TO NOWHEN, a whimsical tale of competing realities and the power of nostalgia.

Finally, take a visit back to the scene of one of the Doctor’s lesser discussed small screen adventures in Graham Kibble-White’s ENCOUNTER AT CRINKLEY BOTTOM!