All-New Doctor Who Steers his Tardis Toward the States
IDW Publishing to debut first-ever comic book series written exclusively for the American market, starring the Tenth Doctor from the BBC's new smash-hit series
San Diego, CA (December 4, 2007)He's traveled through time and across the known universe. And yet, despite decades of popularity, he's never journeyed across the pond to debut his own new series in the United States.
Next month, however, IDW Publishing will change all that, as Doctor Who's TARDIS lands on American shores for his first-ever U.S. miniseries, starring the fan-favorite Tenth Doctor from the BBC's new smash-hit TV series.
Featuring all-new adventures written by Doctor Who story editor Gary Russell of the award-winning show, the comics will introduce American readers to the sci-fi series that has been wowing British audience for nearly 35 years.
"Doctor Who is finally coming to comics over here," says Chris Ryall, IDW publisher and editor-in-chief. "These are the first Doctor Who comics in the United States in three decades, and the first ever created just for the American market."
Each issue-a stand-alone story just like a TV episode-will also have elements that carry over throughout the series. Along with his loyal friend and companion Martha Jones of London, the Doctor faces down threats to stop darkness and evil from spreading throughout the cosmos-and, while they're at it, they also hunt for the galaxy's best chocolate milkshakes. Unknown to them, however, forces have set their sights on the good Doctor: As the last of the Time Lords, he is, after all, highly collectible to the right people.
Accompanying Russell on the creative team is a creative team consisting of artist Nick Roche of Transformers fame, Josep Maria Beroy, Stefano Martino, and more, with Roche supplying covers for each issue.
ABOUT IDW PUBLISHING
IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among its best-selling titles are Hasbro's THE TRANSFORMERS; Paramount/CBS's STAR TREK; Fox's ANGEL; Konami's METAL GEAR SOLID; and Peter David's FALLEN ANGEL. IDW's 30 DAYS OF NIGHT film from Sony Pictures was released in October 2007 and was the #1 movie in its first week of release. IDW has other films in development at Dimension Films and Paramount Pictures as well.
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