purplecat: The Tardis with the words Anywhere, Any Time. (Who:Tardis)
purplecat ([personal profile] purplecat) wrote2022-06-18 05:55 pm
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The Stockbridge Horror


B&W comic panel of a hooded muscled black person clinging to the outside of the Tardis as it travels through space. The panels say first: something that clung like a climber to a rock-face... or a predator to its prey... and secondly: Something huge and dark... something like fear itself... massively, inexorably inching its way along the ledge... gaining a foothold... and lastly: ... seeking ENTRANCE!
The Stockbridge Horror was never my favourite Dr Who comic though it is from a much loved era. A bit too much horror for my taste, I think. But this image I think has been very influential. The new series has several times seen people cling to the outside of the Tardis as it travels.
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[identity profile] daniel-saunders.livejournal.com 2022-06-19 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
I really like The Stockbridge Horror, although there definitely is an art quality shift downwards once Steve Parkhouse stops drawing as well as writing, and a shift in tone once we get to Gallifrey that jars a bit when reading in one go.
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[personal profile] purplecat 2022-06-19 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
It's a long time since I've read it. I don't think, at the time, I really knew how to get a handle on it - which may have been unfamiliarity with both horror and comic book tropes... and you're right, I didn't like the shift in art style either, now I look back.
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